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Sophia Hill has returned to Australia after campaigning in Europe with two eventing horses – Humble Glory and Seattle Park.
She campaigns and trains a team of horses in both eventing and show jumping. The team of horses in work range from FEI horses to young performance horses.
She is currently looking for owners to campaign horses for in Europe and Australia, to expand the number of 4**** and 5***** horses in her team.
Her current team of competition horses are below, including Humble Glory.
” The focus is on training horses classically,
with the aim of increasing their confidence and willingness to form a successful partnership.”
Sophia
Humble Glory, or Hughie as we affectionately call him, is our current superstar. He is an 11yo, 16hh TB gelding, and has had multiple wins at FEI 4 Star level eventing. He has quite the story as to how he has gotten to this level. He arrived in a stock crate in 2017 as a very unassuming Off The Track thoroughbred, who had raced, spelled, and then done a little bit of stock work! I was meant to sell him for his owners, but ended up buying him for myself when I realised just how trainable he was. Within weeks he was jumping, and I was blown away by his combination of scope, honesty and bravery.
He had his first eventing start 3 months after I bought him, and won the EvA 95 at Spring HT. A year later and he competed in his first 3 star at the same event, placing 3rd! He went on to win the Young Rider Championship at the Australian 3DE just 18 months off the track, and withing 2 years had stepped up to and won at 4 star level.
He has since completed 5***** at Adelaide coming third in 2023 and Burghley in the UK in 2024. He is an incredibly reliable show jumper and brave cross country performer. He is also a fantastic show jumper and has jumped and placed in 135cm straight show jumping competitions, with multiple wins at 130cm.
Tulara Baltango is a very exciting young horse. At 9 years of age, this 16.2hh Warmblood gelding has recently stepped up to 3*** level and won numerous events. At 2** he won four out four eventing starts consecutively, finishing on his dressage score each time. He is fantastic in all three phases, with great movement and a powerful and athletic jump. Tulara Baltango is set to be a superstar!
Tulara Ziniero is a 16.2hh 4yo warmblood stallion, by Zinedream, out of Tulara Companion who carries the lines of Companiero and Cornet Obolensky. Tulara Ziniero has an incredibly powerful and scopey jump and is showing all the making of a future world cup jumping horse. He won the 4yo Jumping class at DJWTS 2023, judged by an international panel. He is brave and careful to jump and makes a fantastic shape over a fence, with a natural bascule and powerful back end. He is also available at stud. See Bluebell Equine Park Facebook page for more details.
Seattle Park is a 16hh thoroughbred gelding currently competing at 4**** level eventing in Europe.
He is affectionately known as Basil around the stables, and was the sweetest and most gentle horse on the team. He has had lots of placings at 2** and 3*** level and is a brave and careful jumper who is showing potential for the top levels of eventing.
Sophia Hill Equestrian took Seattle Park to the UK in 2024 to compete at 4* events.
Zone was Sophia’s first high level horse. Together they jumped around their first Grand Prix show jumping track, and had a lot of success at FEI 2** level eventing, including finishing 5th in Young Rider Championship at Adelaide. After a fantastic career he unfortunately became unsound and has since been retired.
Sophia credits much of her success to date to what she learnt through riding Zone. He was renowned for being a challenging ride, being extremely quirky and sensitive.