Horse & Hound

Hugo adds to Hickstead victory

Stoneleigh Horse Show, Warks

A PAIR of Royal International (RIHS) winners kept up their flying form to win their first Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) ticket together before standing section champions. Izzie Williams, 11, was in the saddle of her mother Georgina Williams’ superb 122cm mountain and moorland (M&M) working hunter contender Highleigh Hugo to scoop a victory over an up-to-height, technical course, after many near misses over the past couple of seasons.

“Izzie was so disappointed to miss out on

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