BBMay

NEWS - BRITISH BRED HORSES IN COMPETITION
The pony stallions really kept British sires
to the fore with victories in the Under
18s Preliminary Area Festival for Haybells
Cinderella sired by Cefyn Playboy and
Edendawn William Wombat by Honeypot
Stromboli winning the Elementary Silver.
Welsh Section C Twyford Salamander (by
Persie Renown) won the Elementary Silver
Freestyle ridden by Nicola Byam-Cook.
The next crop of British superstar riders
were evident in the Under 18 Elementary
Area Festival. 13 year old Emilia Nelson
was victorious on Sarah Steggall’s WFS Top
Red (by the late Elite SPSS graded stallion
Top Yellow out of Bernwode Poppy Red).
WFS Top Red and Emilia added a 3rd place
in the following day’s Medium section.
Top Yellow was an international dressage
pony and Westphalian licensing champion
before moving to the UK and has a number
of exciting British bred offspring coming
through. Even though he was bred in
Germany, both his grandsires were British,
one a British Riding Pony (Rosedale Tiberius)
and one a Welsh Section B (Kirby Cane
Bugler). British riders have accepted they
can find the quality they are looking for at
home, now more British breeders need to
start considering British based stallions when
making their breeding plans.
Emilia Nelson and WFS Top Red.
Image courtesy Kevin Sparrow/BD
Article by Sacha Shaw
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