British bred ponies impress at European Championships
British bred ponies excelled at the recent 2012 Pony European Championships inward Fontainebleau, headed past times showjumpers Song Girl in addition to Rock Dee Jay.
The French upshot consisted of the FEI European Pony Dressage, Eventing in addition to Jumping Championships in addition to Great Britain sent teams to compete inward each of the disciplines. There are equally good several British bred ponies that accept been receiving awards inward immature pony classes across the disciplines.
Jumping
At the 2012 Pony European Championships, the winners of both the Team in addition to Individual Gold medals were Millie Allen (age 14) amongst Peter Allen’s nine year-old bay mare Song Girl. Although Song Girl’s breeding is non recorded, she is idea to accept been bred inward the UK. Millie in addition to Song Girl equally good won the CSIOP Grand Prix at Fontainebleau inward Apr in addition to were inward the winning Nations Cup squad in addition to sec inward the Grand Prix at Hagen inward June.
The function past times (confirmed) British bred Jumping pony at the Championship was the Individual Silver Medal winner, Rock Dee Jay, ridden in addition to owned past times Lisa Nooren of the Netherlands. Lisa has been riding Rock Dee Jay for less than a twelvemonth equally he was a cardinal fellow member of the 2011 Silver medal winning Irish Gaelic squad in addition to thus finished 11th individually ridden past times Max O’Reilly Hyland. Rock Dee Jay was bred past times Sharon Quigley in addition to is out of Sharon’s forthwith deceased Grand Prix dressage mare, Dee Jays Rio Grande. Rock Dee Jay is past times the function past times jumping stallion, Arko III (who represented GB at the 2004 Olympics equally good equally existence expose i exhibit jumper inward Europe for iii successive years), in addition to is registered amongst the Anglo European Studbook (AES).
The 2011 Pony Europeans Jumping Champions, Beth Vernon in addition to the British-bred Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS) Elite graded mare Falaza, accept equally good had a successful season, winning the Pony of the Year JA Grand Prix for the minute twelvemonth running. Falaza is registered amongst Sports Horse (GB) in addition to is past times Libro out of her breeder Jane Fowles’ contest mare Chatter (by the Irish Gaelic Draught, Embla George).
Eventing
Members of the Silver medal winning British Eventing squad at the Pony European Championships were the British-bred mare Bandalera in addition to her possessor in addition to rider, Madeleine Taylor. Bandalera, who is past times Ski Dancer out of Lodor Wenci (a Welsh Section D past times Corston Comet), is a 17 twelvemonth former liver chestnut purpose bred Welsh pony who equally good competed amongst Madeleine at the 2011 Pony Europeans when they finished eighth individually. Madeleine forthwith hopes to breed from Bandalera.
Among the immature British-bred upshot ponies showing potential is the half dozen twelvemonth former Carnsdale Sunnyside, who was the Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS) Potential Eventing Pony Champion inward 2011 ridden past times 12 twelvemonth former Ant Woodbine. “Sunny” was bred past times Mr H5N1 eastward Bewley in addition to is an Irish Gaelic Sport Horse past times MJ Fine Art (Irish Sports Horse) out of a TB mare past times Looking Glass. Sunny’s sire, MJ Fine Art competes at Grand Prix dressage in addition to has to a greater extent than than 500 British Dressage points. Another potential eventing star, the SPSS graded mare Bernwode Nairobi in addition to owner/rider Alice Jones would accept competed at the 2012 Badminton Grassroots Championships had it non been cancelled. Nairobi was bred past times Bernwode Stud in addition to is past times Nibelungenheld IV out of Bernwode Mandy (who is past times the Thoroughbred Apslau xx).
Dressage
Going against the fashion for German linguistic communication or Dutch bred ponies inward dressage this twelvemonth has been the British-bred native pony, FEH Tirpentwys Del Boy. Del Boy is a seven twelvemonth former Welsh Section D gelding, past times Thorneyside The Godfather out of Tirpentwys Lady Valerie (by Poundy Brenin) in addition to he was bred past times Mrs & Mrs V Powell inward Wales. Ridden past times Jessica Wade, they started the twelvemonth past times becoming the Pet Plan Finals Elementary Open Championships (competing against horses in addition to adult riders). They thus represented GB at the International Pony Dressage Competitions at Addington (UK), Moorsele (Belgium) in addition to Vierzon (France) where they finished 7th in the Pony Team Test.
Another British bred pony succeeding inward dressage is the immature (just v years old) Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS) graded pony stallion in addition to BEF Futurity graduate, LE Chiffre, who amongst passenger Becky Moody has to a greater extent than than held his ain against horses in addition to qualified for the British Dressage National Championships (at Elementary Open) inward his outset contest season. LE Chiffre was bred past times Bev Brown of Leamside Equestrian in addition to is owned past times her daughter, Sam. He is past times their SPSS Elite dressage stallion Caesar 171 out of a German-bred mare whose ancestors include the famous sire in addition to contest pony, Dancer.
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