Louise Saywell & Paul Barker Secure Places in Horse & Hound Foxhunter Championship Final
Monday 13 July 2015
Louise Saywell and Paul Barker booked places at the Horse of the Year Show by securing prized qualifying slots in the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Second Round at SouthView Equestrian Centre in Winsford, Cheshire.
A sizeable field of eighty-eight combinations embarked on the considerable quest of potentially posting three clear rounds, including a jump-off, and competition proved fierce.
Ultimately, it was Louise Saywell who proved to be a comfortable winner, continuing her impressive recent form that included a two-star victory at the Ashford Farm CSI**** Bolesworth International.
Louise, riding the Billy Twomey-owned 7 year-old bay gelding Dassler, was among twenty seven riders to reach the final phase - thirty nine reached round two - with eight combinations recording triple clears, but her time of 40.65 seconds proved too much for her rivals as she secured a berth at Birmingham's Genting Arena in October.
Louise, from Retford in Nottinghamshire, triumphed by more than a second from North Yorkshire-based Paul Barker with the 8 year-old chestnut gelding Happy Boy, owned by Springs Equestrian Partnership, who pipped third-placed William Whitaker and Dublin V by just one hundredth of a second after crossing the finish line in 41.77 seconds.
With the two direct qualifying tickets for the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Championship Final already allocated, the combinations in third to eighth took home the chance to compete in the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Masters at the British Showjumping National Championships.
SouthView Equestrian Centre – Sunday 12th July 2015
Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Second Round
1st Louise Saywell & Dassler - 0/0/0 – 40.65 seconds
2nd Paul Barker & Happy Boy - 0/0/0 – 41.77 seconds
3rd William Whitaker & Dublin V - 0/0/0 – 41.78 seconds
4th Reece Oliver & Gitte Van De Molendrieshoeve – 0/0/0 – 43.85 seconds
5th Louise Saywell & Cuprice VIII – 0/0/0 – 43.92 seconds
6th Julie Andrews & Calantus – 0/0/0 – 44.97 seconds
7th Alison Barton & Roma IV – 0/0/0 – 45.92 seconds
8th Jonathon Buxton & Strides Hilanasterne – 0/0/0 – 59.12 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.
Horse of the Year Show 2015 will take place from the 7th - 11th October 2015 at Birmingham’s Genting Arena and the British Showjumping National Championships 2015 will be hosted at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire during the 11th – 16th August.
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