Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

60 Horse&Hound 22 August 2019

SHOWING

STONELEIGH

9-11 August

Stoneleigh,Warks

A GLORYdayforsixth-form

studentPhoebePrice,17,began

whenherhome-produced

Connemara,SydserffGismo,

scoopedhissecondjuniorridden

nativetitleinfivedays.Butan

evenmoresatisfyingtriumph

ensuedwhentheTeamHood-

producedgrey,Carwgwyn

WhirlwindRomance(Romeo),

gavehera first-everHorseofthe

YearShow(HOYS)seniorticketin

a strongridinghorsesection.

“ObviouslyI’mthrilledwith

Gismo,whoqualifiedwhen

championattheNPS[National

PonySociety]championships

onTuesday,butI’mgobsmacked

aboutRomeo—thisis onlythe

secondridinghorseclassI’vedone

onhim,”saidPhoebe,whohasthe

stunningseven-year-oldonlease

fromEmilyRichardsonwhose

mother,PatsyBrown,bredhim.

“Thisis Romeo’sfirstseason

atthislevel,buthewasseventh

intheintermediatesatHickstead

andalsoqualifiedforthe

part-bredsthere.”

‘I BURSTINTOTEARS’

LINCOLNSHIRE-BASEDNicki

Glennenjoyeda remarkable

A youngrider

poststwoHOYS

titlesandherfirst

ticketinhorse

ranks,while

anotherjockey

booksher25th

NECrideina row

double,too.Gettingtheball

rolling,herhome-bred,home-

producedWelshsectionD

LarnleighsDictator(Ernie)

earnedhisfifthHOYSpass,

enablingjockeyLucinda

(Tuffy)Stockleytomakeher

25thconsecutiveBirmingham

appearance.

“Eachyearit’sincredible

toqualify—andI stillburst

intotears,”saidTuffy,whohas

successfullycompetedatHOYS

sinceherlead-reindays.

Thiswasanothercombination

hotfootfromsuccessatMalvern,

wherethe12-year-oldstallion

wonhissectionoftheRingside

final,andalsoheadedthe50-plus

riders’challengepartneredby

AnneGarnett,78.

“Ernieis a gorgeousboytoride

andsucha credittoNicki,”added

Tuffy,whogainedtherideinApril

thisyear,havingsoldher 2018

HOYS-winningFell,Murthwaite

Oliver.“ItrytorideErnieasoften

aspossiblebetweenshows,and

hopetodosomedressageand

maybesomejumpingwithhim.”

Glennfamilycelebrations

continuedwhenNicki’sdaughter

Harriet,12,earnedhernative

first-riddenticketwithanother

exemplaryperformanceon

ZaraNeachell’sTeamRushton-

producedWelshsectionA

GlebedaleJumble.

Thiswasa yearforqualifying

doublesandJoJack,nowbased

backinWestYorkshire,was

ByTRICIAJOHNSON

Whirlwind day for Price

successful in both hunter and

coloured ranks.

Her run began when Anne

Hebron and John Maude’s

handsome home-produced

heavyweight hunter Correnagh

Cove (Ritchie) headed his class,

going on to land the section title.

This is the seven-year-old’s first

“proper” open season, although

he qualified for HOYS last year at

Ryedale with Anne aboard.

“He’s super to ride — he’s so

light on his feet for a big horse

and feels like a Ferrari in a big

ring,” said Jo, having just her

third outing with him. “I’m really

looking forward to his future.”

Jo then took a catch ride on

the coloured plaited pony victor

and section reserve, May Day, as

his usual partner, Courtney Jones,

only arrived home from holiday at

4am that morning.

“I rode him at the Festival of

Hunting and was second, and as

I’ve been teaching Courtney, I

stepped in today,” added Jo.

A last-minute decision to

Nicki Glenn’s Larnleighs Dictator (Tuffy Stockley, left) and Zara

Neachell’s Glebedale Jumble (Harriet Glenn) scoop their HOYS tickets

Phoebe Price is ‘gobsmacked’

to claim her first-ever senior

HOYS ticket in a strong riding

horse section with the Team

Hood-produced Carwgwyn

Whirlwind Romance