Five Horses Gain Qualification to Contend for the Prestige Italia Big Star Bonus
Tuesday 16 July 2024
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At Arena UK, 42 horses competed in the last Prestige Italia Big Star Championship Qualifier, vying for their opportunity to contend for the Big Star Bonus at the Prestige Italia Six-Year-Old Championship Final, scheduled to be held at the British Young Horse Championships in Hickstead this August.
The five horse and rider combinations that successfully achieved triple clears were:
STARBUX ridden by David Coombs Gyde
N-CROWN COLONEL OBOLENSKY ridden by Mark Bunting
ALTESSE 2 VN Z ridden by James Ingham
STRIKE A POSE III ridden by Harry Bateman
SIMPLY THE BEST M ridden by Adam Morgan
Participants in the Prestige Italia Six-Year-Old Championship will compete for the Big Star Trophy, a tribute to Nick Skelton’s 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning horse. Horses that have jumped treble clear in any of the four Big Star qualifiers held from May to July have automatically qualified to be eligible for the £1,000 Big Star Bonus, which will be awarded at the Final.
A full list of these horse and riders can be found at https://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/shows_qualifying_dates_venues.cfm?type=S&class=6YOF
NB: Results pending official grading
Image: ATG Photography
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