Eventer Vittoria Panizzon has come full circle by competing the three eldest offspring of her much-loved London 2012 Olympic journey Borough Pennyz.
Vittoria and Lindsay Bisiker’s eight-year-old gelding Borough Threpence, by Timolin, jumped double clear to complete ninth within the BE100 at South of England on 27 September.
Vittoria and Borough Pennyz completed eleventh individually on the London Olympics, and the next yr had been seventh at Badminton. They recorded four-star wins at Belton and Wellington and top-five locations at Fontainebleau, Montbelletti and Bramham.
Pennyz has produced 5 offspring, three by embryo switch, and so they have now all been competed by Vittoria. The primary was 10-year-old Borough Justapenny, who Vittoria rode as a younger horse and is now based mostly with Jane Holderness Roddam and ridden by Jack Ashworth, then embryo twins Borough Tuppence – who Vittoria is competing at three-star degree – and Borough Threpence, who has just lately joined her string.
“Threpence had a little bit of a slower begin however he’s very promising. He began competing with David Doel final yr and I used to be fortunate sufficient to have him come to me this summer time,” mentioned Vittoria. “In some methods he’s very completely different to his sister Tuppence, however in different methods related, he’s a a lot greater model of her.
Vittoria and Borough Threpence education at dwelling.
“We’ll proceed constructing his confidence and power earlier than he strikes up a degree. The plan is that he’s being produced to be bought, however I’d love him to stick with me. Pennyz was so particular to me so it’s actually nice attending to journey her offspring.”
Vittoria additionally has a granddaughter of Pennyz; an embryo switch filly out of Tuppence by Rock King, named Rock Florin. Rock King was owned by Vittoria’s long-term coach Sarah Bullen.
“I wished to combine all my Olympic horses collectively. I took Rock Mannequin to Beijing and he was by Rock King. Pennyz went to London, after which Supercilious, who’s a Rock King grandson on the dam facet, went to Tokyo,” she mentioned.
“Pennyz proprietor Sally Bullen and I had been eager to maintain Pennyz’ leap, however give a bit extra motion. Pennyz all the time had a robust character, and it’s useful to know learn how to work along with her offspring; the women specifically are all princesses. All of them love leaping, and so they’re not all the time huge followers of flatwork – however I discovered significantly with Justapenny and Tuppence, should you get them leaping, it will get them on facet and will get one of the best out of them.”
Pennyz, who’s now 22, retired from competitors in 2019, and lives with Sally.
“She’s very nicely and having fun with her retirement,” mentioned Vittoria.
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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has coated a broad vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and street security campaigns. She has additionally interviewed prime riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call just some. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Fort Worldwide Horse Trials nearer to dwelling. She was additionally a key a part of the distant reporting workforce for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.
