Brinleyview Camanchee: the highest Shetland has died

Anna Stevens and Lara Joslin’s profitable Shetland stallion Brinleyview Camanchee has died instantly aged 21.

Brinleyview Camanchee, identified at dwelling as Chee, was a pioneer for colored Shetland ponies, turning into one of many first to constantly compete at prime degree.

Chee was a Royal Worldwide Horse Present (RIHS) winner, certified for Horse of the Yr Present (HOYS) seven instances and made appearances at Olympia, the place he was better of breed. He was additionally supreme on the Shetland breed present.

Anna purchased Chee from his breeder as a foal. She had meant to purchase a filly, however returned with Chee. He was proven in hand as a teen, profitable on the Royal Welsh and at Pembrokeshire County, amongst others, and he additionally reigned when proven in Sweden.

“Aged 5, he went to Debbie Barr to be produced and he or she had him for almost all of his profession,” stated Lara.

Chee was identified for his partnership with Gemma Pallett, who rode him to triumph within the small breeds ultimate at Hickstead.

“Gemma wasn’t eager on using one other Shetland however Debbie persuaded her to return and check out him as he was such a sweet-natured stallion, and he or she beloved him, like all of us did,” Lara stated.

One in every of his profession highlights was profitable the NFU supreme cup on the Nationwide Pony Society (NPS) summer season championships, the place he was ridden by a journey choose within the championship.

“One 12 months, we took him to NPS champs for the in-hand and Debbie seen how good he appeared,” stated Lara. “He hadn’t been sat on since Olympia in December, however we received him to her lorry for 8am the subsequent morning and he went and certified for HOYS once more!”

In direction of the latter finish of his ridden profession, Chee additionally contended colored courses, standing out because of his show-stopping gallop.

“He was very cheeky and was energetic and character; even on the morning he died he was kicking the gate,” Lara continued. “He lived out his days having fun with life along with his women at dwelling.”

Chee now has round 50 foals on the bottom and nearly all of Anna and Lara’s home-breds are sired by him. In 2022, Lara led her son at HOYS on Chee’s son Toby of Catchpool within the M&M lead rein ultimate.

“He’s left us with one other era of ponies,” Lara stated. “All of my youngsters’s Shetlands are by him, and now we have a discipline of fillies by him. Whereas it’s pretty his legacy lives on, it makes it all of the extra unhappy that he isn’t right here with them.

“Chee was one of many first colored Shetlands to do what he did, and he opened many doorways for others. He was eye-catching, however Marmite to some judges. He was our pony of a lifetime.”

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