SEVENTEEN-year-old Antonia Platt was all smiles on winning the Windmill Farm Estate Six-year-old qualifier at the Equitop Bolesworth Young Horse Championships.
Based in Essex, Antonia’s winning ride Imerald S is by the legendary Emerald out of a Corland mare.
Antonia bought the gelding from Robert Buckley in Ireland a year ago and she is combining studying for A levels with show jumping.
Trained by David Simpson she is thoroughly enjoying the competition circuit and was thrilled with Imerald S’ performance.
Said Antionia: “The young horse classes are a great grounding for the future and he went so well in the International Arena. He just keeps improving all the time.”
There was much delight from the team on the Equitop stand as Antonia is an ambassador for the show’s title sponsor.
Taking second place was Phillip Miller and the Brendon Stud owned Klaris Yee-Hah with third going to Chelsea Skelton and Easy Annie.
The Equitop Bolesworth Young Horse Championships is featuring 4, 5, 6 & 7-year-old age classes, incorporating qualifiers for the FEI World Young Horse Breeding Championships in Lanaken, held in September.