Home-produced Welsh section C takes HOYS M&M working hunter championship

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HOYS M&M working hunter pony championship
Horse No 965.Winner of the Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd. Mountain & Moorland of the Year during the Horse of the Year Show held at the NEC in Birmingham in UK between 5 -9th October 2021
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On her debut in the Andrews Bowen international arena, Abergavenny-based rider Ella Eynon and Rebecca Faulkner’s Welsh section C Joyton Sunshine (Dougie) performed well beyond their years before galloping like fury to win the coveted Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd HOYS M&M working hunter pony championship at the 2022 Horse of the Year Show.

Despite being just a five-year-old appearing at HOYS for the first time, Dougie was the ultimate professional, and 12-year-old Ella was in perfect sync with the striking palomino, who she has produced herself from home. Dougie was bought by the family as a yearling and he is currently in his first season as a working hunter. The pair qualified for HOYS at NPS Area 4 at the end of August.

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.