With the three other grooms she would spend the competition in the cordoned-off part of the arena and change Jake’s saddle on to each new horse. Determined to create some sense of union, however, Malise insisted the entire team and their wives, including Fen, went out to dinner that night to celebrate having two British riders in the final. ”At seven-thirty they walked the course. “I’m not a loser.
“I’m starving,” said Maureen. “It’s been amazingly kind of you to look after Billy in my absence, but I’d like him back now. Probably Malise only wished to say he was coming North on a recce, to watch Jake at some show. ”She’d never washed her hair or bathed so quickly.
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