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Vunder wins dressage title

NEW DELHI: Estonia's Marika Vunder won the dressage title in the Kuoni international equestrian festival that concluded at the Jaipur Polo Ground here on Sunday. Teams from Australia, Ireland, Turkey, Estonia and Singapore, apart from the host, participated in the two-day event.

Sirly Tillmann of Estonia and India's leading rider, M.S. Rathore, took the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The foreign and Indian riders rode horse randomly selected by a draw of lots. Sharon Carroll of Australia, Diana Ellerman of Estonia, Mark Lee of Singapore and Maria Byrne of Ireland were some of the prominent riders who competed in the dressage event in which horses are put through a series of set movements in front of a jury.

A tent-pegging event, with seven Indian teams in the field, was also held concurrently. The Delhi `A' team comprising Mukhwinder Singh, Jagat Singh, Kishen Kumar and Pawan Kumar won the title, followed by ASC Centre and College and Delhi `B.'

The festival was organised by Equisport under the aegis of the Equestrian Federation of India. — Special Correspondent

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