Breeding stallion wins Connemara title on his first Horse of the Year Show appearance

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Harrison Taylor and Skellorn Deja Vu win the Connemara final of the year at the 2021 Horse of the Year Show
Harrison Taylor and Skellorn Deja Vu win the Connemara final at the 2021 Horse of the Year Show.
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IN his first open season, Kerry Wainwright’s 10-year-old dapple grey stallion Skellorn Deja Vu defied his lack of experience to land the Connemara title at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) 2021.

The breeding stallion was backed as a youngster before being turned away to run with sport horse mares. He was brought back in two years ago to establish his ridden career with rider Harrison Taylor who gave the stallion a fabulous ride, showing off the pony’s floating paces and impeccable manners.

Stephanie Bateman
Stephanie Bateman
Freelance journalist

Stephanie Bateman began her career working for Horse & Hound’s sister title HORSE magazine in 2009 after studying a BSc Equine Science degree at Hartpury university. After a few years working in-house for a national equestrian title, she went freelance in 2011, and now writes for a variety of print and online platforms, editing sections of national monthly magazines and contributing regular features and event reports to Horse & Hound. She juggles working with being a mummy and wife, and riding her coloured mare Matilda.