Horse & Hound

New Beginnings finishes strong

British Skewbald and Piebald Association (BSPA) World Championships of Colour Spring, Vale View EC, Leics

A TEENAGER went through the card to lift the supreme championship just two weeks into a partnership with her aptly named new ride. When 16-year-old Sophie Hatswell from Ashbourne in Derbyshire was asked to sit on nine-year-old New Beginnings (Billy) for producers Danni Radford and Lewis Caddick, she fell in love.

“Billy came to us three weeks ago to be sold as a worker,” said Danni. “Neither Lewis or I really jump, so we asked Sophie if she would pop a pole for us and that was that. The chemistry was

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