‘He’s quite wet – he’ll let you know if something isn’t right’: big-moving gelding adds to his national title tally

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Diamond Blue and Davy Harvey at the National Dressage Championships.
Diamond Blue and Davy Harvey at the 2023 National Dressage Championships.
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Davy Harvey scored a victory in a strong Bret Willson International advanced medium gold championship on the final day of the 2023 LeMieux National Dressage Championships.

His ride was Judy Peploe’s Don Frederic 10-year-old Diamond Blue, whom he partnered to score 74.5% – nearly 3% clear of their nearest rivals, Nicola Buchanan and St Giles Flamboyant. Every one of the five judges had Davy and Diamond Blue as their winners.

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.