OTTBs honoured for off-track performance
Ex-racehorses had their fourth dimension inward the spotlight at the British Horse Foundation Breeders dinner as well as Awards Ceremony this week, with awards presented to the value of £17,000.
Leading equine insurance brokers, South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB), instigated the Elite Performance Awards more than 10 years ago, along amongst the charity Retraining of Racehorses (RoR).
The awards render a focus for ex-racehorses competing inward the disciplines of Eventing, Dressage, Show Jumping, Endurance as well as Showing as well as cause got encouraged to a greater extent than riders to recognize the talents as well as versatility of the thoroughbred as well as their potential for success inward some other sphere. The winner of each accolade was presented amongst a banking concern check for £2500 as well as the runner upwardly inward each department received £500.
The Elite Performance Award for Showing was given inward 2 parts, to the winner of the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Championship held at the Horse of the Year Show, as well as to the winner of the Tattersalls as well as ROR Thoroughbred Show Horse Championship held at Hickstead.
Victoria Smart collected the Elite Performance Award for Showing having taken the 2012 SEIB Racehorse to Riding Equus caballus Championship at HOYS amongst her ain homebred, Rogers Revenge. Victoria as well as her husband, racehorse trainer Bryan Smart, bred this Equus caballus as well as he went into preparation amongst Bryan earlier retiring to the present ring. Bryan has an enviable tape equally inward the SEIB as well as RoR Elite Performance Award for Showing equally this volition go the 3rd consecutive twelvemonth that a Equus caballus he formerly trained has won the award.
Helen Newbold as well as Deep Reflection won the Tattersalls Thoroughbred Show Horse Championship at Hickstead, earning them the SEIB as well as ROR Elite Performance Award for Showing. Helen as well as Deep Reflection also took runner upwardly topographic point inward the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse degree at the Horse of the Year Show. Deep Reflection has a habitation for life amongst the Newbolds who run a successful pre-training as well as breaking yard inward Wicken, Buckinghamshire.
The SEIB as well as RoR Elite Performance Award for Dressage was won past times Karen Mathers as well as her own Whataboutya. In preparation amongst one-time jockey turned top trainer Jonjo O’Neil, Whataboutya had a successful career equally a racehorse, winning v races over hurdles as well as jumps as well as amassing £55,000 inward prize money. He terminal ran inward August 2011 as well as started competing inward affiliated dressage solely at the kickoff of 2012. Runners upwardly inward Dressage were Lauren Crouch as well as Keraysi.
Jabeena Maslin’s Quel Ange, ridden past times Kathryn Ellison won the Elite Performance Award for Show Jumping. Both the showjumping winner as well as runner upwardly were previously trained inward Somerset amongst Ron Hodges. Jabeena trains the Olympic British Modern Pentathlon squad inward showjumping as well as Quel Ange was ane of the horses used for the showjumping stage of the sport at the London Olympics. Quel Ange is currently competing at 1.25m as well as Jabeena hopes he volition start competing at 1.35 as well as 1.40m this year. Runner-up for showjumping was 22 twelvemonth old Vite Etoile amongst Nicola Braidwood.
Cornish passenger Victoria Ham travelled to London to collect the SEIB & RoR Elite Performance Award for Endurance won amongst her mare Thea’s Lass. Vicky said: “Our aim for 2012 was to compete over farther distances at the higher levels. We cause got had a brilliant flavour as well as completed half dozen rides amongst Grade 1 results which also resulted inward us taking twelfth identify inward the overall Endurance GB Senior Championship”. Runners upwardly inward the Endurance Award were Val Bradshaw as well as Magic Powers.
Sam Penn riding Sophie Bunch’s ex-racehorse Seven O Seven took the 2012 SEIB as well as RoR Elite Performance Award for Eventing. They were runner-up inward 2011. “We were thrilled to go runner upwardly terminal twelvemonth as well as this is merely unbelievable,” Penn said. Last twelvemonth was an exciting twelvemonth for Seven O Seven as well as Sam equally they contested their firstly 4 star iii twenty-four hours lawsuit – The Landrover Burghley Horse Trials. New Zealand eventer Dan Jocelyn took the runner upwardly topographic point inward the 2012 SEIB as well as RoR Elite Performance Award for Eventing amongst his ain horse, Valemount.
Equine Insurance brokers, South Essex Insurance Brokers who render encompass for horses, Equus caballus boxes, yards as well as much more, instigated the one-time Racehorse to Riding Horse Performance Awards inward social club to back upwardly the retraining of the thousands of racehorses who come upwardly out of preparation each year.
“The Performance Awards also render a platform to present how a correctly re-schooled ex-racehorse tin flaming go successful inward a novel career as well as popular off along to cause got a brilliant future, competing successfully inward many unlike disciplines. This year’s rival has proved withal ane time again the versatility as well as resilience of the thoroughbred,” said Nicolina Mackenzie, Marketing Manager of SEIB.
RoR is British horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses who cause got retired from racing. It raises funds from inside racing to render facilities for the care, retraining as well as re-homing of one-time racehorses, as well as to promote awareness of the suitability of the retrained racehorse for other equine careers.
Di Arbuthnot, RoR managing director of operations, said: “This serial provides a focus for ex-racehorses, as well as I promise it volition encourage to a greater extent than riders to recognize the talents as well as versatility of the thoroughbred as well as their potential for success inward some other sphere.”
To go eligible, horses must cause got run inward the U.K. as well as go registered amongst ROR.
More information: www.racehorse2ridinghorse.co.uk, and www.ror.org.uk
SEIB & RoR Racehorse to Riding Horse Performance Awards 2012 Presented past times David Buckton, Associate Director SEIB as well as Di Arbuthnot, RoR
SEIB RACEHORSE TO RIDING HORSE SHOW CHAMPIONSHIP, HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW
ROGERS REVENGE 2005 Chestnut Gelding s: City On H5N1 Hill (USA) d: Resemblance; Trained past times Bryan Smart; Owned as well as ridden past times Victoria Smart from Thirsk, northward Yorks
TATTERSALLS THOROUGHBRED SHOW HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP, HICKSTEAD
DEEP REFLECTION 2000 Bay Gelding s: Cloudings (IRE) d: Tudor Thyne (IRE); Trained past times Martin Keighley; Owned past times Jason Newbold as well as ridden past times Helen Newbold from Wicken, Bucks
SEIB & RoR ELITE PERFORMANCE DRESSAGE AWARDS
1st WHATABOUTYA (IRE) 2001 Brown Gelding s: Eve’s Error d: Tara’s Tribe; Trained past times Jonjo O’Neill; Owned as well as ridden past times Karen Mathers from Horsham West Sussex
2nd KERAYASI (FR) 2002 Bay Gelding s: Kahyasi d: Good Blend (FR); Trained past times Gary Moore; Owned as well as ridden past times Lauren Crouch from Loughborough, Leics
SEIB & RoR ELITE PERFORMANCE ENDURANCE AWARDS
1st THEA’S LASS (IRE) 1999 Bay Mare s: Barathea (IRE) d: Castlerahan (IRE); Trained past times Milton Bradley; Owned as well as ridden past times Victoria Han from Callington, Cornwall
2nd MAGIC POWERS 1995 Chestnut Gelding s: Magical Wonder (USA) d: Kissin’ Cousin; Trained past times G B Balding; Owned past times Mr SP Nelson as well as ridden past times Valerie Bradshaw from Sherborne, Dorset
SEIB & RoR ELITE PERFORMANCE SHOW JUMPING AWARDS
1st QUEL ANGE (FR) 2002 Bay Colt s: Tel Quel(FR) d: Corrossol (FR); Trained past times Ron Hodges; Owned as well as ridden past times Jabenna Maslin from Beaminster, Dorset
2nd VITE ETOILE 1991 Bay Mare s: Town And Country d: Quick Riposte; Trained past times Ron Hodges; Owned as well as ridden past times Nicola Braidwood from Rusper, West Sussex
SEIB & RoR ELITE PERFORMANCE EVENTING AWARD
1st SEVEN O SEVEN 1993 Bay Gelding s: Skyliner d: Fille De Phaeton; Trained past times Peter Cundell; Owned past times Sophie Bunch as well as ridden past times Sam Penn from Golden Cross, East Sussex
2nd VALEMOUNT (IRE) 2003 Bay Gelding s: Presenting d: Velsheda (IRE); Trained past times Philip Hobbs; Owned as well as ridden past times Dan Jocelyn from Newbury, Berks
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