Native River wins at Burghley Horse Trials

Tom Malone’s 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Native River has booked his second Horse of the 12 months Present (HOYS) ticket by successful the SEIB Racehorse to Driving Horse qualifier on the 2024 Defender Burghley Horse Trials.

Ridden by Jazmin Hosgood, the chestnut gelding headed a 20-strong qualifying class earlier than a big crowd in the principle enviornment on the ultimate day of Burghley. He provides this ticket to a SEIB Search For A Star cross achieved at Stoneleigh Park in Might.

Trip choose Michaela Bowling mentioned: “He went amazingly. He was an out-an- out present horse to trip.”

Conformation choose Stuart Campbell added: “It was the presentation, motion, stability, rhythm and self-carriage of the winner that set him aside. It’s great to see ex-racehorses changing into really multi-purpose horses.”

Tom purchased Native River as a four-year-old from a yard in Eire after he had unseated his jockey in a point-to-point. Throughout his profession on the observe, he received over £1m and was ridden by champion jockey Richard Johnson in lots of his races. The now 14-year-old was educated by Colin Tizzard in Somerset  and retired to Tom’s yard close by.

“I’m as proud as I could possibly be of this horse,” Tom mentioned. “I get extra pleasure than I can inform you out of this success. We set out with HOYS as our aim and he’s gone and achieved it.”

Jazmin mentioned: “I used to work for Tom and have ridden Native River heaps at residence and out searching. He’s completely Tom’s child. It was a giant environment right this moment and he was simply wonderful. We additionally went Moreton present the day earlier than and he received there, too.”

Jazmin rode at HOYS in 2012, when she received the SEIB Search For A Star driving horse and hack last.

“Native River goes out within the discipline every single day and can do loads of hacking earlier than HOYS and hopefully a hunter trial,” she mentioned. “He additionally received a giant jockeys’ leaping competitors with Harry Cobden a number of weeks in the past!”

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