Enough about Victoria Pendleton’s Cheltenham ride. Nina Carberry was the winner

Nina Carberry celebrates victory with On The Fringe in the Foxhunters Chase at Cheltenham. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

While admiring Victoria Pendleton’s heavily publicised ride at Cheltenham (Pendleton hailed by Festival crowd after Foxhunter fifth, Sport, 19 March; ‘It was a dream – audacious, ridiculous. I feel awesome’, 19 March) it is regrettable that the remarkable achievements of the actual race winner were barely mentioned. Nina Carberry was not only winning the Foxhunter Chase for the second year running, she has won five times at Cheltenham over the years, in addition to many other successes, and taken part in five Grand Nationals. She is one of the most remarkable horsewomen of her generation and is also blessed with a charming and attractive personality. I was sorry to see that all this took second place to celebrity in the Guardian, as in other media.
Richard Lucraft
London

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