Damaged stirrup at HOYS indicators early bathtub for working hunter pony pair

A tack malfunction within the type of a damaged stirrup at HOYS in the course of the working hunter pony remaining wasn’t going to cease a rider and her Welsh stallion… till it did.

Robyn-Jayne Hadland and Garlance Flash Jac set off across the 133cm M&M working hunter pony monitor on the Horse of the Yr Present (HOYS) with gusto, till Robyn’s stirrup leather-based sudden snapped on the second fence.

Jac, who certified for this 12 months’s remaining at Robyn’s native present Flint and Denbigh, was not deterred, although, and the pair saved on going till the ninth fence the place Robyn couldn’t fairly handle to remain within the plate, simply two fences from residence.

“We jumped the primary fence effectively, then over the second I appeared down at my stirrup and noticed it had snapped,” Robyn recollects. “I assumed ‘screw it’ and carried on.

“A number of years in the past I truly misplaced my stirrup whereas leaping a novice course and we went clear so I assumed I might do it once more. I’d paid for my entry and there was a crowd full of individuals watching, too!”

The pair managed to leap seven fences after struggling the damaged stirrup at HOYS.

“Jac had a poo, got here again to trot and I simply misplaced my steadiness,” Robyn continues. “He’s usually very eager to a fence so I feel he was like ‘one thing’s fallacious, Mum’. Although the entire method round he went so effectively; if I used to be going, he was going.”

Robyn and Jac had completed seventh within the open Welsh part C remaining the day past.

“As we’d had such an excellent week, I nonetheless left the ring smiling,” Robyn says.

Robyn has owned 10-year-old Jac for 4 years. This was his second employee look right here, and his first on the flat. He stood second on the Royal Worldwide in 2023.

“He hasn’t truly finished loads of leaping in any respect, however he loves it,” Robyn provides. “Final 12 months [at HOYS] I’d damaged my hand so couldn’t journey him right here, so it was simply good to have the ability to get the prospect this time.

“We have now such an excellent bond and whereas at residence’s very mischievous, however he doesn’t put a foot fallacious under-saddle.”

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