Tuesday 12th of March 2024
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Baker wins Silver with her new horse in Tryon

Natasha Baker MBE, based in Middlesex, has won Individual Silver with her new ride, Mount St John Diva Dannebrog in the Grade III class at the FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, USA.

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At just their third international competition together, Natasha has won her first senior championship medal with Diva (Mount St John Dannebrog) after less than a year together.

Drawn first to go in the class, Natasha and Diva, owned by The Mount St John Stud, entered the Tryon Stadium for their first competition outing of the week. As their performance went on they grew in confidence and after a lovely test, were rewarded with a score of 72.471%, a score that could only be bettered by Rixt van der Horst from The Netherlands and her mount Findsley, who topped the standings with a score of 73.735%.

A delighted Natasha said;

“To get a silver medal with seven months of riding her is just insane! If somebody had told me in January that I would be competing here I would have told them they were lying.

“She (Mount St John Diva Dannebrog) was amazing; she went in there like she owned it and I am so proud of everything that we have achieved in such a short space of time. I am so grateful to her owners (Mount St John Stud) for giving me this opportunity.”

Commenting on her new horse, Natasha added;

“Everything is new. I knew JP inside out and I knew how he would have been in there whereas I am still learning about Diva. It’s such a learning curve coming here with a new horse but I’ve got more years to get to know her.”

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Last in the class was fellow British team member, Erin Orford with Annabel Whittet’s Dior, both making their world championship debut. After a small mistake early on, they came back to finish positively, ending on a final score of 68.853%.

Both Natasha and Erin will both compete in the team competition on Friday.

Equestrian Team GBR is supported by the UK Sport National Lottery funded World Class Programme; the British teams are very grateful to the support they receive from the British Equestrian Federation Fund and official partners Dodson and Horrell, Equi-Trek, FALPRO England, Musto, NAF and Point Two.

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