Biography
Irish amateur rider Lucy Latta and RCA Patron Saint created a sensation in 2024 when they powered up the leaderboard to finish second on their first attempt at Badminton.
They won the William Miflin trophy for the combination closest to the optimum time plus the the SHB(GB) award for the best placed horse sired by an SHB(GB) graded stallion (Grafenstolz) and the prize for the highest-placed British-bred horse for breeder Richard Ames.
Last year, they finished 22nd at their first Burghley.
RCA Patron Saint is Lucy’s only horse at top level and she has produced him all the way through international competition since a six-year-old. He was bought by his owners, the Cramptons, in the Go for Gold sale as a five-year-old and initially produced by Felicity Ward.
Lucy, who lives near Enniscorthy in Co Wexford, works full time for a soft drinks company.
She represented Ireland at Pony and Junior level; she was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2012 European Pony Championships riding Nono and the 2014 Junior European Championships on Cleo Ferro.
Her family is well established in the horse world: her grandfather, William Powell Harris, competed at Badminton, as did her cousin, Irish team rider Elizabeth Power, who is also her trainer. Another cousin is the former leading National Hunt jockey Robert Power, her uncle, Con Power, showjumped for Ireland and her brother, Andrew, trains point-to-pointers.
Entries
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RCA Patron Saint
SHBGB,
United Kingdom,
2011
16.2hh , bay , gelding
Sire Grafenstolz
Dam Summers Mist (Unknown )
Breeder Richard Ames
Owned
David Crampton
Lesley Crampton
Alison Crampton
- Lucy Latta and RCA Patron Saint were the fastest cross-country round of the day at Badminton in 2024 (1 second over the optimum time). They rose from 46th after dressage to finish in 2nd at the end of the competition.
- Lucy and "Paddy's" highest-rated performance was at Aston le Walls CCI4*-S in 2024, just after their Badminton top-two result. In Aston, they placed second by finishing on their sub-30 dressage score just behind Piggy March and Halo. It earned the pair a High Performance Rating (HPR) of 95, an exceptional number.