RACKWOOD Magic, a three-year-old black Fell pony filly, was judged supreme Mountain and Moorland show champion at the Hexham Native Horse and Pony Show held at Linnel Wood, Slaley last Sunday.
It was the pony's first outing of the season and she delighted her owner, Eileen Mothersole of Crook, by first winning the large breeds in-hand youngstock class.
She went on to be awarded the Mountain and Moorland in-hand championship before winning the supreme against all other section champions.
Eileen's father, the late Robert Coatsworth of Hamsterley, bought his first Fell pony in 1974 and began breeding under the Rackwood prefix in 1976.
Together, they have had many successes at local agricultural shows with Rackwood Dewdrop, Rackwood Velvet and Rackwood Dawn, but this is the first success competing against other native breeds.
Rackwood Magic is out of Rackwood Dawn by Heltondale Bonzo Boy
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