Leverstock Green show handler wins national title

Nineteen-year-old Maisie Filler and her liver chestnut pony, Charlwood Not The Norm shone under the bright lights in the main SEIB Arena at Your Horse Live on the 8th November to win the SEIB Insurance Brokers Search for a Star In-Hand Veteran Championship.

Over 70 riders, handlers and their horses and ponies qualified for the twelve Search for a Star Championship classes held on the Friday of Your Horse Live. The championships were judged throughout by Mathew Lawrence and Chris Hunnable, with Katie Jerram-Hunnable ringside.

Charlwood Not The Norm is 20-years-old and is known as Norman at home. He has been owned by the Filler family for seven years. Maisie said: “Norman was quite anxious with the clapping in the arena today but he was well behaved. I’ve just started studying Business Management at Surrey University and have been home to Hertfordshire every weekend to see Norman. We will also aim at competing in dressage at Elementary level through the winter.”

Your Horse Live Event Director, Emma Bedford said: “We’re delighted to have the SEIB Search for a Star finals at Your Horse Live – in recent years the classes have become a key-part of the show.”

Series organiser, Nicolina MacKenzie said: “It was fabulous to see the range of horses and ponies in the Search for a Star Your Horse Live finals. Our thanks goes to the team at Your Horse Live for enabling us to hold these finals, their support and effort ensures that the Search for a Star finalists have a truly memorable experience.”

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