May Show 14/05/23

Today was the first Sport Horse Southwest 'showing' show and what a fantastic day it was! We hosted at the incredible Knightswood Stud and Equestrian Center, which is run by Lisa Guy and her daughter Sophie Quaterman. As well as running the venue and yard they also breed and produce dressage horses.

We ran qualifiers for the Sunshine Tour Hickstead & South West Pony Association which was extremely popular, all the classes were very well supported with lots of happy ponies, riders and handlers.

Our wonderful judge Lisa Davey was amazing today with every single competitor giving feed back to each and every combination, joined by Sophie Murrish as steward and Julia Powney Photography Results will be posted below, Qualified riders will have a 'Q' next to their name and letters 'ST' for sunshine tour and 'SWPA' for South West Pony Association. The day kicked off with the Leadrein/ First ridden where we saw some absolutely adorable combinations!

1st place - Darcy Thirlby riding Hightops Flower Girl (Q ST SWPA)

2nd place - Harlyn Bazeley riding Penylasgarn Gimly (Q ST SWPA)

3rd place - Elsie Wimberley-Davis riding John-Boy (Q ST)

4th place - Harriet Dalley riding Moses (Q ST)

(Photo by Julia Powney - Sophie doing a fantastic job keeping everything running smoothly)

Followed on by the following classes...

Best Combernation - Kindly sponsored by AP Sports Horses - 1st Lee Lashbrook & Wallace (Q ST), 2nd Hollie Ennor & Chycoose Park Royal (Q ST), 3rd Aliyah Hogan & Gew Merlin (Q ST), 4th Daisy Mcleod & Rockinrolldixie (Q ST), 5th Rosy Morris & Mr Blue Sky, 6th Cat Scutt & Buddy.

Mountain & Moorland - Kindly sponsored by Stephanie Smith Saddlery - 1st Edward Collis & Eglwysfach Blodwen (Q ST SWPA), 2nd Graham Laity & Bobby Dazzler (Q ST SWPA), 3rd Aliyah Hogan & Gew Merlin (Q ST), 4th Cat Scutt & Buddy (Q ST), 5th Harlyn Bazeley & Penylasgarn Gimly.

Novice Horse & Pony - 1st Hollie Ennor & Chycoose Park Royal (Q SWPA), 2nd Kathryn Benney & Barnswood Misty Morn (Q SWPA), =2nd Harriet Dalley & Moses (Q SWPA), 4th Paula Shenton & Shams El Kahramem, 5th Joely Sale & Hey There Delilah, 6th Cat Scutt & Buddy.

Coloured, Spotted, Palomino - 1st Skye Morris & Mr Blue Sky (Q SWPA), 2nd Cat Scutt & Buddy (Q SWPA)

Hunter, Riding Horse, Hack, Cob - Kindly sponsored by Tin Acre Equestrian - 1st Daisy Mcleod & Rockinrolldixie (Q ST SWPA), 2nd Skye Morris & Mr Blue Sky (Q ST SWPA), 3rd Lee Lashbrook & Wallace (Q ST), 4th Kathryn Benney & Barnswood Misty Morn (Q ST). 5th Joely Sale & Hey There Delilah.

Ridden Champion Darcy Thirlby & Hightops Fower Girl

Ridden Reserve Champion Edward Collis & Eglwysfach Blodwen

(Photo By Julia Powney - champion Darcy Thirlby & Hightops Flower Girl - Reserve Edward Collis & Eglwysfach Blodwen)

Todays Ridden champion Darcy is only 4 years old and is a cracking little jockey. They have only had 8yo Hightops Flower Girl for a month and are already making a fantastic partnership. Having not done much showing before Darcy took hold of the reins the season ahead will be very exciting for this pair. The Champion rosette and Sash was a perfect match with her showing attire!

Reserve ridden champion Edward Collis also has a new partnership with his ride 7 year old Eglwysfach Blodwen by Geler Glwynr, owned by Nicky Harrison, bought as weanling from the cob sales this mare has exceeded all expectations winning lots of county titles inhand, Now starting her ridden showing career. Edward at just 12 years old has only taken this flashy Welsh Section D to a couple of small shows after his pony was put out of action for the season. Mummy will take over to ride at the county shows but Edward will keep the ride for the junior classes for the season.

After the ridden championship we had the inhand classes starting with the 1,2,3 year old class, As SHSW we promote breeding and producing young horses in the southwest so was fantastic to see them turned out so beautifully strutting their stuff.

1,2,3yo - Kindly sponsored by Rosewarne Sports Horses - 1st Vikki Thomas & Moortown Snowflake (Q ST SWPA), 2nd Sarah Bruton & Tresorya Nico Lwyd (Q ST SWPA), 3rd Kate Gregory-Armstrong & Menai Sandra (Q ST), 4th Sam Gilbert & Dwyfach Mili (Q ST), 5th Amy Mclinden & Pew Tor Tavi, 6th Kym Wimberley & Courtenay Spartan Moonbeam.

Mountain and Moorland - Kindly sponsored by A2B Travel Newquay - 1st Vikki Thomas & Moortown Snowflake (Q ST SWPA), 2nd Edward Collis & Eglwysfach Blodwen (Q ST SWPA), 3rd Sophie Trenoweth & Kenver Bryan (Q ST), 4th Sarah Bruton & Tresorya Nico Lwyd (Q ST), 5th Nicola Wilton & Hope Mandy, 6th Sam Gilbert & Dwyfach Mili.

Sport Horse - 1st Daisy Mcleod & Rockinrolldixie (Q SWPA), 2nd Kathryn Benney & Barnswood Misty Morn (Q SWPA)

Coloured, Spotted, Palomino - 1st Nicola Wilton & Hope Mandy (Q SWPA), 2nd William Merrell (Q SWPA), 3rd Sophie Trenoweth & Kenver Bryan, 4th Sarah Bruton & Tresorya Nico Lwyd, 5th Masie Collyer & King Omego, 6th Amy Mclinden & Pew Tor Tavi.

Minatures & Shetlands - 1st William Merrell & Tegean Amber (Q SWPA), 2nd Amy Mclinden & Pew Tor Tavi (Q SWPA), 3rd Emily Mccleary & Crystal.

Child Handler - Kindly Sponsored by Skyes Sport Horses - 1st Edward Collis & Eglwysfach Blodwen (Q ST SWPA), 2nd Nicola Wilton & Hope Mandy (Q ST SWPA), 3rd Amelia Pallett & Onyx (Q ST), 4th Harriet Wiltshire & Menai Sandra (Q ST), 5th Maisie Collyer & King Omego, =6th Leah Southall & Onyx, =6th Rosy Morris & Crystal.

Inhand Champion Vikki Thomas & Moortown Snowflake

Inhand Reserve Champion Nicola Wilton & Hope Mandy

(Photo by Julia Powney - Champion Vikki Thomas & Moortown Snowflake - Reserve Nicola Wilton & Hope mandy)

The Inhand Champion Moortown Snowflake by Moortown Countryman out of Moortown New Romance both have been to HOYS as breed standard Dartmoor ponies he owned by Handler Vikki Thomas and was bought directly from his breeder as a weanling he will eventually be broken and produced for her son Alfie, to take part in all activities from showing to ponyclub and trial hunting. Frosty (stable name) is already proving to be a very sensible well behaved pony around little Alfie. This year they will show on the county circuit and fingers crossed they will be as successful as they have today.

Inhand Reserve Champion is Nicola Wilton, Age 11 and her pony Hope Mandy owned by Nicolas Aunty Sam Gilbert, she shares Hope with her brother Harry along with other pony Star. Hope is 9 years old and they will be enjoying a season of fun local shows together with a goal and dream of compeating at Royal Cornwall next year. The judges words were 'This young lady was a pleasure to judge this afternoon, she was smiling all the way and was very attentive to her pony in every class.' Nicola was also spotted chatting to all the other competitors, complimenting horses, wishing them luck and congratulating on their results, she really is what we should all strive to be in our sport!

(Photo by Julia Powney - Judge Lisa Davey making Pew Tor Tavi a very happy boy with his rosette - Handler Amy Mclinden)

Would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to support today without you we would npt be able to put on these shows. keep an eye out for future dates on our social media platforms. Another thank you to Judge Lisa Davey and steward Sophie Murrish giving up their Sunday so we could have such a successful show, Julia for coming to capture all of our special moments. and of course Lisa and Sophie for the use of your beautiful venue. We are all about fun and encouragement, and there will always be help on hand for anyone that needs it at any of our events, as you can see from the picture below.

Until next time.....

Becky