When 12-year-old Dylan Bibby rode into the show hunter arena at the 2017 Horse of the Year Show he continued a very special family tradition.
His mother, Kelly Bibby, had not only ridden in the show but lays claim to being part of a record breaking combination being groom for Merran Hain of Gisborne and Tregonning when they claimed a slice of HOY history.
When Ms Hain and Tregonning won the Olympic Cup in 2003, she was the oldest rider to do so and it marked the second time the combination had won New Zealand's most prestigious show jumping crown.
Mrs Bibby had looked back on it with plenty of pride and now her 12-year-old son Dylan holds similar dreams.
This year Dylan competed in the show hunter section aboard his lovely Daisy Patch (owned by Pam Hamilton and Lyn McPhail), much to the disgust of his three younger siblings who would all dearly love to be competing.