Juniors head for HOYS

Show jumping’s younger generation return to Wembley after a four-year break

For children who ride, most dream of riding at the Horse of the Year Show. For 40 pony riders that dream is about to come true.

Forty junior show jumpers will be competing for the 128cm and Babes Horses 138cm Championships during the matinee performance at the Horse of the Year Show on Tuesday 2 October.

This year sees the pony show jumpers return to Wembley for the first time since the championships were dropped in 1997.

The two classes are open to a maximum of 20 ponies. Each rider, aged 14 years and under for 138cm class and aged 12 and under for 128cm, is allowed to ride only two ponies.

The riders, qualified for the show via a summer points league which ran from 7 April and finished on 26 August. Fifty points were awarded to first place, 40 for second, 30 for third, 20 for fourth and 10 for fifth. All double clears in a championship qualifier also got 10 points.

Those who have qualified are:

128 Championships

Jodie Ward riding Duncrynes Jungle Bunny
Grant Talbot riding Major Sharpe and Here Comes Hettie
James Reveley riding Stainsby Starburst and Cappagh Misty
Louise Saywell riding J’s Junior and Just Queenie
Grace Horsley riding Metric
Coral Mowbray riding Corralass
Emily Davies riding My Little Pumpkin
Holly Haig riding Midnight Dynamite
Laura Mantel riding Pepsi Girl
Joseph Harland riding Ultimate Challenge
Harry Skelton riding Welsh Wonder and Fontmell Rasputin
William Griffiths riding Miss Nancy
Danika Plumley riding My Little Tinker
Olivia Hilliard riding Magic Shadow
Jordan Whittaker riding Proud Flyer
Mathew Sampson riding Shreddar

138 Championships

Rachel Cottam riding Lakeland Little Cracker
Paige Neill riding Fieldens Tamerind
Jemma Kirk riding Guinness Special
William Whitaker riding Mystic Starlite Express
Georgina Spence riding Dreamtime Outlaw
Lucy Bunn riding Malt Street Special
Hannah Arnold riding Little Bobby
Philippa Dobby riding Strawberry Fair II
Paul Sims riding Will Road Rusty and Blonde Bombshell
Charlotte Saunders riding Campus
Danielle Jolliffe riding Miss Moon
Oliver Loader riding Lion King
Laura Hutt riding Bowes Charlie Brown
Lauren Fitch riding Beechway Delight
Louise Stonestreet riding Broomells King
Emma Moore riding Renegade Master
David Harland riding Grey Guy
Tiffany Wratten riding Magical Miss
Hannah Arnold riding Ashbrook Lad

This year’s Horse of the Year show is running from 2 October to 7 October, tickets are available now from the box office, adult tickets start at £17.50 and children from £12.50. Contact the 24hr booking line (tel: 0870 121 0125) or the box office (tel: 0870 121 0125). For more information visit their website at www.hoys.co.uk

Carol Phillips

H&H website editor

Carol is an experienced journalist and editor, who is also a passionate amateur rider and dedicated horse owner, having ridden since childhood. She has a particular interest in the emotional well-being and ethical training of horses, alongside veterinary matters, having garnered extensive first-hand experience of numerous equine health conditions through more than 30 years of horse ownership.