Horse & Hound – 01 August 2019

36 Horse& Hound1 August 2019

SHOWING

LONGINESROYAL

INTERNATIONAL

Horses

MirandaWallace’selegantForgelandsHydePark(JayneRoss)

scoopsthehacktricolourforthesecondyearonthetrot

Lady Caroline Tyrrell’s Chainmail tops the riding horses

RESULTS

ShapleypurebredArabian(BHester).—

1, HonMWragg’sMirv;2,A Miller’s

VenusVirtuoso;3,P Harrison’sKassalic

Customized.HarrisonCivilEngineering

part-bredArab(SParrott,F Cabrol)

exc148cm.—1 & res,MJansons’Rumour

HasIt;2,R Bailey’sJazzIt Up;3,K Harris’

ChiddockBigTime.SaracenHorseFeeds

hunters(DWalters,G Landau)l’wt.—1 &

res,K Campbell’sTempleOgue;2,J Day’s

Viewpoint;3,F Babington’sSeabourneSilent

Valley.m’wt(DWalters,N Collins).—1,

J Day’sNorthernPride;2,D Harrod’sSVS

Camelot;3,HSnook’sIt’sTheKingsSpeech.

h’wt(DWalters,J Banks).—1, ch& res

supr,J Marsden’sTwinshockWarrior;2,J

Minoprio’sHonourNGlory;3,S Cowley’s

LansdowneRoad.ladies(JHales,R

Connors).—1, SeabourneSilentValley;2,H

Cowley’sDragonsDen;3,R Flack’sBirthday

Blues.DavidStennettsml(RKing,E

Walton).—1, C Levy’sThePolitician;2,S

Iggulden’sGallianoIV;3,J Day’sKilcarna

Brilliant.workinghunter(SChapman,L

Homer)l’wt.—1 & ch,J Collins’Atlantic

Slim;2 & res,J Wormall’sBallymurphyAlice;

3,K Green’sVulcanite.h’wt.—1, K Green’s

I’mA Diamond;2,MrPittendrigh’sTouch

OfMidnight;3,C Stevens’Anchorman.

JacksonFineHomesridinghorses(G

Landau,J Stephens)sml.—1, J Scriven’s

OathillHero;2,D Stennett’sCasino;3,G

Allen’sHelsingtonTailorMade.lrg.—1 &

ch,LadyC Tyrrell’sChainmail;2 & res,R

Bailey’sJazzIt Up;3,Reynolds& Cook’s

CSFSummerParadise.Breretonhacks

(JChugg,S Leatherbarrow)sml.—1, Z

Brooke’sParkgateroyalvisitWilliam;2,D

Stennett’sWhaltonReprise;3,J Walsh-

Wright’sBecconsallRegalRuby.lrg.—1 &

ch,MWallace’sForgelandsHydePark;2 &

res,V Rudd’sHolmestone’sTailorMade;

3,Y Jaques’Grandeur.LeemanFamily

maxicob(LSeletto,D Walters).—1, G

Mears’BrookdaleLimitedEdition;2,I Yates’

ColourIndex;3,C Mackness’CountrySeat.

SurreyEnvelopesopencobs(HHillard,A

Hooley)l’wt.—1,ch& supr,C Tyrrell’sOur

CashelBlue;2,Stevenson’sCopenhagen;

3,S Benson’sWhitegateDazzler.h’wt.— 1

& res,J Byford’sMasterOfTheHouse;

2,J Smithers’Wolf;3,V Sheehan’s

Boraceforshort.BMSminiaturehorses(L

Barrow)colts& geldings3yrs& over.—1, E

Barnard’sUjenikBantamShowersofGold;2,

Z Sturgess’sBlackspiritsLittleTreasure;3,L

Wroe’sAllstarsGraffiti InTheSpotlight.do,

mares.—1 & ch,Leonard& Nelson’sKarosel

Alamo’sPerdita;2,MOatley’sRosaphia

SnippetsTwilightSparkle;3,T Gowen’s

ScottCreekMonarchVelour.geldings

3yrs& over.—1, J Holt’sSilvergraceInca

Warrior;2,A Kemp’sAestheteEchosGolden

Prince;3,K Smith’sDonabiUKUnoCartier.

colts,fillies& geldings2yrs& over.—1, W

Edgar’sRagnoldsGoldenBoy;2,J Rushton’s

BlackSpiritsQueenOfDiamonds;3,L

Wroe’sKitanaKnightsRoyalReflection.

miniaturey’ling.—1 & res,S Williams’

PrincelieghSilverBeau;2,HBradley’sTLF

StarringAffair;3,L Taylor’sModelFarm

UKPrettyLittleMiss.y’lings& above.—1,

A Kemp’sAestheteEchosGoldenPrince;

2,Z Sturgess’sBlackspiritsLittleTreasure;

3,B Atkins’GabrielsFreddieMercury.

workingshowhorse(SKellard-Smith,N

Hollings).—1, HNewbold’sCamacho;2,E

Humpston’sScarletRibbons;3,C Lewis’s

MasterWickham.

keptonrollingalongforNick

CollinsandGuyLandau.

Alsointothefinalreckoning

cameRobertWalker’spair

Viewpoint(secondlightweight)

andthemiddleweightwinner

NorthernPride,championship

rideforSarahWalker,Kirstine

DouglasridingSVSCamelot

(secondmiddleweight)and

LucindaMartinwiththesecond

placedheavyweightHonour

NGlory.

Itproveda closedecisionasthe

judgeswentintotheirtraditional

huddlewithconformation judge

DavidWalters.

“Thiswasa quality

championshipwithallsix

horsesincontention,butatthe

endoftheday,weconsidered

value,andhowdifficultis it tofind

a horselikethechampion,”said

JennyBanks.“TwinshockWarrior

is a trueheavyweightwithplenty

oflimbandboneandhecould

reallygallop.”

Aftersearchingforher

idealhunterinEnglandand

Ireland,JillMarsdenfound

Bernardturnedoutliterallyat

thebottomofhergardenfour

yearsago.

Irish-bredbyRicardoZ outof

a Chilloutmare,Bernardwasbred

forjumping.

“Helookedjustthejobfor

showing and I went into the fi eld

witha measuringtapechecking

hisbone,”saidJill.

Whilemissingoutonthetop

ride,it proveda goodhunterday

forproducerJayneRoss,whotook

thereservewithKayCampbell’s

TempleOgue.

Theworkinghunter

championshipprovidedoneof

thosemagicalresultsthatpleased

everyone.

Althoughstillbattlingthrough

treatmentforanaggressivebrain

tumour,RoryGilsenanproduced

a masterfulclearroundtowinthe

lightweightclassbeforetaking

thechampionshipridingAtlantic

Slim(Jim).

ThisprovidedRoryand

JaneCollins’scopeynine-year-

oldwitha covetedchampionship

doubleastheywerealsovictorious

atHorseoftheYearShow(HOYS)

lastOctober.

KevinMillman’sflowing

courseencouragedforwardriding,

andRoryshowedjusthowtogoat

atruehuntingpace.

“We’renotshowjumpers,

andthiswasa fabulouscourse

totravelover,”saidRory.“There

waseverything—bullfinch,wall,

waterjumpandditches—andJim

wasawesomeoverthebighedge.

“There’snothingI canteach

Jim,andaslongasI pointhim

intherightdirection,he’ll jump

what’s in front of him.”

Thereservealsocamefromthe

lightweightsection,second-placed

JillWormallandBallymurphy

Aliceproducingoneofnineclears

intheclass.

Producingtheonlyclear

intheheavyweightsectionto

winwasKatyGreenridingher

RoyalWindsorwinner I’m

ADiamond.

A TRUEOLD-FASHIONED

HACKTAKESTHESPOILS

FORthesecondyearrunning,

JayneRossandForgelands

HydePark(William)tookthe

hacktricolour.

Havingtoppedtheirlarge

divisionona damp,drizzly

morning,thepairbaskedinthe

main-ringsunshineandcombined

presence,movementandmanners

totakethetricolour.

MirandaWallace’selegant

KilvingtonScoundrelnine-year-

oldhasbeenlightlyshownthis

seasonbuthadsecuredthree

championshipsalready,including

hereattheDerbymeeting.

“Helovesthisarenaandhe

alwaysrisestotheoccasion,”

saidJayne.

“Williamcombineselegance

withplentyofboneandheis a

trueold-fashionedparkhack

whomyoucansitonallday.

“Hedoesn’tpullorleanandhe

has the manners to stand while

youchatwithfriends,whichis

whathacksweresupposedtodo

intheLondonparks.”

AdamForstertookthereserve

ridingVickiRudd’ssecond-placed

large,HolmestoneTailorMade.

Freshfromtheirsuccessesat

SuffolkCountyandtheNational

HunterChampionshipswhere

theystoodsupremeandreserve

supreme,FrancoiseBabington

andSeabourneSilentValley

(Marvin)toppeda strongline-up

ofladies’hunters.

Aftera 15-yearabsencefrom

showingduetofamilyand

businesscommitments,Francoise

boughtMarvinfromGarry

Mertonfollowinga tip-off.

“Ialwayslovedriding

side-saddle,butneverhadthe

righthorseuntilMarvin,”said

Francoise,whobasesherwinning

partnerwiththeHoodFamily.

“Hehasverysmoothpaces

andtransitions,andheis a true

gentleman.”

Marvinhasalsoproved

tobetheidealdual-purposehorse

forFrancoise,ashestoodthird

inhislightweightclassearlierin

theday.

Therearea veryfew10-year

showingpartnerships,butClare

FitchandMirvareone,and

theysuccessfullydefendedtheir

2018 Hicksteadcrownwhenthe

11-year-old grey gelding again