Broodmare lands prestigious Cuddy in-hand supreme title at HOYS

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Pearl Underwood's Broadstone Dolce Vita (below) was crowned the Cuddy in-hand supreme champion at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) this evening (Friday 6 October). The broodmare, who was shown with her foal at foot, qualified at Derbyshire Festival (10-11 June) with Billy Moran and headed the horse championship in Birmingham before standing overall supreme.

Image by Peter Nixon

Reserve was the pony champion, Litton Salvador (below), a three-year-old show hunter pony who is owned by Caroline Cochrane and Iain Almond.

Litton Salvador qualified with producer Ian Boylan at the National Pony Society Summer Championships (1-3 August).

The Cuddy supreme in-hand championship is the pinnacle of in-hand showing and the accolade that everyone wants to win. Here are the other 20 animals who qualified for the final this year:

Budore Big Jim

This six-year-old took the first ticket at the Northern Ireland Festival in April. The section D stallion, by Llansantffraed Bonheddwr, is home-bred by the Budore Welsh stud and handled by James Cleland, whose family owns the stud.

Alonby Chardonnier

The qualifier at Nottinghamshire County (13-14 May) went the way of this home-bred and home-produced three-year-old colt, led by Ian Boylan.

Moortown Crusader

This Dartmoor stallion, owned by Diane and John Jordan and led by their son David, qualified at Devon County (18-20 May).

Llanarth Fiery Jack

Simon Bigley presented this Welsh section D to take the ticket at Royal Bath & West (31-3 June).

Rhos Exception

Jill Godden’s home-bred show pony is a nine-year-old broodmare, who booked her passage to Birmingham at Midland Counties (3-4 June).

Moortown New Romance

The Jordan family’s 13-year-old Dartmoor mare with colt foal, by The Replica, took the ticket at Royal Cornwall Show (8-10 June).

Stage Music

Virginia Russell-Wood’s 10-year-old with Tiger Attack foal at foot was led to victory at South of England (8-10 June) by Geoff Grace.

Skellorn Bronze Soldier

Kerry Wainwright’s 10-year-old home-bred Welsh section B stallion netted his ticket at Royal Three Counties (16-18 June).

Paddock Rio

The Cuddy ticket at Royal Cheshire County (20-21 June) was handed to this seven-year-old belonging to Lynne Wilson and produced by Colin Tibbey. Colin is the defending supreme champion with last year’s victor Moelgarnedd Stadros.

Superior Choice

This two-year-old by Emperor Augustus is owned by Pat and Tim Martin and Dorothy and Keith Walsh and took the ticket at Royal Highland (22-25 June).

Sharptor Trinity

The only Shetland through to the final was this nine-year-old belonging to David Hodge and Julian Walters, who qualified at Royal Norfolk (28-29 June).

Langaller Leading Light

This three-year-old filly owned, bred and handled by Charles Upham qualified at the National Hunter Supreme Championships (4-5 July).

Castle Emperor

Vanessa Clark’s Connemara stallion is no stranger to the NEC spotlights; he took his fourth-ever ticket to the final at Kent County (7-9 July).

Eastlands Rashiebrae

Amateur Jessica Walsh booked a place in the Cuddy final at Great Yorkshire Show (11-13 July) with this Connemara mare, who was bred by her owners John and Dianna Staveley.

Bracklinn Jackpot

The Smith family’s 10-year-old home-bred Fell stallion, by Carrack I’m Your Man out of Southolme Beauty, qualified at The Showing Register’s summer show (15-16 July).

Manorlea Maisie May

Clive and Beverley Abel’s seven-year-old Welsh section A mare, by Shoregreen Cracker Jack, was victorious at the end of Sarah Tibbey’s lead-rein at the Scottish Horse Show (18 July).

Triple Crown

This two-year-old by Kings Master got through for Martin Wood — also owner of last year’s Cuddy in-hand horse champion and reserve supreme Ballycreen Rainbow Magic — by winning the qualifier at Royal Welsh (24-27 July), presented by Simon Charlesworth.

Fouroaks Coco Chanel

Sarah Tibbey led this 14-year-old Welsh section A broodmare to qualification at Pembrokeshire County (15-17 August). This was the third Tibbey-produced pony through to the final.

Shilstone Rocks North Westerly

This Dartmoor stallion (pictured winning at Ponies (UK)) belonging to Oliver Burchell and Linda Calcutt was HOYS-bound after contesting the qualifier at Bucks County.

Kellythorpes Provocateur

The Leeman family’s home-bred and home-produced three-year-old filly by Kilvington Scoundrel collected the last Cuddy ticket on offer at the BSHA national championships (8-10 September).

Don’t miss the full HOYS report in next week’s issue, on sale Thursday 12 October.