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Scarlet Ribbons wins
Horse & Hound
|July 31, 2025
A versatile mare takes a tricolour and an eventer switches to the show ring
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FRANCOISE BABINGTON and her own amateur lightweight victor Scarlet Ribbons (J-Lo) ended their campaign in style as they claimed the Alan Marnie Meta Lounge Ltd supreme amateur hunter championship.
J-Lo - who is by Wish Upon A Star - has had a packed schedule this week.
“It’s been a really long week,” said Francoise. “We were sixth in the open lightweights, third in the ladies’ sidesaddle, and then we jumped the worker course at 7.30 this morning.“We call her J-Lo because she's sassy, but she just loves showing off. To have her and be able to take this win, doing her from home is so special.”
The home-produced amateur hunter tricolour went to small hunter Constantine, 12, owned and ridden by Pretoria Lee.
This story is from the July 31, 2025 edition of Horse & Hound.
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