Having fallen in love with Lottie Fry and Glamourdale when they won individual gold at the World Dressage Championships in Herning in August – if not before – the British public were ecstatic to see them in the flesh at London International Horse Show (LIHS). Lottie blushed and muttered a faintly embarrassed “thank you” at the yells of “we love you Lottie!” during the prize giving. The 26-year-old rider and the fabulous Lord Leatherdale stallion scored 90.99% to win the dressage World Cup freestyle, supported by Horse & Hound.
And on Sunday, fellow Brit Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson gave the crowd even more to celebrate, winning the London World Cup showjumping leg from Daniel Duesser and Killer Queen VDM, with Jodie Hall McAteer on Salt ‘N Peppa in third.
Scott and his Tokyo Olympic and 2022 World Championship ride gave a masterclass jump-off display, topped off by a mighty gallop to the last, to finish less than 0.5sec ahead of the German combination, with Jodie just over a third of a second behind.
Scott BRASH (GBR) riding HELLO JEFFERSON in THE LONGINES FEI JUMPING WORLD CUP™during The London International Horse Show at ExCel in London on the 18 December 2022
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)
3. The winning 33-year-old gelding
The oldest pony to compete at this year’s London International Horse Show secured the overall 2022 SSADL supreme in-hand championship. The ever-green 33-year-old gelding Charlie Brown, handled by his owner Emma Coates, sparkled his way around the famous arena to secure the hearts of judges Penny Clifford and Jackie Webb, despite being an impressive 18 years older than the required age of a senior contender.
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Sarah has worked at an equestrian journalist and editor since 2004 and has held the position of Horse & Hound Editor-in-Chief since 2014. She has reported for Horse & Hound from major championships including Europeans and World Equestrian Games. She has co-written books on horses and horse sport including The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies. She has owned and ridden horses since 1993, and worked for and trained with Olympic gold medallist event rider Leslie Law prior to going to university. While studying for a BSc at London School of Economics Sarah also worked for top British dressage rider Louise Spate.
