Equestrian Life Magazine September Issue 220 | Page 15
Rachel Holmes’ yearling Pipers Royal
Sonata won 4 out of her 4 classes & IH
Horse Ch
The Comtois Balto de la Heute
& Douglas Crowe won the Rare
Foreign or Heavy breeds in hand
Katie McHardy & Fairrose
Fast Love 1st New Forest or
Connemara
A big hug
for Skerne
Skye Sundays
Humbug Veteran
Champion
open age groups, but he held
his own and we won all three
classes, receiving some lovely
comments from the judge. He
then went on to take in hand
horse champion! We were
over-the-moon with this result,
as all the hard work is paying
off. We are so excited about his
future, as he is proving to be our
ultimate dream-come-true and
every reason why we bred him,
I know his mum will be watching
him and will be so proud! Thank
you to everyone involved in the
show, we had a super day!”
Gillian Wilkinson said “We all
just wanted to say what a lovely
day we had on Sunday at your
championships. We were unsure
whether to bother with the
two hour journey this year as
Maplebeck Merlyns
Mischief winning the
Welsh A & Bs
we would be bringing a new
partnership. So glad we did.
Of course it helped that the
sun shone and the show was
brilliantly run and everyone
was approachable, friendly and
helpful. Our little jockey, Blake
Auchterlonie, has only been
riding for a few years and has
only been on our hunter pony
for twelve weeks. He tried in
three classes and in his third
class he managed to get an
honourable fifth. His mum and
sister, my husband and I were
really pleased with the day’s
‘work’. I just thought you might
all like to know that it’s not just
the firsts and the champions
that go home happy and that
sometimes the experience
of being at a show like this is
enough. I’d also like to say I’m
Leah May on Mini Apache winning the WH championship
Kirstie Wright on
Millhouse Adimo
Pectore 1st sports
horse
Pony Ridden Final
Eve Duggan
1st ridden Cob
Ridden Horse
champion
Immortal
Significance &
Louise Gaskin
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