Fire destroys Richard Spooner's truck

Richard Spooner's truck was destoyed by fire this week at his stables at Carcassone, France.

“We turned on the generator and the air conditioning caught fire and within minutes the whole truck was blazing” explained Richard's wife Kaylen. “Luckily we were just preparing to come, no horses were on board, it could have been a lot worse.”

The Spooners arrived in one of the worlds most wealthy countries in a borrowed Land-Rover and trailer!

Although it looks like the trip to Monte Carlo is paying off already. Spooner and Pako took the fourth place in the 1.45m competition yesterday evening and pocketed 1,600 Euros for the effort.

Spooner and his top mount Cristallo will be fighting to win Saturday’s GCT Grand Prix of Monaco for the third consecutive year.