2024 RIHS M&M supreme mini championship outcomes

A tiny rider and her final first ridden pony captured the hearts of the judges en path to the 2024 RIHS BSPS Heritage M&M supreme mini championship on the 2024 Royal Worldwide Horse Present (RIHS).

Seven-year-old Charlotte Knight and her mom Jamie Clarke’s Welsh part A mare Thistledown Princess Letizia (Lu Lu) headed a mammoth first ridden discipline on what was their debut on the Hickstead remaining as a duo.

Lu Lu, who’s by Thistledown Esteem, is produced by mini queen Sharn Linney. She has solely been partnered with Charlotte since February, when she was bought from household buddy Laura Lengthy.

In the course of the 2024 season, Charlotte and Lu Lu have gained two Horse of the 12 months Present (HOYS) championships, at Royal Three Counties in June and at Stoneleigh the weekend earlier than the RIHS.

They gained two RIHS qualifying championships at UK Ponies and Horses Spring Basic, the place they had been additionally reserve mini supreme, and at BSPS Space 7.

Charlotte rode on the RIHS for the primary time in 2023 aboard the household’s home-produced lead rein Thistledown Magpie.

“Lu Lu went straight to Sharn’s yard when she arrived with us and ever since then we’ve simply had the very best time together with her,” mentioned Charlotte. “She’s one in 1,000,000 who simply retains on giving.”

Producer Sharn mentioned: “She’s received an enormous persona, however she has a coronary heart of gold, and she or he has the very best partnership with Charlotte; they’ve actually gelled collectively.”

Reserve fell to the second positioned lead-rein pony, Naomi Bradwell’s Welsh part A Glebedale Silver Dot, piloted by Naomi’s granddaughter Scarlett Smith and dealt with by his co-producer Adam Forster.

The typey gray gelding, novice supreme on the BSPS winter championships, is only a five-year-old, however he’s already certain for HOYS after standing champion at North of England summer season present.

The 2024 RIHS M&M supreme mini championship set was accomplished by the second positioned first ridden, Glebedale Silhouette — one other first-season contender who’s only a four-year-old — ridden by Penny Richardson, and the successful lead rein trio of Sarah Weston’s Dartmoor Langfield Billy Costa, Thomas Parker and handler Sarah Parker.

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