We had a great time at the British Breeding Breeders Awards Dinner 2018, and were very proud to see so many AES breeders recognised for their fantastic achievements.  Baileys Horse Feeds/British Breeding/BEF Certificates of Merit were awarded to: Idento  (Argento x Alexandrias Whiteface Sow) bred by Karen Robinson Kingston Star  (Balou Star x C Vera Z) bred by Tim and Kate Betteridge and the AES licensed stallion Balou for Pleasure (Balou du Rouet x Lordships la Rochelle) bred by Lisa Maynard and Chris Jackson. The British Eventing Young Horse Breeders Medal 4 Year Old Award went to Zoe Feeney for Just Soda No Ice  (Stallone Quainton x Ryans Daughter).  In the British Showjumping Young Horse Awards, 2 of the 3 prizes went to AES breeders and horses: The 5 Year Old category was won by Vancurtis (Vangelis S x Curragh Curtis) bred by David Fudge and owned by Team Crows Nest. The 7 Year Award went to Greenacres Diadoro (Diarado x Verita Z), bred by Christine Mart and owned by Greenacres Stud. Congratulations to everyone! We are excited to follow the future carees of these super horses.     

We are delighted that AES breeders Kate and Tim Betteridge have been able to repeat last year's Futurity success with their homebred show jumping youngster, Jorvik Star (v Balou Star ). With an excellent score of 9.10, Jorvik Star was the joint highest scoring yearling not just for show jumpers, but across all disciplines.  http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/son-of-badminton-winner-top-of-the-class-506921#fV1vutABpgpIIpvh.01 Building on their success, Kate and Tim put their mare back in foal to Balou Star last year, resulting in another high quality foal, Kingston Star , who was the highest scoring show jumper at his BEF Futurity assessment at Arena UK, with a convincing Higher First Premium of 8.70.  http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/eventer-leads-the-way-at-arena-uk-futurity-506676 We congratulate Kate and Tim on their success and look forward to following their horses, who are clearly destined for great things, in future, flying the flag for Britain and the AES!