Hallmark IX
Jun 17, 2021
4 minutes
FOR a showing producer, there are fewer things feared more than the prospect of a show horse at the pinnacle of his career being measured out of class. So when Hallmark IX (Brandy), who died earlier this month, was given a life-height certificate putting him out of the lightweight cob classification by one inch, uncertainty around the double Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) winner’s future mounted.
But all was not to be lost, as a change of direction – including a new owner, a new producer and a chance to qualify for a new maxi cob final at HOYS – gave the superstar another chance to stand in the spotlight.
In this sphere, the upstanding liver chestnut gelding rewrote the history books
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