Corinne Ashton and Dobbin may have led wire-to-wire to win the CIC** at the Stuart Horse Trials, July 21-24, in Victor, N.Y., but their victory wasn't a shoo-in.
Mara Dean and Good Stuff were hot on their heels the whole weekend.
Dobbin, however, gave himself some breathing room by romping around the demanding and hilly cross-country course without time or jumping faults--a feat only five of the 50-plus starters accomplished.