Sunday, 13 December 2020, 8:21 am
Clarke Johnstone and Aces High showed their class and
experience by putting in a faultless round and claiming the
lead in the 4 Long format cross country at the Puhinui horse
trials. “It was a very, very good round after number 7. He
was pretty flightly to begin with – strong winds and the
flags – he took a bit of an exception to that but after
fence 7 I gave him a slap on the shoulder and told him to
pull his head in! After that he was completely
focussed.”
When asked whether it was now Aces High
or his Rio mount Balmoral Sensation (Richie) who was top of