Artisan 1 claims the National Winter 7 year-old Final title
Thursday 06 August 2020
It was an elated Lorraine Lock from Braintree in Essex that won the National Winter 7 year-old Final at the NAF Five Star British Showumping Championships this afternoon with the homebred Artisan 1.
Bred by her grandfather Peter Lock, the 7 year-old chestnut gelding Artisan 1 (Cevin Z x Premium de Laubry) put in two foot-perfect clears to return home in a time of 40.19 seconds. This saw them some five seconds ahead of Angel Tough who took second place with her fathers homebred gelding Righteous (Luidam x Hors la Loi II). 3rd place went to Kim Barzilays homebred gelding Kimba Casino ridden by Emma-Jo Slater.
For British Breeding this was a showcase at its very best with all three having been homebred along with a number of other fifty-two strong field who came forward to contest the 1.30m class which had been sponsored by Al-Shira’aa.
About Artisan, or Alvin as he is called at home, Lorraine said “I couldn’t be happier. Showjumping has been in our lives for three generations and it is my grandfather who bred Alvin. We broke him in ourselves and have produced him up through the age classes; I’m the only person that has ever competed him which makes todays win all the more special.
“We bought his mum, who was really well bred, as a showjumper but an accident early on in the field put paid to her competitive career so we decided to breed from her and Alvin is her first foal; it just worked out and he’s great. He’s always been consistent, we qualified him for Lanaken as a five year-old and got placed there then also took him to Valkensvaard as a six year-old where he placed as well. He’s very special to us and we just hope that he will carry on progressing up through the grades as well as he has done so far”.
The 7 year-old Open and Big Star Championship qualifier that was incorporated within the National Winter 7-year old was won by Ronnie Jones and Interstar B (I’m Special de Muze x Ohorn) who was bred by J Berendsen and owned by Ruth Dowie.
The NAF Five Star British Showjumping Championships take place between the 3 – 11 August 2020 and further information on the show can be found here https://bit.ly/3a4cy2Q and results from all classes here https://bit.ly/2Xzma0M
