DORSET’S Yazmin Davis won her first world ranking grand prix after recording the only double clear on Zilverster at the FEI 2* Oswestry Scope Festival.
No fewer than 40 combinations tackled course designer Raf Suarez’s 1.45m track with 11 finding all the answers to access the jump-off.
But clear rounds were scarce as early riders chased the clock with newly-crowned national champion Annabel Shields holding the lead on Wet Wet Wet with a fast four faults.
The pressure was on Davis who opted to go for the clear on the 13-year-old Guidam daughter Zilverster.
And although they rattled the vertical in the double, all the fences remained intact.
Davis said: “We needed that bit of luck and going for a clear suited us. She isn’t the fastest against the clock.”
The 22-year-old from Winterborne Anderson was again in winning mode on her national championship double winner Zanbowa Z, the Zandor Z eight-year-old topping the initial day’s medium tour 1.30m by 1.02 sec in a strong 16-horse jump-off.
“I find he’s better over bigger fences and he has a huge stride,” said Davis, who won both Foxhunter Masters and the grade C championship at Stoneleigh.
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