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Annabel Widdowson

Horses

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Hamlet

Gelding
Children on Horses
160 cm
Grey
14 years old
Disciplines
Showjumping
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Bunbury Conquest

WPS

Gelding
JA
128 cm
Chestnut
25 years old
Disciplines
Showjumping
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Whinney Lass

Mare
JA
128 cm
Grey
23 years old
Disciplines
Showjumping
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Results

Team

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Annabel Widdowson

Annabel first took to the saddle at the age of just 3 years old and was instantly bitten by the bug. Her ponies are adored and she spends every possible second with them. Annabel is no stranger to competing in major championships. In 2022, at just 7 years old, Annabel became the youngest rider to ever win a second round, qualifying them for the Royal International 128 championship on Whinney Lass. Annabel continued breaking records in 2023, becoming the youngest rider to ever win a championship in the International Arena at Hickstead, as well as becoming the youngest team member on an England gold medal winning pony team, jumping a double clear in the Home Pony at aged just 8 years old. 2024 was another incredible year, with England Team victories in both the Wales and West and English Home Pony Shows, winning both the Enablelink Ltd 128cm Championship at Horse of The Year Show and The Agria 128cm Championship at The London international Horse Show, and also being awarded the Young Achiever of the year Award by the Welsh Pony and cob Society. Annabel's hopes and dreams are to ride on European teams with Ponies and Children on Horses and one day be on the Olympic team! Annabel who attends the Granville School, looks up to Tiffany Foster, Laura Kraut, Rodrigo Pessoa and of course Nick Skelton.

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Beverley and Gary Widdowson

Beverley and Gary have been long term supporters of British Showjumping and have owned some incredible horses that have had a huge impact on the sport. They were awarded the coveted FEI Owner of the Year in 2011 and 2012 for Carlo 273 and Big Star which recognises the most successful Jumping owner on an annual basis. in 2017 British Showjumping announced that the National 6 Year Old Championship would be renamed the Big Star Championship, in honour of Big Star's tremendous talent and performance. Gary and Beverley purchased Big Star as a 4 year old after he was spotted in Holland. Gary said; 'We had a 24-hour option on him so we flew out immediately. We had had scouts out around Europe to find the best young horse possible and we bought him specifically with London 2012 in mind,'. Gary had 'virtually grown up' with Nick Skelton and the other GB riders whom he had got to know in his youth when he was also a showjumper, representing England in the 1970s. In an interview with The Gait Post, Gary said: “We are extremely pleased to have Big Star acknowledged in this way. The National 6 year-olds is a championships we have won twice. Once in 2008 with Carlo, whom Nick also produced to the highest level, and then in the following year with Big Star whom we felt was the right horse for us to keep with London and Rio in mind. To have Big Star’s name bestowed over a championships that we have always felt a pivotal one in our horses development is an honour and we are delighted”. You can read the full article here: https://www.thegaitpost.com/national-6-year-old-champs-in-honour-of-big-star/

News

Cornucopia Announces New Strategic Partnership With Annabel
Cornucopia Announces New Strategic Partnership With Annabel

Cornucopia Capital Limited, the Mayfair-based private investment firm founded by Robin Choudhury, is proud to announce a strategic partnership in support of Annabel Rose Widdowson, a rising star of British showjumping with a remarkable record of achievement and an exciting future ahead of her in international competition.

Still a junior rider, Annabel has already demonstrated an extraordinary talent and a quiet determination that sets her apart. Her accomplishments to date include:

• Youngest ever winner of a championship class in Hickstead’s International Arena, aged eight, in 2023
• Champion at both the Horse of the Year Show and the London International Horse Show in 2024
• Gold medal team member for England at the Home Pony Championships, with a double clear round
• Welsh Pony & Cob Society Young Achiever of the Year 2024

With Team GB ambitions firmly in her sights as she progresses through the junior ranks, Annabel represents exactly the kind of talent that Cornucopia Capital is proud to support.

Cornucopia Capital’s involvement reflects the firm’s longstanding commitment to partnering with exceptional individuals at defining moments in their journey. The firm will bring its network, expertise, and resources to bear in supporting Annabel’s programme as she builds towards senior international representation and, ultimately, the highest levels of FEI competition.

Robin Choudhury, Founder of Cornucopia Capital, commented: “We are genuinely excited to be part of Annabel’s journey. She has achieved so much already, and yet she is only at the beginning. That combination of talent, work ethic, and humility is rare, and it is exactly what we look for in the people we choose to work with. We look forward to playing our part as she continues to grow.”

Kathleen Widdowson commented: “We are very grateful for the support of Cornucopia Capital. Annabel works incredibly hard and loves what she does. Having a partner who believes in her and wants to help her reach her potential means a great deal to us as a family.”

Further details of the partnership’s activities will be announced in due course.

About Cornucopia Capital
Cornucopia Capital Limited is a private investment firm founded in 1999, headquartered at Devonshire House, One Mayfair Place, London. The firm specialises in deal origination, complex corporate finance advisory, and investment across the technology, property, consumer-facing, and leisure sectors. Since inception, Cornucopia Capital has assisted on and raised over $2 billion in financing across a range of M&A and private equity transactions, working with high-quality investors and entrepreneurs globally.

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