The SEIB British Showing World Awards’ Show Personality of the Year was the first of three decided by the Showing World panel, not by public vote. It was awarded to Katie Dashwood and Minella Rebellion (Reg), her TB gelding. Reg began his ridden career as a racehorse on Nicky Henderson’s yard. Despite his experience and […]
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The final award presented was the Outstanding Achievement Award. This was presented to Welsh breeds afficionado Colin Tibbey, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Colin’s wife, Sarah, succeeded in keeping the award a secret from Colin, though he admitted, “by halfway through the night, I was beginning to think there must be a reason
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Coloured and Hack hopefuls, read on… Polly Mallender will be assessing the ride in the CHAPS Coloured Horse or Pony of the Year section alongside conformation judge Mathew Lawrence, who will also be assessing the Hack of the Year hopefuls. Polly was born into a family of equestrians. “Dad is a farrier and he and
Emma Maxwell has been working as a specialist in Arabian horses for over 25 years, and has worked with generations of the world’s finest Arabians. Emma grew up in a horsey family which bred Arabian horses as a business until 2002. Pat, Joanna and Emma of Lodge Farm Arabians bred around 25 Arabians a year
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Manchester-based Joanne Dean will be assessing the shows given by all the hopeful competitors in the Children’s Riding Pony of the Year section. Joanne does not come from a ‘horsey’ background. However, she explains: “I was determined as a young child that I could convince my dad to buy me a pony, which he eventually
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Russell Sutcliffe is by now a name synonymous with mountain and moorlands in showing circles. But it seems it wasn’t always so… “I was always interested in show jumping and hunter trials and my wife Pamela had a Fell pony; this is where it all started. “Her Fell was a complete allrounder and would hack,
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If you’ve a Pure bred Arabian horse or a Part bred pony headed to HOYS, this is essential reading for you! “I was absolutely over the moon to receive my invitation to officiate at this year’s HOYS, especially as it was to judge the Pure Bred Arab and the Part Bred Pony,” said Penny Hollings.
Michelle Underwood has lots of experience at HOYS. But this year, she will be having an entirely new one: judging. “This will be the first time I have judged the Horse of the Year Show, and it was high on my bucket list,” said Michelle, who will be judging the ride in both the Riding
by Lauren Moore It will be an emotional moment on Wednesday afternoon in the Top Spec Arena for Aileen Curle and Brian Willliams as their 12-year-old Highland, Harris Of Mendick, steps through the purple curtains for the final time. Brian originally tried to purchase the Dougal of Mendick sired stallion, from owner Aileen after spotting
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Wow! There’s just two days to go before HOYS begins! Meet two handlers who will be making their HOYS debuts showing miniature horses… Scott’s Little Lady and Megan Grace Thomas will both be making their HOYS debut having won the filly or colt qualifier at the British Miniature Horse Society breed show and taking reserve
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That’s right, with three days to go, we have three handsome horses for you to peruse and three more lucky riders for you to cheer on! Middleweight hunter Cummano Cassini (Fergal) will be giving Jimmy Hooker is first taste of riding at HOYS. “We bought him as an untouched three-year-old from Ireland and his owner
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Sue Nicklin will be taking charge of the performance phase of the Working Hunter Pony classes on Friday. Sue has a plentiful background in the showing industry, starting on the lead rein and working through all the disciplines including producing and breeding from her base at Bladon Stud in Staffordshire. It only seemed right for
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12-year-old Musburry Contessa (Tess) will be accompanying Holly Bignell, 13, for her first spin around the HOYS arena. Tess was purchased from breeder Anne Holt by the Taylor family, who asked Holly to ride Tess for some sales videos. “Holly fell in love with her so we bought her,” said Victoria, Holly’s mum. “They have
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Julia Ryde Rogers will be having a busy Sunday! Not only will she be responsible for allocating the ride marks in the show hunter pony section, but she will also be judging the miniatures vying for the Miniature Horse of the Year title. Showing World finds out more about Julia and what she will be
Aberdeen-based Kathleen Scott has the difficult task of sorting through the mini mountain and moorland classes, being one of the most hotly contested qualifying sections. Showing World finds out more about Kathleen and what she will be looking for… “I was lucky enough to persuade my parents to buy my first pony when I was
Six days to go means six pretty plaites poniestaking their riders to HOYS for the first time ever! Amanda McKay’s Isley Walton Gold (Goldie) will be amongst the 122cm ponies entering the TopSpec Arena on HOY’s Sunday morning, ridden by her daughter Jodie McKay. Amanda purchased Goldie after HOYS last year for Jodie, who was
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With seven days to go until HOYS begins, meet seven sweet minis giving their jockeys their first taste of HOYS! Anna Cayzer’s five-year-old daughter Alicia will be joining the lead rein lineup having qualified at the BSPS championships. Alicia will be riding Barkway Dancing Queen! Berwick-Upon-Tweed mum Jane Lindsay will have a nerve-wracking HOYS, with
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With eight days to go, meet eight mountain and moorlands who will be giving their riders a first taste of the action in the Top Spec arena next week. Ella-Rose Wells, 10 and her seven-year-old Shetland Bergli Dreamwatcher (Bob) are headed to HOYS to compete in the open Exmoor or Shetland class. Ella-Rose’s mum, Laura
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Although from a “non horsey” family, Morean has ridden since she was six years old, spending her younger years showing show ponies throughout Scotland. More recently, Morean successfully competed her own riding horses, fitting showing around a busy management career with M&S. She currently has nine horses in show production with Kirstine Douglas and they
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Charles Le Moignon is a familiar face in our showrings at the highest level. But perhaps we are more used to him heading lineups than handing out the rosettes! We find out more about Charles, who will be judging the ride given by exhibits vying for the Ridden Cob of the Year title! “I was
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Find out what ride judge Katie Duxbury is looking for at HOYS… Katie is a born and bred Lancashire girl, who works full time at BAE Systems as a Quality Engineer. She keeps her own horses at home for pleasure and enjoys breeding coloured ponies. Katie sits on the BSHA and Sport Horse Breeding of
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Got a mountain and moorland going to HOYS? Find out who’s judging and what they’ll be looking for! Alex Kelly and Tony Bell will have a tough task, with a mammoth 11 classes of mountain and moorland ponies to judge over the first two days of the show. Alex will be deciding on performance marks,
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Despite being just nine years old, Master Austin Davis has already realised what is for many exhibitors a lifetime’s achievement when his Welsh section A mare Rookery Rapture qualified for the most prestigious of breeding finals in the showing calendar: the Price Family Supreme In Hand Championship, set to be judged during HOYS. Rapture was
It’s safe to say that mechanical design engineer Emma Gunn won’t be forgetting her experience of the 2023 Royal Highland Show any time soon! Emma and her own home-produced Welsh Part-bred mare, Penskyber Mayflower (Maisie) won their Welsh prat-bred class and the first ever WPCS Silver medal on offer at the Highland before entering the
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Three-year-old hack who grew up believing himself a racehorse qualifies for the Price Family Supreme In-hand Championship at HOYS! Monivea Mozart is Pippa Kirby’s first attempt at breeding a hack, and it’s safe to say that as he graced the Royal Cheshire County Show ring yesterday, her experiment was a successful one! He was shown
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“I think it’s his way of saying, thank you,” said an emotional Sarah Field as she exited the Dales breed qualifier at Derbyshire Festival, HOYS ticket in hand. The Lancashire based producer rode six-year-old Carrock Comet to victory in his first ever HOYS qualifier just two weeks after his stable was torched during a potentially
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Kerry Wainwright’s Skellorn Bronze Soldier trounced all others in the final battle for a place in the Price Family Supreme final line-up at Notts County Show. Remarkably, this will be his fifth visit to HOYS competing in this prestigious final, and he’s also narrowly missed out on a spot in reserve on a further four
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The first golden ticket to HOYS 2023’s Price Family Supreme In Hand final was awarded to Louise Noonan and family’s homebred Connemara pony stallion Manor Duke at the Northern Ireland Festival. 12-year-old Duke is by Currachmore Cashel out of Banks Vanilla. He was shown by his producer, Joe Burke, who is a fellow breeder of
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Horse of the Year Show has announced a change to the rules for the Ridden Partbred Pony of the Year class for the 2023 season. In recent years, the class has specified that animals must be exhibited in coloured brow bands and riders must wear a dark-coloured jacket. However, it was felt that this
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HOYS have announced that visitors to this year’s show will be treated to a new and spectacular sight in the Andrews Bowen International Arena: a Championship for Driven Heavy Horses. In HOYS’s early years, audiences were presented with majestic displays of heavy horses working to harrow the main arena to music. Now in its 74th year,
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Horse of the Year Show have announced that the judging of the Semi-Final series for the 2023 Price Family In-Hand Championship is moving! It will be relocated to the National Pony Society’s Great British In Hand Show taking place on Saturday 2nd of September at the Oakridge Arena near Newark. . Introduced in 2021 the
HOYS have announced that in a bid to reflect the current climate, the upcoming season will see an opening up of the membership requirements for some Horse of the Year Show classes, providing competitors greater choice to meet their needs. The upcoming year will see the HOYS Hunter Weights, Small Hunters, Working Hunter Horse and
Grandstand Media has announced the takeover of prominent showing society, The Showing Register (TSR) in a pursuit of increasing opportunities for amateur competitors in the 2023 Season. TSR has been led by Director, Sarah Chapman, for the past 10 years since its establishment in 2012 and she has been passionate about supporting amateurs in showing.
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Many of this year’s HOYS judges have their work cut out with more than one section to judge. One of those is Richard Miller, who will be presiding over the Mini Show Pony of the Year title, as well as being responsible for the ride marks allocated in the Ridden Partbred Pony of the Year.
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Paula McCarthy will be judging the conformation section of the Show Hunter Pony of the Year classes, but do you really know her? Find out more about Paula and what she will be looking for… A member of the Irish Pony Society for over 50 years, Paula originally competed as a child, progressed onto the
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Got a mountain and moorland pony off to HOYS this year? Both judges, Tweetie Nimmo and Jo Jack will be making the journey south from Scotland to judge the finals held at the NEC next Wednesday and Thursday. Both are well known on the native circuit, but here’s a little more information on both and
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Justine Armstrong Small is a familiar face in working hunter circles. She won HOYS two years consecutively in 2003 and 2004 riding the prolific Zin Zan, and the pair went on to stand supreme horse of the year in 2003. Justine gives her tips for last-minute preparation worker preparations! Don’t over jump It’s tempting to
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