Horse & Hound

Kestrel swoops and scores

LONDON INTERNATIONAL

17 and 19 December

Edited by Alex Robinson

alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com

@alexrob_journo_

London International Horse Show, ExCeL London

A CONNEMARA stallion made a glorious London International debut as he lifted the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) Heritage mountain and moorland (M&M) ridden supreme championship.

Amanda Sharman's immaculate Castle Kestrel and his producer Lucy Glover led the field from the off, scoring 46/50, the highest ride marks across the board, from both performance judges Jill Burgess and Fiona Holton. He then similarly impressed conformation judges Joyce Coltart and Ann Bigley to

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