Shire horse race wins national award
A Equus caballus race inward June that featured Shires galloping at Lingfield Park Racecourse has won a national award.
The Showerking Flying Feathers Maiden Stakes was the starting fourth dimension Shire Equus caballus race to move staged inward United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on a racecourse.
The 400m race has won a top laurels at the annual Racecourse Association Showcase as well as Awards inward the events category.
Lingfield Park Resort executive manager Andrew Perkins said everyone at Lingfield was delighted amongst the award, which was presented at a ceremony at the Surrey racecourse on Nov 14.
The horses were all ridden past times professional person jumps jockeys, as well as took off from a standing start.
Each of the horses stood betwixt 17.3 as well as 18.2 hands as well as weighed upwards to 1.1 tonnes. The race served to heighten awareness for the endangered breed, which features on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s “at risk” list.
The race was every bit business office of Lingfield’s annual Countryside Raceday, as well as to a greater extent than than 7500 spectators attended the event.
Each Equus caballus was sponsored past times a local company, amongst the coin going towards the Countryside Alliance Foundation.
All the horses were provided past times Hurst Green Shires, as well as the race was won by Joey, who was ridden to victory past times Mark Grant.
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