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HORSEWEEK
FARMWEEK
AUGUST 20 2020
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Gransha Working Hunter a great success
F
OR the rst time ever,
Gransha
(Bangor)
ran a Working Hunter
Arena alongside the
Winter Woollies Show,
and it proved to be a great
success. The day started
promptly with the horse
classes, judged by Adrienne
Stuart, over a course built in
the new enlarged TopSpec
arena.
Simon
Jackson
adjusted the course as the
day progressed and riders
were very happy with the
outcome.
Emily McGowan had an
exceptional day, winning
all her classes on her two
beautiful Connemara ponies
and nished the morning
taking the Championship
rosette. A very happy Anna
Skelly received the Reserve
Championship
on
her
beautifully schooled ‘Willow’.
In the afternoon, Karen
Bleakley took over the
judging and carried out the
duties very fairly, helping the
tiny competitors and passing
on hints and tips to all who
asked her opinion. The day
1M LINE UP: Emily McGowan on ‘Tullaree Fear Bui’ and Chloe
Connan on ‘Dark Secret’ placed first and second respectively
in the 1m class at the Gransha Working Hunter competition.
(FW34-542NN)
ran very smoothly thanks to
the competent helpers, Jenny
Bell, Maddie Cubberley and
Elaine McCoo.
Hopefully the Gransha
Summer Gala on August 29
and 30 will run as smoothly.
Entries are now open for this
show and can be accessed
on www.granshaequestrian.
co.uk.
80CM: Left,
Claire Williams
on ‘Kali’
jumping to
fourth place in
the 80cm class
at the Gransha
Working Hunter
competition.
(FW34-540NN)
RESULTS
Sunday, August 16
WORKING
HUNTER
COMPETITION
Horses in the new 40m x
70m TopSpec arena
Class 1 - 70cm Working
Hunter:
1)
Michelle
McConnell, Inisbris Dawn
Chorus; 2) Anna Skelly,
Willow; 3) Rebecca Foster,
Dapple Jack.
Class 2 - Four-year-old
Working Hunter: 1) Emily
McGowan, Oisin Or; 2) Kelsie
CONNEMARA:
Right, Courtney
Stuart with
three-year-old
Connemara
in hand at
the Gransha
Working Hunter
competition.
(FW34-541NN)
Ballyclare 16-year-old
partners first track winner
B
ALLYCLARE teenager, Sam
Ewing registered his rst
winner on the track proper,
when scoring on ‘Ardhoomey’
at Cork on Saturday, August 8.
The 16-year-old is a graduate
of the pony racing circuit,
having partnered in excess of
100 winners, including the two
principals contests - the Dingle
Derby and the Golden Mile.
Ewing, who landed the sprint
handicap,
beating
stable
companion ‘My Laureate’ - the
pair trained by his boss, trainer
Ger Lyons said: “I am absolutely
delighted. I was in the middle
and he has a massive stride and
picked them up easily. I knew
‘My Laureate’ would go a good
gallop and tracked her. He gets
a bit excited in the stalls and is a
forward-going horse. He’s been in
the yard a long time and a great
servant for the stable. I want to
thank Ger Lyons for giving me
the opportunities and my rst
winner. Everything happens a lot
faster on the racecourse proper.”
‘Ardhoomey’ was winning for
the rst time in two years and
it was only Ewing’s 10th ride on
the course and he added: “I came
down to Ger (Lyons) at Christmas
time for a few weekends and learnt
Dean, Dede Aim To Please.
Class 3 - 80cm Working
Hunter: 1) Emily McGowan,
Oisin Or; 2) Bailey Dunn,
Oreo;
3)
Anna
Skelly,
Willow; 4) Claire Williams,
Leitrim Klass; 5) Charlotte
McCullough,
Burnished
Denman; 6) Kerri Rafferty,
Cor Ramler.
Class 4 - Small Hunter
Working Hunter (up to
158cm): 1) Emily McGowan,
Tullaree Fear Bui; 2) Chloe
Connon, Dark Secret; 3)
Charlotte
McCullough,
Burnished
Denman;
4)
Kerri Rafferty, Cor Ramler;
5) Samantha Ross, Cardy
Cruise; 6) Kelsie Dean, Dede
Aim To Please; 7) Aideen
O’Hanlon, Gorteen Prince.
Class 5 - 90cm Working
Hunter: 1) Gail McIlwaine,
Miss BallyRolly; 2) Samantha
Ross, Cardy Cruise; 3) Bailey
Dunn, Oreo.
Class 6 - 1m Working
Hunter: 1) Emily McGowan,
Tullaree Fear Bui; 2) Chloe
Connon, Dark Secret; 3)
Bailey Dunn, Chico; 4) Megan
Houston, Water Rose.
Class 7 - 1.10m Working
Hunter: 1) Bailey Dunn,
Chico.
Horse Working Hunter
CHAMPION: Emily McGowan jumping ‘Tullaree Fear Bui’ to
win the Working Hunter Championship at the Gransha Working
Hunter competition. (FW34-543NN)
Championship:
Champion: Emily McGowan,
Tullaree Fear Bui; Reserve:
Anna Skelly, Willow.
Pony Working Hunter
Class 8 - Cross-Poles: 1)
Ellie Miskelly, Ballagh Rebel;
2) Lauren O’Rourke, Magic
Merrylegs; 3) Poppy Smith,
Pebbles; 4) Ethan Murphy,
Stormin Norman; 5) Megan
Reid, Prince Charming.
Class 9 - 50cm: 1) Emily
Pearson, Suillen Dunally; 2)
Niamh Lyons, Mr Blue Skies;
2) Isabella Graham, Grandpa’s
Dream; 4) Megan Reid, Prince
Charming; 5) Poppy Smith,
Pebbles; 6) Lauren O’Rourke,
Magic Merrylegs.
Class 10 - 60cm, a special
prize will be given for
‘Cradle Stakes’ competitors:
1) Michael Harty, Cashelbay
Annabell;
2)
Jocelyn
Hutchinson, Langwedh Miss
Saigon; 3) Izzy Stout, U No
Me; 3) Emily Pearson, Suillen
Dunally.
Class 11 - 70cm, a special
prize will be given for
‘Starter Stakes’ competitors:
1) Katie Longmuir, Rhydddu Sinclair; 2) Matilda
Naylor, Halle; 3) Michelle
Hagan, Rockeld May Star;
4) Michael Harty, Cashelbay
Annabell; 5) Caitlin Dodd,
Crrstals Rockally Rebel; 6)
Charlotte Cubberley, PPenn
Rhianon.
Class 12 - 80cm: 1) Charlotte
Cubberley, Penn Rhianon; 2)
Shannon Carruthers, Ratheen
Sam; 2) Lucy Donnan,
Killaughey JF; 4) Zara Wood,
Ard Mirah; 5) Darcey Greer,
U No Me; 5) Hollie Donnan,
Greenaun Russell; 7) Lucy
Donnan, Hollywood Pippin.
Class 13 - 90cm: 1) Zara
Wood, Ard Mirah.
Class 15 - 90cm Connemara
Working Hunter, Juniors
and Adults: 1) Alex Watt,
Dunman.
Class 16 - 1m: 1) Ben
Cousins,
Broughshane
Boy; 2) Jessica Mulgrew,
Knockagarron Emperor.
Pony
Working
Hunter
Champion: Champion: Katie
Longmuir, Rhyd-ddu Sinclair;
Reserve: Alex Watt, Dunman.
Family fun in the sun at Katesbridge
WINNING WAYS: Right, Sam
Ewing pictured winning the Dingle
Derby, highlight of the pony racing
circuit and the weekend saw
him gain his first winner on the
racecourse proper. (FW34-532SO)
a lot. When the virus hit, I went
home for a while, but returned
and took out my apprentice
licence.”
Ewing will not lack for advice,
being based with Lyons, who
made Colin Keane his stable
jockey at an early stage of his
career and his father Warren is
a former top amateur rider, who
shared the Northern Region
Riders title in 2000 and has now
turned trainer, producing several
top jumps horses, which he sells
on to numerous top trainers in
Britain and Ireland.
Ewing Senior said: “I thrilled and
delighted to see him get his rst
winner.”
While Trainer, Ger Lyons
added: “Sam is a great little kid,
who joined us this year and I
worked with his father in Micky
Hammond’s 30 years ago. He has
great and natural feedback, is a
good kid and, if he doesn’t get any
bigger or greedier like his father
he has a chance.”
MARES AND FOALS: These two lovely mares with their foals,
belonging to Paul McArdle, pictured enjoying the warm sunshine in a
field at Katesbridge. (FW34-539NN)
PICTURE: courtesy of Billy Maxwell
