Hollie Gerken Completes the Hat-Trick
Hollie Gerken completed a remarkable and historic hat-trick at the Horse of the Year Show by winning the STX-UK Pony Foxhunter Championship. A day after landing the Leading Pony Showjumper and Pony Newcomers classes, 14-year-old Hollie once again came up trumps. Not only did she top the podium aboard Ballycarrow Mirahs Sparrow, Hollie also finished fifth on Velini’s Silver Star and sixth with Livewire VI after all three of her contenders featured among a nine-combination jump-off. Across the two days of dazzling success, it added up to arguably the greatest exhibition of pony riding that HOYS has seen in its illustrious 75-year history. Even Hollie struggled to take in the