‘He never stops giving’: Fifth HOYS championship for ultimate showman

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Forgeland Hyde Park
Forgeland Hyde Park exhibited by Danielle Heath, winners of the The Andrews Family Hack of the Year Championship during the Horse of the Year Show held at the NEC in Birmingham in UK between 4 -8 th October 2023
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For the third time in his career, the Mears Family’s magnificent large contender Forgeland Hyde Park (Will) took home the Andrews Family hack of the year championship at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).

Judges Mathew Lawrence (ride) and Vanessa De Quincey (conformation) selected the 12-year-old as their champion over the winning small, six-year-old Manhatten, ridden by Harriet Dennison, who was marking her first HOYS victory in horse ranks.

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.