A Chelmsford teenager is flying high after winning a national show jumping competition.

Anja Moret, 13, of Chelmsford, scooped the victory in the penultimate Dodson and Horrell 1.05m National Amateur second round competition, which was hosted at Brook Farm Training Centre in Romford, on Sunday.

The youngster, who rode riding Gypsy Chip, was one of 31 hopeful riders who hoped to pick up a qualification ticket for the Dodson and Horrell National Amateur Championships, which will run next month at Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool.

Following the first round of the class, eight combinations then went on to jump off against each other.

With six double clears being produced, competitors kept their eyes on the clock to see who would pick up the top placings.

The win in this second round was taken by Anja after she produced the quickest double clear of this second round with Teza Englefield’s eight-year-old bay mare Gypsy Chip.

The pairing clocked their double clear in 34.21 seconds.

Tagatha Payne, from Welwyn, Hertfordshire finished in second on her own ten-year-old dark bay mare The Maharanee, with a double clear in 34.55 seconds.

Third place went to Luke Humphrey, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire and he competed with his 11-year-old bay mare Quinta De La Cense, in 36.25 seconds.

Good luck in the next round Anja!