Beau Belle Crossley and her home-produced Welsh section C stallion Thistledown Runaway won the British Show Pony Society Pretty Polly mountain and moorland championship at the 2026 Royal Windsor Horse Show.
The 16-year-old rider first topped a competitive mixed M&M breed class before defeating entries from the lead rein and first ridden sections to take the overall Pretty Polly M&M champion title on May 17. The 10-year-old pony, owned by Crossley’s mother Stevie, is out of Thistledown Isabella and by Donys Gwrda. It marked the pair’s first appearance at the castle grounds.