PAUL Barker from Thornton le Moor, near Northallerton, won the Your Horse magazine cup at the Horse of the Year Show on Blue Chip Kildalton Lad.

He finished just 0.06 seconds ahead of Irishman Mennell Watson and Germany's Hauke Luther and was also third in the Horse and Hound Foxhunter with Blue Chip Quionton, 1.01 seconds behind the winner, Robert Smith.

Barker was also fifth in the knockout with Kildalton Lad, while Jackson Reed Stephenson from Boroughbridge was runner-up in the Foxhunter Welcome Stakes and eighth in the Foxhunter championship on Clare and Rob Fawcett's Baileys Laurens.

Jackson, who was also sixth in the Great Britain Young Riders Championship with Baileys Pion, has won a £2,000 bursary and will be spending the money on training by David McPherson