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CHAPS SHOW 7 - 9 SEPTEMBER
2001
EXPRESS STEAMS AHEAD!
The perfect Skewbald
Shetland stallion - Butterby Express excelled this weekend at the Chaps
UK International Show at Southview Equestrian Centre in Cheshire by holding
his own amongst some of the best coloured horses and ponies in the country.
The spoils were shared on Saturday in hand by 14 year old Craig Chadwick
from Catterick Garrison and on Sunday ridden to victory in the Horse of
the Year Show Native, Traditional under 13hands qualifier by 14 year old
Kaye Gilligan from Colburn. On
Saturday, Express won the Shetland Class: the Small Native, Traditional
Qualifier Final: 2nd and Reserve Champion in the Graded Stallion and Colt
Class: and also stood Reserve Champion in the Native, Traditional Cob class
14.2. and under to the fabulous Mr. Moses.
On Sunday he won the coveted Horse of the Year Qualifier in the shetland,
native and traditional under 13.0 class.
Butterby Express - 5
years old - bred and owned by Linda and Keith Hutchings of Butterby Shetlands
from Croxdale in Durham was broken and produced by Knix Stud for last years
International in only 2 weeks! - when he stood 3rd in the Wembley class
ridden by Craig Chadwick. He's been back to Team Knix for just 3 weeks after
a season running with his mares, to be produced for the show under Craig
again but unfortunately he grew too tall too quickly and handed the ride
over to school and stable mate Kaye Gilligan who had the little grey shetland
gelding Riccalton Pewter in the Simpson Refractories Mountain and Moorland
at Wembley last year. Both Kaye and Craig are pupils at Risedale Community
College at Hipswell, Catterick Garrison and have both been Olympia winners
in the Shetland Pony Grand National.
The Butterby Stud are
also represented at Olympia this year when 16 year old RHAPSODY OF BUTTERBY
owned and trained by Karen Nixon of Knix Stud will be in the Shetland Pony
Grand National ridden by 10 year old Laura Gray of Brafferton who qualified
at Lambeth Country Fair in south-east London in July.
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