Horse of the Year Show 2018 judges revealed
The judge list for the 2018 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) has been revealed.
Next year’s show will take place from 3 to 8 October 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham and marks HOYS’ 70th anniversary.
Suzanne Keylock and Peter Goumans have been named as the judges for the Cuddy supreme in-hand championships, while the judges of the supreme horse and pony of the year are yet to be confirmed.
More information will be revealed in the new year.
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The judges are as follows:
- British ridden heavy horse: Ifor Lloys and Sarah Chapman
- Children’s riding pony of the year: Nicola Jones and Alan Mullaney
- Cob of the year: Brigit Ensten and Sarah Chapman
- Coloured horse and pony of the year: Ifor Lloys and Tracey Southern
- Supreme in-hand championship: Suzanne Keylock and Peter Goumans
- Hack of the year: the Hon Lucinda Cavendish and Lesley Whitehall
- Harness champion of the year: Brian Ball and Alexander Hogg
- Intermediate show hunter of the year: Rosemary Hetherington and Joanne Prestwidge
- Intermediate show riding type of the year: Zara Pawley and Chloe Chubb
- Junior mountain & moorland ridden pony of the year: Pat Rennie and Kevan Baskeyfield
- Ladies’ side saddle horse of the year: Simon Somers and Hazel Allin
- Lead rein pony of hunter type of the year: Rosemary Hetherington
- Mountain and moorland mini pony of the year: Debbie Spears
- Mountain and moorland ridden pony of the year: Julia Furness and Marilyn Ludlow
- Mountain and moorland working hunter pony of the year: Caroline Nelson and Julia Woods
- Maxi cob of the year: Brigit Ensten and Sarah Chapman
- Mini show pony of the year: Patricia Dorman
- Miniature horse of the year: the Hon Lucinda Cavendish
- Racehorse to riding horse of the year: to be confirmed
- Ridden part-bred pony of the year: Julia Woods and Caroline Nelson
- Ridden purebred Arab of the year: Mark Gamlin and Stephanie Turner
- Riding horse of the year: Simon Somers and Georgina Maywood
- Shire horse of the year: Mark Richardson
- Show hunter of the year: Jonathan Geake and Patrick Casey
- Show hunter pony of the year: Penny Williams and Ian Dickinson
- Small show hunter of the year: Tony Hogarth and Jane Hubbard
- Working hunter pony of the year: Pip Baker-Beal and Tina Hazlem
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