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Home-bred promise is no secret
Horse & Hound
|October 12, 2023
Two lightly shown horses come to the fore to finish champion and reserve in the season's ultimate showdown for home-producers
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A SECOND generation homebred shone the brightest in this year’s SEIB Search For A Star (SFAS) championship.
Nottingham-based Helen Church and her daughter Jennifer Church’s stunning hack Bassingfield Dark Secret (Zeus) is in only his first season of showing. Despite this, the poised bay gelding, who is a son of Dark De Niro, exhibited ample elegance and sparkle under the spotlights, all while maintaining his cool and collected disposition.
Ten-year-old Zeus is out of former top-level show hunter pony Bassingfield Cassandra, also home-bred by the Churches.
“I’ve just had a baby and I’ve been really busy, so in honesty Zeus hasn’t done much at all,” said Jennifer, who works as an equine vet.
This story is from the October 12, 2023 edition of Horse & Hound.
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