Meet the Team – Nigel, Penny, Stuart and Alexandra Hollings

Based in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, Team Hollings have been at the top of their game for more than 40 years.

The Team comprises of brothers Nigel and Stuart, Nigel’s wife Penny and their daughter Alexandra. Between them they have won many of the top accolades in the showing world.

10 things you didn’t know about Team Hollings:

Penny’s favourite indulgence is champagne

Stuart is a regular Horse & Hound columnist

Penny’s most memorable horse was Dutch Dame

Nigel is an NPTC City & Guilds Approved Assessor - Certificate of Competance Transport of Animals (Horses Cattle & Sheep) short and long journey for Drivers, Attendants & Grooms.

The horse Penny would have most liked to own is the late Blue Hors Matine

Stuart and Nigel have written several books about showing and ring craft.

Penny’s biggest no-no in the ring is glitter

Penny’s proudest moment was watching her daughter Alexandra at the Horse of the Year Show

The team have 28 stables at the yard

Penny has lots of superstitions – usually lucky clothes

Top foot care tip; “The old saying ‘no foot, no horse’ is as true today as it has ever been” says Nigel Hollings of Team Hollings. Animals competing from the Team Hollings stables always have their frogs sprayed daily with Supreme Products Foot Care Spray from the Horse Care range. “It is easy to use, very reasonably priced and most importantly it works wonders and keeps foot rot at bay!”

Meet the Team- Robert Walker

Robert Walker is a great ambassador for showing and is sponsored by Supreme Products. He has won most of the major showing championships around the country but is still hungry to take the prestigious Show Hunter championships at the Horse of the Year Show.

10 things you never knew about Rob:

If he wasn’t a showman, he would be a huntsman

He once played in a football match against Aston Villa – and won!

He once jumped a five-bar gate on a 12.2hh pony (aged 9)

A horse that he would love to own is Tina Cook’s Miners Frolic

He raced Shetland ponies as a child

As a Yorkshireman, his favourite show is the Great Yorkshire

His first pony was called Roly

The only championship he hasn’t won is the Hunter Championship at HOYS.

His favourite food is a traditional beef roast dinner with Yorkshire Puddings.

His favourite TV programme is Sky Sports News.

Brighter Whites Tip: Ensure the white markings on your horse are actually bright white; we always use Supreme Products Leg and Body Whitener. Mix it into a yoghurt consistency and paint it on white legs. Then the legs are bandaged and removed at the competition meaning that its another job that’s ‘off the list’ for the morning of the show.