Sunday 25th October 2020
Sunday 25th October saw good entries for the last of our unaffiliated dressage events of the season. The first class of the day was the Pick Your Own Intro class. Lauren Bennett and her lovely young horse, Claramore First Prince, were our first combination of the day to head down the centre line. It was their first time out to a competition, and they delivered a lovely test to achieve a score of 68.70%.
Freja Noble-Jennings and her ride, Mackey Connie’s Boy, headed down the centre line for the first of their two tests in this class. The smart combination completed their first test with an outstanding score of 73.91%. This score was going to give them the first victory of the day. Another of our combinations with two tests in this class was Tara Thompson and her striking horse Carousel. Again, this pair delivered two consistent tests in which to gain two of the top six placings.
Intro B/Intro C
Judge: Marion Hollands
1st Freja Noble-Jennings and Mackey Connie’s Boy 73.91% (76)
2nd Freja Noble-Jennings and Mackey Connie’s Boy 73.26% (76)
3rd Lauren Bennett and Claramore First Boy 68.70% (69)
4th Tara Thompson and Carousel 66.74% (67)
5th Beth Greenfield and Lux 65.43% (64)
6th Tara Thompson and Carousel 64.13% (65)
Prelim 17A followed and once again we had a good amount of entries. Janice Greenfield and her horse Lux got the class underway with a consistent test to gain a score of 63.97%. This score was going to be enough to eventually secure them fifth place. As the class progressed, it soon became the turn of Sue Downie and her smart coloured horse, Jigsaw. This combination delivered an accurate test to gain a score of 66.03% and to take the second win of the day.
Prelim 17A
Judge: Chloe Denny
1st Sue Downie and Jigsaw 66.03% (64)
2nd Allisha Coulson and Laspen Diamond Cut 65.52% (66)
3rd Natallie Lindfield and Monbeg Kerrygold 65.34% (68)
4th Gill Cufley and Indiana Spring 65.00% (65)
5th Janice Greenfield and Lux 63.97% (66)
6th Charles Rogers and Vinnie (IL Divo) 61.72% (61)
Charles Rogers and his horse Vinnie were the first combination down the centre line for the Novice 37A class. Finishing on a score of 63.89%, this was going to be enough to secure themselves fourth place. Another new competitor to our events was Felicity Suttill and her smart horse, Illixa Astreus. This pairing finished their test on a score of 66.11% and became our Novice 37A winners.
Novice 37A
Judge: Chloe Denny
1st Felicity Suttill and Illixa Astraeus 66.11% (54)
2nd Natallie Lindfield and Monbeg Kerrygold 65.93% (54)
3rd Jackie Keyte and Hope 64.63% (54)
4th Charles Rogers and Vinnie (IL Divo) 63.89% (51)
5th Sue Downie and Jigsaw 61.85% (51)
6th Allisha Coulson and Laspen Diamond Cut 61.67% (50)
Due to a couple of competitors needing to withdraw from the last class, it left just Allisha Coulson to ride the Novice 39 test.
Novice 39
Judge: Chloe Denny
1st Allisha Coulson and Laspen Diamond Cut 57.50% (36.5)
Congratulations once again to all our deserving winners of the day. Well done to all our competitors that came and competed. We are very grateful for your continued support at our events.
Our current Covid-19 competition restrictions has meant that we have not been able to have any spectators on the show ground this season and there have been no score boards to view. We would like to thank everyone who has adhered to this new way of competing, which has helped all riders to compete safely and enabled us to continue to provide you with lots of competitions.
We will now over the winter months be working towards our 2021 competition dates, and these will be announced as soon as we have them all confirmed. We very much look forward to seeing you all again heading down those centre lines!