Young horse championships

YOUNG PRETENDERS IMPRESS

OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF YOUNG HORSES AND BREEDING IN THIS COUNTRY MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED AT HARTPURY AND AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS SUMMER BUT KEYSOE PROVED A MOST WORTHY DEPUTY AS THEY HOSTED THE SHEARWATER BRITISH YOUNG HORSE

CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE BRITISH DRESSAGE YOUNG

PONY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND A VIEWING TRIAL FOR THOSE HORSES HOPING FOR SELECTION TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VERDEN.

SHEARWATER FOUR YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mount St John (s. Diamond Hit) Amy Woodhead 82.4 Diamonds are Forever

Vaudeville Carrus (Vivaldi x Davignon II) Luke Baber-Davies 79.8 Tiger (Blue Hors First Alex Baker 79.6 Choice x Sandro Hit)

SHEARWATER FIVE YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Waverley Fellini (Furstenball x Sandro Hit) Greg Simms 92.6 MSJ Florenza (Furstenball x DiMaggio) Amy Woodhead 84.8 Swanmore Dantina (Dante Weltino x Charatin) Sadie Smith 83.4

ABOVE RIGHT: GREG SIMMS AND WAVERLEY FELLINI, OWNED BY GREG AND HIS PARTNER, STENNA HOERNER, IMPRESSED IN BOTH THE VIEWING TRIAL AND SHEARWATER FIVE YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH HIGH SCORES AND ARE NOW VERDEN BOUND. RIGHT: MICHAEL EILBERG’S FAITH IN MSJ DANTE VX IS PAID IN FULL AS THE QUIRKY YOUNGSTER IS SETTLING TO HIS TASK TO WIN THE SEVEN YEAR OLD TITLE FOR OWNERS GERI EILBERG AND NICKY REID. LEFT: SWANMORE DANTINA COMPLETES THE SHEARWATER FIVE YEAR OLD PODIUM WITH RIDER/OWNER SADIE SMITH.

SHEARWATER SIX YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

High Hoes Estelle (Escolar x Luadabilis) Dannie Morgan 83.0 Hawtins Fianello (Floriscount x Cardinar) Lucinda Elliot 82.4 Jaliva (Breeding unknown) Lucy Amy 82.2

BD SEVEN YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

MSJ Dante VX (Dante Weltino x Quattro B) Michael Eilberg 76.38 Impressive (Charmeur x Krack C) Sarah Millis 76.30 I’m Bayford (Breeding unknown) Dan Sherriff 74.40 Hall Incognito

BD PONY FOUR YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Godric’s Dionysis (s. Danger 36) Ellie Darling 70.0

ABOVE: HAWTINS STUD’S RUN OF SUCCESS IN THESE CLASSES CONTINUES WITH SECOND SPOT FOR HAWTINS FINELLO UNDER LUCINDA ELLIOT FOR OWNER AND BREEDER JUDITH DAVIES IN THE SHEARWATER SIX YEAR OLDS. RIGHT: HIGH HOES ESTELLE AND DANNIE MORGAN, WHO PART OWNS THE MARE WITH BREEDER NICKY CALLUM, TOPPED A GREAT SEASON TOGETHER WITH VICTORY IN THE SHEARWATER SIX YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIP. PREVIOUS: SHEARWATER FOUR YEAR OLD VICTORS MOUNT ST JOHN DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER AND AMY WOODHEAD FOR PROUD OWNERS EMMA AND JILL BLUNDELL.

ABOVE: FIVE YEAR OLD PONY HONOURS WENT TO RSC THE OGOPOGO, RIDDEN BY BRYONY GOODWIN FOR OWNER/BREEDER ROISIN CLOSE.

ABOVE: LUKE BABER-DAVIS HAD A GREAT WEEKEND WITH HIS YOUNGSTERS INCLUDING RUNNER UP IN THE SHEARWATER FOUR YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH AES LICENSED STALLION VAUDEVILLE CARRUS, OWNED BY LUKE AND YULA SKORNYACOVA. BELOW: A STAR IN THE MAKING: STRAIGHT HORSE DE MILLA, OWNED BY STRAIGHT HORSE APS AND HELGSTRAND DRESSAGE, IMPRESSED WITH TOM GOODE IN THE SIX YEAR OLD VIEWING TRIAL AND EARNED SELECTION TO VERDEN.

BD PONY FIVE YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

RSC The Ogopogo (s. Ceulan Calon Lan) Bryony Goodwin 76.2 KL Decan Dun (s. FS Champion De Luxe) Daisy Mansfield 67.8

BD PONY SIX YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

SugarhouseTargaryen (s. Sunny Jim) Lucy Pye 80.8

Carry Girl San (Corbinian x Constantin) Naomi Maxted Massey 77.0 Wadacre Fancy Pants (Furst Romancier Ellie Darling 73.2 x Golden Dancer)

BD FIVE YEAR OLD VIEWING TRIAL

Waverley Fellini (Furstenball x Sandro Hit) Greg Simms 87.2 King IV (Governor x Johnson) Jezz Palmer 81.8 Kerouac (Sezuan x Everoniek) Luke Baber-Davies 76.2

ABOVE: LUCY PYE EXPERTLY PILOTED KATHRYN PICKLES’ SUGARHOUSE TARGARYEN TO A 80%+ SCORE FOR THE WIN IN THE BD PONY SIX YEAR OLD CHAMPIONSHIP. LEFT: IT WAS A WIN FOR PATRICIA POMP’S GODRIC’S DIONYSIS UNDER ELLIE DARLING IN THE BD FOUR YEAR OLD PONY CLASS. BELOW: IMPRESSIVE BY NAME, EQUALLY BY NATURE. SARAH MILLIS AND IMPRESSIVE WOWED IN BOTH THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

AND VIEWING TRIAL FOR SEVEN YEAR OLDS. SARAH AND ‘ED’ ARE OFF TO VERDEN, COVID PERMITTING.

BD SIX YEAR OLD VIEWING TRIAL

Straight Horse De Milla (De Niro x Blue Hors Zack) Tom Goode 88.4 Jaristo (Dream Boy x Nourejev) Tom Goode 86.4 Toska Too (s.Grey Flannell x Rubenstein) Beth Bainbridge 71.8

BD SEVEN YEAR OLD VIEWING TRIAL

Impressive (Charmeur x Krack C) Sarah Millis 80.31 Ivoli-E (Dream Boy x Jazz) Luke Baber-Davies 77.46 Rockstar I (Rock Forever NRW Lisa Marriott 77.01 x Stedinger)