Uist titled best of the breed
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Royal Highland Showcase, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
A GELDING and future ridden pony achieved a rare feat as he rose above his rivals to stand overall Highland pony champion.
Sarah-Jane Forbes and her male champion, six-year-old Kincardine Uist, by Glenbanchor Gillebrighde out of Kincardine Gael, got the nod to stand supreme over Susan Wardrop’s home-bred female champion, the Carlung Jed 10-year-old Querina Of Carlung.
The decision, however, was not reached without some conflict, as respective male and female section judges Pat Stirling and Bruce Haliburton both pushed for their champions to be crowned overall. In this instance, the day’s
