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23.
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2017.
Foal bred by Bourne vet tipped for the top at national evaluation

Dear 

Bourne horse breeder, Alexandra Lee and her husband, vet, Roger Lee earned at top score with a young horse they have bred at the recent British Equestrian Federation Futurity evaluations held at Vale View in Leicestershire.

Please find a report below and an attached image of the horse. Please credit the picture to Kevin Sparrow.

Please let me know if you need any further information.

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Jenny  

Jenny Viner

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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

23rdAugust 2017

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LOCAL VET BREEDS TOP SCORING FOAL

Local horse breeders, Alexandra and Roger Lee of Tower Equine Veterinary Surgeons gained a higher first premium with their young horse at the Baileys Horse Feeds/ British Breeding/British Equestrian Federation (BEF) Futurity held on the 14th August at Vale View Equestrian Centre, Leicestershire.

The colt foal, Towerequine Hullabaloo bred and owned by Alexandra and Roger took home a higher first premium of 8.71 in the eventing section. A higher first premium indicates that the horse has the potential and outlook to perform at national level.

The BEF Futurity Evaluation series aims to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for careers in dressage, eventing, showjumping or endurance. It may even find the stars of the future who will go on to compete at World Championships or become Olympic Champions.

Hugo as Towerequine Hullabaloo is known is the third generation of horses bred by Alexandra and her husband Roger who is the head vet at Tower Equine Vets. Alexandra said: "Roger has a lifelong interest in breeding, his parents ran the Boldventure Stud in Gloucestershire, where they stood top sport-horse stallions including Primitive Rising and Nomadic Way. Hugo's grand grand dam, Queen Nitocris, was Rogers parents' foundation mare, she was a French bred winning flat race mare. Amongst her offspring was the filly, Queen Cracker by Welton Crackerjack. Queenie as she was known was an outstanding hunter with the Ledbury and the Belvoir and also was placed in the Melton and Harborough hunt rides. She retired and bred 5 foals, the first being Hugo's dam, Towerequine Queen's Counsel, known as Heidi. Heidi has evented to intermediate level and I also have her full sister, Towerequine Dancing Queen who is 6 years and currently competing at BE Novice." Hugo is by eventing stallion, Sula Blue.

The BEF's Head of Equine Development Jan Rogers said, "We are increasingly noticing that breeders, buyers and riders of British bred horses are finding that a Futurity premium is a very useful aid in helping assess these horses. We are also seeing a marked improvement in the standard of youngsters entered in the futurity, which is very good news for the future of British breeding".

The 2017 Futurity evaluations run nationwide from the 14th to the 30th August.

Futurity scores are used by many breeders as a credible marketing tool for their young horses, adding value to a young horse whilst it is still too young to have achieved a performance record.

For more information, visit www.britishbreeding.org.

ENDS

For further press information, please call Jenny Viner on 01903 892060 or email jenny@holdsworthpr.co.uk

 

Picture: credit Kevin Sparrow.

Editor's Notes & FurtherInformation:

The BEF Futurity started in 2005 with 100 young horses to be evaluated and will see over 600 in 2017.

The Futurity is open to British bred horses and ponies, from foals through to three year olds. Each horse or pony is entered into the discipline it is bred to perform in and the four main disciplines of dressage, showjumping, eventing and endurance are covered. Each horse or pony undergoes a vet's assessment and is then evaluated in hand and loose in an indoor school. Three year olds entered into either the showjumping or eventing sections will be required to loose jump.

An evaluation process to identify talented equine athletes early and to provide a comprehensive set of results and other information for all breeders to make informed breeding decisions is called-for in the 2005 Strategy for the Horse Industry in England and Wales atwww.bhic.co.uk

Visitwww.britishbreeding.orgfor full details and results.

 

 

Futurity dates and venues 2017:

Monday 14th August Valeview EC, Leicestershire

Tuesday 15th August Richmond EC, North Yorkshire

Wednesday 16th August Myerscough College, Lancashire

Friday 18th August The College - Keysoe, Bedfordshire

Saturday 19th August Writtle College, Essex

Monday 21st August Tall Trees Arena, Cornwall

Tuesday 22nd August Hartpury College, Gloucestershire

Wednesday 23rd August Solihull RC, West Midlands

Wednesday 30th August Catherston Stud, Hampshire