The fantastic View Point didn’t let his Show Hunter crown slip away on day three of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) as he reclaimed the Catplant Group of Companies Ltd. Show Hunter of the Year Championship from last year.
Robert Walker rode Jill Day’s seven-year-old Sports Horse to success in the Lightweight section early on in the morning, making up a hat trick of wins having piloted the gelding’s brother, Vantage Point, to the same title at HOYS 2015.
“Our main aim last year was to try and retain his crown,” said Robert who’d been saving him for HOYS. “With a good horse like him, we don’t need to take him out a lot…”
“He’s just a class act,” he continued. “He has such cadence and rhythm and wants to be a show horse, which makes my job easier!”
View Point has had a hugely successful season winning every time out, and also going Supreme at Royal Windsor and the Royal International. His breeder Sean Jones had flown in to watch him here at HOYS.
Heavyweight Show Hunter Twinshock Warrior stood Reserve Champion with Jayne Ross in the saddle. Owned by Jill Marsden, this bay gelding is just six years old.
The Middleweight section was won by Susan Granger’s Treganick ridden by Claire Oliver.
The Show Hunter of the Year is also 70 years old this year, having appeared on the HOYS schedule every year since the very first show in 1949.
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