ROYAL WINDSOR
1–5 May
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Royal Windsor, Windsor Castle, Berks
THE youngest member of a leading showing family proved a chip off the old block as she dominated the hunters at the 2024 renewal of Royal Windsor.
Alice Homer – daughter of Loraine Homer and granddaughter of David Tatlow – began in the saddle of Liz Prowting’s head-turning seven-year-old Bloomfield President (Nicky), who sailed into pole position in the lightweights, promptly booking a spot in the LeMieux hunter championship. However, plans changed when Alice, 22, then topped the heavyweight field aboard Liz’s Bloomfield Distinction (Nixon).
The Homer/Tatlow clan were agile, though, and Loraine swiftly jumped on board the lightweight for the championship.
Judges Nigel Wakley and Lesley Anne Jones – who officiated in heavy rainfall that began part way through the middleweights – had the unenviable job of assessing the final six horses. But they ultimately found a worthy champion in Loraine and the Emperor Augustus son Nicky.
Alice remained on sevenyear-old Nixon for the final showdown, a decision she wholeheartedly believed in.
“Mum rides Nicky regularly
