Royal Norfolk Show - Another HOYS Ticket!!

[Doris'Dad]

After qualifying for for HOYS in the Ladies' Hunter class on Sunday, Ted went to the Royal Norfolk Show this morning to have a stab at his first Lightweight Hunter HOYS qualifier.

Fantastically he came second in a reportedly very strong class and, because the top horse had already qualified, Ted himself qualified for HOYS. We are over the moon (and some!!) that he has now got both his HOYS tickets in just 5 days!!!

We started this season targeting RIHS and HOYS qualification for just Ladies' Hunter, but now he has qualified for both shows in both Ladies' and LW Hunter classes we are stunned that our expectations have been so overwhelmingly exceeded.

Sorry for the self indulgent post, but we are, as you can imagine, pleased as punch

 

[humblepie]

Very well done particularly if it is as hot in Norfolk as it is "down south".

 

[SSM]

Go Ted! He is just a superstar!

 

[barbaraNcolin]

Well done! It was very hot yesterday with plenty going on.
Benjamin, we are not southerns! lol. We are easterners

 

[shadowboy]

Congratulations! you obviously have a gem there!

 

[dsophiea]

Well done, that is fantastic! Good luck at HOYS

 

[quirky]

Whoop! Whoop!
How exciting

I asked to see pics on your last post, which I have just been to look at

, he is lovely

Out of interest, did you buy/breed (sorry don't know history) with the intention of showing at a high level, or has he just "grown" into a super little horse?

 

[_Rach_]

well done thats brilliant

x

opps missed the 'T'

 

[PapaFrita]

Congratulations!!

 

[Theresa_F]

Wow - 2 HOYS tickets - you must be over the moon - well done on achieving this.

 

[Weezy]

Absolutely fantastic stuff

 

[Doris'Dad]

Thanks Lou - yeah we are pretty pleased, to say the least - 2 days at HOYS this year!!

 

[sallyellis]

Absolutely fantastic I hope he has extra carrots you must be over the moon.

 

[JM07]

Fan-bloody-tastic!!!

you must be over the moon....

 

[Doris'Dad]

Thanks, yes we are over the moon - having a celebratory glass of two this evening

We have posted lots of sideways photos of him, this is him, not from today, but from Rutland County a couple of weeks ago...

 

[Doris'Dad]

[ QUOTE ]
Out of interest, did you buy/breed (sorry don't know history) with the intention of showing at a high level, or has he just "grown" into a super little horse?

[/ QUOTE ]
Now that is a good question. We bought him to have him produced as a county level show horse - he had one job, Small Hunter, which he proved to be too big for, so we gave him another (Ladies'), and has now proved successful as a weight horse. This is the lad we brought over from Ireland as a 4 year old 2 years ago...

And this was him a couple of weeks ago...

 

[SunSmile]

Wow well done! He is a lovely horse

Who have you got producing him, out of interest?

 

[Doris'Dad]

I would love to say it was us, but the horse would always have been wasted if we tried to produce him! Alwyne Fradley in Melton Mowbray produces him for us.