The four-year-old mare, who was recently crowned novice supreme at the BSPS Summer Championships, has all the components to go to the very top. Alex Robinson meets her connections to find out more...
Ballinclare
Age: four Classes: small hack and large intermediate show riding type Breeding: by Sylvano out of Katodo Breeder: Jane Bradbury Rider: Alice Homer Owners:Loraine Homer and Jane Bradbury Greatest achievements: 2019, in-hand hack breeding champion BSHA National Championships; 2020, 2nd RIHS qualifier Onley EC, first novice hack and first novice intermediate Lands Freestep Novice Show Horse Championship, BSPS Summer Championships, novice intermediate champion and overall novice supreme.
Rider Alice Homer
“We’ve known Ballinclare’s breeder Jane Bradbury of the Bloomfield stud for years; my granddad, David Tatlow, sources a lot of their horses and I often go over to their base in Ireland to ride and help out.
“We’d seen ‘Annie’ as a yearling and she’d always caught the eye. We bought her as a three-year-old and she came over to us last year. She has been really gorgeous in every way.
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.
