Lowmoor Windsor: the characterful and prolific champion middleweight show horse *H&H Plus*

From champion in-hander, to producer’s star, to amateur ride, this strapping middleweight has followed the path of many successful show horses. Alex Robinson delves into the 2019 BSHA championships amateur hunter victor’s history

Need to know

Lowmoor Windsor (Joey)

Age: 11
Class: middleweight hunter
Breeding: by Makanaky out of Two Joes
(by State Diplomacy)
Height: 17.2hh
Breeder: Fran Bullock
Rider: Lorna Blake
Owner: Ann Drabble
Best results: 2013, first hunter youngstock classes at Newark and Notts, Lincolnshire County, East of England and North of England shows; 2014, first and reserve champion sport horse Midland Counties, first and champion hunter Derby County; 2016, first and novice hunter champion BSHA Home Counties, first RIHS qualifier Herts County, first and champion HOYS hunter qualifier Midland Counties; 2017, first HOYS qualifier Derbyshire Festival; 2019, first and champion amateur hunter BSHA championships

This exclusive column is also available to read in this Thursday’s H&H magazine (1 April, 2021)

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Alex Robinson

Freelance equestrian journalist

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 as showing editor, cementing its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK. She moved on in October 2024 to pursue other opportunities, but continues to write for us on a freelance basis.