Megan Cookson Captures
Supreme Pretty Polly
Championship
Following a nail-biting final, Megan
Cookson and Louvaine Rooney
captured the prestigious TopSpec
Supreme Pretty Polly Ridden
Championship at the North of
England Summer Pony Show.
This talented combination are in
fine form this season, having landed
the intermediate title at Aintree,
before going on to win the £1,000
TopSpec Championship at this
Lincolnshire venue.
This show seems to be a lucky
one for the pair, having claimed the
Sporting Sam accolade here two years
ago. However, the win this year is all
the more special as Rooney underwent
surgery in the summer of last year
which prevented him from contesting
the showing circuit last season.
Said Megan: “I did the same show
that landed me the Sporting Sam
title two years ago, so I thought why
change it? It seemed to do the trick!”
The stunning nine-year-old is a
popular figure on the Intermediate
Show Hunter/Small Hunter circuit
and looked as good as ever to hold
off strong competition to take this
prestigious TopSpec Pretty Polly title.
Judge Karen Toynton-Ward was
full of praise for the pair and also
their reserve, the beautiful show pony
Rosamel Dark Prince ridden by Emma
Parker. “We asked them all to give a
performance to wow us and the top
two did that brilliantly,” she said,
Megan was delighted with her
fabulous mount, saying “there were a
lot of really good combinations and it
was tough competition, but he went
brilliantly and I’m so thrilled to win.
He is such a special horse.”
The TopSpec Supreme Pretty Polly
Ridden Championship is for homeproduced ponies and showing is very
much a family affair for the Cookson’s.
Picture Caption: Megan Cookson and Louvaine
Rooney receiving the TopSpec Supreme Pretty
Polly Ridden Championship Award at the North
of England Summer Pony Show.
Sponsorship News:
Aloeride Go The Extra Mile
Aloeride, the organic aloe vera
supplement for horses are delighted to
announce their sponsorship of one of the
highlights in the Endurance calendar:
‘The Home International Team
Championships’.
The two-year title sponsorship deal
will see the British brand supporting
this year’s event to be held on 2nd – 4th
October at the British Horse Feeds Red
Dragon Festival Of Endurance at The
14
Royal Welsh Showground and into 2016.
The team championships aims to
encourage riders at all levels competing
in two teams of si
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