Producer Simon Reynolds tells H&H about the maxi cob who can gallop like a racehorse.
Fact file
Stable name: Brandy
Height: 158.5cm
Breed: pure-bred Irish draught (ID)
Type: maxi show cob, ID and working cob
Sire: Welcome Flagmount
Dam: Rebel Rose
Owners: Heather Boden and Tom Clay
Producers: Simon and Natalie Reynolds
Groom: Lindsey Doran
Best ever result: winning at HOYS for the third year running in 2011
Five things you didn’t know…
1 His owners also own racehorses, who are trained by John Quinn in Malton.
2 Hallmark’s sire Welcome Flagmount showjumped to grade A and represented Ireland. He was killed in an accident when a wall fell on him while being plaited at home. He saved the groom’s life, but later collapsed and died.
3 Hallmark always goes to local trainer John Holt’s gallops for a “blow-out” before a big competition.
4 He competed at Dublin Show as a youngster and the judges overlooked him – he finished well down the line. Luckily, Rosemary Hetherington talent-spotted him and he went on to win at HOYS the following year with Jack Cochrane.
5 He has won more than £7,000 in prize-money so far – and he’s only rising eight, so has plenty more to offer yet!
To read the full interview with Simon Reynolds about Hallmark IX see the 2 February 2012 issue of H&H
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