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Race Across The World left out HUGE part of winner's life as fans ask ‘why wouldn't they mention that?'
IT was a tense sprint to the finish line in last night's finale of Race Across The World.
But fans were baffled that a huge part of the winner's life had been left out of the series.
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The final episode followed the pairs travelling from Goa, India, to the southernmost tip of India, Kanniyakumari, 1000km away.
But after a 51-day cross-continent race, it was mother and son duo Caroline and Tom who took home the £20,000 prize.
The pair, who were leading the race from its fifth episode earlier this month, beat brothers Melvyn and Brian, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia and young couple Fin and Sioned to the finish point.
And it was an emotional moment for the duo, as they opened the all-important guest book on their arrival.
Celebrating their win, Caroline broke down in tears telling her son: 'We must never doubt ourselves, ever, ever, ever again.'
On-screen Caroline has spoken about giving up her career to become a mum and how the show has given her the chance to do something for herself.
But what hasn't aired on the BBC show is that Caroline is a successful eventer.
In her everyday life, the Race Across the World winner has a number of achievements under her belt when it comes to horse riding.
Just before she joined the show, she won the 2024 British Eventing BE80 grassroots league when riding 14-year-old horse Really.
Caroline has had Really for almost a year now, according to British Eventing.
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Since Race Across the World came to an end, she has returned to eventing and has continued to be successful
This season, Caroline topped the British Eventing's BE90 March/April OBP League.
In May, she told The Horse and Hound: "It's lovely to be back and I'm looking forward to the championship.
"Eventing has got a little bit of the challenge of Race Across the World because you have to be prepared, fit, determined and have an aim in mind."
Fans questioned on social media why this was never aired in the show and one said: "Horseandhound magazine has an article about Caroline.
"A successful eventer for years, and Tom who Caroline had when she was 40.
"Have lost trust in this programme and the phoney sob stories. Such a shame."
Another added: "Why wouldn't they mention this on the show!"
A third explained: "I'm not dismissing her feelings about her role in life, but her whole I'm just a stay at home mum who has never done anything in my life attitude rubs a bit thin when you take her sporting career into account.
"She's not just an amateur, she has been doing it for 25 years + (i.e. all the time she was running a house)."
Another added: "I don't like how Caroline is making out that she is just some poor housewife who has never had a life when actually she is a very successful eventer."
"She is making out that she hasn't done anything for herself since getting married, this is simply not true," explained another.
While one poster said: "I think that's more of an age thing, and your children getting older.
"My Mum kept going on about having lost her purpose and confidence when I went to uni even though she had a very successful career."
But another disagreed: "Caroline is successful in Eventing (horse sport) which, to me, makes her sob story seem a little disingenuous and designed to counter their obvious privilege.
"They definitely have grown over the course of the series and become more likeable, I don't think the producers really needed to work as hard on it as they might have thought."
Caroline also told the publication that her experience with horses helped her on the TV show and added: "Horsey people are generally quite grounded and extremely tough.
"You can put up with being dirty and grubby and you just get on with it, and that really helped because dignity goes out the window very, very quickly.
"You don't mind getting your hands dirty in both senses of the word.
"And I was quite fit, which was probably the biggest help for me in the long run."
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