The 2023 Four Year Old Prospect Championship honors went to the winner of the Four Year Old Sport Horse Prospect Mares (born 2019) class, Ophelia BSH owned and handled by Bridget Hay of Flemington, NJ at this years 2023 Dressage at Devon Breed Show. The 2019 Dutch Warmblood mare by Uthopia x Sir Sinclair was born and bred in the USA by Jill Blasland and took home the Monte SV Memorial Perpetual Trophy.

Photo – Ophelia BSH & Bridget Hay (Olivia Airhart, Mane Source Media LLC, For Phelps Media Group)

Ophelia BSH’s sire, Uthopia dominated the Young Horse Classes in Britain with Carl Hester in the irons throughout 2006. By 2010, Uthopia had won his Grand Prix debut, and a year later, made his British Team debut with Hester in the European Championships where they won the Grand Prix to give Team Great Britian the best possible start. Hester and Uthopia set the bar high that year, and the rest of the British Team followed suit with strong peformances in both team and individual competition. Their combined efforts led to a historic Team Gold for Britain and Hester won his first ever individual medal, coming home with Silver for both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle.

Their impressive performance at the Europeans was followed by another team gold medal for Britain, this time at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Uthopia and Hester finished in the top five of the three tests to play a vital role in the historic medal. Uthopia possesses that which is essential in a modern top level dressage horse – traits he inherited from his sire, Ferro – natural activity in the hind leg with a great canter and ride ability. His movement is totally natural and has an exceptional extended trot which has earned tens at Championship level. As a stallion, Uthopia’s character and outstanding ability makes him an obvious sire – he is licensed Hanoverian, AES, KWPN, and Oldenburg. Uthopia stands at Meadow Stud in Gloucestershire, UK.

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