Top Badminton contender withdraws: ‘I’m not 100% — I can’t do the horses justice’

Tina Cook has withdrawn all her horses from this week’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (2-6 May) as she has not fully recovered from dislocating her shoulder at Burnham Market at the end of March.

“It’s a very difficult decision, but I’ve run out of time,” she told H&H. “I’ve made amazingly good progress and had so much support from the team doctor and physios, who have all been working really hard to get me right, but I just don’t feel I’m going to do the horses justice by cross-country day on Saturday.

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Article written by: Pippa Roome