‘The picture is absolutely perfect’: Connemara and his junior jockey lift championship at HOYS

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A Connemara pony dazzled on day three of the 2023 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) to take the Westown Stud junior M&M ridden pony of the year championship. This was the second year on the trot that the impeccable Eastlands Dunedin, a gelding by Eastlands Harleybrae out of Eastlands Dunrose, has won at the NEC.

Alex Robinson
Alex Robinson
Former H&H showing editor and deputy features editor

Born and raised in the Lake District, Alex has grown up on the showing scene. She has qualified and competed ponies at the Royal International, Horse of the Year Show and Olympia and has first-hand knowledge of the current issues in the showing world as well as the horses, ponies and riders who compete in the sport. Alex joined H&H in January 2018 as showing editor, cementing its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK. She moved on in October 2024 to pursue other opportunities, but continues to write for us on a freelance basis.