Horse & Hound

Heale scores a hat-trick

Morris EC Winter Regional Championship, E Ayrshire

DESPITE a few speed bumps in her preparations for this show, Nicky Heale claimed three titles and four qualifying tickets. She was unbeatable in the elementary and medium gold music classes with Furstinclaire — scoring 75% and 74.61% respectively — and the pair also headed the advanced medium silver, with her own Welsh cob Retanach Request (Rocco) also qualifying in second.

Furstinclaire, known as “Bandage” at home, is a eight-year-old Fürstenball daughter, owned and bred by Verity Jenner.

“We haven’t had the best preparation: the

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