Eva Harriman takes the first Championship Title on Wednesday at Bolesworth
Wednesday 05 August 2020
For 13 year-old Eva Harriman from Yarm, Cleveland it was a day to remember when she won the National 1m Pony Restricted Rider title at the NAF Five Star British Showjumping Championships taking place at Bolesworth between the 3 – 11 August.
The Championship, which was the first national title to be won of the day saw an impressive performance from Eva to take a clear lead in 40.27 seconds which gave her a lead of more than five seconds ahead of Katie Davies and Champion Owens who took 2nd place.
Riding Wheres My Colour, a 12 year-old brown gelding, Eva meant business from the start in the jump off by turning inside fences wherever she could to trim as many seconds off of her time without breaking from the rhythm she was in to give her best chance of jumping clear. It was only six combinations that made it through to the jump off from a field of thirty starters and it was solely Eva and Katie that managed to achieve another faultless round in the jump off. 3rd place went to Laila Caroline with Airflow who finished on 4 penalties.
Talking after her win Eva said “I went into the jump off with a plan to go clear, believe in myself and make the turns that I felt I could. Riding in the main arena felt magical, it really did and I would really like to say well done to my pony as he jumped his heart out for me and he has absolutely made my day for me”.
The NAF Five Star British Showjumping Championships run between 3 – 11 August at Bolesworth and further information on the show and full results can be found by visiting https://bit.ly/3fqDsmX
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