Equestrian Life September 2016 Edition

SHOWS
12th -14th AUGUST 2016
REPORT AND PHOTOS BY BRENDA MARSH
Royal Lancashire
Show
Supreme Ridden
Champion - Colby -
Aimee Houghton
Witton Country Park in
Blackburn became the
new location for the
Royal Lancashire Show this year.
At the start of the year it wasn’t
certain the show would go ahead
but thanks to the enthusiasm,
determination and a lot of hard
work from a very small team of
volunteers the show went ahead.
A new location will always pose
problems, one of the main ones being
access and parking for both exhibitors and
visitors attending the show. Fortunately,
there was a very efficient grounds team
working alongside the event management
officials, who adapted and amended access
gateways, parking locations and ring
layouts as the show went on. Thankfully
people were patient and supportive whilst
things got altered but of course we all
know the weather is out of our control.
The first day of the three day show in the
Light Horse section scheduled many of the
In-Hand Showing classes. All three rings
set a schedule of over 80 classes to include
breeding and open showing for everything
from Potential Sport Horses, Hunter
Breeding, Pure and Part-Bred Arabians,
Coloured Horses and Ponies plus a myriad
of classes for the many British Native
Ponies.
The first ‘crowned’ champion of the show
was in the Hunter Breeding Group and
came from the yearlings in that group, a
lovely rich bay, Strinesdale Marksman,
owned by a delighted Gaynor Hester
and shown in the ring by Yorkshireman,
Chris Shackleton. All rings were busy
throughout the morning, Welsh Breeds,
with Bronze Medal Awards on offer,
ran from early in the morning, starting
with the Section ‘A’s, judged by Mr B
Hyslop (Maxwell Town). After assessing
Sec A Champion - Pinewell Storm -
M.Higgins - Colin Tibbey
all the group another
yearling took the
honours, winning his
class then taking the ‘A’
Championship. There
were some exceptional
ponies exhibited in the
group of classes but this
youngster, Pinewell Storm,
owned by M Higgins and handled by Colin
Tibbey obviously impressed the judge
enough to take top spot.
Section B’s, came after the A’s in that
ring and Laraine Price had put her lovely
palomino pony, Waxwing Penny Jubilee
into the very capable hands of Abbie
Devenney and another welsh champion
crowned. Section C’s and D’s took place
in the afternoon with Helen Leach
(COEDEN) and Mr D Griffiths (DAFRYN)
judging each respectively.
Whilst the Hunter Breeding was taking
place in one ring, welsh in another,
miniatures started off in the third ring,
from the smallest to the tallest. The
Showing Register had decided to use The
Royal Lancashire Show as their venue for
the Northern regional finals so had lots
of sections over all three days. The final
Championship on Day 1 was the Overall
Supreme In-Hand Championship the
title going to the five year old Section
C stallion, Bryncarreg Alfie Boe, owned
Sec D Stallion class winner-Callistalodge
Hercules-David Baird - Graham Roberts.
Arab Foal-Arabella-Natalie
Waterman.
Home Produced -Princess Sasha-Lorna
Johnson.
and bred by John Garry Watson from
West Yorkshire, the Reserve Supreme
came from the Section D, 2-3 yr old class,
Coldwell Tywysoges owned by W. Ennion
and shown by Graham Roberts. A fabulous
end to a very successful day.
Day two saw the ridden classes take over.
B.S.P.S. and TSR took over Ring 1 in the
morning, with both doing their Lead-Rein
and First Ridden Classes. Young Madison
Hughes had a great morning riding Tracy
Miller’s Bouquet of Crafton she won the
BSPS Heritage Lead-Rein class and then
went on to be Mini Champion of the
group. Ring two was totally dominated all
day with B.S.P.S. Working Hunter Ponies
including Heritage M & M Qualiers. In
the Nursery Stakes, Rachel Barnes was
delighted with her pony Scotgate Spot-On,
ridden by Thomas Barnes when they won
the class in great style.
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