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OPINION
COMING away from the European Dressage Championships, the overwhelming feeling was relief – a breath of fresh air and, dare I say it, a recalibration. For once, it felt as if (nearly) everyone was united in saying, “This is what we've been waiting for.”
In Justin Verboomen and his stallion Zonik Plus, we finally had a flagship example the whole sport could point to – a lovely, soft, harmonious way of going where the horse looked genuinely relaxed. For me, that alone felt like a step into a new era.
Of course, there will be the naysayers – the sort who, if you rescued their child from a burning building, would moan you didn't grab the bonsai on the way out – but broadly the trend towards…
