A legend of a horse, shining amateurs, and different issues the equestrian international is speaking about

1. A “legend” of a horse

Becky Moody and home-bred nine-year-old gelding Jagerbomb delivered within the London World Horse Display freestyle remaining evening to put up 83.68%, and spherical off any other British one-two-three, with second-placed Lottie Fry and Everdale on 85.04%, and winners Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep on 89.46%. The all-British podium was once a repeat of Wednesday’s International Cup qualifier, and it was once Becky and Jagerbomb’s London debut. “My horse is solely an absolute legend – he was once extraordinary and beloved each second of it and I believe you’ll be able to see that on his face,” stated Becky. “I got here right here for lots of, a few years looking at and clearly attending to experience right here has taken rather a very long time, however I’ve were given right here.”

Learn what Becky needed to say about her fabulous regimen

2. The newbie riders who reigned in London

For the primary time in historical past, newbie display horse riders were given the risk to compete on the London World within the British Display Horse Affiliation Emerging Famous person finals. The finals for hunters, hacks, cobs, driving horses and display horses welcomed robust entries around the board, however just one aggregate may reign in every of the performance-led categories. A type of winners was once Hertfordshire-based Sarah Moreland’s Coultard Z led the light-weight ultimate to take the whole hunter identify. The bay gelding was once a Seek for a Famous person winner in 2022, and he’s since gained many newbie titles, together with on the BSHA perfect hunter championships.

Take a look at the winners up to now

3. A mum who walked from Wales to London in her overdue daughter’s reminiscence

The mum of a tender rider who took her personal existence elderly 16 has finished a 170-mile stroll to London to lift cash for and consciousness of psychological well being problems. Emma Webb towed the just about life-size resin horse aptly named Miles from the David Broome Match Centre in Wales to the London World Horse Display. She left Chepstow on 25 November and arrived on the ExCeL on Wednesday (13 December), and has already raised over £51,000 for Papyrus Prevention of Younger Suicide and Riders Minds.

Learn what Emma needed to say concerning the problem

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has lined a extensive vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and street protection campaigns. She has additionally interviewed most sensible riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only some. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Citadel World Horse Trials nearer to domestic. She was once additionally a key a part of the faraway reporting workforce for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.