Everything Horse magazine Magazine, October 2014 | Page 13

James Takes
BSPS Rider of
the Year Award
A delighted James Painter won the
Black Country Saddles Rider of the
Year Award at the BSPS Summer
Championships.
Shropshire-based James and the
143cm Mountain & Moorland Working
Hunter Pony, Willoway Apple Jack,
were on great form to wow the judges
in the prestigious final at Arena UK,
near Grantham.
The Award is one of the highlights of
the show, with the presentation taking
place during the Saturday Evening
Performance when James won a
bespoke Black Country Saddle as his
prize.

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Liz, and really enjoy going competing.
We have had a great season and he is
just a fantastic pony”.
“Winning a Black Country Saddle is just
amazing and a brilliant bonus, I was
over the moon to take the award, it
was a great evening”.
“AJ is very consistent and I really enjoy
riding him, we have owned him for five
years and this year have qualified for
HOYS and also competed at the Royal
International Horse Show”.
Qualifiers for the Black Country
Saddles Rider of the Year Award took
place at shows all over the country
with the final open to riders who have
been awarded a Best Rider Card in the
following classes:

James Painter with John Hartley of Black
Country Saddles and judge Robert Walker.

each winner receiving a Black Country
Saddles jacket.

Said James (19): “AJ as we call him
at home, is a superstar. He is now
14-years-old and we have a fantastic
partnership together.

Open Lead Rein and First Ridden, Open
Lead Rein Hunter Type, Open Show
Ponies, Open Show Hunter Ponies,
Open Cradle and Nursery Stakes,
Open WHP, Open Intermediate, Open
Heritage Lead Rein and First Ridden,
Open Heritage Ridden and Open
Heritage WHP classes.

“I look after AJ and prepare him for
shows myself with help from my mum,

At the championship the competition
was divided into six categories, with

New World
Dressage
Champion
Charlotte
Dujardin
Sponsored by
Absorbine
Standing right behind their new
sponsored rider Charlotte Dujardin,
key members of the Absorbine®
management proudly looked on at the
Normandy World Equestrian Games
to watch Charlotte take both the
Individual World Equestrian Games
Dressage Championships.
Dujardin is now the reigning, Olympic,
European and World Champion. This
is the first time a British rider has
simultaneously held these three titles.
Charlotte returned from Normandy

The sections were Lead Rein Rider
of the Year, nine years and under, 11
years and under, 14 years and under,
17 years and under, and 25 years and
under.
The classes and championship were
judged using a two-phase system
with marks accrued from a freestyle
individual show before a second
individual show with set movements
required.

Charlotte riding Valegro Image Credit Fiona Rafferty

thrilled at this new partnership

with team silver and two individual
gold medals.
Chris Jacobi, General Manager,
Equine Division at Absorbine said,
“We are pleased to support Charlotte
Dujardin’s continued success. Even
more than her accomplishments, it
is her determination, ambition, and
unconditional love for a horse that we
truly admire.”
Charlotte Dujardin is a passionate
advocate of Absorbine products, and is
grateful for the brand’s support. “I am

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with Absorbine. I am a strong believer
in their products, and it means a lot to
have a trusted brand standing behind
me” says Dujardin. “The best rides
start with a horse that looks and feels
his best, and Absorbine products help
me achieve that.”
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