Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019 Horse&Hound 63

I DIDNT BELIEVETHERESULT

THIRDplacewouldperhapsnotnormallybecauseformajor

celebration,butwhenformercancersuffererandhome-producer

CaroleDagless-Brownfinishedinthatpositionintheheavyweight

cobswithSkaro,herjoywasclearforalltosee.

“AfterI wasdiagnosed,myhusbandNeilbuiltourhouseand

yardsoI couldhavehorsesathome,”shesaid.“Hewasthenpoorly

too,butboughtSkaroin2016;JordanCookqualifiedhimthatyear.

“ThenI decidedI wantedtodoeverythingmyselfandjustenjoy

myhorseofa lifetime.Weonlygotoa fewshowsthat

I enjoy,sotogetmyfirsttickethereis a massive

bonus.I didn’tbelievethecommentatorwhenshe

announcedit —shethen said she wasn’t lying, so

Iburst into tears.”

FIRST

HOYS

TICKET

producerWill.“Theyalsowon
the£1,000supremeatSouthof
England,andhaveworkedsohard
tomaketodayhappen.”
Asalways,in-handForesters
werethemainfocusonthesecond
morningand,againstpredictably
fiercecompetition,somenew
namescametothefore.
Theoverallbreedtitlewent
tothelocalfather-and-daughter
teamofAndrewandLauraVine
withtheirhome-bredyoungstock
champion,theattractivethree-
year-oldcoltVynnesMagical
Edition(Ed),makinghisfirst-ever
countyshowappearance.
ThesonofApplewitchPure
Magic,whocombinessubstance
andlimbwithloose,free
movement,is outofthepair’s
Forest-bredmare,Brookshill
Blackberry,andwasselected
asa foaltobepartofthebreed
society’sfuturityscheme.
“Thiswasourfirstbigsuccess
hereanda dreamcometrue,”
saidLaurawho,likeherfather,
worksfulltime.“Edhasonlybeen
shownverylightly—hisfirstfoals
werebornthisyearandhewillbe
brokeninnextspring.”
Another milestone was passed

whenreservewenttoWendy
Adams’home-bred10-year-old
mare,HollybrookeMelitta.
“She’sbeensupremeatthe
breedshowforthepastfouryears,
championmareattheNewForest
PonyEnthusiastsshowandwon
a silvermedalthisyear,”said
Wendy.“We’vewonclasseshere
before,butthisis thefirsttime
we’vehadthisresult.”
Anewnameappearedonthe
covetedForest-bredtrophy,too,
whenBenandLizMansbridge’s
12-year-oldgeldingNewcopse
Tiggerwaspulledforward.This
versatile bay, a successful dressage

campaignerandprolificwinner

in-handandundersaddleonthe

countycircuit,hasalsocompeted

twiceatHOYSandis through

totheOlympiasemi-finalsin

October.

Here,hewentontostandthird

inhisriddenclass—thehighest-

placedandreservechampion

Forest-bred—withLizaboard.

Therewasanotherbonustoo.

“Tiggerwasshodwitha pair

ofhandmadebrassshoesbymy

husbandBen,”saidLiz.“Hewon

theoverallbestshodcompetition

forthefourthyearina row.”

TOPSCOREFORTEDDY

CONNEMARASreturnedto

centrestageinnativeworker

rankswitha stylishclear—one

offewallday—fromJanine

PatersonwithSharonGoodman’s

LahinchTeddy.Theyposteda

scoreof95/100towinthe143cm

section,baga HOYSticketand,

ultimately,standchampion.

Thisendeda frustratingrunof

near-missesforJanine—another

whogrewupintheForest—and

thehandsomeroangelding,

whoalsoeventsandrecently

completed his first BE100 with

adoubleclear.

“HecompetedatHickstead

butslippedbadlyandploughed

througha fence,whichknocked

hisconfidence,”saidJanine,who

lastwonatthisshowsome 25

yearsagoontheflat.“Therefore

wecameherenotexpectingmuch,

butLisaKelly’ssupercourse,

coupledwitha changeofstud

tactics,stoodhimingoodstead.

Heabsolutelylovedit.

“Thishasalwaysbeenmy

favouriteshow,sotowinthe

workershereandthengo

championis justamazing.”

A water tray also caused havoc

inseniorandplaitedponyranks,

andclearsprovedevenmore

elusive.Intheformer,onlyfive

froma fieldof 13 completedthe

course.Justonecombination,

JasonNewboldandthealready-

qualifiedLaTroika,leftallthe

fencesstanding.

Theticketwenttosecond-

placedDerekMortonwithJune

Snedker’s exciting six-year-old

BrooklodgeMerryman—a Going

forGoldSalepurchasethreeyears

ago—whohadthemerestrub.

“It’shisfirstseasoninopens,

butwehavehighhopesforhim,”

saidDerek.“He’sonlyjumpedsix

qualifiers,butgoneclearinthree

ofthem—thisyearis allabout

gainingexperience.”

Surrey-basedworkerspecialist

Georgia Darlington — a former

SharonGoodman’s

LahinchTeddytopsthe

143cmsectionwtih

JaninePatersonbefore

taking the championship

Emma Coulstock’s DPUK Nighthawk clinches a ticket to HOYS

12-year-old Newcopse Tigger is crowned top Forest-bred pony

‘Thiswasourfirstbigsuccesshere

and a dreamcome true’

LAURA VINE