‘Sensitive’ Hartacker beats big field
Osberton at Thoresby and Young Horse Championships, Notts
IZZY TAYLOR and Hartacker protected their dressage score of 25.7 to win the 113-strong CCI3*-L at the penultimate British international of the season.
Camilla Behrens’ eight-yearold Hartacker, still only in his second year of eventing, has been knocking on the door in all his runs this season, so the Italianbred son of Spartacus and Izzy were always going to be a force to be reckoned here.
A copybook performance across country saw the pair hold the advantage going into the showjumping, albeit with less than a fence between them and the chasing pack of the next 13.
In winning, Hartacker set the record straight after he was denied victory in the young horse class at Burnham Market by a run-out
