Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

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RESULTS

Accumulator.—1, MHSWashington(L

Mantel);2,TigerBright(WFletcher);

3,WillemDeLux(SCoffin).1.35m

open.—1, HappyBoy(PBarker);

2,Dulf(HNuttall);3,SilverLift(H

Nuttall).areatrial.—1, Montreux’sTale

(MEdwards);2,HarlequinDunraven

(KDoyle);3,TopDollarVI(LMantel).

1.40mopen.—1, FygoVonD’Ouwe

Grint(BWalker);2,WillemDeLux;3,

HorstVanDeMispelaere(OFletcher).

internationalstairway.—1, A Touch

Imperious(HNuttall);2,Jappeloupe

VanHetNeerenbosch(JFernyhough);

3,Galtur(HTredwell).Equitop

MyoplastFoxhunter.—1, ZuniekVD

TojophoeveZ (HBateman);2,TesioP

(LMantel);3,HabislavscaFortuna(A

Pulleyn).gradeB&Ch’cap.—1, Kesara

22 (LEdwards);2,TesioP;3,Ida(A

Pulleyn).

secondroundwentclear,making
fora verycompetitiveclass.
ItwasMarkEdwardswhotook
thewinwithhisphenomenally
consistentnine-year-oldhome-
bredMontreuxsTale,a horsewho
hasgivenhim“thebestseasonof
mycareer”thisyear.
Hehadseta smoothand
impressiveearlyleadwithhis
otherride,TinkersTale,onlytobe
beatenbymorethanonesecond
bya greatperformancefrom
KeithDoyleandDarrenHegarty’s
HarlequinDunraven.
LauraMantel,cruisingonthe
hugestrideandscopeofLaura
Renwick’sTopDollarVI,nipped
intosecondbeforeMarkfound
anadditional0.38secjumpingin
finaldrawonhissecondhorse.
“WhenI wentintothelead
onTinkersTale,I didn’tthinkhe
wouldendupfourth,”saidMark.
“KeithwasreallyquickandI
hadbeena littlebitcautiousback
tothedoubleonTinkersTale,so
thatwastheonlyplace I thought I
couldmakeit up.”

HAPPYBARKERWINS

LAURAMANTELpickedup
twohorsesfromtheRenwicks
twoweeksagotokeep“ticking
over”whiletheRenwicksare
busywithothershows.Aswell
asplacingthirdintheareatrial
withthebrilliantTopDollarVI
—whois trickywhenit comesto
rideabilitybutextremelyscopey
—shealsowontheopening
day’saccumulatorwithMHS
Washington.
“Ifyou’dhavetoldmeI would
haveendedupridingDollarand
MHS Washington, I’d probably

havelaughedatyou—it’ssonice

ofthem,”saidLaura.

“IthinkMHSWashingtonhas

takenmelongertogettogrips

withthanDollar,asshe’sbeen

withLaurasucha longtime.She’s

a lovely,feistyhorsewhois so

naturallyquickyoudon’trealise

howfastyouaregoing.”

The1.35mopenwasanother

fastclassandPaulBarkerandthe

12-year-oldHappyBoy—strong

performersinthegoldleaguethis

year — parried two strong shots

byHarrietNuttall(ridingDulf

andherdoublespeedDerbyvictor

SilverLift)totakethewin.

“Harriettooksomebeatingbut

Happywasontopofhimselfin

thatclass—hehashada fewgood

weeks,”saidPaul,whohadmade

hisfirstvisittotheNewForestin

aroundeightyears.

“Wehadfamilythingstodo

asmywife’sdadliveshere,sowe

broughtthekidsalongtoseehim.

It’sa niceshowandI definitely

wanttocomeback.”

BenWalkerearnedhimselfan

advantageinWednesday’s1.40m

whenhetookthreeridesthrough

toa 14-strongdecider.Heheaded

thefieldwithFygoVonD’Ouwe

Grint,whohehaspartnered since

last winter.H&H

Happy Boy and Paul Barker top the leaderboard in the 1.35m open

‘She’sa lovely,

fiestyhorse,and

naturallyquick’

LAURAMANTELON

MHS WASHINGTON

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