BS Update Written by Jennifer McAloon
It was a very good start to the year for
British Show-jumpers with Scott Brash and
Ben Maher taking the top spots in the FEI
World Rankings. Scott ended the year in the
top spot after winning the Longines Global
Tour Championships with Hello Sanctos
knocking Ben Maher down to second. . Back
in September Ben Maher was the first British
show-jumper in 20 years to secure the first
place in the FEI World Rankings.
Scott Brash, 28, who finished 2nd in the Rolex
Grand Prix in Geneva in December was also
awarded the Olympic Athlete of the Year honour
in Equestrianism from the British Olympic
BS Area Updates
East Midlands
Arena UK Lincolnshire
Arena UK hosted a 4 day New Years Bash
accumulating with the 1.30 m Grand Prix.
The £1000 first prize was won by young rider
Jessica Hewitt on Zaronda II. Jessica was the
first clear in the jump off and led from there to
secure the title.
Unfortunately Arena UK’S Senior Premier
Show, which was due to run 16th - 19th January
has been cancelled due to lack of entries. Their
next show will be the BS Winter Novice 24th 26th January before being closed for most of
February due to construction works.
Northern
South View, Cheshire
The Fairfax Winter JA Classic Campaign
kicked off at South View on 4th and 5th of
January with the 148cm Pony Premier show.
Across the two days there were 45 starters
with 26 combinations on the Saturday and 19
competing for Sundays qualifier. The riders
each day were competing for one of three
places on offer for the Fairfax Winter JA Classic
Championship which will be held in July at the
British Masters 3* International Horse Show.
Saturday saw just 6 of the 26 make it through
to the jump off which was won by 13 year old
Jodie Hall McAteer of Hertfordshire on board
the 16 year old mare Tixylix with a treble
16
Association. Other winners included athlete Mo
Farah and Tennis champion Andrew Murray.
Ben Maher kicked of 2014 with his Grand Prix
win at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian
Festival , Palm Beach, Florida. The event on
the 12th January saw Ben win the 30,000
dollar prize aboard Kavanagh IV with an
unbeatable time of 35.017 seconds. The 12
year old gelding is a relatively new ride for
Ben and joined his yard in the autumn from
Laura Renwick’s yard. Ben currently tops the
BS British rankings list in which Scott Brash is
second and Nick Skelton third.
clear. Second place went to the only other
combination with a treble clear, Robert Murphy
and Aroldo. The final qualifier place on Saturday
was awarded to 14 year old Charlotte Ash from
Tyne and Wear.
During Sunday’s class only 5 of the 19
competitors made it to the jump off with the top
3 places being awarded to those who went onto
achieve a treble clear.
In other news…..
Sir Shutterfly, the full brother to the legendary
show jumper Shutterfly, has moved to the
UK. He will stand at Fairlight Stud in North
Somerset.
It has been confirmed that the German host
Aachen will not host a fixture as part of the
2014 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup this year. It
is thought that this is the first time since the
competition began in the 1920s that Aachen
has not hosted. It has been replaced by
Lummen in Belgium.
The British Breeders Awards Dinner 2014
took place on Saturday 11th January at The
Grange City Hotel in London. The event
which recognises breeders of British horses
across all disciplines saw the Billy Studs show
jumper Billy Congo presented with the British
Equestrian Federation award for the highest
placed British bred team GBR horse at the 2013
European Championships. The Billy Stud were
further recognised with the British Showjumping
Young Horse award in the 5 year old category
with Billy Yen.
Dates for your Diary
2014
Royal Windsor Horse Show - 14th - 18th
May
British Show-jumping Derby Meeting
Hickstead - 26th-29th June
Longines Royal International Horse Show
- 29th July - 3rd August
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 23rd August - 7th September
Arena UK Festival of Show jumping 22nd - 28th September
Horse of the Year Show - 8th - 12th
October
London International Horse Show
Olympia - 15th - 21st December
1st Emma Shingles - Lea du Genier
2nd Alex Gill - Amman Valley Santino
3rd Abbie Bevan - Forthview Master
The next two qualifiers are due to be held at
Hand Equestrian Centre, Avon on the 18th and
19th January
South East
Bury Farm, Bucks
Bury Farm’s first major show of 2014 was the
BS Development Classic 11th - 12th January, in
which riders were competing for qualification for
the RIHS , Blue Chip Winter Championship and
Olympia’s Young Rider. Both Michael Whitaker
and Tim Stockdale were competing however
the one to watch was young rider 14 year old
Emily Ward. Emily won the Dodson and Horrell
World U23 British Championship Class aboard
Wild Rose II qualifying for Olympia 2014. The
unstoppable pair then w