Horse agility champ wins second World title
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Reigning Horse Agility World Champion Hawkwell Versuvius (Bear) successfully defended his entitle against competitors from unopen to the globe.
The 8 twelvemonth onetime Exmoor pony stallion is owned together with handled past times Dawn Westcott, of the Holtball Exmoor Pony Stud from Exmoor National Park inwards Britain.
Competitors from unopen to the basis compete straight against each other inwards the International Horse Agility Club Worldwide OHLA League, through prepare courses past times video entry. They are judged past times Horse Agility Club founder Vanessa Bee, writer of the Horse Agility Handbook together with DVD.
Combinations accumulate league points throughout the twelvemonth which determines the halt of twelvemonth winners.
This year, Westcott together with Bear finished inwards Nov with 774 points to create got the World Championship with a 102 betoken lead. They competed inwards 21 classes – eleven on the line, seven at Liberty (where the Equus caballus is loose) together with three at Wild Agility.
Reserve basis champions, Beth Smith together with Desi from Canada, achieved 672 points, together with inwards 3rd house with 448 points were Sue Engle together with Sherbert from the USA.
There is growing enthusiasm inwards the sport of Horse Agility with a rigid international league of competitors producing large starter classes. There is besides a Real-Time Competition League, where competitors compete inwards local competitions, with local trainers together with judges, together with their accumulated points create upwards one's heed an International League winner at the halt of the year.
This year, the Champions with 257 points were Susan Randall together with Adios of British Columbia, Canada, together with Reserve Champions were Ted Garrott together with Murphy from Worcestershire with 177 points.
“I’ve enjoyed the challenge of competing inwards the same classes equally our counterparts from Canada, USA, Commonwealth of Australia together with the residue of the world,” Westcott said.
“The criterion is high together with it’s expert that nosotros are all completing just the same class format, with the same judging panel assessing us. It’s been fascinating to run into everyone improving this twelvemonth – nosotros acquire from each other together with at that spot is peachy camaraderie with the international competitors,” she said.
“The Horse Agility Forum on Equine Tourism together with the Horse Agility Club website create got helped us to rest connected together with arrive at some interesting discussions. This year, Bear has improved his mightiness to function at Liberty, especially inwards Wild Agility where he navigates natural obstacles inwards broad opened upwards spaces together with seems to actually bask it.”
Westcott together with Bear create got competed inwards the sport for ii years, together with instantly create got ii basis championships nether their belt. Westcott says they volition instantly motility on to other competition.
“Horse Agility is all close improving horsemanship together with trying to promote involvement inwards a novel sport. Now it’s fourth dimension for us to motility on from actively competing ourselves together with this year, I’d similar to explore the ‘connection’ we’re developing with Liberty function – especially out inwards open, wilder spaces. We besides demand to concentrate on Bear’s ridden evolution together with I’m working with groups of ponies together together with seeing where that takes us. I run into local Equus caballus people similar Emma Massingale working with a herd at liberty, inwards the mode of the Pignon’s, together with I’m inspired past times that,” she said.
“I real much promise that, through the Bear’s achievements inwards Horse Agility, we’re helping to enhance the profile of the Exmoor pony breed, the closest relatives to the North West European Prehistoric horse, together with their immense tidings together with trainability. We promise to progress that function through activities including pony agility inwards our novel Exmoor Pony Club.
“The ‘equine cyberspace competition’ has good together with genuinely arrived together with gives ordinary Equus caballus owners the chance to connect together with compete inwards an international arena. We volition move harnessing these opportunities for Exmoor ponies together with launching an cyberspace video showing contest inwards 2013, equally good equally running demos together with workshops inwards agility, Equus caballus behavior together with positive, trust-based horsemanship on Exmoor,” Westcott said.
“With their ancient wisdom, Exmoor ponies tin learn us a lot close horsemanship which tin arrive at goodness Equus caballus together with pony owners across all spheres.”
More information: www.exmoorponyclub.co.uk
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