Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019Horse& Hound 37

Picture

by

Alison

Parker

Photography

CHERWELL

27-29 July

CherwellCompetition

Centre,Oxford

ALLANACLUTTERBUCKand

AdrianWhitewaywillbothhave

theirfirstrideintheFoxhunter

final at Horse of the Year Show

Twoleading

ridersareheading

totheFoxhunter

finalforthe

first time

(HOYS),aftertakingthetickets in

a hard-foughtcompetition.

Exceptforthemasters

attheforthcomingnational

championships,thiswasthefinal

chancetoqualify.A high-class,

70-strongfieldtookonGillian

Milner’sfirst-roundcourse,with

29 reachingroundtwoand 13

goingagainsttheclock.

Thefirsttrebleclearcame

fromRhysJonesontheseven-

year-oldstallionHop.Theymade

the course look easy, albeit in a

steadytime.Twohorseslater,

SimonCrippensetoffquickly

onanotherscopeyseven-

year-old,PremierTitanium,

andtooktheleadbyalmost

sixseconds.

Thewinningroundcame

next.Allana,18,rodeVykinbay

ina fabulousrhythm,andwith

theminimumoffusstookalmost

threesecondsoffSimon’stime.

Thenextpair,MichaelaWebb

andAmarilloFSH,lookedquick

untila miscommunicationinto

thedoubleleftthemonthefloor.

Michaelawasunhurt,butthere

was a lengthy delay while Amarillo

ByPENNYRICHARDSON

Vykinbay wins

hard-fought battle

RESULTS

27 July:Britishnov.—1, RebelEdward(M

Nagele);2,LittleMissLulu(SPoole);3,

ErasureII (FMarston).90cm.—1, Romanos

Legacy(KCoomes);2,CharltonDuCarel

(SPoole);3,LytseMarten(KVaughan).

Nupafeeddiscovery.—1, VoiceOfCapitol

(LCraker);2,OrianaVanHetWildehof(E

Eltham);3,JakataHBF(SLupson).1m.—1,

TheGreenEyedMonster(JKetley);2,

RomanosLegacy;3,CreevaghFlagship

Hero(SPoole).1.05m.—1, WoodfieldClover

(JPyke);2,CosmicJaxx(E-JSlater);3,

TheEyedMonster.Connolly’sRedMills

newcomers.—1, MatchMyClass(JHalim);

2,Oakfieldsjunipergreen(EEltham);3,

VinellaX (LJackson).1.10m.—1, BalouSea

(RO’Sullivan);2,CocoChanel(I Ryder);

3,GoldenGroveAITA (PShaw).Equitop

MyoplastFoxhunter—1, Darzina(S

Gregory);2,MasterFuristo(JSeddon);3,

KilbunnyImpressive(AWalters).1.20m.—1,

Abrisco(JHalim);2,InTheMoodVHK(I

Ryder);3,Boulahrouz(LJackson).B&C.—1,

MissTangelo(LMantel);2,Vancurtis(R

Mason);3,JinjaVonDeWeretherbach(B

Raistrick).1.30m.—1, InTheMoodVHK;2,

OhCasanova(SGregory);3,QashqaiVanHet

Veldhof(GWright). 28 July:Britishnov.—1,

KillduffAdy(SForino);2,InxsIIIZ(SPoole);

3,CloverletteVB(CGettingby).90cm.—1,

Bilithya(RBlair);2,ClassicGrazioso(P

Ashenheim);3,LytseMarten.Nupafeed

discovery.—1, CSVoltage(EAshworth);2,

OsCornasVinDePays(RBlair);3,Future

Cantata(GCodner).1m.—1, Gizmo’sGlory

(TPosner);2 &3,CoolAmberDoug&

Bilithya(RBlair).1.05m.—1, MediaMan(N

Shearman);2,ArnoDeKalvarie(JMaxwell);

3,BillyVanPelt(PFrench).Connolly’s

RedMillsnewcomers.—1, DomingoVII(K

Gibson);2,ArdnoreVivendi(AdeJong);

3,Iserdita(DMattock).1.10m.—1, Drumin

Jacko(DDelsart);2,AnitaII (LTurner);3,

HelsinkiVDL(GEllison).EquitopMyoplast

Foxhunter/1.20m.—1, Dacapo(LCollett);

2,PramwaldhofsSanQuantas(GEllison);3,

NPSFlorida(SJohn).B&C.—1, London 52 (L

Collett);2,Elrond(GEllison);3,FantasyII (L

Turner).1.30m.—1, London52;2,PLSkyline

(NWard);3,WinningGood(EMoffitt). 29

July:EquitopMyoplastFoxhunter/1.20m.—

1, RoyalTrooperII (NEdwards);2,Little

Business(OFletcher);3,TesioP (LMantel).

EquitopMyoplastFoxhunter2ndround.—1,

Vykinbay(AClutterbuck);2,HeathfieldMerlin

(AWhiteway);3,Hokke(BBick).A/B/C

h’cap.—1, VanCurtis;2,MHSWashington(L

Mantel);3,DaltonW(PBarker).1.40m.— 1

&3,HappyBoy&DaltonW(PBarker);2,

VanCurtis.

receivedveterinaryattentionfor

a reportedkneeinjury.

Aftertherestart,Adrianand

HeathfieldMerlingallopedallthe

wayandmissedthetopspotby

just0.5sec.

Theothertrebleclearcame

fromBenBickandHokke.Urged

onbyanenthusiasticgroupof

supporters,Benthreweverything

intohisround,buthadtosettle

forthirdplace.

Allana has had Vykinbay for

justovera year.The10-year-old

geldingcametoshowjumpinglate

afteraneventingcareerin

hisnativeFrance,andheand

Allanawereinthemoney

inlastyear’sHOYSgradeC

championship.

Theywillcompeteinthe

samefinalthisyearandwere

alsomembersofa second-placed

BritishjuniorNationsCupteam

inMay.

“Ican’tbelieveit.I washappy

withgradeC qualification,but

thisis a dream,”saidAllana,a

memberoftheBritishEquestrian

Federation’spodiumpotential

pathwaysquad.

Somerset-basedAdrianhas

enjoyeda terrificrunrecentlyand

addedthisqualificationtohis

talentseekersandgradeC tickets

withotherhorses.Heathfield

Merlinis ownedjointlywith

TomBrowning.

“Isawhimadvertisedon

Facebookandlikedhim,butI

regrettedbuyinghimtostartwith

becausehewassostrong,”said

Adrian.“Everythingseemstohave

clickedsuddenlyandhe’sgoing

betterandbetter.”

YorkshiremanPaulBarker

tooktheclosing1.40mopenwith

a flyingroundonHappyBoy.

“Icalledinonmywaytothe

NewForestshow,”heexplained.

“Myhorsesarealwaysbetterafter

a runroundthedaybefore, so this

was perfect.”H&H

‘Everything

seemstohave

clicked’

ADRIANWHITEWAYON

HEATHFIELD MERLIN

‘Thisis a dream’:AllanaClutterbuckscores

topspotintheFoxhuntersecondroundsand

claims a place in the final with Vykinbay