British groom wins award at Burghley

Eventing groom Hayley Vowels won the ‘Horse Care’ laurels at the weekend’s Burghley Horse Trials, taking domicile a cash prize in addition to Mountain Horse gear.

The prize, inwards recognition of the difficult function in addition to dedication of grooms, was judged over the iv days past times Irish Gaelic FEI gauge Jean Mitchell, although her chore was hole-and-corner until the laurels was announced.

The kickoff prize; £200 in addition to an outfit of Mountain Horse clothing, boots in addition to a framed photograph, was awarded to Vowels, 20, from Horsham inwards Surrey, the groom of Fernhill Present ridden past times Alice Dunsdon.

The effect was non alone a kickoff catch to Burghley but also a kickoff four-star for Vowels and her accuse Fernhill Present in addition to his rider.

“I was actually surprised to win this prize,” said Vowels, who plant for Alice during holidays only, every bit she is a educatee at Lincoln University.

“He is an slowly Equus caballus to last out along happy – he is just the same away every bit he is at domicile in addition to a lovely Equus caballus to bargain with,” said Vowels, who learnt closed to of her skills through the Crawley in addition to Horsham Pony Club. “It takes me almost an lx minutes to acquire him lay upwards each fourth dimension – in addition to at that topographic point are no shortcuts.”

The runner-up prize of £100 in addition to a duet of Mountain Horse boots was awarded to Louise Hales, the groom of R-Star, ridden past times Kristi Nunnink of the US. Hales, from California, who formerly had her ain horses in addition to had previously groomed at Blenheim, travelled over every bit ‘just every bit a friend’ because ‘I dear it’. Hales has a tough chore every bit R-Star is grey. “Fortunately she is a build clean Equus caballus in addition to doesn’t brand also much extra function for me – every bit I similar to start alongside a build clean horse,” she said. “She is a lovely mare I dear looking afterwards her – she is the most lay dorsum mare always – she never gets excited which makes my chore easier.”

R-Star who has been based at Nick Gauntlett’s Gloucestershire yard since arriving inwards the U.K. almost 3 weeks ago, travels dorsum domicile to California this week.

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