Pony riders could put icing on the cake for 2017
There is the prospect of some Christmas icing on the cake next week when three Irish pony riders travel to Mechelen in Belgium to compete in the first-ever FEI Ponies Jumping Trophy final, and, after an impressive qualifying campaign, all three could well be in the shake-up when the event concludes on December 30th.
Kate Derwin (Cul Ban Mistress), Seamus Hughes Kennedy (Cuffesgrange Cavalidam), and Abbie Sweetnam (Dynamite Spartacus) all comfortably made the cut of 20 riders for the final. A fourth Irish rider, Charlotte Houston, also qualified but won’t be taking up the place she earned with Lea du Genier.
