Wylye Valley ended a 22-year wait to win the LeMieux Prince Philip Cup at Horse of the Year Show as they ended North Herefordshire’s reign as champions. The Pony Club Mounted Games, first contested at HOYS in 1957, once again showcased the sport at its finest, and Wylye Valley came up trumps. The team, based near Frome in Somerset finished on 124 points, 13 clear of runners-up North Herefordshire, with Atherstone in third and Staff College and Sandhurst fourth. Victory for North Herefordshire would have seen them become only the second team to lift the trophy four years in succession, matching Eglington’s achievement during the 1990s. But Wylye Valley, fielding

Home-produced ponies dominated the Colne & Sweet Dreams Show Confectioners Mountain & Moorland Mini Pony of the Year Championship on the concluding day of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) Annabel Makin-Jones’ 11-year-old Welsh Section A, Wernderris Charlie Fox (Charlie), was foot-perfect with daughter Jemima to stand overall Champion after winning the Sweet Dreams Show Confectioners Mountain & Moorland First Ridden Pony of the Year. “I’m speechless,” said Annabel. “We think he [Charlie] is really special. He’s teaching my sister’s children to ride because he’s so safe and Jemima just does everything on him”. Charlie was a working stallion and wasn’t broken until he was eight. Annabel bought him a

Sammie-Jo Coffin and Cornet of Follyfoot set a scorching pace that none of her rivals could match to be crowned Speed Horse of the Year at Horse of the Year Show. Drawn first to go of 27 starters, the Cornwall-based rider produced an immaculate round in 62.13 seconds and then had to endure a long waiting game as one by one her challengers came up short. Robert Whitaker and Strike A Pose went closest, finishing 53 hundredths of a second behind, with last year’s winner Rachel Proudley taking third aboard Guess Du Mont. “I think you just try to go as fast as you can,” said Sammie-Jo. “I thought the

National showjumping classes at the 2025 Horse of the Year Show concluded on Sunday morning with Holly Smith and Nike Van Het Singraven being crowned Grade C champions. The prestigious jump-off competition first took place 52 years ago, and former winners include the likes of Derek Ricketts, Caroline Bradley and Tina Fletcher. And Leicestershire-based Holly showcased all her experience to not only take the top prize, but also second place with Sing Z, just 11 hundredths of a second behind her winner. Ronnie Jones and Ultimo Z were third, and less than half a second separated Holly’s winning time from Miles O’Donnell and Jackpot DS in fourth. Holly represented Great

Ten pairs of ponies across the Large and Small sections of the Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry qualified over three days at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) to battle it out in the ‘World Cup final’ of Scurry driving on Saturday night.  After nipping at the heels of her fellow competitors all week in all rounds, Jemma Millman and her fabulous ponies pulled it out of the bag to dominate the Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry of the Year Championship, claiming both the Champion and Reserve titles in a thrilling finale of speed and agility.  Just 0.8 seconds separated her two pairs of ponies with Tigger & Owl standing

Oliver Hood was crowned a double champion on the penultimate day of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) taking The Harrod and Coles Family Cob of the Year Championship with  Catherine Dickens’ Carters Top Gun after standing Maxi Cob Champion this morning with another of his rides.  Oliver won the Heavyweight Cob class earlier in the day with the nine-year-old grey gelding, who judge Faith Ponsonby described as “a proper cob in every aspect,” and said “he was the model, the movement and he floated on air”.  It was an emotional result for Oliver whose father, the legendary show producer Allister Hood, sadly passed away last year.  Oliver said: “He’s