ALTARNUN endurance rider, Tristan Bishop, has earned a First premium at the Baileys Horse Feeds/British Equestrian Federation (BEF) Futurity Evaluations held recently at The Grange Equestrian Centre, with his two-year-old gelding Ty Shute Golden Savannah.

The BEF Futurity Evaluation series aims to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for careers in dressage, eventing, show jumping or endurance, and may even find the Olympic Champions of the future.

Ty Shute Golden Savannah attained the highest score for a two-year -old potential endurance horse at The Grange. His score of 8.46 and a First premium indicates that the horse has the potential and outlook to perform at national level.

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