Cupcake jump at Washington International Horse Show
“Will competitors please refrain from eating the jump wings!” – that could have been the plea at the Washington International Horse Show, where one of the obstacles was made of cupcakes.
Local business Georgetown Cupcakes was commissioned to create a jump made of the tasty treats as the final “joker” fence in the international open jumper gambler’s choice costume class at the show.
The $20,000 ( £13,042) class was won by Todd Minikus, riding Sweetheart and wearing an Uncle Sam costume.
He cleared the fence – with wings made of more than 2,000 vanilla cupcakes, frosted with pink buttercream icing – with ease.
Organiser Diana Hosford told H&H: “The jump was used for the entire class and was intact until the fans came down from the stands to take a look and have a taste!”
This news story was first published in the current issue of H&H (19 January 2012)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.