Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

60 Horse& Hound8 August 2019

SHOWING

Worthy winners

SkellornBronzeSoldierclaims

theWelshsectionB titlefor

breeder Kerry Wainwright

ZaraOwens’RedLetter

Daynetsa HOYSticketand

clinches the hunter title

Lead-reinAmesburyChampagne

earns the supreme accolade The Dutch-bred Plains Royalty is named champion driving exhibit

BrynfforestAnwenis best of

the ridden Welsh cobs

ROYALWELSH

22-25 July

through,”saidMatthew.

AlunLewisawardedthe

sectionC titletothe14-year-old

baystallion,GwenllanMadoc,

ownedbyDerykDykesand

JoanneNicholson.Madocwas

purchasedfromtheTrixiesStud

asa four-year-oldbyDeryk’s

father,Jimmy.

“Wehadtheopportunityto

acquirehimatthebeginningof

theyear,”saidJoanne.“Jimmy

wantedtodownsizebutwefelt

Madocwasspecial,beingoneof

thelastsonsofParcMarvel.”

Lastyearhestoodreservefor

theCuddyin-handatCheshire

County.

ReservesectionC in-hand

wasthefemalechampion,Tycwm

Abby-Grace, owned by Victor

Moore.Sheis a grand-daughter

ofthe 2005 Cuddyqualifier here,

Tycwm Abbergail.

Therewasnobettersight

thanthe 36 WelshsectionCs

seenundersaddleontheMonday

morning.ShaneRogers’Bodynys

Kainoheldhispositionfromthe

firstpull-inonhisdebutvisithere.

OnleasetoPaulaWhitlockfor

thepastthreeyears,Kainohas

qualifiedforHorseoftheYear

(HOYS)forthepasttwoseasons.

“HewasoriginallynamedKai,

butashewouldn’talwayslisten

tohisbreederRhianRoberts,she

wouldsay‘Kai,no!’andthename

stuck,” explained Shane.

KainowasgiftedtoShaneasa

foalonhis16thbirthday,beinghis

first-everWelsh-bredpony.

PilotedbyKatyMarriot-Payne,

thechestnuteight-year-oldhas

onlyrecentlybeenbroughtin

fromrunningwithmares.

With 94 Welshcobsunder

saddleforwardinthreeclasses,

emergingchampionwasJohn

andElaineSpain’sBrynfforest

AnwenriddenbySophieCurry,

pippingtheGreatYorkshire

championandlastyear’sHOYS

winner, Emma Boardman’s

DyffryngwySirPicasso.

TheHOYSriddenclasses

attracted 84 exhibits.Charlotte

Lewis’10-year-old,chestnut

Welshcob,MountainhareMagic

stoodchampion.

“Hispacesandtransitions

weretop-class,”saidridejudge

TomBarron.

“Whenhewent,he

extendedbeautifully,”observed

conformationjudge,Vivienne

Hampton.

InreservewasJessicaO’Brien’s

dunWelshsectionC,Sorrelcourt

Dunkinley,ofwhichVivienne

added:“TheC wentfreelyand

fluentlythroughout,andboth

ourchampionandreserve

strippedwell.”

ZaraOwens’middleweight

hunterRedLetterDaycollected

hisHOYSticketunderride

judgeMatthewLawrenceand

conformationjudgeMarkFitton,

endingupoverallchampion.

“We’veownedhimsincehe

wasa three-year-oldandwe’ve

beentoHOYSeveryyearsince

hewasfive,”saidZara.“Hegave

mea lovelyridetoday.Heloves

themainringandrisestothe

occasion.”

Thisis Zara’sfourthrideto

qualify for HOYS this year.H&H

The 14-year-old stallion Gwenllan Madoc tops the Welsh section Cs

ShaneRogers’

BodynysKainotakes

theriddenWelsh

sectionC titlewith

Katy Marriot-Payne

‘Hispacesand

transitionswere

top-class’

RIDEJUDGETOMBARRONON

MOUNTAINHARE MAGIC