pony Newoak Balladier was capably ridden to second place in the Brineton Colne M&M leading rein by Lucille Bywater in his first showing season. Nine year old Olivia McHale from Weston-in-Gordano Somerset was delighted just to have qualified her Dartmoor pony Dryknowl Branzil in the same class, so when her number was called out in ninth place she was over the moon. However, the best showing result for the region came from the show pony
classes. Tirteen year-old Millie Wonnacott from Ashford in Devon qualified an amazing eight ponies in total for HOYS. Riding the five year old 128cms bay mare Broadgrove Springtime owned by Anne Fowler from Bristol, Millie sparkled under the spotlight aſter clinching the Charlotte Morgan Show Pony championship title in front of a packed audience on Friday evening. Millie’s other qualified rides were; Anne Fowler’s 138cms show ponies; Broadgrove Jester who finished in sixth and Broadgrove Chatterbox. Champlers Storyteller in the 148cms owned by Mrs R Obbard, Dartmoor stallion Moortown Countryman owned by breeders Di and John Jordon, her own 133cms show hunter pony Hollowmarsh Archie and Andrea Boyle’s 133cms working hunter pony My Blue Eyed Boy II. Anne Fowler was also in the spotlight on Sunday when she had the honour of judging the show pony lead rein and first ridden classes. Sixteen year-old Lucinda Waters from Newquay in Cornwall only had
FROM TOP: Victoria White on Kelsterton Merlin 9th Cuddy WH; Jane Cooper on My Special Something 4th Ladies Hunter; Lucille Bywater on Newoak Balladier; Angie Thompson on Oskana W jumps in to 5th round; Devon & Somerset Pony Club.
four weeks to get used to her new ride Roseberry Highland Fling. Lucinda and her connections had tears of joy when she was called in to second place in the Orgy Oggy 153cms Intermediate Show Riding Type. Getting in to a championship at HOYS was a dream come true for the teenager, who was delighted to receive her rosette from sponsor and neighbour Liz Stanlieck Carriage driver Andrew Hamilton-Rhodes finished second in the Xerox
special event services harness champion of the year with Brookborough Duke. In the same class Joan Tomas, who has won the event many times before and came out of retirement was sixth with Heartland Red Rocket. Keith Day from Cornwall made his first visit to HOYS in the Osborne Refrigeration double harness scurry where he finished in sixth on Wednesday, fiſth on Friday and tenth in the final on Saturday. Displays from Frederic Pignon and six stallions enthralled the audience,
as they performed difficult movements without restraint in his first ever performance in England. Richard Davison gave a HOYS special dressage master class featuring world development squad member Charlie Hutton from the Talland School of Equitation in Cirencester. On Sunday morning five dressage riders Dan Sherrif, Steph Croxford, Rhett Bird, Richard Davison and Jackie Bevan from Gloucestershire went head to head in the HOYS Grand Prix freestyle dressage challenge. Jackie rode Donner Dancer featuring the popular music from the Lloyds bank television advert for her trot work. Te challenge was won by 2009 equestrian of the year, triple Olympian Richard Davison riding his wonderful bay horse Hiscox Artemis. Winners of the British Open H factor Knights of Middle England brought the house down with their exciting tournaments where, as always bad was overpowered by good as the Black Knight was carried out of the arena laid across his saddle. A lot more of our regions owners and riders did well at the show
unfortunately we haven’t enough space to feature them all. A full set of results may be obtained from the HOYS website at
www.hoys.co.uk
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