Well what a fabulous blog to write all my competitors have been doing so well, before I start, for those of you who know ‘Wally’ he is still going brilliantly well and has had his photo in H&H a couple of times this season, with big wins at Hickstead and Kent County. It’s lovely to know and follow his progress.
Well where to start?... Claire and ‘Nerro’ have continued to do brilliantly well and at their last start before the regional finals they won another advanced medium with a score of 68% with a 4% lead. It was their regional final on Sunday and a 5th placing was a brilliant achievement although Claire was disappointed as she felt they could have done better and a couple of mistakes that they would not normally have made dropped them to 5th, still well done to them.
Jemima Gray and ‘Rolo’ have been training with me since March and the pair of them have transformed in that time, we have taken an ordinary cob and turned him into a posh cob! They have been placed in all their events, been in the PC teams for SJ, eventing, and dressage with dressage scores of 66% and 67.9% so we are all trilled (insert pic) Rolo’s jumping has always been sound, and with several clear rounds under his belt I am wishing for a top result when he competes in the area trials on Tuesday.
Well where to start?... Claire and ‘Nerro’ have continued to do brilliantly well and at their last start before the regional finals they won another advanced medium with a score of 68% with a 4% lead. It was their regional final on Sunday and a 5th placing was a brilliant achievement although Claire was disappointed as she felt they could have done better and a couple of mistakes that they would not normally have made dropped them to 5th, still well done to them.
Jemima Gray and ‘Rolo’ have been training with me since March and the pair of them have transformed in that time, we have taken an ordinary cob and turned him into a posh cob! They have been placed in all their events, been in the PC teams for SJ, eventing, and dressage with dressage scores of 66% and 67.9% so we are all trilled (insert pic) Rolo’s jumping has always been sound, and with several clear rounds under his belt I am wishing for a top result when he competes in the area trials on Tuesday.
Rolo the 'Posh Cob' strutting his stuff in his lesson
Continuing on with the eventers we have been thrilled with ‘William’ who has now competed in 2 open novices, with double clears. Considering he hasn’t competed for 3 years his dressage wasn’t that bad. He show jumped in a large show at the weekend in the Newcomers and Amature Open with clear rounds, he goes to the Intermediate at Hatherleigh in Devon and then on to Highclere, and then Gatcombe CIC2* so I’m very proud of William and Sarah Hordern.
Michelle and ‘Dennis’ continue to improve and after their great performance at Brightling Park CIC1* went on to do a super dressage test at Wilton Intermediate and jumped a double clear with a few time penalties xc they finished in 11th place. Without the time they would have been 2nd so I know we are well on the way with that pair.
A final mention albeit at a much lower level is to Harriet and ‘Topsy’. Harriet is 15 and has owned ‘Topsy’ for 1 year and both were very green. They have improved out of all sight and completed their first couple of dressage competitions with respectable scores. But 2 weeks ago competed at their 1st ODE with a dressage score of 25, they did complete the showjumping and xc albeit with a few pens.
A special well done to Jessica and ‘Tixylix’ it was lovely to get a phone call from Poland to tell me that they had won the Individual Bronze in the European Championships. The British Team that she was also part of on Tixylix won the gold!
I am so thrilled with all our competition results and wishing Rachel Comely luck at her dressage regional finals on Friday at Addington.
Happy Training & Happy Horses
Amanda x
Michelle and ‘Dennis’ continue to improve and after their great performance at Brightling Park CIC1* went on to do a super dressage test at Wilton Intermediate and jumped a double clear with a few time penalties xc they finished in 11th place. Without the time they would have been 2nd so I know we are well on the way with that pair.
A final mention albeit at a much lower level is to Harriet and ‘Topsy’. Harriet is 15 and has owned ‘Topsy’ for 1 year and both were very green. They have improved out of all sight and completed their first couple of dressage competitions with respectable scores. But 2 weeks ago competed at their 1st ODE with a dressage score of 25, they did complete the showjumping and xc albeit with a few pens.
A special well done to Jessica and ‘Tixylix’ it was lovely to get a phone call from Poland to tell me that they had won the Individual Bronze in the European Championships. The British Team that she was also part of on Tixylix won the gold!
I am so thrilled with all our competition results and wishing Rachel Comely luck at her dressage regional finals on Friday at Addington.
Happy Training & Happy Horses
Amanda x
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