Nottinghamshire Showjumper Louise Saywell Secures Place in Horse & Hound Foxhunter Championship Final

 Louise Saywell and Paul Barker booked places at the Horse of the Year Show by securing prized qualifying slots in the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Second Round at SouthView Equestrian Centre in Winsford, Cheshire.

 A sizeable field of eighty-eight combinations embarked on the considerable quest of potentially posting three clear rounds, including a jump-off, and competition proved fierce.  Image Credit: www.thefotografer.co.uk

 

 

 Ultimately, it was Louise Saywell who proved to be a comfortable winner, continuing her impressive recent form that included a two-star victory at the Ashford Farm CSI**** Bolesworth International.

 Louise, riding the Billy Twomey-owned 7 year-old bay gelding Dassler, was among twenty seven riders to reach the final phase – thirty nine reached round two – with eight combinations recording triple clears, but her time of 40.65 seconds proved too much for her rivals as she secured a berth at Birmingham’s Genting Arena in October.

 Louise, from Retford in Nottinghamshire, triumphed by more than a second from North Yorkshire-based Paul Barker with the 8 year-old chestnut gelding Happy Boy, owned by Springs Equestrian Partnership, who pipped third-placed William Whitaker and Dublin V by just one hundredth of a second after crossing the finish line in 41.77 seconds.

 With the two direct qualifying tickets for the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Championship Final already allocated, the combinations in third to eighth took home the chance to compete in the Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Masters at the British Showjumping National Championships.

 

SouthView Equestrian Centre – Sunday 12^th July 2015

Horse & Hound Senior Foxhunter Second Round

1^st Louise Saywell & Dassler – 0/0/0 – 40.65 seconds

2^nd Paul Barker & Happy Boy – 0/0/0 – 41.77 seconds

3^rd William Whitaker & Dublin V – 0/0/0 – 41.78 seconds

4^th Reece Oliver & Gitte Van De Molendrieshoeve – 0/0/0 – 43.85 seconds

5^th Louise Saywell & Cuprice VIII – 0/0/0 – 43.92 seconds

6^th Julie Andrews & Calantus – 0/0/0 – 44.97 seconds

7^th Alison Barton & Roma IV – 0/0/0 – 45.92 seconds

8^th Jonathon Buxton & Strides Hilanasterne – 0/0/0 – 59.12 seconds

 

NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.

 

Horse of the Year Show 2015 will take place from the 7^th – 11^th October 2015 at Birmingham’s Genting Arena and the British Showjumping National Championships 2015 will be hosted at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire during the 11^th – 16^th August.