Farming Monthly National November 2017 | Page 50

| ATV Suzuki ATV Felicity Collins awarded Suzuki Ozark 250 after Houghton Horse Trials success Felicity was handed the Ozark 250 by local Suzuki dealer, Freestyle Bikes British Eventing Champion Felicity Collins has been awarded a 12-month loan of a Suzuki Ozark 250 ATV after becoming the new U21 National Champion at the Saracen Horse Feeds Houghton International trials earlier this year. uzuki GB has been supporting the Horse Trials for over 10 years, with previous years’ prize ATVs being awarded to Will Furlong and William Fox-Pitt, following their success in the competition. The Horse Trials, held in Norfolk, are internationally recognised in the Eventing calendar, hosting over 700 horses and more than 350 international competitors. Felicity, who first sat on a pony S at only 9 days old, is a well- deserved winner. She commented on her prize ATV, “I am really excited to have won the ATV and am looking forward to getting to grips with it! We have a 20-year old ATV already which was dying to be replaced, so I am really looking forward to riding the shiny new Suzuki Ozark around the yard. We are already planning on levelling the school with it very soon.” Felicity comes from a successful Eventing family, with her mother Vicky winning several 50 | Farming Monthly | November 2017 titles in the 90’s resulting in being listed for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics! The family now run a large stable in East Sussex, which is home to nearly ten Eventing horses. The prize handover took place at Felicity’s family stables, which not only houses Felicity’s winning Horse RSH Contend’Or, but also several other prize winners. Suzuki GB’s Head of ATV, George Cheeseman, added “Congratulations to Felicity on winning her event at the Houghton International Horse Trials. The equestrian industry is very important to Suzuki, so we feel very privileged to be able to support both the Horse Trials, and Felicity Collins. I’m glad to hear that this prize ATV will be put to good use and I’m looking forward to catching up in a couple of months to see how she’s getting on with the Ozark 250. Felicity has evidently put a tremendous amount of time and dedication in to her Eventing career and I wish her the best of luck in the future.” www.farmingmonthly.co.uk