70cm
1st – Emily Anderson
2nd – Elly Miller
3rd – Karen Watson
4th – Kate Boundy
5th – Amy Hulme
80cm
1st – Emily Anderson
2nd – Elly Miller
3rd – Natasha Kippen
4th – Juliet Foden
5th – Emily Hocknell
6th – Libby Richards
90cm
1st – Helen Graham
2nd – Libby Richards
3rd – Emily Hocknell
4th – Lucy Filby
5th – Natasha Kippen
100cm
1st – Helen Graham
2nd – Brook Butler
3rd – Haydn Gleave
110cm
1st – Brook Butler
Our team of Pat Guerin, Jane Wyatt & Jean Spearing competed successfully at the Foremark Ride near Burton-on-Trent earlier this month & we are now currently leading the NW Area league table & are in 3rd place nationally.
Our next qualifier will be a 20 mile class at the Heapey Hack Ride near Chorley, Lancs on Saturday 10th August & after that the Cheshire Forest Frolic on the weekend of 14th/15th September. We would be delighted if anyone else would like to join us. Contact Pat Guerin for more details.
The Championships are at Builth Wells on Sunday 6th October.
Well, mixed fortunes this year for the ECCTG teams at the area horse trials, but at least the rain that softened the ground slightly earlier in the week stayed away on the day and there were smiles all round.
The two individuals in the 80cm class were Rachel Large with Poppy and Sally Vickers with Tockas Treasure. Rachel had a great start to the day with a fab dressage and clear show jumping, but unfortunately Poppy was not so keen on the cross country. We’ll put that round down to experience I think. Sally fared better with a solid double clear to finish in 6th – well done.
Two teams went forward to challenge for the novice 90cm crown; Catriona Henderson, Hannah Mulliner, Libby Richards and Sue O’Leary and then Zoe Beresford, Sally Filby and Hannah Mulliner again. Having cleared both the trakehner and corner in style, Catriona sadly had to take a second run up at the brush into the wood at the end of the course (a fence that caught many competitors out) but a great performance by Hannah on her first ride Sophie gave her a 3rd placing individually and clear cross country rounds from both Libby and Sue helped the team to a 3rd placing too. Just missing out on a qualification, but a very happy team who had thoroughly enjoyed the day by all accounts.
Hannah’s second ride Hugo and Zoe Beresford’s both had fences down in the show jumping but went on to post clear’s across the country. Unfortunately Sally Filby’s luck ran the other way – all the coloured poles stayed up and instead the penalties came over the solid obstacles. I saw a smile on her face as she crossed the line though!
In the 100cm intermediate class, our team of Nicki Toomer, Lucy Filby and I (stand-in Chef d’Equipe for the day) got off to a great start with some very competitive dressage scores, however Lucy and Barney took a dislike to the 3rd fence in the show jumping and I added 12 penalties to my scorecard by forgetting that no matter how good your new bit is, you still have to ride! Nicki and I went on to go clear cross country without time penalties and Nicki moved up from 6th to 2nd place. We’re waiting for confirmation from the powers that be but as the winner in Nicki’s section was in the winning team it looks like Nicki and Rascal will be heading down to the championships at Swalcliffe in a few weeks time. Congratulations Nicki (pictured here with me, because I couldn’t get myself photoshopped out)!
Our one individual in the 100+ open section, Rebecca Bush, had a last minute change of horse so was perhaps not as prepared as she would have liked and although she got off to a good start was not able to complete on this occasion.
So thank you to Area 20 for organising the day – not a small feat and it ran pretty smoothly. Thank you to Gemma and our team of helpers who kept the show jumping running well all day and thank you to Lisa for putting the teams together and getting us all there in the first place, even though you were unable to join us on the day itself.
I look forward to seeing you all at the team fundraiser Quiz Night on Saturday next week!
Prelim
1st – Andrea Ash – Max – 73.5%
2nd – Maya Fowler – Duffy – 73.0%
3rd – Juliet Foden – Molly – 72.0%
4th – Amy Hulme – Bess – 66.5%
5th – Katy Powell – Primrose – 66.0%
6th – Sharon Webb – Frog – 65.0%
Novice
1st – Brook Butler – Corey – 71.67%
2nd – Victoria Wilson – Harry – 67.1%
Lovely weather at Aston le Walls for the Festival of the Hunter National Championships, and Sally and Tocka’s Treasure, Sally and Pride of Kashmir, Andy and Millthyme Sambucca and Catriona and Give me Grace were all ready and well organised for their Challenge 90 team final. The show jumping caused plenty of problems with a choice of fences and a tight time – the cross country rode pretty well and the fearsome double of corners caused very little trouble. Our four were not victorious – Andy and Sammy had a bit of a discussion at the jump just before the water, and George (Pride of Kashmir) took a little while to stop gazing around in wonder – Tocka’s Treasure lived up to her name and jumped a double clear – looked really happy with all fences – the odd time penalty but great jumping – and Grace went like a rocket – jumped splendidly double clear but a tad too fast………on a day when many failed to make the time!! Catriona was 13th individually (hundreds in it) and she and Grace were also 2nd in the Working Hunter – and her In the Pink Veteran class was very strong but her 22 year old (not Grace but can’t remember his name – so sorry) was a very good 2nd. So – a good day, and they looked extremely smart in Club colours – well done all!
Prelim 19
1st – Lewene Ennett – Pentefelin Sorento – 75.9%
2nd – Chris Armour – Smash Hit – 74.5%
3rd – Rachel Large – Poppy Noir – 71.4%
4th – Jo Trelawny – Oscar – 70.5%
5th – Jo Glover – Samsara Gold – 70.0%
6th – Karen Watson – Billy – 68.2%
Novice 35
1st – Lisa Thomas – Charlie – 67.7%
2nd – Lisa Deaville – Pinky – 67.3%
3rd – Gill Skellern – Nathan – 66.9%
4th – Ruth Watson – Rongai – 66.9%
5th – Alison Unwin – Kenny – 65.0%
6th – Megan Dent – Berdy S – 64.2%
Elementary
1st – Jo Glover – In Vogue – 69.3%
2nd – Ruth Watson – Rongai – 67.6%
3rd – Imogen Furlong – James – 67.2%
4th – Lisa Deaville – Pinky – 66.9%
5th – Alison Unwin – Kenny – 66.6%
6th – Megan Dent – Berdy S – 64.8%
Medium
1st – Iestyn Lewis – Toby – 69.7%
Advanced Medium
1st – Iestyn Lewis – Toby – 66.5%
70cm
1st – Karen Watson – Billy
2nd – Elly Miller – Ebony
3rd – Claire Sawyer – Peggy
4th – Sarah Spearing – Tyler
5th – Eva Sunbland – Bertie
80cm
1st – Elly Miller – Tarek
2nd – Nicki Toomer – Thomas
3rd – Nicki Toomer – Dave
4th – Rachel Large – Poppy
5th – Harriet Mann – Joshua Reynolds
90cm
1st – Jo Glover
2nd – Jo Glover
3rd – Nicki Toomer – April
4th – Jo Trelawny – Oscar
5th – Libby Richards – Holly
6th – Zoe Beresford – Thunder
100cm
1st – Ruth Watson – Rongai
2nd – Nicki Toomer – April
3rd – Chris Armour – Smash Hit
4th – Jo Trelawny – Oscar
5th – Janine Wain – Finn
6th – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
110cm
1st – Chris Armour – Smash Hit
2nd – Jo Glover – In Vogue
3rd – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
Congratulations to the successful riders at the Arclid dressage on Saturday:
Prelim 1
1st – Izzy Longmore – Jack
2nd – Liz Beatty – Ted
3rd – Lucy Philby – Fatalistic
4th – Louise Wood – Bentley
Prelim 4
1st – Lucy Filby – Fatalistic
2nd – Liz Beatty – Ted
3rd – Emily Anderson – Flashback
4th – Anwen Davies – Philly
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