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Bloomfield Valhalla: a brilliant showman with manners to burn out hunting *H&H Plus*

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    • After being scouted as a potential superstar by one of the best producers in the game, this upstanding middleweight and hunt horse is yet to let anyone down. Alex Robinson speaks to his connections, both past and present

    Bloomfield Valhalla

    Age: nine
    Stable name: Ritchie
    Class: middleweight hunter
    Breeding: by Lux Z out of Dunroe
    Diamond Clover
    Height: 17hh
    Rider: Polly Coles
    Owner: Debbie Harrod
    Best results: 2016, four-year-old hunter champion Balmoral; 2017, first and novice hunter champion Royal Windsor, novice hunter champion national hunter supreme championships, first middleweight hunters and hunter champion Hickstead Derby, first middleweight hunters Royal International first middleweight hunters and reserve hunter champion HOYS; 2018, second middleweight hunters HOYS; 2019, first middleweight hunter and hunter champion Lincoln county; supreme of show national hunter championships, first middleweight hunters and hunter champion Hickstead Derby; 2021, first middleweight hunters and hunter champion British Show Horse Association Spring Show

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    This exclusive feature is also available to read in Horse & Hound magazine, on sale date Thursday 17 June 2021

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    Alex Robinson
    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.
    Alex Robinson