‘She likes shaking her huge bum!’ Emphatic Hickstead win for ‘skewbald’ Beyonce

Alex Bishop took an emphatic win within the 1.25m open championship on the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby assembly right now (21 June) with Beyonce LVP Z – a mare who lives as much as her title.

Alex and his personal 14-year-old by Berlin gained from penultimate draw within the single-phase class, forward of Derek McCoppin and I’m Particular Too DHH.

“She’s known as Beyonce, she’s received a giant bum and he or she likes shaking it around the jump-off, a bit like me, actually!” mentioned Alex. “She’s good enjoyable.”

Alex had been spherical as soon as together with his personal RS Chacco Bay, decreasing two poles, so he had an concept of the place strides might be not noted together with his subsequent journey.

“There have been a couple of choices,” he mentioned of Ben Townley’s monitor. “She doesn’t have the largest stride, so if I’m going to do it, I’ve to commit early, and I did; I did have some Superman legs at occasions! Nevertheless it labored out.”

Alex purchased Beyonce on the finish of final 12 months as a broodmare.

“However we’ve had her in work and he or she loves it,” he mentioned. “She’s very lazy, and each morning she’s skewbald, whether or not she’s had a shower the night time earlier than or not, she simply finds grime. So we get by plenty of purple shampoo from B&M! However she’s lovely, pretty, such a form horse.”

Alex added that it’s at all times particular to journey at Hickstead.

“It’s at all times particular, it’s a stunning enviornment and also you’re at all times welcome,” he mentioned. “There’s no different place prefer it.”

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