The Billy Stud is a joint venture between William Funnell and Donal Barnwell, together they have developed a successful breeding program for the production of homebred British sports horses.
KNOKKE
We headed to Knokke Hippique in Belgium, William and Billy McCain clear and 4th in the Speed World Ranking 1.50m class, out of 94 starters! See their video below; https://www.facebook.com/thebillystudofficial/videos/2065143663557459/ Darragh Kenny and 8 year [...]
Hickstead round up
The Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting (21st - 24 June) Billy Olive started us off to a great start with a lovely clear in the 1.35m championship on the Thursday with Lucy Townley onboard. https://www.facebook.com/lucy.bunn.79/videos/10156135926150861/ [...]
Billy Buckingham wins the Al Shira’aa Derby 2018
William Funnell has now joined the elite group of riders (Eddie Macken, Michael Whittaker, Harvey Smith & John Whitaker) with 4 wins under their belts, this year riding the Billy Stud's own, Billy Buckingham. William [...]
Reims
Whilst the younger horses were flying at Bicton, the older ones headed to the International show in Reims, France. William and Billy Angelo (pictured) finished 4th in the world ranking class on Thursday and 8 year [...]
Another ticket to HOYS!
We are delighted with the lovey Billy Kodac (Billy Mexico x Vechta) jumping triple clear in the Foxhunter 2nd Round at Bicton to finish 2nd and therefor qualifying for HOYS! Well done to Lucy and [...]
Billy Du Montois Sold to Bourne Hill Stables
We are excited to announce that Billy Du Montois (Cevin z x Abdullah) our super 7yr old stallion has been sold to Bourne Hill Stables to be ridden by Jane Annett. Billy Du Montois has [...]
Billy Tudor sold to Bourne Hill Stables
We are delighted to announce Billy Tudor (Billy Congo x Andiamo) our fantastic 7yr old stallion has been sold to Bourne Hill Stables be ridden by Jane Annett. He has proved himself to be one of [...]
Billy Spiral qualifies for HOYS
Billy Spiral finishes a great week by Qualifying for HOYS! Lucy and the lovely 6yo bay mare by Billy Mexico jumped a brilliant triple clear to finish 2nd in the Newcomers 2nd Round at Wellington [...]
Royal Windsor International Horse Show
The sun was shinning (mostly!) for Royal Windsor International Horse Show with the Billy Stud team kicking off to a fantastic start in the Foxhunter on Wednesday with 6 superb double clears; Billy McCain [...]
Great result for Billy Drizzle in Le Touquet!
Jenny Bingham’s Billy Drizzle had a fantastic start to his Derby career at the Le Touquet 3* show last week. The grey gelding by Billy Congo and out of an Animo mare flew clear around [...]
Pyecombe 4 day Show
5 yo Billy Jerobeam We had a successful few days at our local venue Pyecombe this weekend with all the horses jumping well! Younger Horses British Novice: All horses jumped lovely double clears [...]
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Pyecombe 4 day Show
5 yo Billy Jerobeam We had a successful few days at our local venue Pyecombe this weekend with all the horses jumping well! Younger Horses British Novice: All horses jumped lovely double clears [...]
Virbac
It’s that time of year when all the young horses go out onto their summer grazing, so we spent last weekend, trimming feet, Vaccinating and worming. A huge thank you to our fantastic sponsor Virbac [...]
Billy Rhodes wins with new rider
Billy Rhodes, sold last week to Running Wells Sport Horses had his first outing to Codham Park in Essex this weekend ridden by Ronnie Jones. 'Snowy' won the Foxhunter championship and also picked up Leading [...]
New steeds for Runningwell Equestrian
We are delighted to announce that Ian and Ruth Dowie have purchased three of our lovey geldings: 7 year old Billy Rhodes (Cevin Z) 6 year old Billy Von Trapp (Billy Congo) 5 year old [...]
Billy Jackson jumps a treble clear
Billy Jackson (Billy Congo x Andiamo) & Sophie Fawcett jumping treble clear in the Big Star 6yr old qualifier at Field House to qualify for the National Championships. Bought from the stud as a 5yr [...]
VITTEL
We headed to the CSI3* France last week with four horses: Billy McCain Billy Angelo Billy Diamo Billy Kodak The stars of the show were Billy Angelo who finished 2nd in the World Ranking Class [...]
Billy Rembrandt sold
Billy Rembrandt our fantastic 7yr old mare has been sold to English rider Alison Barton. Rembrandt (Billy Congo x Kroongraaf) excelled in the young horse classes at Vejer De La Frontera this spring, 1 of [...]
Billy Bluebell Sold
We are delighted to announce that Billy Bluebell has been sold to Bourne Hill stables to be ridden by Jane Annett. BlueBell (Billy Congo x Jazz) has been a star for the Billy stud ridden [...]
Billy Fanta Sold
Our lovely mare Billy Fanta (Billy Congo x Cevin Z) has been sold to American rider Samantha Cohen. She has been such a consistent horse and a real asset to the Billy Stud team jumping [...]
A new arrival for Reiko!
A huge congratulations to Reiko and Yoshi on the arrival of their baby boy! Little Takamune was born on the 31st March and is doing well. Reiko is a big part of the Billy Stud [...]
Vejer de la Frontera Finals
It's been a fantastic 6 weeks in Spain for the Billy's with a huge amount of double clears and rosettes to take home with us, the older horses all jumped well in the big classes [...]
Consistent Clears in Spain for the Billys!
The Billy Stud have had another great couple of weeks competing in Vejer de la Frontera; 7 Year olds Only 4 7yr olds out of 160 have jumped clear everyday so far and 2 of [...]
Sunshine & Snow!
We've all had an extremely busy week here at the Billy Stud, both at home and abroad - braving the weather! Sunshine Tour Results Young Horses: Billy Rembrandt (Billy Congo x Kroongraff), clear every [...]
Stallion Viewing Day
The Billy Stud will be opening it's doors on the 3rd April for you to come along and view our Stallions standing at Stud for 2018. It will be a chance to see the stallions [...]
BILLY’S ON TOUR!
We've had a start to the Sunshine Tour here in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain - all horses have have jumped well and taken to the courses with ease... The stars of the week are; [...]
And we’ve arrived!
All 19 Billy Stud Horses have arrived safely at the Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain and ready to start jumping the young horse classes! We look forward to updating you on their [...]
Billy Liffy onto pastures new
Oliva Craddock has sold her 4* Event her horse Billy Liffy to Claudia and Jonathan Rothermere to be ridden by top eventer Sam Griffiths. Billy Liffy (Billy Congo x Shannon-Line) bred by the Billy Stud [...]
RAI Amsterdam
We've had a a great few days with the horses in Amsterdam Billy Angelo 2nd in the Accumulator Bill McCain jumped a fantastic round in the 1.50m Ranking class with just one unlucky pole 8 [...]
Billy Angelo on winning form again in Holland
The Billy Stud's Billy McCain, Billy Angelo and Billy Diamo headed to Drachten in Holland for their 2018 International Indoor show. Billy Angelo was yet again the star of the show, winning the ranking class! [...]
A Billy Betrothal!
Congratulations to Jamie Wilkes and Emma Godwin on their engagement, Jamie popped the question to Emma whilst hacking their two Billy horses George (Billy Spock) and Perdita (Billy Earl Grey)! We wish the happy couple [...]
Billy Sparky scores a hat-trick in New Zealand
Greta Van De Brink and Billy Sparky have been on winning form recently, having great results at the Hawkes Bay Show Hunter Championship show in New Zealand. The pair won 3 classes including 2 championships!
Billy Angelo in the money at Liverpool!
Billy Angelo (Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve) and William jumped the CSI 4* speed class on Saturday 30th December, a strong class of 32 riders. The pair flew round the course to finish with a lovely [...]
Billy Fanta at Liverpool International Horse Show
On Friday 29th December, William and Billy Fanta jumped the CSI 4* class at Liverpool International Horse show, the pair jumped a fantastic double clear at their first class of the show to finish in [...]
Billy McCain at Liverpool International Horse Show
Billy McCain (Cevin Z x Cruising) the 10 year old gelding competed in the 1.50m Longines ranking class on Friday 29th December, the first official day of the show. He jumped a a fantastic first [...]
Billy Angelo wins at Olympia
OLYMPIA LONDON INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW It has been a great show for William and the Billy Stud; Billy Cool 2nd in the Under 23 championship class with Chloe Winchester Billy McCain 9th in the 1.50m [...]
