THE maxi cob championship at this year’s Royal International Horse Show will be a class that amateur rider Natalie Chapples will never forget. Riding her faithful maxi cob Aughoo Lad who was making his third and final RIHS appearance in the BSPA Native/Cob/Traditional Ridden Horse class, Natalie was pulled into the line up next to […]
CHLOE CHUBB scored her first Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) M&M win when topping the BSPS Heritage M&M open ridden with Welsh sec C stallion Thistledown Rockin Robin. It was an emotional win for Chloe as, 10 years previously, she competed ‘Custard’s’ sire Popsters Loaded Weapon, know at home as Jacob, at the show. “Jacob […]
LAUREN MOORE WILLIAMS’ coloured gelding Longdon Blackjack is making a return to the Royal International Horse Show for the first time since he won the coloured class there in 2017, but this time as an in-hand pony in the Senior Showing and Dressage Ltd (SSADL) classes. The 15-year-old was last at Hickstead in 2017 when […]
ISSY HIND, 18, recovered from a fractured spine to gain two tickets to her first Royal International Horse Show with her home-produced 14-year-old Connemara gelding Sydserff Gismo. Issy’s pony spooked causing her to fall off and land awkwardly. The accident caused a compression fracture to her spine and she couldn’t ride for five months. “It […]
IN their first affiliated season, and on their first attempt, Casey Cohane (11) and her show hunter pony Newoak Onyx qualified for the Royal International Horse Show. “He’s home-produced and we started showing him in 2018 at local level – this year was our first affiliated year,” said Casey’s mother Kirsty. “Casey had only done […]
DESPITE suffering from crippling anxiety, Cally Humphrey’s held her nerve to qualify her coloured pony Fouche’s Wizard of Oz for the BSPA Small traditional/native pony class at the Royal International Horse Show in their first affiliated season. “I suffer with health anxiety, and during the pandemic, I spent the majority of the time isolating, and […]
NOT having any facilities to school her horses hasn’t held back April Gilmartin whose Welsh section C stallion Gems Malt Whiskey qualified three times for Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) in the Welsh B and C ridden class. He’s also taken two tickets for Horse of the Year Show. April moved house in November after […]
DANIELLE TWITCHEN’s former driving pony Welsh section C Bronheulog Principle, is enjoying a change of sport and has qualified for his first ever Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) at the ripe age of 31. The gelding made the swap to in-hand showing at the end of 2019 and qualified for the RIHS on his first […]
TEN-year-old Jorgi Craigie and eight-year-old Welsh sec A mare Rhencullen Rockette qualified for their first Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) on their first attempt at the NPS show at Strathallan Castle in June. They will be competing in the 122cm M&M WHP class at Hickstead. “It was their first ever RIHS qualifier, and Jorgi was […]
ROYAL Agricultural University (RAU) student Robyn Butler made the most of lockdown to train and qualify two horses for her first ever Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) once restrictions were lifted and shows started up again. With her lectures taking place online, it meant she had more time to work her horses and the extra […]