William Whitaker has caught the ride on Laura Renwick’s Top Dollar VI to jump the big red wall in the Dodson & Horrell Bolesworth International Horse Show puissance tonight (10 July).
The Whitaker-Top Dollar VI partnership is an exciting addition to the class as this is the second time the chestnut stallion has been a catch ride in a puissance class.
In 2018, Laura asked Matthew Sampson if he would ride the horse in the puissance at the TheraPlate UK Liverpool International Horse Show, less than an hour before the class started.
Joining William on tonight’s start list is Guy Williams and his puissance star, Mr Blue Sky UK, who has six wins over red walls to his name.
Bolesworth’s 2019 puissance winner, Elliott Smith and Flamboyant III, who shared the prize with Alfie Bradstock and H. D’Or during the young horse championships, and who also took a 2020 puissance win at Bolesworth during the relocated 2020 British Showjumping National Championships will be looking to collect another crown. Derek Morton (KBS High Quality), a puissance winner here at the 2020 young horse championships, and Ireland’s Jack Ryan (KBS Major Player) will both be seeking to add the 2021 Bolesworth puissance title to their name.
Jack Whitaker brings forward his new ride, Flinstering, for the horse’s first international puissance. Jay Halim’s ride, Gentleman VD Riethandel, will also be making his puissance debut at Bolesworth.
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