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Reigning HOYS champion continues perfect form by leading ex-racehorses at Royal Windsor Horse Show

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    • Emotions were running high for Katie Dashwood who was in complete disbelief that her ex-racehorse Minella Rebellion (Reg) continued his impeccable form to give her a first Royal Windsor Horse Show win since 2015 in the RoR Tattersalls Thoroughbred ridden show horse championship.

    Katie and Reg, who was in training with Nicky Henderson and ran five times during his career, are in their second season as a combination.

    “I’m very overwhelmed,” said Reg’s producer Jo Bates, who watched the gelding win the supreme at the The Jockey Club RoR National Championships and the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse (R2R) championship at HOYS last season. “He’s a lovely horse with an amazing brain. He’s beautiful to ride. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed training him. In the ring he’s got a lot of showmanship and he loves his job. In the national hunt class there were a lot of horses who were unsettled but Reg kept his cool. He is just incredible.”

    “I’m in complete disbelief,” added Katie. “I was lucky enough to win the RoR challenge here in 2015, and I could never imagine I’d be able to net another championship. Windsor is the biggest show he’s been to; the crowds are so electric. All credit to Jo, who has done the most spectacular job with him.

    “We don’t overshow him. He also qualified for HOYS as a riding horse last year, but he only did two qualifiers in total.”

    Reg is a full brother to Cheltenham Festival winner and Grand National runner-up Balthazar King and was purchased for £90,000 at a Tattersalls Ireland sale at Cheltenham in May 2016.

    Reserve in the Royal Windsor RoR championship was Sarah Gwillam riding Sar Cassidy-Hill’s winning flat horse Imperial Ruby. The Imperial Dancer 13-year-old retired from the track in 2012 and he won the RoR finals at Hickstead in 2017.

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    Alex Robinson
    Alex Robinson

    H&H showing editor
    Born and raised in the Lake District, Alex has grown up on the showing scene. She has qualified and competed ponies at the Royal International, Horse of the Year Show and Olympia and has first-hand knowledge of the current issues in the showing world as well as the horses, ponies and riders who compete in the sport. Alex joined H&H in January 2018 since when she has cemented its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK.
    Alex Robinson

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