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Full transcript: Dan Watson is an international Grand Prix rider and Nicola Naylor is an international para dressage rider. Both are based at Fiddlers Green Stud in Kent and work closely together in both training and competition. From winning Best International rider as Sydney CDI in 2009, Dan's career has gone from strength to strength. He has competed successfully at grand prix all over the world regularly breaking the magical 70 per cent barrier. He was on the winning team at the 2013 Rotterdam Nation's Cup as well as being Reserve Champion at the World Equestrian Games in 2014. Nicola Naylor has been blind since her 20s with only some light perception in one eye. She began competing in grade four Para Dressage in 2011 and in 2014 she competed at Para Freestyle level internationally in Holland and in Belgium. Despite her international success as a para rider, Nicola took a bit of a knock back when the FEI changed the rules regarding visually impaired riders. To combat this Nicola has been competing success