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Alice Plunkett (also known by her married name, Alice Fox-Pitt) is a former eventer and National Hunt jockey and current presenter on Channel 4 Racing in the UK. She is notable as the only female to have ridden at both Badminton Horse Trials and over the Grand National course at Aintree. ==Riding career== Plunkett started riding at hunts, which led to riding in point to points. That, in turn, led to her riding in the 1993 Fox Hunters' Chase at Aintree, one of the two main hunter chase races in the calendar. She was aged only 19 and it was only her fifth ride on a racecourse. She rode a horse called Bold King's Hussar, bred by her grandad and finished fourteenth.〔 She went on to ride winners on the flat, over hurdles and fences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alice Plunkett - Presenter )〕 In her eventing career she rode at Badminton Horse Trials and also represented Great Britain at the European Three Day Event Championships under 21.〔 She gave up competitive riding in 2000,〔 but has since ridden in charity races at the Cheltenham Festival. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Plunkett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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