Cousins so close to scoring title double.THORNABY cousins Yazmin Tanfield and Millie Allen were both just one fence away from winning a major pony show jumping show jumping Competitive riding of horses through an obstacle course. Horses run the course one at a time, and the winner is judged according to jumping ability and speed. Individual and team jumping events have been part of the Olympic Games since 1912. title apiece at Hickstead. The duo, based at the family-owned Stainsby Grange Equestrian Centre on Teesside, joined qualifiers from across Britain at the national show jumping finals at the Royal International Horse Show. Twelve-year-old Yazmin, who is also a promising tennis player, finished runner-up on her dark bay pony Wakeley's Foxhunter in the Under-14 Goldeneye Photography Winter 138cm Championships class. And Millie claimed a bronze medal in the Winter 128cm final after making the final on her pony Matthews Girl, which she rode to victory in the 128cm section at the 2008 Horse of the Year Show The Horse of the Year Show - also known as HOYS (pronounced /hois/)- was founded to be a culmination of the British equestrian events year. Because of this, the show needed to be held indoors, making it a unique event. . Making her third Hickstead appearance, Yazmin beat the only clear round in her competition by Somerset rider Katie House by three seconds but four faults put her in a still highly creditable second place. She also made a dramatic improvement on her 2008 final appearance, which featured eight faults. Millie was seven seconds up heading to the last fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. a jump-off but like Yazmin, the fence also fell to put her in third. "Yazmin had an early draw against the clock - she was in second and knew she'd have to go for it with some very good riders behind her," said her mum, former international show jumper Joanne Tanfield. "She was really going well on the clock but then at the very last fence, it was down. "The pole was so late falling that the crowd started cheering, thinking she'd gone clear." Tanfield added: "Millie was seven seconds up on the clock coming to the last fence in the jump-off, having really gone for it. "But, as for Yazmin, the fence fell to put her in third place." Yazmin has been rewarded for her fine display with a call-up to jump for England at the Scottish Home Pony International Pony International (commonly referred to as merely Pony) is an American brand of footwear and other apparel. Founded in 1972, Pony became one of the top athletic brands worldwide. By the mid-1980s, Pony's sales volume reached US$800 million. in August. Millie followed up with another podium place at the Welsh leg of the Home Pony International series at the David Broome David McPherson Broome CBE (born March 1 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion. Broome was born in Cardiff, and still maintains his stables at Mount Ballan Manor, Crick, near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. Event Centre near Chepstow, where she was on the England 128cm team with Matthews Girl. She jumped a vital double clear to help her team secure a silver medal, finishing just behind the home Welsh quartet in a close run competition that concluded with a three way jump-off. |
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