Sport Horse Breeding (GB)

23/04/2025

Royal Three Counties Show 13 – 15 June 2025
Entries Close in 2 weeks on Fri 9th May for all classes
All details at this link

Compete At Royal Three Counties Show: Show off your livestock, horses and much more at this county show!

23/04/2025

SHB GB) Mare Grading Annual Award

The Robert Warden Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the owner of the mare that receives the highest marks for the grading season.
It was presented to Caroline Edwards on behalf of Yvonne Ferguson, the owner of Bling, the top mare in 2024 by the Chairman of the Breeding Committee, Mr Charles Upham.

22/04/2025

We are deeply saddened to share the news that Tony Wareham has passed away.

Tony was a highly respected breeder and the finest of judges. He was a true showman and a great competitor with a huge character.

He was one of the legendary horsemen who was from the same stable as his great friends John Rawding, Roger Stack, Vin Toulson, and Robert Oliver. Tony was a huge supporter of ours, we have lost a dear friend and we will never forget him.

He is survived by Ann (Bassett) with whom he set up the Etheridge Farm and Stud.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ann and the family.

Funeral arrangements will be posted in due course.

20/04/2025

HESTER (top) and BLING
by kind permission of Hannah Cole Photography.

The two SHB(GB) Elite, Head Stud Book mares ridden by Laura Collett had strong runs in the CCI-S4* at Burnham Market International sponsored by Barefoot Retreats with Lucy Nelson’s HESTER finishing in 2nd place and Yvonne Ferguson’s BLING in 6th, in a section of 70 starters. Both mares are homebred, Hester is by the Hanoverian sire, Heinrich Heine out of Blue Anna and Bling by Kannan out of a TB mare, Moody Margaret. Neither mare received any jumping penalties but were just a little over the time on the cross country.

Steve Sykes’ PRIMITIVE PROPOSITION jumped clear inside the time to complete the CCI-S3* in 13th place on his dressage score of 36.2, following an Intermediate win at Oasby (1). The homebred 8 year old gelding is by the SHB(GB)graded TB stallion, Primitive Proposal out of a Belgian mare, Bon Philija Van De Start and was ridden by Andrew James.

In the Advanced section, Sarah Bullimore finished in 4th place on CORIMIRO, owned and bred by Sarah and her husband Brett. By Amiro Z the 9 year old gelding is out of their top mare, Lilly Corinne. Just behind in 5th place was BEE NAROUND ridden by Josie Proctor for owner Imogen Coughlan. She is by the SHB(GB) graded TB stallion, Revolution out of The Bees Knees V and was bred by Rosemary Search.

CEVALIAN FIFA was 3rd with Fiona Davidson in their Intermediate section, they had a dressage score of 31.1 and added 6 time penalties to complete their first outing of the season on 37.1. Fiona and David Davidson’s 11 year old gelding is by Royaldik out of Woodbine French Royale and was bred by Doo Rickett. In the other Intermediate section JUMBELISSA was 5th ridden by Tom Rowland. The mare now has 34 BE points and was bred by her owner, Nicola Carmichael by Jumbo out of Myth. PRF MADE IN ENGLAND (Jaguar Mail - Charlesfield Diva III) gave a very good account of herself to finish 10th in this, her first Intermediate, with Lucinda Atkinson, who owns her together with Amanda Rowe and Jane Crossley. She was bred by Pauline Fletcher.

George Vergerson-Rowley finished 5th in the Open Novice on his own 15 year old mare, POPPY’S LAW, finishing on their dressage score of 33.3. Poppy’s Law is by the SHB(GB) graded Mill Law out of Miss Cooper and was bred by Nicola Dickson.

Around the country there were many other successful horses that are registered in the SHB(GB) stud book. At Larkhill, PARKFIELD PUMPKIN won the Novice section A ridden by Sammi Birch. Sammi also finished in 3rd place on Nick Gauntlett’s homebred, ROSA’S PARTY. The 7 year old mare is by Nick’s late SHB(GB) graded stallion Party Trick (Chilli Morning - DHI Party Piece) out of the Westfalian mare, Fidellia. Rosa’s Party has 6 BE points, 5 won this season and 26 Foundation points. Parkfield Pumpkin is slightly more experienced at 9 years old and has 28 BE points under his belt. He is by Amiro Z out of an Oldenburg mare, Furistica and is owned and was bred by Parkfield Breeding. He started the season with a 2nd place in the BE100 Open at Oasby (1) sponsored by Agria and followed up with a 3rd place in a Novice at Barbury Castle. Also at Larkhill, FAIRLIGHT ANDRETTI, won a BE90 Open with Caroline Harris, on their dressage score of 26.5 in just the six year olds second event. Fairlight Andretti was bred by Jo Sholl- Evans by her own SHB (GB) graded stallion Sir Shutterfly out of Redanna (IRE), a TB mare and he is now owned by Karen Walker.

At Speetley (1) in Derbyshire all three BE100 sections were won by horses in the SHB(GB) stud book. HEGGLELANE ST. LOUIS won section A having been 2nd earlier in the season at Horseheath ridden by Heidi Coy for owner Deborah Remijn. Bred by Denise Richardson-Rowell he is by her SHB(GB) graded stallion, Hollywood out of May Flower XII(GB). 2nd in this section was CENTER OF ATTENTION by Cendy out of a Westfalian mare, Mintaka. He was ridden by Alexander Tordoff for the HLH Horsing Around Syndicate and was bred by Joan Grey. Sections O and P were won by Max Warburton riding for Trevor Dickens who also bred both winners. The 6 year old mare, GRAF MAGIC , took section O, she is by Jaguar Mail out of Graf Cavalier, an Advanced mare by Grafenstolz. Section P was won by VANIR CAMIRO another by Jaguar Mail out of the great mare, Vanir Kamira ridden by Piggy French to win Badminton and Burghley.
Two BE 90 sections were also won by horses sired by SHB (GB) graded stallions. Section S was won by the Grafenstolz son, DRAW THE LINE II who is out of Bow. Owned by Su Jones and ridden by Charlotte Jones he was bred by Sarah Jewson.
DANCE WITH THE STARS was successful in section R, ridden by William Scott for owner, Kerry Arnold-Herrick. He was bred by Carolyn Bates by her SHB(GB) graded KWPN stallion, Wish Upon A Star out of Jabba, a grand -daughter of Jumbo.

At Eland Lodge (1), Aimee Penny took the top two places in the BE90 Open, winning with PSH BULLION and coming 2nd on PSH PREROGATIVE, both owned and bred by Gary Power. They both finished on their dressage scores of 23.5 and 25.3 respectively and are both by the SHB(GB) graded stallion, PSH Overture. PSH Bullion is out of a TB mare, Kazara who is by Kayf Tara and the dam of PSH Prerogative is Whatever Miss, a KWPN mare. They are both stepping up to BE100 at Kelsall Hill International.

There will be plenty more action over the Easter weekend and then it’s only just over two weeks to Badminton Horse Trials

16/04/2025

SHB(GB) Spring Show. Closing date for entries without surcharge and for the two IDHS RIHS classes is midnight tomorrow - 17 April.

11/04/2025

SHB(GB) Spring Show - Closing date for entries without late entry surcharge is next Thursday, 17th April.

11/04/2025

SHB(GB) AGM & Lunch.
Final date for replies 16/4/25. Please RSVP to Tracey in the SHB office if you would like to join us.

10/04/2025

📣 We are delighted to announce that "Saddling the Youngster", the third session from our Better Beginnings conference is ready to watch.

Diana Fisher, Society of Master Saddlers Master Saddle Fitter and Bridle Fitter, discusses the concept that discomfort or imbalance affect wellbeing, musculoskeletal development, and long-term sustainability

👀 There is a practical demonstration where Diana and fellow SMS Master Saddle Fitter, Steph Bradley have a professional discussion on the practical application of saddle fitting a young horse.

Watch the video and then enter our competition for a chance to win a course walk with Yogi Breisner at Blenheim International Horse Trials - there is a question on the video to answer on the entry form!

The video and the competition links are on our competition page at https://www.britishhorsefoundation.org.uk/blenheim-course-walk-competition

Many thanks to Agria Equine Insurance for helping make this possible, and to Francesca Bradley and the whole Team at Whitegate Farm livery and Training for hosting us to film the practical demonstrations given by Steph Bradley and Di Fisher

09/04/2025

The SHB(GB) Annual Report & Accounts were circulated to current members by email yesterday. If anyone needs a 'hard copy' please contact Wendy in the SHB office. Copies will also be available at the AGM on 23rd April at Primrose Hill Farm.
Don't forget if you are wanting to come to the AGM & Lunch on 23rd April to let Tracey in the SHB office know by 16th April (invites and full details previously circulated to all members). We hope to see many of you there.

07/04/2025

🚨 Final Call for Equine Entries! 🚨
Entries for the 2025 Devon County Show close tomorrow, Monday 7th April at midnight ⏳

Don’t miss your chance to be part of three fantastic days of top-class equine competition from 15th–17th May 🐴✨

View the schedule and enter online here ⬇
🔗 https://bit.ly/4iQsMio

05/04/2025

JALAPENO III photo by kind permission of Hannah Cole Photography

The eventing season continued last weekend with the Thoresby Park International Spring Carnival in Nottinghamshire and for once they enjoyed proper Spring weather.

Many top international combinations competed in the CCI-S 4* with sufficient entries for two sections. Gemma Stevens had a very successful time with three of Chris and Lisa Stone’s horses. In Section G, Gemma finished in 2nd place with JALAPENO III, just 0.1 of a penalty behind the winner, finishing on their dressage score of 24.6. Jalapeno, who is now 17 years old, was bred by Nick Gauntlett and has enjoyed a hugely successful career including finishing 6th at Badminton in 2023. She is by Chilli Morning out of Maiden Voyage. Gemma rode CHILLI KNIGHT into 6th place in the same section and full brother CHILLI KING was 2nd in the other section. They were both bred by Chris Stone and are again by Chilli Morning and out of Kings Gem. Chilli King is owned in conjunction with Chris and Clare Mathias. The consistent LORDSHIPS GRAFFALO (Grafenstolz-Cornish Queen) and Ros Canter finished in 4th place behind Jalapeno III, collecting 5.2 time penalties to complete on 29.5. Lordships Graffalo was bred by Pennie Wallace and Lordships Stud and is owned by Michele and Archie Saul.
DREAMLINER (Jumbo-Doff Gudanov), MENLO PARK (Eurocommerce Berlin-Faerie Queen) and COLORADO BLUE (Jaguar Mail - Rock Me Baby) all finished in the top twenty of section G . Amazingly, apart from Jalapeno and Dreamliner all these horses are out of mares by Rock King. Rock King was ridden to Advanced by owner Sarah Bullen before going on to become a top sire, graded with SHB(GB).

PRF MADE IN ENGLAND started her 2025 campaign in the ON at Oasby jumping clear with just 4.4 time penalties, she went on to Riseholme College, Lincoln where she finished 2nd in an IN on her dressage score of 33.9 and then on to the
CCI-S 2* at Thoresby. She was placed 3rd and again finished on her dressage score less than a penalty behind the winner. The 7 year old mare is by Jaguar Mail out of a Trakehner mare, Charlesfield Diva III and was bred by Pauline Fletcher.
She has been produced and is ridden by Lucinda Atkinson, who owns her along with Amanda Rowe and Jane Crossley.

At Barbury Castle, Richard, Diana and Alice Midmer’s SAGE SOLDIER won an Intermediate section ridden by Tom Jackson, following a 2nd place at Tweseldown. He is by Ramiro B out of a Westfalian mare, Freaky Flower and was bred by Alice. MENLO PARK won an OI here before going on to Thoresby. Owned by the Johnstone Family and ridden by Clarke Johnstone he was bred by Serena Vitalini.

At Munstead, Hugh & Elizabeth Train’s JESMOND JASMINE won a BE90 section ridden by Hugh. She is by Grafenstolz out of Treviscoe, a mare bred by Preci - Spark. Jesmond Jasmine herself was bred by Ron Pearson. At Horseheath Charlotte Hope won the BE100 Open U18 on her own SIR ALFRED II, a 13year old gelding by Royaldik out of Miss Haversham, bred by Mafra Smithers in North Yorkshire.

This weekend events move on to Larkhill and Speetley and still the weather seems favourable!

03/04/2025

03/04/2025

Please see a list of the stallions that will be representing SHB(GB) at our prestigious Stallion Parade this year, sponsored by Tattersalls and kindly hosted by MARS Badminton Horse Trials.

01/04/2025

At a recent meeting of The Showing Council, the following points were discussed by the Member Bodies:

Safeguarding; Veterinary Advice; Worshipful Company of Saddlers; Dope-Testing & Unified Rules

To read more on these topics, please see: https://www.theshowingcouncil.co.uk/news-1

26/03/2025

Great visit today to Horse Feeds
factory to meet the team. We had a fascinating tour of the factory to see their process from the raw product to the shelf.

Baileys Horse Feeds are the official sponsors of our mare, foal and stallion gradings. As long term supporters of British Breeding we are excited to work with them.

Baileys are also the official sponsors of the Royal International Horse Show Working Hunters. They will be joining us at our shows this year as well as being there at the finals at Hickstead in July.

24/03/2025

SHB(GB) Graded Stallion, INCOGNITO. Photo by Action Replay Photography

Many congratulations to Harry Meade and the SHB(GB) Head Stud Book, Elite graded mare, GRAFENNACHT, who won the CCI-L 4* at Montelibretti in Italy, last week on their second outing of the season. At 13 years old Amanda Gould’s consistent mare is now in her 10th season eventing and has won a total of 872 BE points. She was bred by Susan Eggleton out of Nachtigall, an Advanced mare that Susan rode herself and is another by the SHB(GB) graded sire, Grafenstolz.

Meanwhile, back at home in Dorset three horses bred by Carolyn Bates were successful at Moreton. WHISPER A WISH, owned and ridden by Libby Seed was placed 2nd in her first ever event in a BE 100 section, finishing on her dressage score of 26.8. She is by Carolyn’s SHB(GB) graded stallion, Wish Upon A Star, out of Jonella, who was sired by the great Jumbo. Also by Wish Upon A Star and out of another Jumbo mare, Jalido, STARSTRUCK III won a BE 100 Open with 22.5 penalties, ridden by his owner, Alexander Bragg. In the same section, A MOMENT IN TIME, finished in 7th place adding nothing to his dressage score off 30.8. He is a full brother to Whisper A Wish and is now owned by Camilla Albert and his rider, Tichy Sanders. When entire he was graded as an SHB (GB) stallion and two other SHB(GB) graded stallions were competing at Moreton. BRITANNIA ROYAL was 3rd in a BE 100 Open, jumping clear cross country and show jumping to complete on a dressage score of 28.8 ridden by Sam Sweeney. The 12 year old stallion is owned by his breeder Annabel Blake and is out of the great SHB(GB) Head Stud Book mare, HEADLEY BRITANNIA who won both Badminton and Burghley and is yet another mare by Jumbo. Britannia Royal is by SHB (GB) graded Oldenburg stallion, Royaldik. The third SHB(GB) graded stallion competing at Moreton was the PBA, INCOGNITO (Indoctoro- Turkish Candle) who was 4th in a close fought Intermediate Novice section, jumping a double clear to finish on 37.7. Owned and bred by the Hon. Finn Guinness he was ridden by Katey Cuthbertson.

Among other successful horses registered in the SHB(GB) Stud Book at Moreton was 6 year old, VICTOREMZ MISSION by Cevin Z out of the Irish mare, DG Lady Cooley, ridden by Tom Rowland to win a BE 100 with 23.3 penalties. He is owned by Venetia Blakey and Bunny Patrick and was bred by Samantha Alberto.
Also by Cevin Z, HEARSAY LARK RISING, was 2nd in an Open Novice ridden by Tim Cheffings who owns him along with Ros Fisher-Smith. The 7 year old was bred by Catriona Murray out of Mythical Lark who was by the prolific sire Up With the Lark. Having finished on their dressage score they went on to Barbary Castle this weekend and were 2nd in the 7 year old class.
Isla Kitson rode her own and Kitty Connolly’s VIOLETTA B into 4th place in the
ON u 18 class adding only a few time penalties to their dressage score. Violetta B is by Ramiro B out of the Irish Sport Horse mare, Ballybrogan Lady and was bred by Harthill Stud.