Showing highlights: Triple victory for Young *H&H Plus*

As showing continues to gain momentum post-lockdown, a brace of stunning new combinations come to the fore

BSPS Area 3B training show, Speetley EC, Derbys

Producer Edward Young scored a deserved hat-trick in the show pony classes, with his charges winning all three height sections. Coming out as the eventual champion was the 128cm winner, Claire Smith’s Tuscany Sweet Serenade (Queenie) ridden by Clare’s daughter Cate Mitchell, who celebrated her 11th birthday two days after the show.

Queenie – a Royal Windsor winner as a novice back in 2017 – and Cate are in their first season as a partnership.

“We managed to get to BSPS [British Show Pony Society] Area 6 before lockdown where they got their Hickstead ticket,” explained Edward, who also watched Lexy Laurens and Bankswood Jacaranda win the 148cm and take reserve, as well as Hallie Kerry-Oates and Renedene Morning Star bag the 138cm class.

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.