A 12.2hh pony proved he might combine it with the massive weapons within the Baileys Horse Feeds Novice Freestyle Gold Championship on the 2024 NAF 5 Star Winter Dressage Championships. Glenlichd Honest Un Sq., ridden by a beaming 14-year-old Violet Hawkins, scored 70.28%, with Pam Bushell the decide at C awarding them 73.89%. The category was received by Jezz Palmer on Toddington Debut (75.37%).
Honest Un Sq., a 14-year-old by Llanarth Charmer, strutted across the blue-lit indoor enviornment at Addington like a horse twice his measurement, along with his purposeful stroll and medium canter the highlights.
“He positively is aware of he’s as vital as all the opposite horses,” mentioned Violet. “Everyone seems to be all the time coming as much as him and telling him how candy he’s. We’re questioning if he’s the smallest ever pony within the gold part.”
Violet has been driving the horse since she was 9 years outdated.
“In Covid, I used to be with him all day day by day, I did all the pieces with him – and I believe that’s what makes our bond so robust,” she mentioned. “He does a little bit of leaping, we did some exhibiting final yr, and certified for Olympia, however it was irritating all the time coming second!
“He’s a kind of that simply tries the very best no matter you ask him, he’ll say ‘OK, I’ll give {that a} strive’.”
Together with his dinky Welsh Part B face, melting butter springs to thoughts, however he’s a feisty character.
“He’s sassy, very sassy, and candy – and all the time hungry!” she mentioned.
2024 Winter Dressage Championships: “A showman who makes me smile”
Violet’s massive grin as she rode by her freestyle routine matched the gray’s bonny perspective and she or he defined how he makes her smile all through her take a look at.
“I used to must make myself smile, however it simply comes naturally driving him, he’s a showman and he simply loves his music. I actually needed to trip him in there immediately.”
Violet selected her eclectic music, which included The Lovecats, for Honest Un Sq. again in 2020.
“It’s fairly jazzy and never all judges prefer it, but when they do, they actually like it and it fits him rather well,” she says. “I began him on it in unaffiliated prelim and have moved it on to the lengthy enviornment and novices. If I play Lovecats at house, he is aware of it’s his music.”
Honest Un Sq. isn’t the one performer on this partnership. Simply earlier than Covid hit, Violet was shortlisted for a component in Matilda, when all theatre was stopped. As an alternative, in lockdown, she switched all her consideration to dressage.
“It was her sliding doorways second,” mentioned her mum. “It might have been the West Finish or dressage.”
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