Gorgeous grey and ‘all-round nice chap’ victorious in ladies’ side saddle class at HOYS: ‘He deserves this’

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Olivia Minihane raises her left hand during her centre line moment in the main arena at HOYS 2025 riding grey ladies hunter Bloomfield Greystones. Olivia is riding side-saddle, with a top hat and navy habit, rosettes and her horse has his championship sash around his neck.
Bloomfield Greystones, owned by Rose Bailey and ridden by Olivia Minihane, wins the Mears Flooring Ladies Side Saddle Horse of the Year Championship at HOYS 2025.
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Side saddle specialist Jayne Ross produced three of the top four in the Mears Flooring Ladies Side Saddle Horse of the Year Championship at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) with the middleweight hunter Bloomfield Greystones clinching the championship title under Olivia Minihane.

Owned by lawyer Rose Bailey, who was ringside to celebrate, the 10-year-old grey gelding, who is known at home as Liam, will also contest the Catplant Group of Companies Ltd. Middleweight Show Hunter of the Year on Friday with Rose in the saddle.

Celeste Gall
Celeste Gall
Freelance reporter

Celeste is an experienced equestrian journalist based in Cornwall, specialising in native breeds and carriage driving. She has been reporting showing for Horse & Hound since 2012. Celeste brings a lifelong passion for ponies to her reporting. She competed both plaited and native working hunter ponies up to her teenage years, then taught herself to carriage drive in 2018 and has successfully competed and won at county and national level.