Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle. 1st Prize, Challenge Cup and Gold Medal (Best Polo Pony in the riding classes) in the London Show 1913

Mare
Colour: Brown
Breed: Half-bred
Type: Polo pony
Foaled: 1908
Height: 14.2 hands

Sire: Sandiway
Dam: My Honey by Senanus GSB Vol. 17 p. 58

 

2276 HONEYSUCKLE whole coloured brown Foaled 1908 Height 14.2 Measured 1912
Sire: Sandiway
dam: My Honey by Senanus GSB Vol. 17 p. 58

Owned and bred by Tresham Gilbey Hurlingham 10382 also mentioned in Modern Polo (page 308)


1909: – Second (yearling fillies) London Polo and Riding Pony Show
– Highly Commended R.A.S.E. at Gloucester

1910: – Reserve (2-year fillies), London Polo and Riding Pony Show
– Second R.A.S.E., at Liverpool

LONDON POLO AND RIDING PONY SHOW 1911
– Class 5 Three-Year-Old Geldings and Fillies Foaled in 1908 13 Entries
Honeysuckle (Supp. 1909), bay filly, 3 years old Commended
Sire: Sandiway 121
Dam : My Honey by Senanus
Exhibitor and Breeder : Tresham Gilbey, Whitehall, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts.

1912: – Second London Polo and Riding Pony Show (see Supp. p. 164)
– First Tavistock First Holsworthy
– First St. Budeaux First Ivybridge
– First Crownhill First Launston
– First Brentor and Lydford First Okehampton
– First Plympton First Kingsbridge
– First Barnstable


LONDON SHOW OF THE NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY 1913
Class 15 Ponies Five or Six Years Old (foaled in 1907 or 1908) likely to make Polo Ponies, that have never played in a Tournament Light Weight 22 Entries
Third Prize £3 and Special as the best Pony in the Riding Classes exhibited by a Lady Member
2276 Honeysuckle brown mare 5 years old by Sandiway 121
Owned by Miss Imogen Collier
Bred by Tresham Gilbey
Class 17 For the Best Polo Pony, Light-weight 15 Entries
Second Prize £10 2276 Honeysuckle by Sandiway
Exhibitor Miss Imogen Collier
Bred by Tresham Gilbey
Class 21 For the Best Polo Pony in the Riding Classes whose (sire/dam) are registered or entered in the Polo and Riding Pony Stud book or Supplement and which has been reasonably played during any season at any recognised polo Club 5 Entries
2276 HONEYSUCKLE brown mare 5 years old First £5 and Challenge Cup and Gold Medal
Sire: Sandiway 121
Dam: My Honey by Seneans
Exhibitor Miss Imogen Collier
Breeder Treshan Gilbey

Honeysuckle was later sold to Captain E.D. Miller who re-sold her for £350


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