Ellie Fredericks (yes, Lucinda’s daughter!) has a new Advanced horse in her barn after Aston le Walls in July.
While Ellie has had the honor of competing her mother’s Advanced stallion, Britannia’s Mail (Jaguar Mail — Headley Britannia) since the 2020 season, she was also able to acquire her own project late that same year. Pure Trendsetter, an Irish Sport Horse mare (Future Trend — Touch Base) now also part-owned by Liz Hills and Chris Emmett, came to Ellie as a green five-year-old without any prior eventing experience. Since their first rides together, Ellie and “Trendy” have rapidly climbed the levels and were selected to compete in the 7-year-old division at the FEI Eventing World Breeding Championship for Young Horses at Le Lion D’Angers last fall, where they finished 27th our of a very large field and Ellie was the youngest jockey competing.
In the video above, you can join Ellie and Trendy for the mare’s first time tackling an Advanced cross country course. Ellie’s commentary throughout the course is a fascinating peek at her insightful approach to their round.
