In the Equissage Pulse Ridden Partbred Pony of the Year final at Horse of the Year Show spectators were treated to a superb spectacle of beautifully presented ponies. All the ponies completed an incident free ‘go round’ and the class was split into half for each competitor to do their individual ridden display and in hand section
With all the shows completed it was a nervous wait whist the marks were added and the final 11 were called forward. As tension mounted the winner of the Equissage Pulse Ridden Partbred Pony final was called forward and it was the 9 yr old 128cm Rotherwood Rainmaker, ridden by his 9yr old jockey India Till and owned by India’s parents, came forward to receive stunning winners rosette.
Purchased last year from Katy Cater, who had so much success with this pony when ridden by her daughter Poppy, Rainmaker is still produced by Katy for his new family. ‘Katy is just the best’ said a delighted India, who has been riding since she was just 2 years old. ‘He is a pony in a million, added Mrs Henrietta Till ‘and we would never have dreamed that we would win HOYS, but we couldn’t have done this without the help and support of Katy and Poppy. ’ Young India, who still has another year in first ridden classes, proved herself very cool under pressure and turned in a foot perfect performance on her pony.
Rainmaker was followed into second spot by Bankswood Jakaranda, a bay mare who was beautifully presented by Megan Brookes.
Special Home Produced Award
Team Equissage also provided a special award for the highest place home produced pony in the class. This was won by a delighted Phoebe Rocks and Greenbarrow Mr D’Arcy, another 9 yr old, who has been owned by the family for the last 3 years. Phoebe Is currently studying for her A levels and hopes to become a midwife, whilst mum and dad both work full time. ‘Team Equissage have just made our day with this home produced award, said Phoebe’s mum Lynne. ‘Phoebe does pony all herself and we are so proud of both of them.’
Victoria Archer presents the Equissage Pulse Ridden Partbred Pony of the Year home produced sash to Phoebe Rocks
The presentation was made by Team Equissage Sales Manager Victoria Archer who said ‘It was a great honour to be able to present finalist rosettes to such an array of lovely ponies. Team Equissage are delighted to be able to support Horse of the Year Show with sponsorship of the Equissage Pulse Ridden Partbred championship’.
Equissage Pulse is the ultimate in equine therapy that delivers powerful cycloidal (three-way) vibrations to the whole body, and is scientifically proven to improve local blood circulation, lymphatic drainage, joint mobility and overall condition and muscle tone.
The Equissage Pulse has the added benefit of providing convenient physiotherapy care that travels with you. Safe, easy to use, natural, non-aggressive and non-invasive, when used on a daily basis to give a deeply beneficial circulatory massage, the Equissage Pulse can maintain your horse’s performance; improve stride length by an average of 13% and relieve stress.
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