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Meet Team GB's horses - para-dressage
Ricky Balshaw (right) and Felicity Coulthard (second right) meet the Duchess of Cornwall

Deacons Giorgi - Ricky Balshaw
16.2hh Bay gelding, 12 years old
Owned by Julia Lazzani

Deacons Giorgi has a sense of humour. Ricky (pictured on the right) says: "He's cheeky and plays with anything. He even takes my stick off me for a laugh!" The horse eats anything, too - his favourite food is apples.

Roffelaar - Felicity Coulthard
16.1hh Bay gelding, 10 years old, owned by Felicity

Felicity describes Roffelaar as "laid back, but has a cheekiness about him which makes him lively". He has a "good temperament", but she says he can be grumpy when she tacks him up, "putting his ears back".



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