We were delighted to see Ella Derbyshire and her new ride bought from The Billy Stud, Billy Galleon (Billy Congo x Nimmerdor) claim their first international win together in the Amateur 1.25m at Bolesworth! Ella has been training at The Billy Stud this summer with William and Roger and her hard work is certainly starting [...]
We had the most fantastic week at Bolesworth Castle for their first edition of the Young Horse Championship Show. The weather certainly wasn't the kindest in the run up to the show and during the first couple of days but Nina Barbour and her team did an amazing job. The 3 day format for these [...]
What better way to spend these lovely summer days than spending time with the future stars of The Billy Stud..... So many of our Billy super stars have grown up in these fields..... Things are always very calm around here..... But there are always plenty [...]
The team enjoyed another great week at Hickstead, this time during The Royal International meeting. Irish international Shane O'Reilly had his first outing for the stud and collected some great results. Billy Ring (Billy Congo x Kannan) jumped some super clear rounds in the 1.30m/1.35m classes picking up a couple of placings. His team of [...]
What a weekend for Great Britains junior and young rider teams at the European Championships in Maarsbergen where they brought home medals in every colour!!! We watched on with much anticipation as Billy McFee (Billy Mexico x Billy Congo) started the week with a fantastic dressage score and was lying in a great position overnight. [...]
We were delighted to hear the news that Alison Barton and Billy Rembrandt (Billy Congo x Kroongraaf) booked their second ticket to the Horse of the Year Show. Alison and Rembrandt had previously qualified for the Grade C final and yesterday added to their success with qualification for the Talent Seekers final. Alison has had [...]
What a week we had at one of our favourite shows of the year! As usual the team at Hickstead work round the clock to ensure that everything is perfect ready for day 1 of their 5 day derby show and don't stop until the last lorry pulls out at the end of the show! [...]
Billy Fanta (Billy Congo x Cevin Z) and her American partner Sammy Cohen had a fantastic week in Hagen at the Horses & Dreams PSI Events Show when their clear round helped Team USA to clinch Gold! Sammy and Fanta have enjoyed great success together during their partnership to date with a Nations Cup win [...]
Billy Galleon (Billy Congo x Nimmerdor) brought us a lot of success. He was through the grades by Luke Hill who qualified him for the Newcomers final at the 2018 Horse of the Year Show where he jumped double clear to finish 4th. On this occasion it was Josh Hutchins in the saddle as Luke [...]
The decision was taken earlier this year to retire Billy Congo from top level showjumping to focus on his ever increasing stud duties. He enjoyed a hugely successful career with William and most recently with Pippa. We were delighted to see him hitting the headlines in the UK and Europe. https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/billy-congo-stallion-gallery-686209 https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/Billy-Congo-to-retire-from-top-level-to-concentrate-on-breeding-career.html http://www.studforlife.com/en/news_detail/billy-congo-focus-breeding Billy Congo [...]
