The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Duo in the pink with overall winner
RBS light horse supreme championship title goes to part-bred victor Litton Cerise
Lifting the Royal Bank of Scotland overall light horse supreme championship was the mountain and moorland part-bred victor Litton Cerise.
Owned by Yorkie Jobling-Purser and ridden by her daughter Martha, the duo headed a strong Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) section to secure their entry to the overall section.
Judge Andrew Bowie from Kinross was thorough in his inspection of all the animals he had forward before calling the eight-year-old mare for the title.
Previously a brood-mare, the Llanarth Aristocrat daughter has only been lightly campaigned since the family bought the pony in March.
“This is only Martha’s sixth show with her. They have qualified for the Royal International after being champion at Cheshire Premier,” said Yorkie.
“My champion was a lovely pony, very mannerly, and full of quality and could really move,” said Andrew.
Reserve supreme was the riding pony and ridden part-bred Arab champion Serene Royal Princess, owned by Mrs Tessa Hourston from Montrose. The seven-year-old mare by Deanshill Royal Portrait and out of Falconhurst Serenity, was ridden by Sophie Hourston and has won eight championships from 10 outings this year.
“The reserve had lovely limbs and bone and moved well,” added Andrew.
The working hunter pony champion went to Perthshire-based Suzie England, whose daughter Amelia rode Rosshill Paddy to win the exceeding 143cm class. The pony is an eight-year- old Connemara gelding and has qualified for the RIHS and placed British Eventing at Floors Castle at BE100 level.
Standing overall ridden reserve hunter was Caithness rider James Munro with the small hunter winner Ebony King. Owned by Freda Newton from Inverness, the six-year-old is by the skewbald stallion Aughabeg Patch and out of the Connemara mare Glencarn Girl.
The sports horse championship went to Caithness handler Ashley Anderson with Freckleton Untouchable. A yearling skewbald colt by the former Royal Highland Show champion Copilot and out of Unbeliveable. Ashley was also reserve in the sports horse championship with her own Ashlea’s Total Class, a home-bred yearling filly, also by Copilot and out Free Spirit.
In the strong ridden mountain and moorland Horse of the Year Show qualifiers section on the final day Fife riders accounted for two qualifying tickets. Molly Barclay topped the Welsh section A class with Butleigh Silver Flyer and Kirsty Aird led the Highland section with Lindsey Macdonald’s former Royal Highland Show champion Dunedin Merlin.
The private driving championship went to Richard Lanni from Bridge of Earn with two Dutch Gerlanders Symen and Vinny.
Britain’s top showjumping riders were out in force with a huge prize fund over the four days. Annabel Shields produced a cracking round from the last draw to secure the Spire Hospitals grand prix with her father’s Wet Wet Wet to lift the £7,500 first prize. Overall hunter: Vanessa Ramm, Northumberland, with the novice hunter winner Lucky Jack, a fiveyear-old by Ricardo Z. Reserve and hunter in-hand: Pat Martin and Dorothy Walsh, Northen Ireland, with Clover Coice.
Ridden hunter: Debbie Harrod, Dumfries, with Man of Honour. Reserve: James Munro, Caithness, with the six-year-old small hunter winner Ebony King.
In-hand hunter reserve: Ashley Anderson, Halkirk, with Ashlea’s Total Class, a home-bred yearling filly.
Sports horses: Ashley Anderson, Halkirk, Caithness, with Freckleton Untouchable. Reserve: James Aird, Markinch, Fife, with the broodmare Winnipeg V, a 15-year-old by Cantos and out of Passe Partout. Retraining of racehorses: Aimee Dryden, Main St, Castle Douglas, with Inch Manor. Reserve: Ms L Hylands, Tamavoid, Stirling, with All For Eve, a 12-year-old gelding by Alflora and out Ricco VII. Welsh section A and overall M&M champion: S Anderson, c/o Lacey Stud, Gwynedd, with Thisteldown Jess Ennis. A home-bred sixyear-old mare by Thistledown Snowstorm and out of Thistledown Extravaganza. Reserve: Mrs and Miss E Gardiner, Lancaster, with Lacey Melissa, a three-year-old filly. Welsh section B: Mr and Mrs L Bigley, Llanarth Stud, Hereford, with Llanarth Da Vinci, a home-bred 12-year-old stallion. Reserve: Mrs Lynneann Cameron, Inchra Farmhouse, Fettercairn, with Goldenwood Georgie Girl, a homebred yearling filly by Cadlanvalley Georgie Boy and out of Goldenwood Madonna.
Welsh section C: Ceri Powell, Hereford, with Tyngwndwn Glitter, a two-year-old filly by Tyngwndwn Lion King and out of Tyngwndwn Georgina. Reserve: Nicole Wayman, Rotherham, with Abergavenny Hetti, a seven-year-old mare by Gwenllan Mabon and out of RhydDdu Rosina.
Welsh section D: Lisa Breeze, 24 Park Road, Bishop Auckland, with Northwick Welsh Model, a homebred eight-year-old mare by Gwenllan Samson and out of Monumental Abbey. Reserve: Llanarth Stud, the Quakers Farm, Hereford, with Llanarth Prince of Wales. Mountain and moorland: Mrs M Wilson, Townend, Cumbria, with the Fell pony Townend Skylark. Reserve: Mrs Gwen Rae, Stirling, with Nicholwalls Black Jack, a six-year-old home-bred Fell stallion. A son of the Royal Highland Show champion Bracklinn Jackpot and
out of Bracklinn Black Beauty. Connemara: Sandra Burton, Haigh, Wigan, with Aniar Cashel. Reserve: Mrs Diana Stavely, Davington, Eskdalemuir, Langholm, with Eastlands Dunielle, a 17-year-old broodmare by the stud’s own stallion Lockinge Frederick and out of Bardsey Trinket. Pony breeding and overall in-hand supreme: Mrs C Welby, Middlesborough, with Revolution Brave. Reserve: Mrs S Willaimson, Forfar, with Chiddock Shooting Times, a three-year-old gelding by Chiddock Time Limit and out of Fairholm Rosetta Rhythm.
Riding horses: Lynell Sheriden, Lanark, with Remember Rio, a home-bred 12-year-old gelding by Rubin Star N and out Lockwell Saskia. Champion at Puddledub and qualified for the Royal International Horse Show. Reserve: Jodie Cassels, Biggar, with Take The Biscuit III, a five-year-old gelding and winner of the open novice class.
Arab in-hand: Mrs V Mylius, Newport on Tay, with Castaiore Emerald, a home-bred four-year-old part-bred gelding by Stinesdale Matador. Reserve: Mesdames Given and Gowans, Roxburgh, with Yanny, a pure-bred three-year-old by Master Design and out of Yannah.
Arab ridden: Mrs Tessa Hourston, St Cyrus, Montrose, with Serene Royal Princess. A seven-year-old part-bred mare by Deanshill Royal Portrait and out of Falconhurst Serenity, ridden by Sophie Hourston. Won eight championships from 10 outings this year. Reserve: Alison Murray, Glasgow, with Psynatra, a 14-year-old pure-bred gelding by Psynergy and out of Escoveda.
Mountain and moorland working hunter pony: Mrs Gwen Rae, with Greenholme Emblem, an eightyear-old Fell stallion by Greenholme Look At Me. Ridden by Kirsty Aird. Reserve: Steph Wheway, Cheshire, with the 18-year-old Welsh section C gelding Peasedown Mr Muddle, by Peasedown Party Popper and out of Menda Melari.
Side saddle: Robyn Catterell, Bangor with Carnsdale Irish Times, a nineyear-old gelding by Murphy’s Irish Diamond and out of Flemins Eveing. Reserve: Laura Gray, Darlington, with Betws Dewr, a 13-year-old chestnut gelding.
Show hunter ponies: Mrs Jenny Harker, Thirsk, with The Real McCoy II, an eight-year-old gelding ridden by Victoria Harker. Reserve: Mrs Bridget Garner, North Wales, with Whalton Highwayman, a 12-year-old gelding by Kilvington Scoundrel and out of Whalton High Faluti.
Mini: Team Ahern, Yorkshire, with the lead rein pony Priestwood Roe Star. Reserve: Emily Archibald, Dumfries, with the first ridden winner Neuaddparc Magician. Show ponies: Tessa Hourston’s Arab ridden champion with Serene Royal Princess. Reserve: James Stuart, Dumfries with Small-land Accolade. Mini: Kim Wilson, Dumfries, with Lochar Love In the Mist, a 10-year-old part-bred Welsh by Rotherwood Brigadoon and out of Mystic Moonlight. Reserve: Mrs Lesley Parker, Stirling, with the second placed lead rein pony Hollybush Silhouette, an 11-year-old mare.
Donkey: Mrs Elma Cunningham, Yieldhields, Carluke, with Gamlingay Love In The Mist, a 10-year-old mare. Reserve: Isla and Lorraine Rae, Northumberland, with Wind In The Willow, a two-year-old filly. Working hunter ponies: Suzie England, Perth, with Rosshill Paddy, an eight -year-old Connemara gelding by I Love You Melody and out of Knockillanrea Pride. Ridden by Amelia England and qualified for the RIHS and placed British Eventing at Floors Castle and Belsay. Reserve: Mrs Julia Wilson-Barnes, Notts, with Derrygimbla Atlantic Storm. Mountain and moorland ridden: Aimee Devane, Berkshire, with the Welsh section D Aleanto Bon’A Parte. Reserve: Sarah Parker, Shropshire, with Culmore Silver. Junior: Suzanne White, Lancs, with Thunderbolt Fairy Robin Bambi, a seven-year-old Connemara gelding. Reserve: Lucy Richardson, Warks, with Elberry Suilen, a nine-year-old Welsh section A gelding.
Mini: Christina Knipe, with the Dartmoor lead rein pony Langfield Lord Asriel. Reserve: Leah Cassell, Lancs with the first ridden pony Pumpill Rasputin.
Coloured horses ridden: Emma Jane Boardman, Cumbria, with Hopgarden Playboy, a six-year-old gelding. Reserve: Craig Eleanor, Yorkshire, with the native horse Starlight, a seven-year-old piebald mare.