Double glory for Stewarts; Horsebox Elvet Abigail the star of the show at Richmond.Byline: NEIL NEIL Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited NEIL Network Engineering and Integration Lab B JONES TWO Welsh Section B ponies walked off with the major titles at this year's Richmond EC-hosted North Eastern Counties Welsh Pony Welsh pony, breed of small horse of European origin. First bred primarily in Saxony, it later became localized in Wales. Although the breed is of ancient type, it presently bears traces of the Arabian horse and shows influences of the Thoroughbred horse. & Cob Association Foal And Young Stock Medal Show. Kevin and Jane Stewart's home-bred filly foal, Elvet Abigail, by the sire Elvet Challenger and out of the mare Thornberry Amber, pulled off a double to win both Supreme Welsh Foal and Supreme Overall Foal Championships after a clear cut run in the Welsh Sec B Foal Championship. The Supreme Welsh title, uncontested by Welsh Section B and C champions, left the A and Bs with all to gain and Abigail, shown by teenager Ashleigh Ball, took the sash to the Reserve Welsh A champion, Mrs A Bough's colt foal Kelkardi Jak Flash. Runners-up were Julie Devenney's Section A Julmar Pippin Pippin. For Frankish rulers thus named, use Pepin. A multimedia game and Internet machine from Apple that used the PowerPC architecture and a limited version of the Mac OS. and Mrs N Beaumont's Section B colt foal, RAF. The Overall Supreme Foal Championship came out with the same result, only contested by Mrs L Parfitt's Riding Pony The Riding Pony was developed in the United Kingdom, and are now bred all over the world. They are often used as show ponies, divided into classes based on height and type, hunter classes, side-saddle and in hand classes. Breeding Champion, Colandra. Elvet Stud owner Jane Stewart commented: "We were delighted with Abigail's double expertly shown with flourish by 17-year-old Ashleigh Ball, adding to the foal's 2008 tally of seven first prizes including Scottish & Northern Reserve Champion. "Our yearling filly, Elvet Bronwen, was Reserve Champion B at Richmond and has had a fabulous year winning at Stanhope stan·hope n. A light, open, horse-drawn carriage with one seat and two or four wheels. [After the Reverend Fitzroy Stanhope (1787-1864), British clergyman.] Noun 1. and Wolsingham. She was Youngstock Champion at NCPA as well as taking four first prizes throughout the Autumn. "She will finish her showing year at The Royal Welsh Winter Fair in December. Both these winning fillies are by our own Elvet Challenger who is currently being produced for ridden HOYS qualifiers by Charlotte Knight in Hampshire. Thornberry Masterpiece - a second Section B stallion at the stud - has also done his share of winning, although he has only had four outings in 2008. "He was Champion B and Reserve Supreme at the Grass Sickness Show ands Reserve Youngstock Champion at the Forrester's Show. Masterpiece was also Champion at Wolsingham and Stanhope. He is only two years old and his first crop of foals are due in 2009." All four Welsh Section youngstock champions contested The Supreme Welsh Youngstock Championship, with the major prize going to Margaret Randall's Welsh B two-year-old filly Llandar Prydwen. CAPTION(S): SUCCESS STORY Ashleigh Ball leads Elvet Abigail to a win double at Richmond Equestrian Cent re . |
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