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The fairy tale of North Yorks
Peter and Lucinda Atkinson on the bargain mare who has them dreaming of Cheltenham and Aintree
Peter and Lucinda Atkinson with their unbeaten mare Irish RoeCredit: Steve Dennis
Biggest win so far Listed bumper at Cheltenham last month
Main ambition See above; fulfilled.
Once upon a time there were two people, 200 sheep, 120 cows, 150 pigs, one little girl, six eventers and two racehorses, one of which was quite slow and the other, well, wasn't. It sounds like the passenger manifest for the Irish Rover, or an early and quickly abandoned version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. And it sounds like something else, too.
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