LITTLEHILL LIAM TAKES WORKER TITLE FROM 149 ENTRIES

The prolific winner Littlehill Liam took the Champion Worker title ahead of 148 others. The home-bred, home-produced grey, owned by Pauline Mackinnon and produced by her daughter Fiona Reid, has had a fantastic season, standing Champion Worker at Turriff for the second year, and Champion Ridden Hunter and Reserve Champion of Champions at Keith. The gelding also won the side-saddle concours d’elegance at the Royal Highland, and came third in the side-saddle class here at Blair.

A son of the Irish Draught stallion Paddy’s Pride, Liam was runner-up in last year’s Irish Draught performance awards, and is also a gold award winner in endurance riding. Fiona qualified the horse for his class, the Scottish Equestrian Magazine/BHS Working Hunter Final 2004, at the North East Riding Club. The pair will shortly represent the North East Riding Club at the National Championships in the Open show jumping team.

The BHS (Scotland) NFU Mutual worker final, and Reserve Champion, went to another home-bred, Margo Kennedy’s Balblair Marconi. Ridden by Nicola Kemp, a student at North Highland College where the horse is kept, Balblair Marconi also placed second in the Lightweight Ridden Hunters.

Ridinghill Donovan was another multiple winner, heading the line-up in both the Novice workers and the Riding Horses under Rose McPherson, an animal science student at Edinburgh University. Ruth Martin’s Dorian gelding only started jumping this season, but has already had a successful Riding Horse career, including a HOYS outing.

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