Throwback to top eventer @DuttonEventing early days with the Nyngan Pony Club in Australia. Can you find our Olympian in this lineup? All correct answers will be entered to win a free book from TSB! Photo from Riding for the Team from @USETFoundation edited by @NancyJaffer pic.twitter.com/HTY1HxG1l9
— HorseandRiderBooks (@TSBbooks) September 3, 2020
Can you guess which one is P Dutty in this photo above? Click on the link to submit your answer and enter to win a book! Better yet, go get your own copy of Riding For The Team, from Trafalgar Square Books and the United States Equestrian Team Foundation and edited by Nancy Jaffer — highly recommend. (And be sure to read this amazing excerpt from Boyd Martin’s contribution, “You Weren’t Really on Him That Long,” on EN here.)
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