Highland Pony Enthusiasts Club Newsletter November 2017 Autumn is galloping past at an alarming rate and the leaves have nearly all gone already in my neck of the woods. It is the time when we all start to think about clipping ponies or not, stabling or not and the possibility of meeting up at Christmas socials or a forth coming trip to Olympia. Quite a number of HPEC members will be making the trip to London and so it will be nice for Enthusiasts to meet up and maybe have a group photo to celebrate the occasion.
The Championship in the condition classes was taken by the fell Thornbeck Bobby Dazzler whist the blue and white was awarded to Chris Bassett’s lovely two year old filly Mossside Yeva. The in-hand Highland Championship was awarded to Amanda Kay’s prolific winner Lagalgarve Loch Luss with Mandy Fairclough’s gelding Lagalgarve Ben Ghuilean Reserve. The best youngstock award was taken by Sarah Doran with her home bred Watermillock Maverick. Loch Lussa also took the ridden championship with Amy Harris’ Heybrows Berneray Lord Bertram a worthy Reserve.
Pennine Area End of Season Show The Pennine Area’s End of Season show was a resounding success with twenty highlands entered, fifteen in-hand six of which were youngstock and a further five solely in the ridden classes. Additionally there were five fell ponies and one dales forward for the combined fell and dales in-hand and mixed ridden classes. Judge Mrs Heather Prescott commented, “I really enjoyed the show. The atmosphere was nice and friendly and the competitors were cheerful and polite. The ponies were of a good standard on the whole, and it was nice to see that most of them were not to fat! Since l last judged for the Pennine Group, the ponies are going forward more in the ridden classes, and their turnout was looking more professional than previously both ridden and in-hand. Many thanks for inviting me.” Photos by Melody Ashcroft
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