Big Star earns owner prestigious award
Big Star’s owner Beverley Widdowson has been named Owner of the Year for the minute twelvemonth running yesteryear the FEI as well as the Jumping Owners Club.
Big Star is a 10-year-old bay stallion ridden yesteryear Olympic squad gilded medallist Nick Skelton.
A twelvemonth ago, Widdowson picked upwards the coveted owner’s prize amongst her 12-year-old greyish gelding Carlo 273, ridden yesteryear Nick Skelton to double bronze at the FEI European Jumping Championships 2011 inwards Madrid, as well as who is similar a shot the novel live on yesteryear Equus caballus of Sergio Alvarez Moya (ESP).
“To win this accolade for the minute twelvemonth running is an incredible feeling, as well as is will to all the difficult operate of everyone on the squad involved inwards the success of Big Star – I am over the moon,” Widdowson said. “Nick as well as Big Star stimulate got had around amazing wins as well as thence far this year. They’re both extremely focused as well as doing their utmost – long may it continue!”
Widdowson was presented amongst the FEI Owner of the Year accolade at the 8th leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour inwards Chantilly (FRA) on July xx yesteryear Christian Baillet, Chairman of the Jumping Owners Club, as well as John Madden, FEI Executive Board fellow member as well as FEI Jumping Committee Chair.
“To win the FEI Owner of the Year accolade to a greater extent than than i time is a bright achievement, exactly to gain as well as thence inwards consecutive years actually takes around doing,” Christian Baillet said.
“Big Star as well as Nick Skelton are having a tremendous run of success. Since securing squad gilded at the London 2012 Olympic Games, they stimulate got had a steady stream of high profile wins, including the Grand Prix at the Piazza di Siena inwards Rome as well as at the World Equestrian Festival inwards Aachen – all eyes are on this incredible partnership equally the flavor continues.”
The FEI Owner of the Year Award was created inwards 2004 to recognise the well-nigh successful jumping possessor on an annual basis. To decide the winner, a classification is established for all Equus caballus as well as passenger combinations based on points from the dry reason Jumping rankings – similar a shot called the Longines Rankings – during the calendar year.
The possessor of the Equus caballus of the winning combination receives a bronze sculpture produced yesteryear Caroline Wallace.
Previous winners of the FEI Owner of the Year accolade are John, Pat as well as Lisa Hales (GBR) for Arko III inwards 2004 as well as 2005; Serena Hamberg (AUT) for The Sixth Sense inwards 2006; Nancy Clark (USA) for Shutterfly inwards 2007; as well as Eric Lamaze (CAN) as well as John Fleischhacker (USA) for Hickstead inwards 2008, 2009 as well as 2010.
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