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SHOW REPORT Abigail Sole and Hero Worship, first Tattersalls and RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show Horse
Surrey County Show
Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey Monday 28th May 2018 Words and pictures by Fiona Rafferty Claire Lewis and Orlando’s Golden Girl, first Side Saddle Costume Concours d’elegance
Victoria Joyce and Creans Huntingfield Rebel, second Side Saddle Costume Concours d’elegance
Pippa Lucas and Clssic Night, first Skewbald & Piebald Plaited Ridden Pony
Rebekah Young and Pferde Stud Cezanne, first Skewbald & Piebald Plaited Ridden Horse
Lynn Russell and Baileys Horse Feeds Starfall, first Heavyweight Cob and Champion Cob
Lynn Russell and Baileys Horse Feeds Cappa Sham, first Maxi Cob, first Skewbald & Piebald Traditional and Native Ridden and Champion Coloured
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Louise Eyres and Glebedale Sidelined, first M&M Amateur Rider all breeds and Reserve Champion
Jane Weller and Stoatleytwo Red Dragon, First NPS Open Ridden National Championship M&M Large Breeds, Champion Mountain & Moorland Ridden, first M&M Young Riders Large Breeds and second M&M Large Breeds Working Hunter Pony
Katie Bettison and Lettergesh Bobby, First M&M Medium Breeds Working Hunter Pony and Champion Working Hunter Pony
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bi Sole’s 15-year-old Hero Worship lit up the arena from start to finish to claim the Tattersalls and RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show Horse class. Abi will have owned Hero for ten years this November, rehomed him through the Darley/ Godolphin rehoming scheme. Hero had raced three times on the flat winning two and finishing second in the other before injury struck. Hero recovered from successful stem cell treatment, but the prognosis was that he would probably do the same injury again and as he was ‘such a nice person’ he was retired into the re-homing programme. Abi said it was a bit like “the blind leading the blind” when he first arrived, as she had no idea what she should be doing. Her sister Lizzie Drury, who had some experiences of ex-racehorses, tried to help, but Abi said she had only had unsuccessful racehorses, so Hero was a bit different. Hero spent a couple of months with Fred and Rowena Cook before coming home.
Future husband
It was a winning situation all-round when Abi met the stable jockey at the yard where she chose to keep Hero. She not only found a good jockey and all-round horseman in Jody Sole, but also her future husband.
Mrs Smith’s Penchesco, second Tattersalls and RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show Horse
Producing Hero is still very much a team effort and while Abi is busy working as Marketing Lead for a Pharmaceutical company during the week, Jody keeps Hero ticking over from his yard near Horsham. Abi has had her most successful year to date with Hero, winning at Suffolk, South of England and qualifying for the Horse of the Year Show in the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse class. Despite their success, which includes competing at Hickstead, Burghley, Aintree and now qualifying for HOYS, Abi still has plenty more she plans to do with Hero. The combination currently compete at Elementary level dressage and Abi would like to qualify for the Regionals in dressage to music and another goal is to start competing him in side saddle classes.
On Cob Form
One of the most successful producers at the show was Surrey-based Lynn Russell, who started her day winning the Novice Hunter with May Day Flyer. More success followed in the Cob classes where her yard under the dual jockeyship of Glen Gains won all the weight sections. It was the Heavyweight, Baileys Horse Feeds Starfall ridden by Lynn who stood Champion, with Gallifrey, the Lightweight winner, partnered by Glen in Reserve.
Phillip Miller and Unbelievable Lady, first Area Trial Grand Prix
The stunning coloured Baileys Horse Feeds Cappa Sham took the Maxi Cob title before winning the Skewbald & Piebald Traditional and Native Ridden Horse class. He went on to stand Ridden Coloured Champion, with the Skewbald & Plaited Ridden Horse winner, Pferde Stud Cezanne ridden by Rebekah Young standing Reserve.
Strong turnout of natives
The Surrey County Show are strong supporters of the native classes and had a good turnout in both the in-hand and ridden sections with Mountain & Moorland Working Hunter classes too. The striking Welsh section D, Thorneyside The Contender owned by Mrs D Baker took the Mountain and Moorland In-hand Championship, with the winning Exmoor, Martine Harding’s Princess standing Reserve. In the Ridden classes the tri-colour went the way of Jane Weller and her versatile Welsh section D, Stoatleytwo Red Dragon. Rachel Surman-Bright stood Reserve with another Welsh section D, Morry Imari. It was a Connemara who claimed the Mountain & Moorland Working Hunter pony Championship with Lettergesh Bobby ridden by Katie Bettison taking the honours and Katherine McGrail with Millcroft Golden Lustre standing Reserve.
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Kyra Lunn and Aberconwy Lolo, first M&M Large Breeds Working Hunter Pony
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