Class 1: Prelim 14
1st – Polly Feather – Wyman
2nd – Katie Heath – Harry
3rd – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
4th – Haydn Gleave – Henry
5th – Sophie Feather – Lazy Acres Tiger
6th – Judy Gleave – Humbug
Class 2: Novice 27
1st – Jo Glover – Moda
2nd – Brook Butler – Corey
3rd – Nicki Toomer – Rascal
4th – Libby Richards – Holly
5th – Nicki Toomer – Percy
6th – Juliet Foden – Ozzy
Class 3: Elementary 49
1st – Nicki Toomer – Percy
P7 Restricted
1st Julia Bickerton – The Optimist
2nd Karen Watson – Billy
3rd Zoe Beresford – Rascalini
4th Victoria Wilson – Harry
5th Yvette Harrison – Silver
6th Alaine Beresford – Hugo
P7 Open
1st Nicki Toomer – April
2nd Nicki Toomer – Rascal
3rd Juliet Foden – Ozzie
4th Judith Hassan – Toby
Novice 27
1st Julia Bickerton – The Optimist
2nd Lisa Thomas – Charlie
3rd Abi Claire – Wizz
4th Libby Richards – Holly
5th Alison Unwin – Pinky
6th Marie Parker – Dazzle
Elementary 50
1st Abigail Claire – Wizz
2nd Abi Unwin – Pinky
Medium 71
1st Rachel Gibson – Lemonade
2nd Judith Hassan – Bailey
Our sole representative at the Area Dressage to Music competition at Reaseheath on Sunday was Jan Yates with The Toft Bard in the Elementary section. They won with a very good artistic mark, so Jan hopes to go to the Championship in October at Aintree.
Congratulations to the pair!
The Novice Team (Hannah Mulliner on Ballybane Hugo, Hannah Leech on Welton Chilli Pepper, Amy Lennon on Hardy’s Well and Nicky Toomer on Daytona II) finished in 9th place – well done girls, brilliant effort. Open individual, Jo Glover on In Vogue completed well after an uncharacteristic run out on the cross country (see below).
Jo kicked off the proceedings with a good dressage test, followed the next day by the Novice team all attaining very respectable scores. Hannah Leech put up a great test with a score of 26.8 and went into the lead in her section. The XC course ran right past the arenas which caused great excitement to some of the younger horses! The Novice team all show jumped next with all except Nicky having poles down, mostly due to the slippy conditions. However, Hannah L. retained her section lead despite 1 fence down and we finished up in 7th place overnight. Jo then went on the Open cross country over a course that had its share of problems. She was going great guns until close to the end when In Vogue put in a very big jump into the water and some steering problems sadly meant they whizzed past the jump out of the water and had to re-present!
So… onto Sunday – XC day for the Novice team and show jumping for Jo. Again, the Novice XC course presented some problems, Nicky was the trailblazer and young Daytona put in a confident performance that belied his youth! Hardy’s Well was rather green for Amy and decided to call it a day…. maybe next year? Thankfully all our other team members jumped well-timed clear rounds! Hannah M. gave us a heart stopping moment at the jump after the bank when Hugo decided to leave a leg behind and she did well to stay on! Jo did the vet’s inspection and trot up in torrential rain and we were lucky that our team missed the downpours whilst doing their XC rounds. Next it was Jo’s turn to jump the open show jumping. She jumped a superb round rolling just 1 pole.
After all the cancellations and postponements, it was great to have a competition to go to!
Five intrepid riders set off for deepest Wales, the weather was fine and the going was perfect.
The Novice Team consisted of Jean Spearing on Wynberry Bronze Blade, Libby Richards with Holly, Juliet Foden with Ozzie and Sharon Corke on Diamond Laser. They tried their best but were unplaced.
The Riding Test Team – Brook Butler (on Templebrook Boy) Libby, Juliet and Sharon was 3rd..
Juliet was 3rd in her section and Brook won her section, she also rode as an individual in her qualifying Novice Test and was = 2nd, hope that this is enough to get her to Lincoln, as she has also qualified with the show jumping team.
Many thanks to our helpers – Hannah Mulliner and Jo Trelawny
Juliet Foden
DRESSAGE
Preliminary 15
1st Denise Dent Charlie
2nd Juliet Foden Ozzie
3rd Michelle Bains New Bridge Mac
4th Rachel Honeywell Montego Bay
Preliminary 19
1st Bethany Lee Always a Blue
2nd Lisa Thomas Charlie
3rd Nicki Toomer April
4th Karen Harrison Lenny
Novice 35
1st Jo Prestwich Theo
2nd Bethany Lee Always a Blue
3rd Nicki Toomer Percy
4th Ruth Watson Rongai
Elementary 14
1st Alison Unwin Pinky
2nd Jo Prestwich Theo
3rd Jack Dale Clarkey
4th Tyler Cassells Fred
Medium 69 and 94
1st Judith Hassan Bayley
PSG
1st Gill Barnes Filly
JUMPING
75cm
1st Emily Anderson Lana
2nd Karen Harrison Donald
3rd Sue O’Leary George
4th Karen Harrison Trigger
85cm
1st Jo Glover Teddy Edward
2nd Libby Richards Holly
3rd Emily Anderson Lana
4th Jane Burn Lucy
95cm
1st Jo Prestwich Theo
2nd Helen Graham Sergeant Pepper
3rd Ruth Watson Rongai
4th Abi Unwin Pinky
105cm
1st Jo Prestwich Theo
2nd Tyler Cassells Fred
3rd Jack Dale Millie
4th Hannah Mulliner Hugo
COMBINED TRAINING
P15/75cm
1ST Denise Dent Charlie
2nd Juliet Foden Ozzie
3rd Anna Main Hamish
4th Michelle Bains Newbridge Mac
P19/85cm
1st Jo Glover Teddy Edward
2nd Nicki Toomer April
3rd Sarah Sergeant Celtic 1st Lady
4th Libby Richards Holly
N35/95cm
1st Jo Prestwich Theo
2nd Ruth Watson Rongai
3rd Helen Graham Sergeant Pepper
4th Bethany Lee Always a Blue
E44/105cm
1st Jo Prestwich Theo
2nd Jack Dale Clarkey
3rd Tyler Cassells Fred
4th John Marsden Zac
The two novice teams also went well, both finished the first round on 4 faults. The second round was quite big and there were plenty of casualties throughout, but they all got round for 8 faults or less, and finished 4th and 5th. The star of our show was Nikki Phillips who jumped double clear and was 3rd individually – a great result!
The intermediate team – Brook Butler, Lucy Filby, Abi Unwin and Hannah Mulliner were fantastic! They won the competition outright without the need for a jump-off, and so they are heading for the National Championships at Lincoln in September. Hannah Mulliner jumped the only double clear over an enormous track to take the individual honours – well done Hannah and Sophie!
The weather was very kind and we enjoyed lovely sunshine all day. The rain only returned as we descended indoors for the presentation of awards!
Team – 1st
Hannah Mulliner and Sophie – 1st
Abigail Unwin and Silver Spring – 5th
Team – 2nd
Hannah Leech and Welton Chillipepper – 4th
Teams – 4th and 5th
Nikki Phillips and Draco Solitaire – 3rd
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