Jordan presents Petplan Equine Area Festivals trophy
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Angela Hamp, from Ringwood in Hampshire, was one of the stars of this year’s Petplan Equine Area Festival Final, taking both the Medium Open and Advanced Medium Open titles with Di-Conti. Ringwood based Angela received her prize for the Advanced Medium Open from Katie Price, aka Jordan, who is also a keen dressage rider.
The ninth annual Petplan Equine Area Festival Final took place on the 16th – 20th April 2008 at Hartpury Arena in Gloucestershire. Running alongside the British Dressage Winter Championships the show attracted hundreds of talented combinations from all over the UK. Competition was fierce and Angela Hamp scored the highest marks from the judges in both her classes, winning the Medium Open with 71.55% and the Advanced Medium Open with 66.67%.
An initial entry of over 2,600 combinations entered the Area Festivals, which were held from August through to October last year. From these, over 280 combinations competed over five days at Hartpury Arena for the ten new Petplan Equine Area Festival Final titles ranging from Petplan Equine Area Festival Preliminary Champion to the Petplan Equine Area Festival Prix St George Champion. The preliminary and novice classes attracted such a huge entry that the classes had to be split into two rounds.
Jo Whitaker from Petplan Equine said: “Petplan Equine is thrilled to be able to provide grassroots riders with the chance to showcase their talents in a championship arena. Every year the standard of riding gets higher and higher, with this year being no exception. We were delighted that Katie Price was on hand to present the Advanced Medium Open trophy - as an aspiring dressage rider herself we hope to see her competing at the Petplan Equine Area Festival one day and maybe even present her with the trophy!”
