Pencos Crown Jewel offered – new rider for five-star match horse

British younger rider workforce gold medallist Millie Juleff is the brand new rider of Pencos Crown Jewel, the five-star mare in the past competed by way of Ros Canter.

The 15-year-old mare used to be marketed on the market earlier than Christmas.

“I noticed her advert, I messaged Dad and we went to take a look at her two days later,” Millie advised H&H. “It used to be a six-hour power however we didn’t need to wait, we idea we’d higher crack on as relatively a couple of folks would have an interest.

“She isn’t the flashiest taking a look or transferring horse, however she clearly will get wonderful ratings and I actually clicked together with her. She’s candy and I discovered her simple.

“We idea getting a horse like her could be actually recommended to take me up the grades as she is aware of what she is doing and has been produced so neatly by way of Ros, reasonably than getting a horse who in all probability may do it someday or a flashier person who is trickier.”

Millie, who’s primarily based at Tim Cheffings’ Devon backyard, is a tier 1 rider on The Howden Means Skill Pathway programme and had coaching for this at Hothorpe, Leics, closing weekend, so “Jasmine” used to be delivered there on Saturday.

“I’ve handiest schooled her two times up to now, however she’s actually type and it’s simply getting to understand her now,” mentioned Millie. “We’re going coaching with Caroline Moore on Thursday.”

The pair are prone to get started their season at Poplar Park (2–3 March) or Oasby (7–10 March).

Pencos Crown Jewel is by way of Jumbo, out of the Rock King mare Cornish Queen. She used to be bred by way of Pennie Wallace and owned by way of Kate Makin and Annie James and can now run within the possession of Millie’s father Darren.

With Ros Canter, Pencos Crown Jewel completed fourth within the one-off five-star at Bicton Horse Trials in 2021, eleventh at Burghley Horse Trials in 2022 and 9th at Badminton Horse Trials in 2023. Her four-star placings come with 2d at Bramham Horse Trials CCI4*-L in 2022. She used to be long-listed for the Eu Championships closing yr, for which her half-brother Lordships Graffalo were given the call-up as Ros’s journey and went directly to take double gold.

Millie, 21, used to be a tender rider Eu workforce gold medallist at Hartpury in 2022 on All We Want, who used to be put down closing March as a result of he had incurable most cancers. She has gained 3 times at CCI3*-S on All We Want and Viktor Krum.

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