Fantastic win for Lucy at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show

Two days of competition saw horses take to the ring on Saturday, June 7

Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show saw two days of registered show jumping competition being held at The Meadows Equestrian Centre, Lurgan on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, with horse classes running on the Saturday and ponies on the Sunday (the latter will be covered in a separate report).

The horse classes included the SJI Summer Series and ran from 90cm up to a 1.30m Grand Prix and there were some impressive combinations out to claim the ribbons and the rugs that were on offer.

The feature of the day was the 1.30m Alland Grand Prix, which saw some competitive jumping in an attempt to secure the top spot. Lucy Morton had a ‘fantastic’ show and took the win and the rug here with a flawless round on Hibernia Horses Ltd’s ‘Che Fantastica’; Lucy also placed sixth in the class on board Maureen Moore’s ‘Cassclo Beach’. Catherine Thornton was just pipped to the post and settled for second place on Keonan Stables Ltd’s ‘Clovalent’, followed by Shane Treanor riding Sean Jordan’s ‘Nikittaire Van’T Oosterzand’ into third; while Patricia Stewart Greer was fourth on Gary Stewart’s ‘Domino Z’ and Alison Irwin took fifth on Peter Smyth’s ‘Drumiller Detroit’.

Lucy Morton and ‘Che Fantastica’ won the 1.30m Alland Grand Prix at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows. PICTURES: courtesy of Tori O’Connor

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Caroline Gaston took the win in the 1.20m class with her own ‘Miss Roman Kora’, ahead of Catherine Spence and her own ‘Flyhigh Mable’ in second and Shane McCloskey placed third with Declan Brennan’s ‘Miss Communicate’.

Caroline Gaston and ‘Miss Roman Kora’, winners of the 1.20m class at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.

In the 1.10m class, Danni Jennings and her own ‘Super Star’ came out op top, with Aidan Bell and his own ‘MCLC Creevagh Lady’ in second and Shane McCloskey on his own ‘HHS Emerald’ placing third.

Ian Moore has been on a winning streak lately and he continued this when winning the Amateur class here with his own ‘Pinecroft Galaxy’. Egle Zakaraite rode ‘Talbot Siss’, owned by the rider, into second, followed by Niccola Hall and her own ‘Ladykiller’ in third place.

In the 1m class, Sophie McKeen rode Ian Moore’s ‘Pinecroft Kamiro’ into first place. Laura Haughey placed second here with her own ‘Claggan Eclipso Clover’, while Claire Doherty took third with Gerald Doherty’s ‘Just Because D&M’.

Meanwhile, the 90cm class saw Conrad McGuinness win on board his own ‘Coolrock Dark Angel’, with Anthea Moffett on her own ‘Pumba S’ in second and John Jordan on Sean Jordan’s ‘SJ True Grit’ in third.

RESULTS

Saturday, June 7

Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show, incl. SJI Summer Series

Horses

90cm (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug To Winner):

1) Conrad McGuinness’s Coolrock Dark Angel, Conrad McGuinness; 2) Anthea Moffett’s Pumba S, Anthea Moffett; 3) Sean Jordan’s SJ True Grit, John Jordan; 4) Gill McAreavey’s Wells Star Quality, Gill McAreavey; 5) Carol Trimble’s Bo's Boy, Elizabeth Millar; 6) Jacqui McKinney’s Allihies Sand Man, Jacqui McKinney.

Conrad McGuinness and ‘Coolrock Dark Angel’, winners of the 90cm class at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.

1m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug To Winner) [NIHB Rosette To All Four-Year-Olds who jump Double Clear):

1) Ian Moore’s Pinecroft Kamiro, Sophie McKeen; 2) Laura Haughey’s Claggan Eclipso Clover, Laura Haughey; 3) Gerald Doherty’s Just Because D&M, Claire Doherty; 4) Claire Keys’s DSS Sympatico, Katie Leigh McCloskey; 5) Jacqui McKinney’s Allihies Sand Man, Jacqui McKinney; 6) Cheryl Stevenson’s Tamniarn Rebel, Cheryl Stevenson.

Sophie McKeen and ‘Pinecroft Kamiro’, winners of the 1m class at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.

1.10m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug To Winner) [ Rosette To Highest Placed 5 Year Old]:

1) Danni Jennings’s Super Star (Ihr), Danni Jennings; 2) Aidan Bell’s MCLC Creevagh Lady, Aidan Bell; 3) Shane McCloskey’s HHS Emerald, Shane McCloskey; 4) Daryl Somerville’s Paris Delux, Daryl Somerville; 5) Kathryn Morton’s Ogue Toy Boy, Kathryn Morton; 6) Liam McCloskey’s Clonterm Lorenzo, Shane McCloskey.

Danni Jennings and ‘Super Star’, winners of the 1.10m class at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.

Amateurs (M) (Including Orchard League And Farmers Journal A Championship Qualifier) [Modified]:

1) Ian Moore’s Pinecroft Galaxy, Ian Moore; 2) Egle Zakaraite’s Talbot Siss, Egle Zakaraite; 3) Niccola Hall’s Ladykiller, Niccola Hall; 4) Dean Cotton’s Imperial Darco Diamond, Dean Cotton; 5) Ian Moore’s Triple C (Ihr), Ian Moore; 6) Lisa Patterson’s Little Miss Shutterfly, Lisa Patterson.

Ian Moore and ‘Pinecroft Galaxy’, winners of the Amateur class at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.

1.20m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug To Winner) [Rosette For Highest Placed 6 Year Old]:

1) Caroline Gaston’s Miss Roman Kora, Caroline Gaston; 2) Catherine Spence’s Flyhigh Mable, Catherine Spence; 3) Declan Brennan’s Miss Communicate, Shane McCloskey; 4) Mindaugas Milius’s Panache Am, Shane McCloskey; 5) Danni Jennings’s Super Star (Ihr), Danni Jennings; 6) Eric Smith’s Ember (Ish), Eric Smith.

1.30m Alland Grand Prix - Rug To Winner [Rosette To Highest Placed 7 Year Old]:

1) Hibernia Horses Ltd’s Che Fantastica, Lucy Morton; 2) Keonan Stables Ltd’s Clovalent, Catherine Thornton; 3) Sean Jordan’s Nikittaire Van’T Oosterzand, Shane Treanor; 4) Gary Stewart’s Domino Z, Patricia Stewart Greer; 5) Peter Smyth’s Drumiller Detroit, Alison Irwin; 6) Maureen Moore’s Cassclo Beach, Lucy Morton.

Lucy Morton and ‘Che Fantastica’, winners of the 1.30m Alland Grand Prix at Banbridge Charity Horse and Pony Show at The Meadows.