Michael Dawson’s superb mare, Columbia, was in winning form yet again in St Gallen, Switzerland on 5 June. Ridden by Robert Smith, the mare once more jumped clear in a blisteringly fast time in Friday’s 1.45m Table A (against the clock) class to take the winning ribbons.She was over a second faster than Ireland’s Cian O’Connor on Irish Independent Echo Beach who finished in second place to Robert.
1st Columbia (Robert Smith) Pen 0 Time 51.03;
2nd Irish Independent Echo Beach (Cian O’Connor) Pen 0 Time 52.50;
3rd Prezioso S (Lauren Hough) Pen 0 Time 52.94.