Historic Double

AN historic double, taking both the Private Driving Championship at the Horse of the Year Show, and the Supreme Championship at the Osbourne National Championships at Towerlands in one week, was achieved by Minta Winn and Thorneyside The Foreman, owned by Mike Clarke this month.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Oct 2009, 13:31 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 04:10 BST

Minta, who is based in Thakeham, is widely renowned for her prestigious successes in carriage driving with ponies, but this season has been competing with Thorneyside The Foreman, an impressive chestnut, aged 11, who is known affectionately at home as George.

She said: "He is an amazing horse, personable, but with the ability to perform well. He has got better all season and enjoyed it. If he was a man, I'd marry him!"

The remarkable double has taken them into the records books, for while horses have won both titles, it has never been done in the same season before. The victories were all the more remarkable because The Foreman had been out of competition for 18 months prior to this season while his owner was establishing his new business, Country Harvest at Ingleton in North Yorkshire.

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette, October 28

Thakeham North Yorkshire