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RAMIRO B son - Cooley Master Class
Wins The Land Rover Kentucky
Three-Day Event
It was celebrations all round for the team at Harthill Stud
after the Ramiro B sired Cooley Master Class and Oliver
Townend took the 2018 Land Rover Kentucky CCI 4* title.
The British based stallion is currently number four on the
WBFSH sire rankings for eventing stallions, and is highly
placed in the BEF Futurity sire rankings including siring the
2017 BEF Futurity Eventing Foal Champion. Cooley Master
Class is the first 4-star victor for the popular sire who is
owned by Harthill Stud and stands at Stallion AI Services in
Shropshire. After a clear round cross country, Oliver stood in
third position overnight.
It was a tense finish as Oliver took the lead from Michael
Jung, with a foot perfect fault-free show jumping round with
Cooley Master Class, to finish on his dressage score of 28.7
penalties. Nina Barbour of Harthill Stud: “We are delighted
for Oliver and Cooley Master Class, he is a hugely talented
horse who has risen through the eventing ranks and has
proven that Ramiro B is capable of producing event horses
capable of winning at the very highest level of the sport.”
Oliver was delighted to win, as this victory is his second leg
of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. To secure the title the
rider must win the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton, Land Rover
Burghley and Land Rover Kentucky Horse Trials consecutively
in any order. Oliver won Burghley last September with
Ballaghmor Class, so will be contesting the vital third leg at
Badminton along with Cooley SRS, another prolific Ramiro B
son.
Article by Sacha Shaw
Oliver Townend on Cooley Master Class
Baileys Moving Forwards
with the Futurity
Baileys Horse Feeds are delighted to confirm renewal of
their support for the British Breeding Futurity Young Horse
Evaluations for 2018. After a period of uncertainty, this year’s
dates have been finalised and the Baileys team are looking
forward to attending each of the days to offer
no-obligation nutritional advice.
and development of any youngster so we’re delighted
to have the opportunity to continue to help and advise
those who bring their horses to the Futurity,” says Baileys
Nutrition Director, Liz Bulbrook. Baileys have collected data,
throughout their involvement, and this has been analysed to
identify links between body condition and premiums awarded.
Marketing Manager, Jane Buchan says, “We’ve invested a lot
into the Evaluations, over the years, so it’s good to be
able to continue our involvement and move
forward with the Futurity over the
coming years.”
Having supported the Futurity since its inception, Baileys
started a more “hands-on” involvement in 2011 and, ever
since, their nutritionists have assessed youngsters’ body
condition and muscle development as each horse is examined
by the vet. “Correct nutrition is so important to the growth
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