Caithness trainers trot off with top award from Horse of the Year

By SPP Reporter

Published: 16:27, 19 October 2017

| Updated: 16:35, 19 October 2017

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James Munro riding Ebony King receives the award from confirmation judge A C M Spalding with ride judge Andrew Collins pictured left.

A horse trained in Caithness took first place in the Small Show Hunter of the Year Championship at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham.

Irish-born five-year old Ebony King, trained by Russell Skelton and James Munro of Team Skelton at their yard near Wick and ridden by James, claimed first prize ahead of 28 competitors from around the UK and Europe.

Ebony King also won the Champion Hunter title at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh earlier this year.

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