Bay My Hero the pride of Ireland after Tattersalls win
It was a domicile victory of sorts when William Fox-Pitt won the Irish Gaelic Field CCI3* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials before this month.
The British horseman rode the Irish-bred Irish Sport Horse gelding Bay My Hero – known every bit Moonie at domicile – to victory inwards the CCI3* on June 4, securing the treble for the horse, who won the CCI1* inwards 2010 too CCI2* inwards 2011 at the same venue.
They collected €6500 inwards prize coin for their win on June 3. There were 7 Irish Gaelic Sport Horses inwards the CCI3* overstep 10, including 3rd placed Sugar Brown Babe (ISH) (Porsch [BWP]), ridden by Ireland’s Sarah Ennis, too Westwood Mariner, past times Cult Hero, who finished 3rd for Polly Stockton (GB).
“He flora the soft Blue Planet difficult too rolled 1 pole but on the whole jumped real good indeed,” Fox-Pitt said of Bay My Hero’s showjumping round. “He has actually taken the sense at Tattersalls inwards his stride too I intend he volition come upward on a lot for it.”
Of Bay My Hero’s cross-country run, Fox-Pitt said the Equus caballus finished amount of running. “He answered all the questions brilliantly. I felt the class was quite demanding amongst a large position out of ditches. He had a fight if a hold off at the large ditch over the corner but actually got into a beat too gave me a fantastic ride.”
Bay My Hero went to Fox-Pitt inwards 2010 every bit a seven-year-old, having been produced past times David too Catherine Witt of Rookery Park Stud too John Marsden.
He is owned past times Catherine Witt, and was bred past times Bryan Maguire at Gorey inwards Wexford. Bay My Hero is by the directly deceased Canadian bred thoroughbred stallion Cult Hero, too out of the super-performing, prolific broodmare Bing Power (1998 ISH past times Tomgar Power Crest [ISH] out of Coolbawn Lady [ISH], past times King of Diamonds [ID C1]).
Bing Power has too produced 2 amount brothers to Bay My Hero who cause got international eventing form, both amongst riders based inwards Ireland.
Be My Hero, ridden past times Nicola Ennis, placed 3rd at Ballindenisk CIC1* inwards 2011 too won the Dromiskin CNC1* inwards 2010, too David Richard’s Hip Hop Hero were eighth in the International Camphire Young Horse 5/6YO inwards 2011, 3rd at the Monart CNC1* 2012 too minute inwards the 5/6YO CNC1* at Dromiskin inwards 2011.
Miss Mooney, a 2006 amount sis to Bay My Hero, began competed belatedly inwards 2010. In 2011 she had pre-novice wins inwards Ballinamona too Clyda amongst David Richard, who has too started competing simply about other amount brother, the five-year-old Mooney Maguire, this year.
Bay My Hero’s sire Cult Hero ranked minute inwards the British Eventing Top fifty sires of 7 too eight-year-old final result horses inwards contest inwards the U.K. final year, amongst thirteen progeny contributing. He is an Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Studbook Approved stallion and rated every bit 5* for his Eventing progeny functioning (EV PP) . Under Horse Sport Ireland’s breeding policy a 5* EV PP stallion is 1 who has 2 progeny who cause got each achieved 2 MERs (minimum eligibility requirement) at CCI3* level or higher.
International eventers Flying Machine (ISH), fourth inwards the 2011 CCI4* Luhmuhlen amongst Piggy French (GB), too The Deputy (ISH), sixth inwards the 2011 CIC3* Burham Market with Jonelle Richards (NZ), are too past times Cult Hero.
Source: Horse Sport Ireland
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