Folly II is just champion at Horse of the Year show
SIXTEEN-year-old Northallerton girl Alice McCullagh, already one of the country's most accomplished horse riders, has brought home another important international trophy after taking part in the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) at Birmingham NEC last weekend.
"HE'S THE fastest horse I've
ever trained," said Bryan Smart
after the phenomenal win by
Captain Gerrard in the Palace
House Stakes at Newmarket on
Sunday, a Group 3 race over five
furlongs.
NICOLA Wilson, 31, had every reason to
be delighted with the performance of
her horse Opposition Buzz, who she
rides for owner and breeder Rosemary
Search, at this year's Mitsubishi Motors
Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire.
OLIVER Greenall continued his
rich vein of form and relentless
march to the National jockies
title when landing a treble at
the Zetland meeting, held at
Witton Castle on Monday. It is
now 37 winners for the season
for him.
Wilson in running at Badminton 1:21pm Fri 2 May 08 MORTON-ON-SWALE'S Nicola
Wilson will be among the entries
at the world famous Mitsubishi
Motors Badminton
Horse Trials, where event director
Hugh Thomas will be hoping
for a trouble free passage
this time.
OLIVER Greenall increased his
lead in the National Championships
with a treble at the York
and Ainsty Point to Point, held
at Easingwold on Sunday of last
week.
Up and down week for the region’s racing scene as Fayr Jag passes away 12:20pm Fri 25 Apr 08 A NEW racecourse opens; our
Derby hopeful has moved; the
Scottish National did not come
home to West Witton; and we
lost one of our most popular locally-
trained horses, Fayr Jag, in
a racecourse accident. This is
the up and down nature of the
racing game.
