British Breeder Magazine November 2019
Magazine for breeders of sport horses in Britain
Magazine for breeders of sport horses in Britain
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NEWS
2019 FEI
EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2019 European Championships
saw just one gold medal for a British
bred horse, but it was also a first
gold medal for one of the younger
British studbooks. The Sport Pony
Studbook registered Midnight and
Georgia Wilson took the gold medal
in the Grade II Freestyle test. The
lovely 10 year old mare is a daughter
of the beautiful Weser Ems stallion
Hilkens Black Delight and was bred by
Carrie Passmore. Her dam Broomwich
Cassandra is by David and Serena
Pincus’s Dutch bred small tour stallion
Cassander. The pair were also part of
the silver medal winning British team.
Another team medallist was in the
show jumping, with the ever consistent
Holly Smith and Hearts Destiny who
kept the British bred flag flying with
their huge contribution to the team
bronze medal.
Another AES registered competitor in
the show jumping was Lizziemary and
her regular partner Danielle Waldman
(nee Goldstein), but sadly they
didnt managed to carry their recent
Global Champions Tour form into the
Europeans. So close to a team medal
in the dressage was Hawtins Delicato
who would have added a European
team silver medal to his World team
bronze but for Charlotte Dujardin’s
unfortunate elimination. Carl Hester
has formed such a great partnership
with the Diamond Hit son finishing
individually 9th in the Grand Prix
Special with so much potential heading
towards Tokyo 2020.
Sadly the European Eventing
Championships were quite a
disappointment from a British bred
point of view. The highest placed
horse registered with a British studbook
was Vittoria Panizzon’s SHB(GB)
registered Super Cillious who finished in
33rd place. Bred by Sue Bullen, the 10
year old is a son of Deanes San Ciro Hit,
who used to stand at Catherston Stud
and out of a Rock King daughter.
Para Gold Medallists Georgia Wilson and Midnight - Copyright FEI / Liz Gregg
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