Southern Horse Magazine June / July 2016 | Page 62

Katie Hancock from Cornwall wins the inaugural Mitsubishi Motors Cup BE100 riding her own Kilcandra Rambo Ray 1 Cornish rider Katie Hancock from St Column near Newquay was over the moon to win the inaugural Mitsubishi Motors Cup BE100, previously known as the Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships, held prior to the main Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 4-8th May 2016. Katie had a flawless run finishing on her dressage score of 24.0 completing the cross country course in 6 minutes 21 seconds to take first place riding her own ten year old chestnut gelding Kilcandra Rambo Bay who a 16hh Irish Dragght by Welcome Flagmount. [email protected] Katie who is 33 years old and a safety actually think it will ever happen to you. manager at a recruitment agency It’s amazing. When I was younger I qualified at Bricky Horse Trials. always watched the main event and you think then that you will never get to ride “I have ridden all my life” said Katie “I have been eventing for the past four to five years and share Riley with my mum who whips in for the local hunt during the season. It’s absolutely fantastic to come here and win, I qualified last year here. You don’t realise how big an event it is until you are riding around, hearing all the spectators clapping and cheering it is just brilliant. I am never going to get this anywhere else it’s just a fantastic feeling.” and didn’t do that well. This year I took all the pressure off and didn’t want to even look at the scores, but whilst I was showjumping I heard the announcer say I had a dressage score of 24 and had gone clear.” Katie trains with Georgia Stokes for her dressage and is a real down to earth girl, she was over the moon to win not only the BE100 but she gots to drive away a Mitsubishi Motor for a whole Asked how it felt to win at Badminton year, £600 in cash, a rug donated by Katie replied “You dream of it but don’t Horseware Ireland, a PROtector Patey Page 62