Robert Walker and View Point get their HOYS supreme moment
One of the circuit’s most famed showing producers rode his show hunter of the year to clinch the overall horse of the year supreme honours under the spotlight of the evening performance in the International Arena at the 2021 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).
The supreme welcomed all the respective horse champions crowned during a week of stunning showing.
Robert Walker was on board Jill Day’s 10-year-old lightweight View Point (Sean) who needs no introduction.
The beautiful bay – now a three time HOYS hunter champion — has been garlanded at every major show across the country and there was no doubt in anyone’s minds that he was deserving of this prestigious supreme title.
The prolific pairing were chosen by racing industry legends Richard Johnson and Henrietta Knight as the choice for the accolade.
The last time Robert was crowned HOYS supreme was in 2007 aboard riding horse Broadstone Doulton. He took the same title with the coloured cob So Smart II in 2006.
Robert and View Point have achieved several Royal Windsor titles, wins at the RIHS and numerous other county show accolades.
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In the supreme, Robert had stiff competition from his wife Sarah aboard Lisa Davey’s cob of the year Red Butler, and Danielle Heath riding Robert’s former ride and 2021 hack of the year Forgelands Hyde Park.
Team Walker also enjoyed a win in the 122cm show hunter pony of the year class with Izzy Walker and Redlays Theseus earlier in the day.
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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.