Ruth_Edge_GBR___Two_Thyme_1_.JPGRuth Edge’s (GBR) decision to ride her long-time partner, the 15-year-old Two Thyme, in the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing qualifier at Gatcombe (GBR) paid off handsomely when she scored a decisive victory on the last weekend of the series.

She was lying 3rd on Two Thyme and 12th on Mayhem after Dressage and Jumping at Gatcombe’s Festival of British Eventing, presented by BETA, but had suffered broken ribs in a fall at Luhmühlen last month, an injury then exacerbated by a fall on the flat at Gatcombe the day before.

“I only had one ride in me today,” she explained, “and I chose Two Thyme because he doesn’t pull.”

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