ROYAL WINDSOR Natives
A BIG-MOVING Welsh section A took a break from his main post as a ridden pony to become the new Horse & Hound mountain and moorland (M&M) supreme in-hand champion.
Melanie Peters’ 11-year-old Hoekhorst Example (Harry) is a well-known performance animal, having previously won at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS).
On this day, however, his quality, type and Welsh character was enough to earn him one of the season’s most prestigious in-hand honours.
The stallion, led out to perfection by Tom Clark – who had only met him at the show on the morning of his class – ate up the ground in the Castle Arena to impress supreme judge Jackie Beatham.
“He oozed presence and had wonderful athletic movement. I also felt he would stamp his stock well,” said Jackie of
