Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

38 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

Pictures

by

Sarah

Radford

SHOWJUMPING

NEWFORESTAND

HAMPSHIRECOUNTY

30 July-1 August

NewForestandHampshire

County,TheShowground,Hants

HARRIETNUTTALL’Sgreat

campaignerA TouchImperious

(Henry)claimeda four-second

winintheinternationalstairway,

banking his second victory of his

AcountycampaignertriumphsforHarrietNuttall,

while Montreuxs Taletrouncesthefieldintheareatrial

twocountyappearancesthisyear.

Themighty17.2hhhasalways

beenmoreaboutscopethan

speedbutat 15 yearsold,hehas

found his gears and ate up this

1.50mcountytracktoproducethe

quickestofthreeclearrounds.

“Hereallyenjoysthecounty

circuit,it’swhathehasgrownup

withandnothingfazeshim—he’s

a realcountyhorse,”saidHarriet.

“Heusedtopickuptheodd

time-fault,butI thinkhe’slearnt

a lotabroad,whereyouhaveto

bequick.”

Harrietusuallyhastoskip

competingattheNewForestasit

typicallyclasheswithHickstead’s

RoyalInternationalmeeting,but

thisyearit felltheweekafter.

“Henrywasseventhina

1.50mthere,butbeforethat

hadn’tjumpedanythingsincethe

Derby[wherehewassecond],”

saidHarriet.“Hewillhavea bit

ofa breaknowandthenwe’lldo

Newburybeforetheendofthe

season,”shesaid.

A trackfromMattHoskins

lookedinviting,butclever

placementofa doubleonthefinal

line—intheshadeandrightup

against a bar hosted in a double-

BySARAHRADFORD

Nuttall nails it

deckerbus—causedthelion’s

shareoffaults.

“It’sgoodtogetthecrowd

involvedandtheyweredefinitely

inthemiddleoftheactiononthat

one!”saidMatt.

Threeclearshadjoined

Harrietagainsttheclock:

consistentcountyperformers

HelenTredwell(Galtur)and

PhillipMiller(NobleWarrior)

aswellasJoeFernyhoughonthe

10-year-oldmareJappeloupe

VanHetNeerenbosch.David

McPhersoncamethroughasthe

fifthjump-offcontenderwithtwo

time-faultsaboardMarvinVan

DeWaterhoeve.

JoetooksecondontheColman

daughter2.3secaheadofHelen

andPhilipTuckwell’sgrey.

A densecarpetofgrass

coveredthewestringthisyear

providedperfectgoingandthe

greatfootingcontributedtoan

abundanceofclears.Mostofthe

jump-offsatthisyear’sshow were

fastwithbignumbers.

‘THEBESTSEASON’

THEareatrialwasnoexception

Laura Mantel and MHS Washington claim an accumulator win — seven of the nine who made the

HarrietNuttallencourages

speedaswellasscopefrom

A TouchImperiousandthe

pairclaimvictoryinthe

international stairway