Hilton Flight
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Hilton Flight is a horse ridden in international show jumping
by Richard Spooner
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Hilton Flight is by the Irish Sport Horse stallion
Errigal Flight, who is a son of the great Irish Draught
producer of show jumpers King of Diamonds. Errigal Flight also sired Ado Annie ridden by Will Simpson.
He was ridden successfully as a young horse in Ireland by Clement McMahon before being sold to the U.S. where he has won Grand Prix's with Richard Spooner.
Hilton Flight died in 2009.
Show jumping
Show jumping, also known as "stadium jumping," "open jumping," or "jumpers," is a member of a family of English riding equestrian events that also includes dressage, eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes commonly are seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics...
by Richard Spooner
Richard Spooner (equestrian)
Richard Spooner is an internationally successful equestrian. He competes in the sport of show jumping on the West Coast of the United States and in Europe...
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- Color: BayBay (color)Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs. Bay is one of the most common coat colors in many horse breeds....
- Markings: Star, near fore sock
- Height: 17.0 hhHand (unit)The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length, now used only for the measurement of the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. With origins in ancient Egypt, it was originally based on the breadth of a human hand...
(173 cm) - Sex: GeldingGeldingA gelding is a castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. Castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday...
- Born: 1993 in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
- Breed: Irish Sport HorseIrish HorseThe Irish Sport Horse , also known as the Irish Hunter, is mainly the result of a cross between the Irish Draught and the Thoroughbred. It has been given recognition as a separate breed,...
- Breeding: by Errigal Flight (ISH) out of Occasion VII (WNTR ThoroughbredThoroughbredThe Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
) - Breeder: Jennifer Giles, Kilmurray, Kilmacanogue, BrayBrayBray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...
, Co. Wicklow - Rider: Richard SpoonerRichard Spooner (equestrian)Richard Spooner is an internationally successful equestrian. He competes in the sport of show jumping on the West Coast of the United States and in Europe...
- Owner: Emily McDaniel
Hilton Flight is by the Irish Sport Horse stallion
Stallion (horse)
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...
Errigal Flight, who is a son of the great Irish Draught
Irish Draught
The Irish Draught horse is the national horse breed of Ireland which developed primarily for farm use. Today, they are especially popular for crossing with Thoroughbreds and warmbloods, producing the popular Irish Sport Horses which excel at the highest levels of eventing and show jumping.-...
producer of show jumpers King of Diamonds. Errigal Flight also sired Ado Annie ridden by Will Simpson.
He was ridden successfully as a young horse in Ireland by Clement McMahon before being sold to the U.S. where he has won Grand Prix's with Richard Spooner.
Major achievements
- 2003 Won $40,000 Esso Imperial oil Grand Prix at Spruce MeadowsSpruce MeadowsSpruce Meadows is an equestrian facility in Calgary, Alberta built by the Southern Family and opened in 1976. The show jumping complex is in the foothills of the Alberta Rocky Mountains just south of the city and comprises...
, Calgary, Canada - 2003 Won $75,000 BP Cup at Spruce Meadows
- 2004 World Cup Final, MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
highest American 12th place - 2004 Won $150,000 Ford Grand Prix Of The Desert at IndioIndio, CaliforniaIndio is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. It lies east of Palm Springs, east of Riverside, and east of Los Angeles. It is about north of Mexicali, Baja California on the U.S.-Mexican border...
, CA - 2004 PCHA Horse of The Year
- 2004 $40,000 Los Angeles International Grand Prix 2004
- 2004 $40,000 Showpark Grand Prix
- 2004 Won Round 1 OLYMPIC TRIALS
- 2004 2nd $50,000 EMO Grand Prix
- 2005 Won $75,000 HITS Grand Prix at Indio, CA
- 2006 2nd Luscar Cup 1m50 at Spruce Meadows
- 2006 5th CN Reliability Spruce Meadows Grand Prix 1m60
- 2006 2nd $175,000 Shell Cup derby (time fault) winnings Ca $35,000 at Spruce Meadows
Hilton Flight died in 2009.