A HOME-PRODUCED horse secured his Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) ticket before capturing the overall coloured section championship.
Lancashire rider Gemma Neville has owned 10-year-old Oakfield Valdecaz (Yogi) since he was a just-backed three-year-old, and while he’s a regular face at the NEC, this was the upstanding 17.2hh gelding’s first HOYS tricolour. Yogi was bought from Reid Finlay, whom Gemma had previously sourced cobs from.
“I wanted a big, rangy horse as I’d had previously, but with plaits in,” said Gemma, who qualified Yogi for HOYS for the first time at Stoneleigh during his debut season under saddle. “He’s the perfect amateur horse and is the yard favourite. He loves a grass ring so I’d been hanging offa bit this season until the ground was just right for him.”
Gemma works full-time in the accounts and admin department for a small family-run business and juggles horses in between.
“I hope I can prove that home producers can do it,” Gemma added. “You can’t take your foot offthe pedal and while it’s hard to keep up with the professionals, fellow coloured competitors have been hugely supportive of Yogi’s journey and have encouraged me to keep going with him.”
BETTER THAN EVER
WINNING 133cm Warleigh Blushing Groom (Joey) and Daisy May Allen secured the show hunter pony accolade for producers Kevin Cousins and Christina Gillett and Daisy May’s parents, Jodie and Gavin Allen.
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