ONE elite premium was awarded at the Baileys/BEF Futurity at Arena UK on August 11 at Richmond EC where sports ponies accounted for two of the six top scores.

Gaining the elite premium was Alyse Clancey’s eventing filly foal, On Parade (Herald III x Lux Z). She scored an elite premium of 9.08.

Alyse said: “On Parade is from a long line of successful homebred eventers. Her dam, On Luxe, is just a four-year-old and she will now begin her competitive career. On Luxe’s dam, On High has bred several advanced eventers, including our now deceased stallion, On Air who competed to three-star level.”

Alyse will look to keep On Parade for her daughter Jolyse to compete.

She said: “We like to keep the mares if we can and sell on the geldings. My daughter is excited about On Parade.”

Showjumping yearling, Jorvik Star (Balou Star x Cruyff) took a score of 9.10 for the other elite premium of the day.

“This is the second time Jorvik Star has been awarded an elite premium. As a foal in 2014, he was the top scoring Futurity showjumping entry with a score of 9.20. Jorvik Star is owned and was bred by Kate and Tim Betteridge.

Kate said: “We are very, very lucky to have such a wonderful youngster. To get an elite two years running is so exciting. He has that real, look at me quality and has grown into a lovely yearling with real character.”

Jorvik Star was bred from Kate’s mare, C Vera Z. Kate has owned the mare for eight years and has jumped in 1.40m classes. Kate is celebrating a successful week with homebred horses as Jorvik Star’s full brother, colt foal, Kingston Star gained a higher first premium the previous day at the Arena UK Futurity.

Top three-year-old at Richmond was Steve Pullan’s part-bred Cleveland Bay gelding, Aredis Power Beam (Power Blade x Knaresborough Fusilier). He scored a higher first premium of 8.50 in the eventing section.

Steve said: “Aredis Power Beam is out of my Cleveland Bay mare, Knaresborough Moonbeam. I bought her as a five-year-old and she has proved to be a brilliant broodmare. She has also bred Knaresborough Moon Dust who was Supreme Champion at Great Yorkshire last year and our purebred Cleveland Bay licensed stallion, Arena Big Ben. I am really pleased with how Power Beam has turned out he is unbeaten in sports horse and part bred Cleveland Bay classes. He took the Championship in the part-bred Cleveland Bay class at Equi-Fest last week.”

Vet Katie Brickman, from Hutton Buscel, was delighted to finish second to Chilli Wednesday, a foal from the top eventing stallion Chilli Morning ridden by William Fox-Pitt, with her own first foal Greenkeld Grafenstloz Moon Dance out of her retired eventing mare Moonlight Matilda scoring 8.92.