Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

68 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

Pictures by Richard Weller-Poley

SHOWING

RYEDALE

30 July

Ryedale,WelburnPark,N Yorks

CHARLESLEMOIGNAN

notcheduphissixthhunter

titleherewhenlandingthe

championshipforthesecond

yearrunningontheBinks

family’ssmallhunterBrookdale

Masterpiece(Boris).

“Todayis certainlyoneto

remember,andatourfavourite

show,too’’,enthusedPauline

Binks(néeAppleyard)whosefirst

majorwinnerStateVisitwonthe

Wembleycrownwaybackin1968.

“BoriswasbredinCo.Armargh

by Sam Mitchell and is one of

Asmallhunterreignsoverlargerrivals,while a former

HOYS winner bookshisreturntothefinal

threebayIrish-bredsmallhunters

wehaveonthecircuit—ridden

bymydaughterHannahand

Charles—whichcausesnoendof

confusionfromtheringside.’’

JanetCope,whojudged

withAlwynFradley,said:“The

championandreservecame

fromthestrongestclassesand

ourchampionis a rarity.Heis a

truestampofa smallhunter.He

remindedmeofVinToulson’s

legendarySportingPrint.Sadly,

the middleweight winner and

eventualreservechampiondid

notgallopwhenit matteredand

handedthechampionshiptothe

smallwinnerona plate.’’

ThereservewasDebbie

Harrod’sArkanseven-year-old

geldingSVSCamelot(Kirstine

Douglas).

TeamJerram-Hunnablemade

anothersuccessfultripherefrom

theirEssexbase,winningboththe

lightandheavyweightdivisions

withtwoIrish-bredfive-year-olds.

Katieshowedherown

KilmastulaTrumpCard.

“Hehasbeena greathorseto

get me back in the ring — he looks

BySTUARTHOLLINGS

Masterpiece performs abov

afterme,’’sheexplained.

ChrisrodeDianaGibson’s

heavyweightBallycreenApollo,

whohadonlybeenintheiryard

fora month,andtoppledBowland

LuckySlipperandMagnus

Nicolsonfromthetop spot in the

finalreckoning.

TOPHORSESCORES

WITHNEWJOCKEY

ANOTHERnewpartnershipof

LilyRobertsandthe 2017 Horse

oftheYear(HOYS)victorRed

WhySalute(Baloo)cameout

ontopofthe13-strongworking

hunterfield,afterproducingone

ofthreeclearrounds,tocollect

theBirminghamticket.Onlyone

pointbehindwasBeckyCrosbie-

StarlingaboardQualityMack.

“Ourwinnertickedallthe

boxesand,fora bighorse,

hecopedadmirablywiththe

thought-provokingtrack,’’

commentedjudgeTimWiggett.

Alltold,it provedtobea

fortuitousweekfor24-year-old

LilyasBaloowillnowbejoining

hisstablemateErrigGraf,also

NECboundafterheadingthe

workersattheRoyalWelsh.

TheHonMaryHolliday

judgedthehunterbreeding

classesandfoundherchampionin

StevePullan’shome-bredAredis

YorkshireRose,whowaswell

shownbyLizzieRichmond.This

two-year-oldfilly—whoalsotook

championshiphonoursinthe

ClevelandBayring—is bySteve’s

home-bredClevelandBaystallion

ArenaBigBenandoutofformer

CuddywinnerLittleAlice.

HelenWilsonstoodreserve

withAbelAndWillingonhis

seasonaldebut.TheWillowcroft

RegalBronzethree-year-oldis

outofReasonsrhaab(byDerby

winnerErhaab),whowasRyedale

hunterbreeding champion

in 2017.

‘Atruestampofa small

hunter’:theBinksfamily’s

BrookdaleMasterpiece

performsa stellargallop

withCharlesLeMoignan

to take the hunter title

StevePullen’shome-bredAredisYorkshireRosetakesthe hunter

breeding championship, handled by Lizzie Richmond

RedWhySalutenetsa HOYS

ticket with Lily Roberts