Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

66 Horse& Hound8 August 2019

SHOWING

ARABHORSESOCIETY

NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS

25-26 July

EVENTINGPRODIGYSCORES

THEAnglo-Arabriddennationaltitlewenttothefour-year-old

Prosecco(pictured)—a geldingbyPersiflageoutofTurkish

Candle—andKateyCuthbertson.

“I usedtoeventhisfatherandhismothertoa goodlevel,”

said Katey,whohasworkedforhisbreedersfor 14 years.“This

washisfirstriddenshowbuthehasthemostlovely

temperament.Todayhe’sdoneshowjumpingand

dressage,andI thoughtwe’dhavea goata showing

class.I’lleventuallytakehimeventing;hehas a lovely

uphill canter so this will serve him well.”

ONETO

WATC H

ClareFitchwasthejudge’schoice

forthechampionship.Multi-gold

championin-handMaranello

wasonlycontendinghisthird

riddenshow.

“He’sreallytypeyandhis

movementis solight,youcould

trothimonricepaper,”saidTeam

Fitch’sKarenJohnson,whorode

thereserve,thegeldingRioscocia

CAS(Monescociax JudalsLittle

Kiss).OwnedbyLeigh-Annand

EanMitchell,theeight-year-old

hasbeena bigwinnerin-hand

andonlyarrivedattheFitch

baseinApril.

Thenoviceandrestricted

riddenspoilswenttoJackieand

Rosie Sidebottom’s chestnut

geldingStarDesignand

GemmaLucas.

“WegothimfromtheJones

familyasa yearlingtoshow

in-handandsellon,”saidJackie.

“Butwejustfellinlovewithhim

sohe’sstayed.

“Hefloatsalongandhe’s

definitelygoingtobeonefor

thefuture.He’ssorelaxedand

a veryeasy-goingchapathome.

We’dlovetogethimtoHorse

oftheYearShow [HOYS] at

some point.”

The Jones’ filly Monica Bey trots her way to the foal championship

Delicious KK lands the gold filly championship for the Pody family

Star Design scoops the novice and restricted ridden spoils

Promising: LME Raphael stands gold junior gelding champion

ChargesfromtheMiles

Buckleyshowteamwere

characteristicallyonformasthe

strikingtwo-year-oldchestnut

DeliciousKKlandedthefilly

championshipforthePodyfamily.

ByKanzAlBidayer,Delicious

KKis outofthree-timenational

championVvivaciousandher

resultsthistermincludetaking

silverchampionatBrugesand

goldchampionattheMidland

Arabianfestival.

Ingeldingranks,twosons

ofmulti-championstallion

EmeraldJ (BE)tookthetop

titles.LauraSmithandElaine

Clare’sclassyyearlingLME

Raphael was crowned junior

champion,whilethesenior

championshipwasawardedto

CliveEvans’four-year-oldParvez.

Thesix-year-oldmare

Adawiyahclinchedtheowner/

breederchampionshipfor

LouisaBilesandherdaughter

OliviaLush,whilenational

foalvictorwastheJones’filly

MonicaBeybyBourhani

Aldebaran(DE)outofV Exotic

Enchantress(US),whowas

repeatingthewinsofherhalf

siblings a few years ago.

‘Hefloatsalongandhe’sdefinitely

goingtobeoneforthefuture.He’s

sorelaxedandeasy-going’

JACKIE SIDEBOTTOM ON STAR DESIGN