Day two was the ridden classes and we were not graced with good weather. The rain was relentless and the horses and riders who managed to stay it out coped extremely well with the conditions. I am sure that fewer horses came forward for the ridden classes than in the catalogue for this reason.
The ridden pure bred novice mares were first in the ring and Judge Mrs Lidbury called in her winner, Mazayah (Palubnik x Mimoza), many congratulations to Sabine and Steve Lenny on their novice ridden mare win. It was Maisie’s first ever show and she went beautifully, a well deserved win.
First place went to Shavento (Ventican x Shakirah Gold) in the pure bred novice ridden gelding class and he also went on to become the Reserve Novice Ridden Champion.
Erald (Monogramm x Emigrantka), bred by the Michalow Stud, came first in the pure bred arab ridden stallion and he also became the Reserve, reserve Novice Ridden Champion.

The third HOYS ticket went to first placed bay stallion, Juma (Sambist x Jerba Du Paon), ridden by Maria Pook. The Crabbet, Silvern Prince (Prince Sadik x Silvern Image), owned and bred by Mrs C Sussex, was the second placed open pure bred stallion.
Mrs King after riding the open ridden classes expressed that the horses were of the utmost standard.
In the Balcombe ring, where it wasn’t any drier, Miss Nicola Falconbridge got underway with the Anglo Arab ridden class. Jenny Keeley’s Desert Gayle (Ottergayle x Desert Colours), a full brother to Rachel Dear’s Ottoman, came first and qualified for Ponies UK. Desert Gayle went on to become AA & PBA Ridden Champion and Overall Ridden Champion of the Show.
The Part Bred ridden over 15hh class was won by Heather Black’s La Prima Vera (Grenlando x Hunter) which qualified for CHERIF.
The under 15hh went to Alpha Centauri (Voyajer x Beau Shamouti), ridden by junior member, Alice Heaver.

A new class was introduced for this year, The Pure Bred Intermediate Ridden, this class didn’t require the judge to ride and was held simultaneously to the HOYS qualifying classes. It proved to be very popular and the Chestnut gelding Cachaturion (Centurionn x Ahmla), ridden and owned by Miss C A Gregory was placed first.
Other new classes for this year’s SEAHG Summer Show, was our very own Horse of the Year, exclusively for members. The horses entered needed to qualify at last year’s autumn show or this year’s spring or summer show and they joined together to give a show for judge, Christine Bayman, split into pure and AA & PBA. The SEAHG HOYS was created from an idea by Pamela Harrison to give something back to members and she sponsored the Pure Bred Championship which was won by Grenade (Grenlando x Silver Sariche), ridden by junior member, Monique Wallace.