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Article: Rumours over Chit Chat spark inquiry
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- October 16, 2004
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BRITISH Eventing has started a formal investigation into news that
champion four-year-old Bonza Chit Chat might actually be five.
Bonza Chit Chat, ridden by Marie Ryan, was the four-year-old
winner of this year's Pavo British Eventing Breeding Championships.
But now the breeder of the horse has told officials that Chit Chat
was, in fact, born in May, 1999.
Winnie Murphy, public relations and communications manager for
British Eventing, confirmed that the age issue had been brought to
BE's attention and an investigation was ongoing.
Marie Ryan's husband, eventer Matt, is claiming he has emails from
the breeder saying the mare was a 2000 foal.
Chit Chat is out of coloured mare Talk Talk by ...