Confidence Game - An OTTB to Remember
In The Irons
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1m 57s
Learn about 5-star eventer Colleen Rutledge’s 12-year-old American Thoroughbred stallion Confidence Game. He competed through the advanced level and is now competing as a show jumper in the 1.30m level with John Michael Durr. Colleen shares why she loves OTTB and the tricky part of riding a stallion.
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