Royal International Horse Show: hacks delight at Hickstead

Young horses came to the fore in the hack championship at the Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead on Saturday as five-year-old Whalton Forgery clinched the championship and four-year-old Broadshard Simplicity the reserve.

Claire Twiston-Davies’s elegant Whalton Forgery (pictured), by Kilvington Scoundrel, combined movement and manners under Robert Walker to lift the title after winning his large class.

Garrick Engineering Shelters hack (Miss J Bradbury, Miss E Morley) sml. 1, K Dove’s Golden Gunner; 2, L Smith-Crallan’s Royal Engagement; 3, C Cooper’s Whalton Razzamatazz. lge. 1, C Twiston-Davies’s Whalton Forgery; 2, C Bardo’s Broadshard Simplicity; 3, S Carey’s Pearly King. hunter (Mrs J Hubbard, Mr R Sumner) sml. 1, K Campbell’s It’s After Eight; 2 J Day’s Party Time; 3, P Underwood’s Royal Agent. Leeman Family cob (Mr D Machin, Miss S Holliday) maxi. 1, R Bartolomy’s Clantara Shadow Play; 2, Z King’s Colombard; 3, Lady Tyrrell’s Ballustree Quality Street. Jackson Fine Homes (Cornwall) BSPS intermediate (Mrs E Aitken, Mrs J Hoskin) SHT. 1 & ch, P Underwood’s Pebbly Diva Du Mont; 2, A Bosworth’s Trudi Thornton; 3, Y Thompson’s Blairfield Silicon. SRT sml. 1 & res, B Edwards’s Valantinos Royal Touch; 2, V Windsor_Phillips’s Wesswood Caste A Spell; 3, A Gresty’s Braeglen Masterpiece. lge. 1, J Thurston’s Saatchi; 2, Rosettes Direct’s Galliano III; 3, Mr & Mrs Woods’s Genevieve III. Harrison Civil Engineering BSPS Anglo & part bred Arab (Mrs B Burgess-Biggerstaff, Miss S Turner) sml. 1 & ch, K Roberts’s Tyrdulais Lady In Waiting; 2 & res, Harvey & Brewis’s Broadgrove Showman; 3, E Meer’s Kenilwood Sirocco. lge. 1, A Hewitson’s Binghams Toy Story; 2, R Lucas’s Lyncombe Legend; 3r, Mr & Mrs Wood’s Tremarl Mr Mole. Underwood ladies classical side saddle (Mrs L Hamilton). 1, P Pickard’s Natterjack Toad; 2, V Scouller’s Rebonjeur; 3, N Edgar’s Checkpoint Charlie. Stretcholt Equestrian Centre BMHS (Mr R Parker-Jones) colts/stallions 3yrs & over. 1, Mr & Mrs Parsons’s Spotlights Bo Diddly; 2, C Leonard’s Spotlights Rough Diamond; 3, Mr & Mrs Martin’s Aesthete Jack Frost. fillies/mares/geldings. 1, Sir T & Lady King’s Scott Creek My Key To Fashion; 2, F Wood’s Micatos Edwards Rainbow; 3, Mr & Mrs Foulkes’s Zealhouse Black Jack. 2-y-o. 1, W Edgar’s Spotlights Money Penny; 2, B Moss’s Scott Creek Monarch Man In Black; 3, Mr & Mrs Foulkes’s Donabi UK Uno Colour Fairy. y’ling. 1 & ch, M Barnard’s Scott Creek Monarch Bellagio; 2, P Armitage’s Scott Creek Indi Twist’N’Shout; 3, E Richardson’s Supreme Dreams Of Pencarnan. sml. 1, M Foulkes’s Hailstone Ready To Rumble; 2, A Kemp’s Aesthete Echos Golden Prince; 3, Mr & Mrs Hillyer’s Aesthete Playboys Ego. veteran. 1 & res, P Armitage’s Mostly Minnies Key West; 2, J Domhill’s Toyhorse Prince Dillon; 3, A Robinson’s Longmeadow Charles. BSPS mini Pretty Polly (Ms C Webb, Ms A Gomersall) LR. 1 & res, H Barton’s West Leake Sophistication; 2, C Simpson-Jones’s Conway Blue Moon; 3, M Baxter-Davies’s Nantcol Lady Charlotte. FR. 1 & ch, N Smith’s Fofsway Dominic; 2, H Martin’s Fofsway Flutter; 3, S Yule’s Romany River Anniversary.

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