Results & Team Reports 2015
November 2015
Junior Dressage riders qualify for 2016 Championship
Through wind & rain our juniors bravely rode on at the dressage qualifier held at CRE 29th November.
Iona on spot , 1st in elementary, Lowenna on Finch , 6th and 2nd, Millie on Ollie two ind 2nds
Jess on Donnyt 1st and 6th individuals
The team came 2nd in the Nov class and 1st in the Intermediate team heading off to the championships in April/ May next year. A big thank you to Nic Davies & all our volunteers for making the day possible.
Iona on spot , 1st in elementary, Lowenna on Finch , 6th and 2nd, Millie on Ollie two ind 2nds
Jess on Donnyt 1st and 6th individuals
The team came 2nd in the Nov class and 1st in the Intermediate team heading off to the championships in April/ May next year. A big thank you to Nic Davies & all our volunteers for making the day possible.
Another great week of results
19.11.15 sees Sue & Jazz qualify for the Elementary winter regional championships with an excellent test at WWEC.
22.11.15- Juniors are out as part of teams; Ben & Rocket get an excellent double clear in the Pony Club champs helping his Ridgeway team come 2nd & Faith competes in the Inter schools champs helping her team to come 4th. Well done to everyone.
22.11.15- Juniors are out as part of teams; Ben & Rocket get an excellent double clear in the Pony Club champs helping his Ridgeway team come 2nd & Faith competes in the Inter schools champs helping her team to come 4th. Well done to everyone.
Dressage Qualifier 8.11.15 Summerhouse EC
Another great effort from SDRC at the area qualifier. A wet & windy day so not the best for trying to get a fantastic performance from your horses but still some excellent tests. The team were Megan Field, Nic Davis, Sarah Tingey, Jo Vincent & Eleanor Newman coming 9th overall out of 27 teams an excellent result. Nic also was 11th overall as individual and 7th in her arena. There was great camaraderie supporting each other as well as the fantastic support from family & friends. A big thank you to Sue Foord for sorting paperwork and giving encouragement all the way.
Excellent results for the start of November. Sue & Jazz are hauling in more top prizes and Sarah Halladay with her young horse Silvaro get the top spot too.
October 2015
A great week of results for club members. Sue & Jaz come 2nd at WWEC on 22nd October in dressage, Faith Jolley also scooped rosettes at WWEC coming 1st & 2nd in her jumping classes. The weekend saw Ben & Rocket competing at CREC gaining a first & two 2nd's as well as a double clear in the 2'9-3' showing mum Eleanor just how to make those awkward lines. Lucie took her mum's horse Max out for a turn whilst her horse Steve is off after his fetlock operation; she won the 2'7 with a 7second lead above 2nd place, great result considering Max hasn't jumped for over a year. Nic & Ranny strutted their stuff at Rein & Shine winning the Prelim 7, proving that even starting a hunting season he can still be level headed enough to be collected when required.
Well done everybody, keep your results & achievements coming in.
Well done everybody, keep your results & achievements coming in.
Leah Wells kicks the season off for hunter trials in fabulous style, competing at West Wilts on 4th Oct in her first 90cm & coming 6th. Excellent Result, well done.
Hunter Trial season is upon us!
September 2015
Juniors collect Ribbons to end September
Lowenna & Finch win their first Combined Training with 80.4 in dressage & 1 stop at show-jumping.
Ben & Speedy horse Rocket had a fabulous day at Wessex Gold show . A 2nd in the 2'3 and 4th in the 2'6. Great riding with a competitive edge!
Faith & Gina had a day of double pinks!!!! In well contested classes gaining two 6th places at Rectory Farm SJ Championships.
Ben & Speedy horse Rocket had a fabulous day at Wessex Gold show . A 2nd in the 2'3 and 4th in the 2'6. Great riding with a competitive edge!
Faith & Gina had a day of double pinks!!!! In well contested classes gaining two 6th places at Rectory Farm SJ Championships.
West Wilts ODE 13.9.15
Eleanor Newman & Dolly Dimple stride to 2nd place at a BE 80cm. Dressage score of 31.1% and double clear show jumping & xc, just a couple of time penalties.
Fantastic Results for Juniors at Lincoln
Lowenna & Iona made the long journey to the National Championships at Lincoln to represent SDRC in the dressage. Both girls had impeccable tests both coming 4th overall and Iona also coming 9th overall. Well done to both them & their horses as well as family & friends supporting them, it was truly well deserved.
Faith Jolley comes up trumps at PC Area Championships
Faith competed at the Cheltenham Ladies College NSEA Competition on 13/9 at Rectory Farm and came 3rd in the 70-80 class qualifying her for the Regional Finals in November.
Faith Jolley competed on 6th September at the area Pony Club Championships held at Rectory Farm. Coming 1st with her team & 8th individually, then coming 10th in the second class. Well done to you & your fantastic pony.
Faith Jolley competed on 6th September at the area Pony Club Championships held at Rectory Farm. Coming 1st with her team & 8th individually, then coming 10th in the second class. Well done to you & your fantastic pony.
August's Results 2015
National Horse Trials Championship 7.8.15
Junior Rider Jessica Saunders did herself & the riding club proud on Friday 7th August at Swalcliffe. The national championships for the 80cm section were as always fiercely contested. Jess rode an excellent dressage test gaining 23.5 then had a fabulous double clear show jumping and cross country. Thanks to all her family & support team as well as trainers & Chef d'Equipe Amanda Fitzgerald for being there for her.
Results for July 2015
Badminton Dressage Competition
An early start Wednesday 29th and 3 teams consisting of Lindsay
Cook, Eleanor
Newman, Iona Farrow-Wilton,
Millie
Moxey, Lowenna
Davis, Nicola
Davis, Demi
Davis, Sarah
Tingey and Bella
Lee made the trip to the hallowed turf of Badminton. First test was at 0830
and Eleanor kicked off the proceedings for the first 2 teams followed by
another 5 members. Demi, Bella and Sarah were lucky enough to have a small lie
in and didn't start until 10.30. Everyone rode
really well and the top placed individuals in each team went through to the
next class which was an individual championship. After fabulous team pacing’s
of 8th, 8th and 10th in a very strong field,
Demi and Millie in the individual champs, both pulled out
fantastic tests but were just out of the places, receiving excellent comments
from the judges. Overall a fabulous day out with friends. We had a laugh, all
got time to sit & chat together as well as enjoying Nic & Andrea’s marvelous
cakes, whilst Eleanor was in charge of the kettle.
SDRC teams are all about enjoying yourselves & having some fun. Well done to everyone.
SDRC teams are all about enjoying yourselves & having some fun. Well done to everyone.
Laura Wall comes 2nd in her first BE 90 at Crown Farm 18.7.15
Fabulous results from the Dressage Qualifier with Lowenna & Finch coming 1st & 3rd going forward to the National Championships in September in Lincoln. Sister Demi also came 5th in her Novice section.
Faith &Gina had a fantastic haul of rosettes & prizes at the area 9 pony club qualifier held at Stainswick, with a multitude of 1st & 2nd places.
Lucie & spotty horse Steve tried their hand at Sport Jumping (combining show-jumping and the thrill of speed through quadruple combinations & canal type turns of racing) qualifying in both the 1.10 & 1.20 sections at Quainton Stud to go forward to the televised final in August. They also came 1st in the Newcomer BSJA section.
Faith &Gina had a fantastic haul of rosettes & prizes at the area 9 pony club qualifier held at Stainswick, with a multitude of 1st & 2nd places.
Lucie & spotty horse Steve tried their hand at Sport Jumping (combining show-jumping and the thrill of speed through quadruple combinations & canal type turns of racing) qualifying in both the 1.10 & 1.20 sections at Quainton Stud to go forward to the televised final in August. They also came 1st in the Newcomer BSJA section.
Retraining of Racehorses
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Lynne Hawkin on her beautiful ex-racehorse Bubbling under went on to qualify on 5th July in the dressage section of the Retraining of Racehorses competition series and now looks forward to the championships later in the year.
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BRC Horse Trials Qualifier WWEC 28th June 2015
With a multitude of riders covering all sections of the Horse Trials qualifier, SDRC were made proud once again.
Junior rider Jess Saunders came 2nd as individual on her horse Westside Donegal Mirah in the 80cm putting them through to the National Championships at Swalcliffe in August.
The senior 80 team made up of Andrea Moxey on Kilmorgan Champ, Eleanor Newman on Dolly Dimple, Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion & Danielle Beach on Flanders Poppy came 3rd just missing out on going to the champs. Andrea also got 9th as Ind, Eleanor got 5th & Lucie got 6th.
The senior 90 team made up of Demi Davis on Stella, Sarah Tingey on Kiltula Lad, Sarah Wardall on Katpatuka & Jo Vincent on Wonk coming 5th.
Junior rider Charlotte Webb on Moo came 4th as individual in the 90 section.
Holly Horton took her own Cookie in the 100 section achieving 5th place, a fabulous result. Laura Wall in the 90 & Lowenna Davis in the 80 also went as individuals.
A huge thank you must go out to Amanda Fitzgerald as team co-ordinate who along with volunteers: Tam Thornton, Sue Foord, Sarah Halladay & Jo Anderson had a very long day. Without you ladies it would not be possible for our riders to compete!
Junior rider Jess Saunders came 2nd as individual on her horse Westside Donegal Mirah in the 80cm putting them through to the National Championships at Swalcliffe in August.
The senior 80 team made up of Andrea Moxey on Kilmorgan Champ, Eleanor Newman on Dolly Dimple, Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion & Danielle Beach on Flanders Poppy came 3rd just missing out on going to the champs. Andrea also got 9th as Ind, Eleanor got 5th & Lucie got 6th.
The senior 90 team made up of Demi Davis on Stella, Sarah Tingey on Kiltula Lad, Sarah Wardall on Katpatuka & Jo Vincent on Wonk coming 5th.
Junior rider Charlotte Webb on Moo came 4th as individual in the 90 section.
Holly Horton took her own Cookie in the 100 section achieving 5th place, a fabulous result. Laura Wall in the 90 & Lowenna Davis in the 80 also went as individuals.
A huge thank you must go out to Amanda Fitzgerald as team co-ordinate who along with volunteers: Tam Thornton, Sue Foord, Sarah Halladay & Jo Anderson had a very long day. Without you ladies it would not be possible for our riders to compete!
Results for June
Faith did her first ever ODE. Best Dressage score and a lovely clear round SJ put them in the lead up to the XC phase, sadly a tricky skinny finished them 7th. NSEA Showjumping saw a 2nd place in the 50-60 and a qualification to the Regional Championships. An unlucky pole in the 60-70 and a stop in the 70-80 but a brilliant experience around a 14 jump affiliated track.
Faith has now also qualified for the WPS championships held at Stoneleigh this year with no less than three first prizes in the qualifiers at Northleach. |
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Amazing weekend for Faith!! First ever eventer challenge 13th June and she came 1st on Gina in the 60cm, 2nd on Twister and 3rd on Twister in the 70cn. 14th June at Green Farm pony show she won 3 out of 4 jumping classes on Gina coming 2nd in the last class, she also won her ridden showing class!
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Lowenna & Finch come 4th at Rectory Farm on 20th June out of a strong class of 30 competitors.
Training pays off!
Bella Lee passes her stage 3 BHS exam with excellent tuition & training from Caron Roberts & her team.
Combined Training Championship Aston Le Walls
After a successful qualifier at Rabson Manor SDRC sent two teams to the National Championships on 31st May, held at Aston Le Walls nr Daventry.
Red team was made up of Laura Wall, Sarah Tingey, Eleanor Newman & Lynn Hawkins. Blue team were Nic Davis, Demi Davis, Lucie Humphries & Amanda Fitzgerald.
This was a very long day with some riders getting up at 4.45am to prepare for a start at 10.15, course had to be walked and inspections of horses to match passports undertaken. Demi's horse was also randomly selected for dope testing involving blood tests taken on the spot.
The day ran fairly smoothly with all riders completing their dressage tests (although horses were a little spooky) and then heading off to the show jump ring. There were 32 teams in total and riders were staggered throughout the day with Laura going at 17.10 to finish off. A very complex scoring system of dressage, show jumping & individual scoring meant eventually Blue team came 24th & Red team came 29th. Amanda Fitzgerald on her young horse Max gained an individual 10th place, which is fantastic.
A big thank you must go out to Sarah's daughter Amelia & Clare Macleod for being our volunteers for the proceedings, without them teams would not be able to compete.
Red team was made up of Laura Wall, Sarah Tingey, Eleanor Newman & Lynn Hawkins. Blue team were Nic Davis, Demi Davis, Lucie Humphries & Amanda Fitzgerald.
This was a very long day with some riders getting up at 4.45am to prepare for a start at 10.15, course had to be walked and inspections of horses to match passports undertaken. Demi's horse was also randomly selected for dope testing involving blood tests taken on the spot.
The day ran fairly smoothly with all riders completing their dressage tests (although horses were a little spooky) and then heading off to the show jump ring. There were 32 teams in total and riders were staggered throughout the day with Laura going at 17.10 to finish off. A very complex scoring system of dressage, show jumping & individual scoring meant eventually Blue team came 24th & Red team came 29th. Amanda Fitzgerald on her young horse Max gained an individual 10th place, which is fantastic.
A big thank you must go out to Sarah's daughter Amelia & Clare Macleod for being our volunteers for the proceedings, without them teams would not be able to compete.
May Bank Holiday Weekend sees a Haul of Rosettes
23rd May sees Faith Jolley, up & coming Junior SDRC member reap a bundle of rewards. It was a two pony day!!! Faith rode amazingly switching between Twister and Gina.... Who were 1/10th of a second away from a clean sweep 1-2 finish in three classes!!! Good ponies!! ❤🐴 They also won £32 in vouchers too
May's Results are coming in!
Maddie Moxey & Ollie get 8th place at Mount Ballan, Wales after some time off from injury.
What a gorgeous picture showing that bond between horse & rider.
What a gorgeous picture showing that bond between horse & rider.
14.5.15 Holly Horton & Boris are going great guns with their eventing coming 4th at Gatcome & 4th at their first ever intermediate at Washpool. Well done Holly. Thanks to Steph Burch Photography for use of her photo.
3.5.15 Helen Scott came 1st at CRE Dressage
4.5.15 Eleanor Newman 3rd at Swallcliffe ODE
10.5.15 Faith Jolley Jnr Rider 2nd at WWEC in 65cm SJ
4.5.15 Eleanor Newman 3rd at Swallcliffe ODE
10.5.15 Faith Jolley Jnr Rider 2nd at WWEC in 65cm SJ
April Results Continue
16.4.15 Sue & Jazz have an excellent double with 2 wins at elementary level.
16.4.15 Demi & Stella score 76.15 in Novice test winning at Rein & Shine
19.4.15 Tam & Lady compete in BE having a fabulous ride coming 3rd
19.4.15 CT teams both qualify for champs coming 1st & 3rd
19.4.15 Lowenna Davis & Finch come Ind 3rd at CT Qualifier
22.4.15 Demi & Stella collect 3rd at West Wilts SJ 95cm
16.4.15 Demi & Stella score 76.15 in Novice test winning at Rein & Shine
19.4.15 Tam & Lady compete in BE having a fabulous ride coming 3rd
19.4.15 CT teams both qualify for champs coming 1st & 3rd
19.4.15 Lowenna Davis & Finch come Ind 3rd at CT Qualifier
22.4.15 Demi & Stella collect 3rd at West Wilts SJ 95cm
11.4.15
Eleanor Newman & Dolly had a fabulous day at Elmwood ODE. This was her first event of this type on her new horse and I'm sure this will be the start of a great partnership. They had 26.3 dressage and double clear SJ & XC, just a couple of time penalties taking them into 2nd place. Fantastic!
Also out competing were Tam Thornton & Lindsay Cook in Combined training at West Wilts. Their horses Lady & Hooch were on top form. Lady had dressage of 74.75% and Hooch 73% getting 2nd & 3rd place. Well done Ladies :-)
March 2015 Results
Faith had great results from West Wilts Mini and Intermediate Showjumping on 29th March. a 5th in the 2ft and 6th in the 2ft3... both very busy and well contended classes. Sue Foord also storming ahead in the dressage winning two elementary classes mid week at West wilts.
Eventers Challenge 90cm team Qualifier 22.3.15
Senior team made up of Jo Vincent & Wonk, Maddie & Ollie, Lucie & Sherry, Holly & Cookie made the short journey to Wickstead to compete in the 90cm eventers challenge. This consists of approx. 12 show-jumps followed straight away by around 22 cross country obstacles. Ran on an optimum time for both the sj & xc with 0.4 of a second being added for any time over or under a 10second lea-way. With the best 3 scores counting it was extremely close at the top, there was a little discussion as to whether a step back had been made at one fence thus incurring 20 penalties, SDRC came 2nd overall narrowly missing out on qualification to the championships, Jo & Wonk also got individual 6th place, a great day out for all & the sun shone :-)!
21st & 22nd March
Regular weekend results are steadily coming in. This week Lucie Humphries got 1st place on Tallula at AllensHill jumping Discovery BSJA.
21st saw Lowenna Davis once again in the ribbons with Finch in dressage at CRE in Prelim & then 22nd getting 4th place in the unaffiliated 80cm eventers challenge at Wickstead. Not to be out down big sister Demi came 2nd in the same event, great competitiveness between the family.
21st saw Lowenna Davis once again in the ribbons with Finch in dressage at CRE in Prelim & then 22nd getting 4th place in the unaffiliated 80cm eventers challenge at Wickstead. Not to be out down big sister Demi came 2nd in the same event, great competitiveness between the family.
Results for 15th & 16th March
Juniors do it in style with Faith Jolleys gaining two 1st places on her new dun pony at Caron Roberts Equestrian show jumping.
Lowenna Davis also gets 2nd place on her horse Finch in the 2'6 show jumping. Its always great to hear our up & coming juniors doing well. Star's of the future!
Maddie Moxey & Ollie also do their first BE 90 & have a great double clear.
Weekend Results 7th/8th March
Saturday 7th saw Eleanor Newman and new horse Dolly picking up 5th place at West Wilts in Combined Training. Jo Vincent & Wonk also stormed the placing's at this venue getting 1st on Wonk.
8th March Lindsay & Hooch went to Hunters to do their first BD competition coming 1st in both his classes, what super stars they are! Also elsewhere at Wickstead Eventers Challenge Nic Davis & Ranny get 4th place in the 80cm & Lucie Humphries with Sherry get 6th in the 90 with a bit of a quick round. Amanda Fitzgerald & her young horse also got ribbons today with 4th & 6th in their prelim classes. Well done all!!
8th March Lindsay & Hooch went to Hunters to do their first BD competition coming 1st in both his classes, what super stars they are! Also elsewhere at Wickstead Eventers Challenge Nic Davis & Ranny get 4th place in the 80cm & Lucie Humphries with Sherry get 6th in the 90 with a bit of a quick round. Amanda Fitzgerald & her young horse also got ribbons today with 4th & 6th in their prelim classes. Well done all!!
Winter Intermediate Dressage 1st March
SDRC had a trip to Leyland Court in Bristol today for the
intermediate dressage. After lots of teething problems and just a team of 3, we
finally made it and enjoyed a beautiful morning in the sun with Bella riding
her new horse Lotta for the prelim test, only their 2nd competition together
and what a super future they are going to have, fabulous young horse in the
making. Jo and Wonk rode the team novice test and did a lovely test with just a
small sat nav issue and Demi and Stella rode Novice as an Individual, a
beautiful test which I think deserved a better mark. Unfortunately no pretty
ribbons won but some fantastic tests ridden. Then it was all change!! Lynne was
on this afternoon riding elementary and the heavens opened! Lynne, Bubbles
& myself were soaked to the skin (&I had waterproofs on), despite the
sideways rain & hail they pulled off a tremendous test for 70.94% and 6th
place. Well done everybody a fantastic day against the elements.
Sue Foord
Sue Foord
Sue Foord and her big ginger beastie Jazz competed at the Regional Dressage Championships on 20th Feb at Merrist Wood coming 4th, a fabulous result. Jazz showed his exuberance at his placing by chucking in a few bucks and leaps in the prize giving, well he is chestnut after all......
TEAM REPORTS 2014
Dressage Qualifier at Summerhouse Nov 2014
A really foul day of wind & rain greeted our competitors, the Summerhouse arena was partially flooded. though they managed to position the actual dressage arenas just out of the worst areas.
Senior teams made up of Laura Wall on Meacham Reality, Sue Foord on Razz Jazz, Lindsay Cook on Lazoral Lucky Moon Mist & Jo Vincent on Wonk came 5th overall with Jo getting Individual 2nd with 72.1% & Sue getting Ind 5th.
Also senior team: Charlotte Lawrence on Sizzling Ember, Toni Besley on Bowood Top Cat, Teresa Carty on Kinksey Dollar-AR & Nicola Allen on Skewald Grey were just out of placing's. Nicola gaining Ind 4th with 71%.
Junior Dressage teams: Lowenna Davis on Stella, Laura Windel on Mystic Blue, Sasha Hargreaves on Cranny Volt coming team 2nd. Lowenna also in the other junior team on Finch, Livvy Hoyland on Crystal getting Ind 4th & Charlotte Webb on Spirit. Well done to you all for turning out in such awful conditions.
Senior teams made up of Laura Wall on Meacham Reality, Sue Foord on Razz Jazz, Lindsay Cook on Lazoral Lucky Moon Mist & Jo Vincent on Wonk came 5th overall with Jo getting Individual 2nd with 72.1% & Sue getting Ind 5th.
Also senior team: Charlotte Lawrence on Sizzling Ember, Toni Besley on Bowood Top Cat, Teresa Carty on Kinksey Dollar-AR & Nicola Allen on Skewald Grey were just out of placing's. Nicola gaining Ind 4th with 71%.
Junior Dressage teams: Lowenna Davis on Stella, Laura Windel on Mystic Blue, Sasha Hargreaves on Cranny Volt coming team 2nd. Lowenna also in the other junior team on Finch, Livvy Hoyland on Crystal getting Ind 4th & Charlotte Webb on Spirit. Well done to you all for turning out in such awful conditions.
Winter Novice team SJ Qualifier
2nd November a cold & mostly wet day, 1 junior & 2 senior teams competed at Summerhouse equestrian in the Winter Novice Show Jumping. Having to jump over two rounds of 80-85cm with the best three scores counting towards a final total. A great result for both Junior & Seniors gaining a 3rd place in their section, with some individual placing's as well.
The juniors were made up of Emily Cramise-Smith on Diamond Tiara, Bella Lee on Miss Miniver & Lowenna Davis on Redhill Frisk me, this was a great result as all three scores had to count. Well done Girls :-)
The seniors sent two teams, Swindon 1: Gemma Elford on Apache Princess, Maddie Moxey on Kilcolgan Champ, Teresa Carty on Kinksy Dollar-AR, & Heather Lily on Steel Doro, they all had great rounds just missing some of the heavier rain showers but unfortunately were just out of the placing's.
Swindon 2: comprised of Tam Thornton on Lady Frisky, Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion, Sarah Tingey on Kiltulla Lad & Ben Lee on Max. The team at one point could hardly see the fences through the pouring rain but still managed to get 3rd place with Ben Lee having individual 2nd & Tam Thornton individual 10th. Well done!
The juniors were made up of Emily Cramise-Smith on Diamond Tiara, Bella Lee on Miss Miniver & Lowenna Davis on Redhill Frisk me, this was a great result as all three scores had to count. Well done Girls :-)
The seniors sent two teams, Swindon 1: Gemma Elford on Apache Princess, Maddie Moxey on Kilcolgan Champ, Teresa Carty on Kinksy Dollar-AR, & Heather Lily on Steel Doro, they all had great rounds just missing some of the heavier rain showers but unfortunately were just out of the placing's.
Swindon 2: comprised of Tam Thornton on Lady Frisky, Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion, Sarah Tingey on Kiltulla Lad & Ben Lee on Max. The team at one point could hardly see the fences through the pouring rain but still managed to get 3rd place with Ben Lee having individual 2nd & Tam Thornton individual 10th. Well done!
Elmwood Hunter trial brings Results
Hunter trials held at Elmwood on 25th October brought a haul for SDRC members:
Leah & Toby won the individual 70cm
Lucie Humphries & her partner came 3rd in the 70cm pairs
Jenny & Doug come 4th in 80cm
Charlotte & Murlin got 5th in 90cm
Well done to all, it was a lovely day on fantastic ground.
Leah & Toby won the individual 70cm
Lucie Humphries & her partner came 3rd in the 70cm pairs
Jenny & Doug come 4th in 80cm
Charlotte & Murlin got 5th in 90cm
Well done to all, it was a lovely day on fantastic ground.
New Members Competing
Rhian Humphreys & her horse Shauna get 3rd at Rein & Shine in the 2'6"
SDRC Riders out there making their mark
Recently we have had Sue Foord & Jazz qualify for the Novice Open Petplan Dressage, Holly & Boris are going great guns in their ODE careers coming 6th at Monmouth in the Novice, Teresa Carty & Dollar had a great dressage result with 74% gaining 2nd place & Lowenna Davis came 2nd in the 80-90cm pony club team jumping on her sisters horse Stella at Hartpury. Jo Vincent came 3rd on Wonk at BCA enjoying every moment.Well done keep these results coming in to Sally.
National Championships Lincoln 6th Sept
The Team made up of Eleanor Newman on Sophie, Ted Carty on Dollar & Demi Davis on Stella came 23rd overall with Demi getting Individual 9th. Excellent result. See reports page for pics and riders blog.
Combined Training at NWSC 6.9.14
Not satisfied with gaining excellent results in dressage Nicola Allen has turned Bobbi's hoof to combined training. He must have enjoyed it as they came 4th. Well done
Dressage in August
Dressage riders have been busy as always.
27.8.14- Pam & Tallula get 5th at WWEC evening dressage.
29.8.14- Sue Foord & Jazz "Dance their socks off" at Summerhouse to come 2nd in both of the Novice classes they entered with 76.03% & 67.76%, great scores again.
30.8.14- Jo Vincent & Eleanor Newman part of the Pink Unicorn team that compete at Team Quest get 3rd place at Hunters Equestrian. this is great preparation for Eleanor who is off to Lincoln next weekend as part of the SDRC squad.
27.8.14- Pam & Tallula get 5th at WWEC evening dressage.
29.8.14- Sue Foord & Jazz "Dance their socks off" at Summerhouse to come 2nd in both of the Novice classes they entered with 76.03% & 67.76%, great scores again.
30.8.14- Jo Vincent & Eleanor Newman part of the Pink Unicorn team that compete at Team Quest get 3rd place at Hunters Equestrian. this is great preparation for Eleanor who is off to Lincoln next weekend as part of the SDRC squad.
Cricklade Show in a Downpour!
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Members Demi & Lowenna Davis braved the pouring rain to attend Cricklade Show.
Despite conditions being horrid both managed a good haul of booty. Demi came 1st in 2'7" & Team SJ. Low came 6th in 2'6 & 1st In Team |
Lucie Humphries 2nd in Guernsey
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Lucie was selected to compete as part of a UK team travelling to Guernsey from 21st Aug- 26th Aug. This was the first time she had travelled her 6yr old horse Steve on such a long journey, leaving Portsmouth on the overnight ferry at 6pm arriving in St Peters Port at 3am. She had a police escort to the show ground as her lorry (only 7.5t) was too large for the narrow island roads.
Competing on the Friday as part of the team in the 1st round they were in 3rd place. On Saturday she competed in the 1m.20 but was unplaced, Steve also gave the Puissance Wall ago but took a block out at 4ft, it ended at 5'7" seriously big! On Sunday they were down to only 3 members as a horse was lame but all jumped fantastic gaining them overall 2nd position. |
SDRC ODE 17.8.14
Once again the ODE ran beautifully at Rabson with lots of competitors.
Trainer Helen Vitalie won the first class on her baby horse Dublin Mist. Leah Wells was 10th on Toblerone.
Class 2 had a win for Laura Wall on Meacham Reality, a 3rd for Holly Horton on Misty & 6th for Lottie Webb on Merlin.
Ex-member Katie Vincent came 3rd in Class 3 on dependable Wonk :-)
Thanks must go out to all the volunteers that helped to make it run so smoothly.
Trainer Helen Vitalie won the first class on her baby horse Dublin Mist. Leah Wells was 10th on Toblerone.
Class 2 had a win for Laura Wall on Meacham Reality, a 3rd for Holly Horton on Misty & 6th for Lottie Webb on Merlin.
Ex-member Katie Vincent came 3rd in Class 3 on dependable Wonk :-)
Thanks must go out to all the volunteers that helped to make it run so smoothly.
BRC Horse Trials Champs 1/8/14-3/8/14
Sasha Hargreaves wins individually in Junior 90 & also
a win for her as part of the team for area 9.
a win for her as part of the team for area 9.
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Chloe Fletcher & Sckar represented SDRC in the 90cm Horse Trials at Swalcliffe, with an excellent 27.5% dressage & just a pole down she secured 5th place.
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Jake & Kerry competed in the 80cm Horse Trials after bringing Jake out of semi-retirement (whilst concentrating on her young horse). With a dressage score of 31.5% and double clear she gained 10th place & a rosette after having a few time penalties for taking it a little steady
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Holly & Boris go great guns in the 100 section over three days to come 9th overall.
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Bronze at BYRDS
Livvy Hoyland on Crystal
who represented BYRDS South West at Home International and came away with a
Bronze medal in the Pony Novice Competition. It is great to se our young riders coming through the ranks, putting in time & effort to maximise their success. Thanks must go to their support team such as parents, trainers, family & friends as this is a time commiting and costly task.
who represented BYRDS South West at Home International and came away with a
Bronze medal in the Pony Novice Competition. It is great to se our young riders coming through the ranks, putting in time & effort to maximise their success. Thanks must go to their support team such as parents, trainers, family & friends as this is a time commiting and costly task.
Toni Besley Win at British Dressage
Team Quest
Members Jo Vincent & Eleanor Newman joined their Team Quest "The Pink Unicorns" at East Soley on 18th July to take the win. This is a fabulous result especially when Eleanor has only had her new pony "Sophie" for just 2 weeks.
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Toni Besley & her superb horse Top Cat come top of the class at Quainton Stud on 20.7.14 in British Dressage. Toni proves that preparation is the key, she diligently schools her horse & has regular lessons from Caron Roberts. We see her here in the opposite picture drawing out her test just to make sure she has it firmly secured in her mind before entering at "A".
Demi Does DressageDemi Davis was out once again on her mare Stella, this time competing in Dressage at North Wilts Saddle Club where she picked up 2nd place with a great score of 77.08% her personal best so far.
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Dressage Champs at Badminton July 2014
16.7.14 Sue and her big horse Jazz competed against stiff competition at the Badminton dressage championships and came a stupendous 4th with 73% just 0.6% behind the winning score. Praise goes out to Sue's hard work with expert training from Caron Roberts and advise from Becca bell. Sue sends special thanks to Jazz's owner for allowing her to compete this special horse.
15.7.14- junior dressage at Badminton saw Laura Windel &livvy Hoyland with team mates get 4th place. Livvy also had individual 6th. Well done girls.
15.7.14- junior dressage at Badminton saw Laura Windel &livvy Hoyland with team mates get 4th place. Livvy also had individual 6th. Well done girls.
Dressage Divas out & about
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Lindsay Cook & Hooch competed at West Wilts (12.7.14) getting 2nd in prelim and a fabulous win in the Novice test with 70.4.
Nicols Allen & Bobbi, joined in team quest at West Wilts (13.7.14) getting ind 5th with 72% and overall team 3rd. |
Qualification For Lincoln in Dressage
Swindon Red Team made up of: Audrey Venables, Eleanor Newman, Sarah Tingey & Demi Davis won the Prelim dressage section at the qualifiers held at Rabson Manor on 29.6.14. This means they can now go forward to the championships held in Lincoln in September. There were Individual placing's as well, and our first ever try at Pairs Dressage produced 2nd spot from Demi Davis & Teresa Carty.
There were also individual awards: Eleanor on Polo won the prelim test, Demi came 3rd. Nikki Allen on Bobbi had individual 4th with 74% showing how high the standard was. The 2nd dressage team made up of Nikki Allen, Nic Davis, Teresa Carty and Sharon Henson were just out of the placing's. Well done to all!
There were also individual awards: Eleanor on Polo won the prelim test, Demi came 3rd. Nikki Allen on Bobbi had individual 4th with 74% showing how high the standard was. The 2nd dressage team made up of Nikki Allen, Nic Davis, Teresa Carty and Sharon Henson were just out of the placing's. Well done to all!
Horse Trials Qualifier 22.6.14
Great Day for SDRC at the Horse Trials Area Qualifier at WWEC today.
Results
Team 80 A Team – 2nd beaten by 1 point
Chloe Fletcher on Sckarnagh - Total 33 pens Ind 1st Qualified for Championships
Kerry Alexander on Jake – Total 28 pens Ind 2nd Qualified for Championships
Lindsay Cook on Laurozel Lucky Moonmist– Total 28 pens Ind 3rd
Sara Halladey on Silverio– Total 35.8 pens Ind 7th
Team 80 B Team – 6th
Harriet Rochester on My Galway Man - Ind 7th
Clare Barr on Minnie Mouse
Jenny Young on Douglas
Dawn Jolleys on Twister
Team 90 Team – 3rd
Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion Ind 9th
Claire Ford on DJ’s Addition – Ind 7th
Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa
Kerry Alexander on Brainstorn
Junior 90 Individual
Sasha Hargreaves on Cranny 2nd
Issy Cole on Jaysans 6th
Junior 100+ Individuals
Holly Horton on Boris 1st Qualified for Championships
Results
Team 80 A Team – 2nd beaten by 1 point
Chloe Fletcher on Sckarnagh - Total 33 pens Ind 1st Qualified for Championships
Kerry Alexander on Jake – Total 28 pens Ind 2nd Qualified for Championships
Lindsay Cook on Laurozel Lucky Moonmist– Total 28 pens Ind 3rd
Sara Halladey on Silverio– Total 35.8 pens Ind 7th
Team 80 B Team – 6th
Harriet Rochester on My Galway Man - Ind 7th
Clare Barr on Minnie Mouse
Jenny Young on Douglas
Dawn Jolleys on Twister
Team 90 Team – 3rd
Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion Ind 9th
Claire Ford on DJ’s Addition – Ind 7th
Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa
Kerry Alexander on Brainstorn
Junior 90 Individual
Sasha Hargreaves on Cranny 2nd
Issy Cole on Jaysans 6th
Junior 100+ Individuals
Holly Horton on Boris 1st Qualified for Championships
Jo Vincent gets Grass Roots Qualification
Jo Vincent has qualified for the Grass Roots Qualifier at Badminton on her daughters (Katy Vincent) horse Wonk.
She competed at West Wilts ODE on 18th June, scoring 31.5 dressage and a double clear sj & xc.
This gave her 3rd position and an extremely proud moment. Well done for all your hard work & training.
She competed at West Wilts ODE on 18th June, scoring 31.5 dressage and a double clear sj & xc.
This gave her 3rd position and an extremely proud moment. Well done for all your hard work & training.
Nic Davis Wins at WW
Nic Davis on her gorgeous horse Ransome competed yesterday at West Wilts Equestrian centre in the BE80 Combined Training. They finished on a score of 134
having just one pole in the show jumping section.
Nic is elated to have won the class, though Ransome is just happy to take a snooze.
Daughter Demi Davis also did very well coming 3rd in the BE90 section of the Combined Training on her horse Stella, this puts her in good stead for the horse trials qualifier looming at the weekend.
having just one pole in the show jumping section.
Nic is elated to have won the class, though Ransome is just happy to take a snooze.
Daughter Demi Davis also did very well coming 3rd in the BE90 section of the Combined Training on her horse Stella, this puts her in good stead for the horse trials qualifier looming at the weekend.
Sue Foord From strength to strength.
Not only does Sue qualify for the Badminton dressage champs when she attended a qualifier on31.5.14.
8.6.14 -Sue Foord has completed her first affiliated Novice test on Jazz winning at East Soley with a score of 71.2% and getting her first BD point. I am sure it will be the first of many.
Lindsay Cook & Hooch also did their very first Novice test and had a fantastic score of 69.7%.
8.6.14 -Sue Foord has completed her first affiliated Novice test on Jazz winning at East Soley with a score of 71.2% and getting her first BD point. I am sure it will be the first of many.
Lindsay Cook & Hooch also did their very first Novice test and had a fantastic score of 69.7%.
Davis family steal the show.
8.6.14 Rein & Shine Dressage saw the whole Davis Family walk away with a bundle of rosettes.
Demi Davis & Stella won both the prelim & novice tests with scores of 72.92 & 75.83, just beating her sister Lowenna on Finch. Mum, Nic Davis not to miss out came 3rd on the lovely Ransome with 71%. Keep it up ladies!
Demi Davis & Stella won both the prelim & novice tests with scores of 72.92 & 75.83, just beating her sister Lowenna on Finch. Mum, Nic Davis not to miss out came 3rd on the lovely Ransome with 71%. Keep it up ladies!
Jen & Douglas Gain Confidence at Aston Le Walls 8.6.14
Charlotte Webb, also attended the event at Aston Le Walls and gained 2nd place. Very well done :-)
BD Team Quest Dressage
A few of our members have recently been competing in team quest dressage. Made up of four riders they go out and about to various venues showing off their excellent dressage skills.
31.5.14 Amber Dunham, Pam Hunt, Kerrie Alexander & Lindsay cook
took part and came fourth against stiff competition.
Well done, we look forward to hearing more from all riders partaking in this past time.
31.5.14 Amber Dunham, Pam Hunt, Kerrie Alexander & Lindsay cook
took part and came fourth against stiff competition.
Well done, we look forward to hearing more from all riders partaking in this past time.
Members cover the miles in search of success 24.5-26.5.14
Kerry Alexander entered both her cobs in the Elmwood Combined Training on 24.5.14, Jake who had been taking a bit of a back seat of late (whilst youngster Bray's training continued) won his class with an amazing dressage score of 24. He still has what it takes to pull it out of the bag. Youngster Bray (aka Brainstorm) also not to miss out came a fabulous 3rd in the CT 90cm with his dressage score of 24.4, Kerry certainly goes out of her way to do the ground work with these horses to get exceptionally consistent results.
Lucie, now following the BSJA route with her young horse Steve went on to be placed 2nd in the Newcomers jumping 1m.10 at Moores Farm on the Bank Holiday.
Sue Foord on her Big Chestnut horse came 4th at Burrows Court with a score of 70.9%, fabulous, all their training with Caron has certainly paid off.
Pam Hunt was back in the saddle on her new horse Tallula taking part in the dressage competitions run at Caron's yard coming a well deserved 2nd.
Well Done Ladies, Keep those results coming in.......
Lucie, now following the BSJA route with her young horse Steve went on to be placed 2nd in the Newcomers jumping 1m.10 at Moores Farm on the Bank Holiday.
Sue Foord on her Big Chestnut horse came 4th at Burrows Court with a score of 70.9%, fabulous, all their training with Caron has certainly paid off.
Pam Hunt was back in the saddle on her new horse Tallula taking part in the dressage competitions run at Caron's yard coming a well deserved 2nd.
Well Done Ladies, Keep those results coming in.......
SDRC Members in top positions 18.5.14
Amber Dunham wins dressage under retrained racehorse at West Wilts 29.5.14
Teresa Carty & Harley Win on their return debut at dressage, fab result. 24.5.14
Lindsay Cook & Livvy Hoyland both win at Aston-Le-Walls
Lowenna Davis comes 1st in the Intro & 4th in Prelim over the weekend.
Eleanor & Polo get Ind 3rd and a team 2nd at BD Dressage at West Wilts.
Teresa Carty & Harley Win on their return debut at dressage, fab result. 24.5.14
Lindsay Cook & Livvy Hoyland both win at Aston-Le-Walls
Lowenna Davis comes 1st in the Intro & 4th in Prelim over the weekend.
Eleanor & Polo get Ind 3rd and a team 2nd at BD Dressage at West Wilts.
Lindsay & Hooch take the Win
4.5.14 Lindsay Cook & Hooch win at Burrows court with a fantastic score of 75.2%
They the went on to get 3rd place in the next section with 71%
Well done to you both it really does take hours of dedication & training to achieve such consistency.
They the went on to get 3rd place in the next section with 71%
Well done to you both it really does take hours of dedication & training to achieve such consistency.
Junior Rider Livvy Hoyland
Well done to Livy & Crystal who came 2nd at Morton Morrell
BE90 with 29.5 dressage and double clear inside the time. Great
result
BE90 with 29.5 dressage and double clear inside the time. Great
result
Dressage Diva's are in the ribbons
Well done to Amber Dunham on Red winning her dressage class at Home Farm Equestrian Centre. Also Deb Scothern & Polly in your Pocket being in the top placing's at East Soley Dressage.
Combined Training Team 20.4.14
On a very soggy Sunday SDRC members did themselves proud competing at the area qualifier at Rabson Manor on 20th April 2014. Many members having personal bests as well as individual placings, coming away feeling proud of their achievements.
The senior squad made up of Sarah Tingey on Kittilla Lad, Nicola Allen on Skehard Grey, Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa & Laura Wall on her new mount Meacham Reality gaining 2nd place thus qualifying
for the national championships at Aston Le Walls on 31st May-4th June. Laura Wall also gained an individual 1st. This really is an excellent result well done ladies!
The senior squad made up of Sarah Tingey on Kittilla Lad, Nicola Allen on Skehard Grey, Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa & Laura Wall on her new mount Meacham Reality gaining 2nd place thus qualifying
for the national championships at Aston Le Walls on 31st May-4th June. Laura Wall also gained an individual 1st. This really is an excellent result well done ladies!
Easter Show brings rewards for members
The Davis family have been stealing the show at a local event held at Rein & Shine Equestrian.
Nic Davis won the In-Hand Veteran class with her horse Ransome, he was then ridden by daughter Lowenna who went on to win both the Top-score & Puissance on him.
Lowenna also had a great result on her own horse Finch at the Combined Training gaining 3rd place as an individual; sister Demi made up part of the senior team coming 2nd overall & qualifying for the champs as well as an individual 4th on her horse Stella.
Nic Davis won the In-Hand Veteran class with her horse Ransome, he was then ridden by daughter Lowenna who went on to win both the Top-score & Puissance on him.
Lowenna also had a great result on her own horse Finch at the Combined Training gaining 3rd place as an individual; sister Demi made up part of the senior team coming 2nd overall & qualifying for the champs as well as an individual 4th on her horse Stella.
Winter Indoor SJ Championships Hartpury 30.3.14
The junior team made up of Livvy Hoyland, Bella Lee, Demi Davis & Maddie Moxey had an excellent day at Hartpury 30.3.14 in the Indoor Winter show jumping Championships.Coming 7th overall out of 28 teams that qualified. This is a national competition with amazing young talent coming up through the stages, our
girls were fabulous showing how to get up there with the best.
girls were fabulous showing how to get up there with the best.
Ladies Sweep top slots at weekend 22/23 March 14
Once again members are out & about. Toni Besley on Top Cat have a double win in Dressage at Hunters Equestrian. 1st in Prelim & 1st in her section of the Novice test.
Kerry Alexander on Bray also pick up 3rd place showing that her young horse has lots of potential for the future.
Tam Thornton on Lady competed at West Wilts in the BE90 Combined Training and also got 1st place.
WELL DONE LADIES! definitely something to be proud of.
Previously:
Lindsay Cook & Hooch get 1st & 2nd in the dressage at WWEC on 8.3.14 Livvy Hoyland & Crystal also get 1st & 2nd in the novice tests.
Lucie Humphries has her first BSJA win on Steve in Discovery class at Summerhouse 4.3.14
Kerry Alexander & Bray come 3rd in WWEC Combined Training 14.3.14
Kerry Alexander on Bray also pick up 3rd place showing that her young horse has lots of potential for the future.
Tam Thornton on Lady competed at West Wilts in the BE90 Combined Training and also got 1st place.
WELL DONE LADIES! definitely something to be proud of.
Previously:
Lindsay Cook & Hooch get 1st & 2nd in the dressage at WWEC on 8.3.14 Livvy Hoyland & Crystal also get 1st & 2nd in the novice tests.
Lucie Humphries has her first BSJA win on Steve in Discovery class at Summerhouse 4.3.14
Kerry Alexander & Bray come 3rd in WWEC Combined Training 14.3.14
Members come 2nd in team SJ for Pony clubs
29th Dec 2013 West Wilts Inter Pony Club Team show jumping.
Riders Lowenna Davis & Livvy Hoyland Make up part of the team coming 2nd for Ridgeway pony club.
Riders Lowenna Davis & Livvy Hoyland Make up part of the team coming 2nd for Ridgeway pony club.
Juniors Qualify for championships at Hartpury SJ 2014
Junior team made up of Livvy Hoyland on Crystal, Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa, Maddie Moxey on Kilcolgan Champ & Sasha Hargreaves on Quinete De Rigne came 2nd in winter show jumping at West Wilts on 8th Dec, taking them on to the championships next March at Hartpury. Please click link for full results.
Davis Girls scoop rosettes at Rein & Shine Xmas show
Demi Davis and stella came 1st in Topscore show jumping at rein and shine with 830 points along with other people only in the 400's.
Lowenna Davis came 2nd on Finch in her second dressage comp with him.
Keep the results & reports coming in.
Lowenna Davis came 2nd on Finch in her second dressage comp with him.
Keep the results & reports coming in.
Rein & Shine Dressage Comp 16.11.13
Team Davis take Rein & Shine by storm with all three members of the family in the top two places. Lowenna came 2nd with 70% in the walk trot on her new horse Finch, Nic came 2nd in the prelim with 70% on her very special horse Ranny but was piped to the post by daughter Demi on Stella coming 1st with 75%. What great family fun :-)
Results for the Winter Dressage Qualifier
Full results for the Winter dressage qualifier can now be found by following this link to Senior & Junior.
The dressage qualifier held at Summerhouse on 10th Nov was won by our Junior team consisting of Charlotte Webb on Dublin Mist, Phoebe Keith on Ringwood Zambouka & Livvy Hoyland on Crystal. Unfortunately one of the ponies had a hidden past meant the team were later disqualified for having previous dressage points.
We urge you all to check your horses history fully so that it can either be downgraded for BRC competition or may have to compete at a higher level.
Our senior teams continued in the ribbons with 3rd place for Jo Vincent on Cundle Green Alexander, Nicola Allen on Skehard Grey, Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty & Lynne Hawkins on Bubbling Under.
Deb Scouthern on Polly pocket, Leah Wells on Maisey, Tam Thornton on Lady & Toni Besley on Bowood Topcat came 9th. In all 23 teams were entered so as a club we can be very proud of all our ladies.
The dressage qualifier held at Summerhouse on 10th Nov was won by our Junior team consisting of Charlotte Webb on Dublin Mist, Phoebe Keith on Ringwood Zambouka & Livvy Hoyland on Crystal. Unfortunately one of the ponies had a hidden past meant the team were later disqualified for having previous dressage points.
We urge you all to check your horses history fully so that it can either be downgraded for BRC competition or may have to compete at a higher level.
Our senior teams continued in the ribbons with 3rd place for Jo Vincent on Cundle Green Alexander, Nicola Allen on Skehard Grey, Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty & Lynne Hawkins on Bubbling Under.
Deb Scouthern on Polly pocket, Leah Wells on Maisey, Tam Thornton on Lady & Toni Besley on Bowood Topcat came 9th. In all 23 teams were entered so as a club we can be very proud of all our ladies.
My First BE event, by Laura Wall
We entered our first British Eventing (BE90) competition on Saturday 19th Oct at Calmsden Must admit when I walked the course on the Friday it seemed like a very well built course with very steep upwards and downwards hills and was a bit apprehensive but I need not have worried as Katana was a star and took it in his stride We achieved 31 dressage , clear show jumping and clear XC with 2.8 time penalties on XC giving us an overall score of 33.8 and a fab 4th place .
A win at Rectory for Nicola Allen.
Nicola Allen was out competing last weekend at Rectory Farm.
Her & Bobbi did the prelim test coming 1st.
Nicola says it definitely paid off having a flat work lesson with Helen Vitale at Lanes Farm.
She scored a huge 75% with a fabulous 8/10 for free walk which then gets doubled.
Her & Bobbi did the prelim test coming 1st.
Nicola says it definitely paid off having a flat work lesson with Helen Vitale at Lanes Farm.
She scored a huge 75% with a fabulous 8/10 for free walk which then gets doubled.
Laura Wall cleans up at GB Dressage Champs
Laura Wall has been exceptionally busy at the GB Dressage Championships held
5/6th Oct.
She rode in 15 tests on three horses being placed in 12.
She came 1st, 5th & 9th on her horse Favara Dynasty with a top score of 75% in the novice, narrowly missing out on a medal. This a horse that she regularly competes for SDRC.
On the other two horses she had a mixed bag of placing's as well as scooping a Silver
medal in the elementary section. She then went on to get another silver medal in
the prelim section on a 4yr old that she has been bringing on since he was
broken in.
Well done for remembering so many tests.
5/6th Oct.
She rode in 15 tests on three horses being placed in 12.
She came 1st, 5th & 9th on her horse Favara Dynasty with a top score of 75% in the novice, narrowly missing out on a medal. This a horse that she regularly competes for SDRC.
On the other two horses she had a mixed bag of placing's as well as scooping a Silver
medal in the elementary section. She then went on to get another silver medal in
the prelim section on a 4yr old that she has been bringing on since he was
broken in.
Well done for remembering so many tests.
SDRC Members are in the top places
Lynne & Bubble look stunning in this dressage shot
Lynne Hawkins & Bubbles winning dressage at West Wilts at the weekend. Lynne also had a lovely mention in Horse & Hound for her amazing efforts.
Tam & Lady competed at British Eventing at Berkshire College coming 2nd with dressage of 27.5 and double clears SJ & XC
Tam & Lady competed at British Eventing at Berkshire College coming 2nd with dressage of 27.5 and double clears SJ & XC
Lincoln National Championships
Excellent results once again for representatives from our club. The Juniors had
two teams consisting of Demi Davis, Lowenna Davis, Grace Taylor, Livvy Hoyland & Bella Lee.
They came 4th in the prelim dressage & 8th in the Riding Test against stiff competition. Demi
also gained an individual 6th with her horse Stella Luminosa in the dressage.
It just proves that hard work, time & effort will get results in the end. we hope it will encourage new & old members to put themselves forward to compete for the club.
two teams consisting of Demi Davis, Lowenna Davis, Grace Taylor, Livvy Hoyland & Bella Lee.
They came 4th in the prelim dressage & 8th in the Riding Test against stiff competition. Demi
also gained an individual 6th with her horse Stella Luminosa in the dressage.
It just proves that hard work, time & effort will get results in the end. we hope it will encourage new & old members to put themselves forward to compete for the club.
Trip to Lincoln by Demi Davis
considering I had got to bed that morning at 4am after going to a young farmers ball the night before, I was up bright and early to get Stella ready for the long weekend ahead. We left at 1:00pm and arrived around
5pm, just in time to get our stables. I slept like a rock that night but in the morning it was freezing! Whilst mum went to start plaiting up I went and walked both show jumping courses, it was soon time for my first dressage test which went really well to get a team 8th and an individual 6th with 73%, then it was
time for my second dressage test which also went well to get us a team 4th!!
Show jumping we had 1 pole down in each round which was very pleasing. Hopefully
I will get to go again soon but with the senior teams!!
5pm, just in time to get our stables. I slept like a rock that night but in the morning it was freezing! Whilst mum went to start plaiting up I went and walked both show jumping courses, it was soon time for my first dressage test which went really well to get a team 8th and an individual 6th with 73%, then it was
time for my second dressage test which also went well to get us a team 4th!!
Show jumping we had 1 pole down in each round which was very pleasing. Hopefully
I will get to go again soon but with the senior teams!!
Rectory Farm Dressage Champs 28.8.13
Demi Davis comes 4th in Prelim 18 on Stella with a score of 67.5%
Cricklade Show 26.8.13
Once again SDRC members are out & about representing the club. Laura Wall had a great day on Favara Dynasty coming 3rd in Novice dressage, 3rd in team show jumping then waiting around for a further four hours to compete in the 3' show jumping to take the top prize with a lovely double clear (one of only two) and a lovely piece of silverware.
Demi Davis was on her mum's horse Ransom competing in the team show jumping coming home with the win and a lovely new rug for Ranny.
Lucie Humphries took her youngster Steve to have a go at the Puissance but found he was having an "off" day but enjoyed the moment. She also rode her faithful horse Sherry coming 4th in the 3'.
If there are any other member results or pictures please let Sally know.
Demi Davis was on her mum's horse Ransom competing in the team show jumping coming home with the win and a lovely new rug for Ranny.
Lucie Humphries took her youngster Steve to have a go at the Puissance but found he was having an "off" day but enjoyed the moment. She also rode her faithful horse Sherry coming 4th in the 3'.
If there are any other member results or pictures please let Sally know.
Aston Le Walls ODE 11.8.13
Livvy Hoyland had a fabulous day competing getting a dressage score of 17.5 and a double clear SJ & XC to win.
Brinkworth show 11.8.13
Members are out competing again. Laura Wall rode a friends horse in the showing classes getting a well deserved win then taking Reserve Champion. well done to you. Sally Humphries also came 1st in the Ridden coloured class on her spotty horse Max. Nicola Allen on Bobbi were in the Ridden Hunter coming 5th & in the Riding Horse coming 6th. Lucie Humphries came 6th on her youngster Steve in the 3'3 show jumping. If there are any other members who took part that came in the ribbons please let me know. Sally
Team 90cm Horse Trial Championship
The team consisting of Lynne Hawkins on Bubbles, Kerry Alexander on Jake, Kerrie Fleming on Tate & Lucie Humphries on Sherry did fantastically well coming 5th overall out of 24 teams in what was a hotly contested competition. Kerrie Fleming also came 3rd in her arena, with Lucie Humphries winning her section as well as a 1st in the under 25yrs.
Team 80cm Horse Trial Championships
The team came 4th overall at the 80cm Horse Trials held at Swalcliffe
on 2nd August, they were Kerry Alexander on Brainstorm, Kerry fleming on Smurf, Tina Starling on her lovely coloured and Pip Roberts a late stand in for Fran Willers, who's horse went lame.
Tina also came 2nd in her arena with the two Kerrie's coming 5th in theirs.
on 2nd August, they were Kerry Alexander on Brainstorm, Kerry fleming on Smurf, Tina Starling on her lovely coloured and Pip Roberts a late stand in for Fran Willers, who's horse went lame.
Tina also came 2nd in her arena with the two Kerrie's coming 5th in theirs.
My Trip to Horse Trials Champs by Kerry Alexander
All home safely from the BRC Horse Trials Champs at Swalcliffe. What a fantastic weekend for SDRC and various posts are up for how each horse individually went lots of success stories! I am so very proud of my boys. They behaved impeccably in a very different setting that neither has experienced before! Both were 2nd after dressage. Both had a show jump down and both went clear xc, but with a few time pens, but I wouldn't have ridden any of it any differently.
Jake was a superstar dealing with the roads and tracks and steeplechase. All my fears of whether my little stocky cob could manage it were allayed!! We stormed round the steeplechase with 0.8 of a time pen! He was very confused as to what was going on, going for a nice hack and then jumping in parts!? We pulled in to the 10 min box full of running and the vet only had to check his heart rate once! We then flew round the xc with foot to the floor, although 13 secs over, his little legs had gone as very fast as poss!! I then got off and cried like a baby! He had given me his all, what more could I have asked!?
We have lots of happy memories to keep and all just got on so well, had lots of laughs, and the weather stayed so nice for us!! My thanks go to my fellow team members, Tina, Kerrie and Pip who came in straight after a night shift to make up our team!! We came 4th. Also to Lucie, so pleased Sherrie sound, Kerrie and Lynn on my other team. We came 5th.
Bray individually came 5th in his section and Jake's time dropped us to 13th individually. Also not forgetting Katy and Wonk in the 100 class. Then our team manager Amanda, who did an amazing job also our support
and fellow campers, Jo, Tracy, Sally and family and Demi. Also to Pam for travelling up both days to help, Alex, and to Fran, who's horse has gone lame but still came to support us on the Fri. Thanks to Angela and Teresa & our other members who came up to fill the official helping roles which we have to provide to
enable the teams to compete. Hoping I haven't left anyone out!! Onwards and upwards for SDRC..........!!
Jake was a superstar dealing with the roads and tracks and steeplechase. All my fears of whether my little stocky cob could manage it were allayed!! We stormed round the steeplechase with 0.8 of a time pen! He was very confused as to what was going on, going for a nice hack and then jumping in parts!? We pulled in to the 10 min box full of running and the vet only had to check his heart rate once! We then flew round the xc with foot to the floor, although 13 secs over, his little legs had gone as very fast as poss!! I then got off and cried like a baby! He had given me his all, what more could I have asked!?
We have lots of happy memories to keep and all just got on so well, had lots of laughs, and the weather stayed so nice for us!! My thanks go to my fellow team members, Tina, Kerrie and Pip who came in straight after a night shift to make up our team!! We came 4th. Also to Lucie, so pleased Sherrie sound, Kerrie and Lynn on my other team. We came 5th.
Bray individually came 5th in his section and Jake's time dropped us to 13th individually. Also not forgetting Katy and Wonk in the 100 class. Then our team manager Amanda, who did an amazing job also our support
and fellow campers, Jo, Tracy, Sally and family and Demi. Also to Pam for travelling up both days to help, Alex, and to Fran, who's horse has gone lame but still came to support us on the Fri. Thanks to Angela and Teresa & our other members who came up to fill the official helping roles which we have to provide to
enable the teams to compete. Hoping I haven't left anyone out!! Onwards and upwards for SDRC..........!!
West Wilts Dressage 21.7.13
Nicola Allen & Bobbi come 5th in their first class with 64% & 4th in the next class with 71%, results are always great to hear so please keep them coming in :-)
Badminton Dressage 15.7.13
SDRC were once again represented by excellent teams. Lindsay Cook, Amber Dunham & Kerrie Fleming came 4th and Tina Starling, Laura Windel, Toni Besley came 5th. The highest scoring individuals were then put forward to the championship, being scored by two judges. Toni came 5th and Amber had a fabulous 2nd. We hope that more & more members will give the competitions a go, its great that we are getting such amazing results.
Leyland Court SJ Qualifier 7.7.13
A fabulous day was had by all members of SDRC. Temperatures rose but all members kept their cool.
Lucie Humphries won the style jumping on Sherry.
Demi Davis On Stella came 2nd for the juniors in the 85cm.
The senior team consisting of Kerrie Fleming on Kilmacredack Spectator, Tina Starling on Bahia Blanca, Jenny Young on Douglas & Sarah Stone on Mars came 4th with Kerrie also taking an individual 3rd in the Novice Class.
Lucie Humphries won the style jumping on Sherry.
Demi Davis On Stella came 2nd for the juniors in the 85cm.
The senior team consisting of Kerrie Fleming on Kilmacredack Spectator, Tina Starling on Bahia Blanca, Jenny Young on Douglas & Sarah Stone on Mars came 4th with Kerrie also taking an individual 3rd in the Novice Class.
West Wilts Combined Training 9.7.13
Kerrie Fleming out again with her pair of horses. Winning the 90cm on Tate and coming 2nd in the 80cm with Smurf. Well done Kerrie :-)
Ascott Under Wychwood ODE 7.7.13
Another excellent outing for our eventing girls.
Tammy Thornton came 4th in the 90cm.
Kerry Alexander was 7th & Lindsay Cook was 9th. Keep it up ladies :-)
Tammy Thornton came 4th in the 90cm.
Kerry Alexander was 7th & Lindsay Cook was 9th. Keep it up ladies :-)
West Wilts Show Jumping 16.6.13
Roz Richmond on her lovely horse did well at West Wilts on Sun
16th June.
She got 4th in 75cm & 3rd in 85cm, well done to you both :-)
16th June.
She got 4th in 75cm & 3rd in 85cm, well done to you both :-)
SDRC Members have a massive haul in prizes.
Sun 2nd June Combined Training team consisting of Laura Wall, Nic Davis, Tam Thornton & Kerry Alexander scoop 3rd at the Championships at Aston Le Walls.8
8th June : Alison Windel on Malibu get 5th place at West Littleton ODE with dressage of 38 & double clear SJ 7 XC.
9th June: Ravensbrook Dressage, Demi Davis takes 3rd in Prelim on Stella with 66.25, then does a novice 24 and comes 2nd with 72.69, excellent result.
Lowenna Davis on Nell gets a win at the same event in the Novice with a score of 75.38, as Caron says "you girls are on fire!"
Tam Thornton on Lady wins again at WWEC in BE & Livvy Hoyland gets an outstanding 2nd place in elementary dressage.
Jo Vincent braves a 90cm ODE at Mattingly on Wonk coming 15th overall.
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT THERE RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE CLUB.
8th June : Alison Windel on Malibu get 5th place at West Littleton ODE with dressage of 38 & double clear SJ 7 XC.
9th June: Ravensbrook Dressage, Demi Davis takes 3rd in Prelim on Stella with 66.25, then does a novice 24 and comes 2nd with 72.69, excellent result.
Lowenna Davis on Nell gets a win at the same event in the Novice with a score of 75.38, as Caron says "you girls are on fire!"
Tam Thornton on Lady wins again at WWEC in BE & Livvy Hoyland gets an outstanding 2nd place in elementary dressage.
Jo Vincent braves a 90cm ODE at Mattingly on Wonk coming 15th overall.
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE OUT THERE RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE CLUB.
Eventers Challenge Champs 1st June
Katy Vincent did a great job at the eventers Challenge held at the festival of the horse. She came 17 out of a massive 70 competitors.
Katy has recently been doing her final year degree exams so has been snowed under with revision. She also had a very nasty fall from a friends horse the week prior to the competition lacerating her kidney but she was determined that she would represent her club.
Excellent work Katy!
Katy has recently been doing her final year degree exams so has been snowed under with revision. She also had a very nasty fall from a friends horse the week prior to the competition lacerating her kidney but she was determined that she would represent her club.
Excellent work Katy!
Tweseldown ODE 26th May 2013
Tam Thornton gets 2nd on lady at Tweseldown
ODE. They go from strength to strength.
Tammy who has struggled in the past getting her
confidence up, has gained immensely from having
expert tuition from Caron and a fabulous bond with her
horse "Lady".
ODE. They go from strength to strength.
Tammy who has struggled in the past getting her
confidence up, has gained immensely from having
expert tuition from Caron and a fabulous bond with her
horse "Lady".
Larkhill ODE 19th May 2013
Lindsay Cook on Hooch took a fantastic and in Lindsay's words "unexpected" win at the Larkhill ODE on Sunday.
Lindsay had an amazing dressage score of just 19 which stood her in excellent stead for taking the lead.
Lindsay is a very modest person who does not shout about her or her horses achievements but she has been steadily progressing great guns.
A fabulous day out once again for a SDRC member.
Lindsay had an amazing dressage score of just 19 which stood her in excellent stead for taking the lead.
Lindsay is a very modest person who does not shout about her or her horses achievements but she has been steadily progressing great guns.
A fabulous day out once again for a SDRC member.
Rectory Farm 18.5.13
Lucie Humphries riding Sherry were back on top at rectory Farm winning both the 85cm & 95cm after a troublesome previous year with a check ligament injury. Lucie managed to win with a 6 second lead in her second class & Sherry was as keen as ever. She looks forward to continuing her competing and hopes to represent the riding club again on this talented mare.
She also came a pleasing 5th on her mums horse Max out of a class of 50.
Well Done Lucie.
She also came a pleasing 5th on her mums horse Max out of a class of 50.
Well Done Lucie.
12th may Rabson PC dressage
Laura Wall wins again at PC dressage at Rabson.
1st in Novice with 74.58% then doing her first ever Elementary on Katana she wins again with 69%.
Fabulous very well done.
Photograph courtesy of Stephburch photography
1st in Novice with 74.58% then doing her first ever Elementary on Katana she wins again with 69%.
Fabulous very well done.
Photograph courtesy of Stephburch photography
Royal Windsor, Laura & Katana do us proud coming 2nd
British Riding Clubs
Senior Royal Windsor Dressage Results :
1st Mrs Elaine Wilson, HIGHFIELD BUDDY, Wey Valley , 71.3%
2nd Miss Laura Wall, FAVARA DYNASTY, Swindon & District, 70.8%
3rd Lucy Edmeades-Stearns, RUMPLESTILTSKIN, Dartford & District, 70.4%
Senior Royal Windsor Dressage Results :
1st Mrs Elaine Wilson, HIGHFIELD BUDDY, Wey Valley , 71.3%
2nd Miss Laura Wall, FAVARA DYNASTY, Swindon & District, 70.8%
3rd Lucy Edmeades-Stearns, RUMPLESTILTSKIN, Dartford & District, 70.4%
Laura Wall & Katana receiving their 2nd prize at Royal Windsor
Combined Training 28th April 2013
Team qualifies for championships by winning the combined training on Sunday. Purple team consisted of Kerry Alexander, Amber Dunham,
Tammy Thornton & Laura Wall.
The second team made up of Nikki Allen, Nic Davies, Sue Foord & Jo Vincent came 8th so a great day overall.
Tammy Thornton & Laura Wall.
The second team made up of Nikki Allen, Nic Davies, Sue Foord & Jo Vincent came 8th so a great day overall.
Badminton Dressage Qualifier April 2013
Toni Besley did extremely well to qualify for the Badminton Dressage event.
She had an excellent score of 68.64% placing her 2nd next to a professional rider.
Well Done Toni!
She had an excellent score of 68.64% placing her 2nd next to a professional rider.
Well Done Toni!
Eventers Challenge
Katy Vincent qualifies for the championships
later this year in the 100cm Eventers Challenge.
This is where you do a course of show jumps and
then go straight out of the arena over a course
of cross country fences.
later this year in the 100cm Eventers Challenge.
This is where you do a course of show jumps and
then go straight out of the arena over a course
of cross country fences.
Elmwood ODE 20th April 2013
Lindsay Cook & Hooch come 3rd at Elmwood with a dressage
of 33.5 and double clears. She also competed at Aston le Walls in the 80cm going great guns.
Frances Willers & Kilarney come 1st in the Novice section at Elmwood.
SDRC members are out in force
of 33.5 and double clears. She also competed at Aston le Walls in the 80cm going great guns.
Frances Willers & Kilarney come 1st in the Novice section at Elmwood.
SDRC members are out in force
Calmsden ODE 5.4.13
Tammy Thornton & Lady coming 2nd at Calmsden ODE.
Excellent dressage score of 31.7 & double clear, says she
owes her success to great tuition with Caron Roberts.
Excellent dressage score of 31.7 & double clear, says she
owes her success to great tuition with Caron Roberts.
Top Score Qualifier at West Wilts 17.3.2013
Fabulous result for Laura Windel riding Mally who got a fourth in the Novice Top score but then went in the intermediate, winning the class & qualifying for the Royal Windsor Horse Show later this year. She managed to jump the Joker fence of planks scoring an extra 200 points.
SDRC are certainly out there showing how to go out and enjoy competing.
SDRC are certainly out there showing how to go out and enjoy competing.
Swindon Jumping Beans at Hartpury
Teams of SDRC headed to Hartpury college (17.3.2013) to jump in 75 & 85cm team & individual jumping. In the 75cm Maddie Moxey, Demi Davis, Lucie Humphries & Lowenna Davis had a respectable team 5th. (lucie had an individual 7th).
Laura Wall joined the group to make a team to jump the 85cm but with a tricky course & awkward striding doubles all girls had a pole down. Laura then went on to do the 90cm's just having four faults at the last in the jump off. Well done to all :-)
Laura Wall joined the group to make a team to jump the 85cm but with a tricky course & awkward striding doubles all girls had a pole down. Laura then went on to do the 90cm's just having four faults at the last in the jump off. Well done to all :-)
West Wilts Combined Training
23rd Feb 2013
Senior riders: Tam Thornton, Sue Foord, Jo Vincent & Lindsay Cook had a great day out at West wilts, with fabulous support for each other.
Sue & Lindsay came joint 2nd in BE80 with 69% and clear rounds.
Tam came 1st in BE90 with a whopping 76% (12 points clear of 2nd place).
Jo just missed out on a placing in the same class as it went on collectives.
Well done to all the ladies its a promising start for 2013 :-)
Sue & Lindsay came joint 2nd in BE80 with 69% and clear rounds.
Tam came 1st in BE90 with a whopping 76% (12 points clear of 2nd place).
Jo just missed out on a placing in the same class as it went on collectives.
Well done to all the ladies its a promising start for 2013 :-)
Area 9 Royal Windsor dressage Qualifier
23rd Feb 2013 at Leyland Court
Fabulous result for Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty coming 2nd for the seniors & qualifying for the Royal Windsor Horse Show later in the year. Scoring an amazing 73.2%
Amber Dunham on El Fusar came 4th, making it a very strong result for SDRC seniors.
SDRC Juniors
Lowenna Davis on Westcroft Nell was 3rd with 66.8%
Laura Windell on Llangellar Mally was 4th
Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa was 5th
Fabulous outing for all our ladies. WELL DONE :-)
Amber Dunham on El Fusar came 4th, making it a very strong result for SDRC seniors.
SDRC Juniors
Lowenna Davis on Westcroft Nell was 3rd with 66.8%
Laura Windell on Llangellar Mally was 4th
Demi Davis on Stella Luminosa was 5th
Fabulous outing for all our ladies. WELL DONE :-)
SDRC One Day Event - August 19
RESULTS HERE
Area 9 Open Dressage Qualifier
Sunday 22nd July
Photographs are on www.1stclassimages.com
TEAM results(pdf)
ARENA results(pdf)
Congratulations to Berkeley and District Riding Club for their amazing top two placings with the Foxes and the Bees. Very well done indeed!
Very many thanks to Caron Roberts, our chair, for accommodating the qualifier at the last minute! Thanks to Tam Thornton for a beautifully organised event.
A very, very big thank you to all competitors for coming with your fabulous horses and for bringing such wonderful weather.
Photographs are on www.1stclassimages.com
TEAM results(pdf)
ARENA results(pdf)
Congratulations to Berkeley and District Riding Club for their amazing top two placings with the Foxes and the Bees. Very well done indeed!
Very many thanks to Caron Roberts, our chair, for accommodating the qualifier at the last minute! Thanks to Tam Thornton for a beautifully organised event.
A very, very big thank you to all competitors for coming with your fabulous horses and for bringing such wonderful weather.
Area Dressage Qualifier
22nd July by Charlotte Lawrence
With months of pouring rain and driving winds we were all keeping our fingers crossed that the dressage qualifier would go ahead. The planned venue was Rabson Manor and despite the good drainage there, a last minute decision was made to move the competition to Lanes Farm, courtesy of Caron and David, due to such waterlogged ground. The actual day turned out to be fabulously hot!!! We all basked in the lovely sun and the venue turned out to be perfect so huge thanks to the Roberts and to Tammy for running the event like clockwork. It was lovely to see so many SDRC members there, either riding in one of the two teams or helping out - big thanks to everyone! Actually, I was one of the only people who was hoping the competition would still be on grass and that it would be pouring with rain (yes, I am odd!) I was dragging a semi-retired and slightly unenthusiastic Aero out of the field to do this purely because he doesn't mind grass these days and the rain sparks him up a bit! However, once we'd committed I thought we'd better still have a bash so went for it anyway. (Added to this we had drawn to do novice 30 which we normally avoid at all costs as there is a walk to canter on the left rein that Aero has another aversion to!) Swindon Green team consisted of Audrey Venables, Wez, Lynn Hawkins and myself and we didn't end up doing too badly. Audrey was amazing as usual, winning her section with 64.29%. I practically carried Aero around and felt like I was going to have a coronary to come 3rd with 62.69% and then Wez and her lovely princess pony 6th with 65.42% and Lynn did the elementary coming 6th with 63.86%. We ended up coming 4th overall as a team, so lots of work still to do but it was still a good result. Swindon Blue team also had fun, see full results on the website. All in all, we all had a great day, saw lots of friendly faces and I'd recommend putting yourself forward for the teams!
With months of pouring rain and driving winds we were all keeping our fingers crossed that the dressage qualifier would go ahead. The planned venue was Rabson Manor and despite the good drainage there, a last minute decision was made to move the competition to Lanes Farm, courtesy of Caron and David, due to such waterlogged ground. The actual day turned out to be fabulously hot!!! We all basked in the lovely sun and the venue turned out to be perfect so huge thanks to the Roberts and to Tammy for running the event like clockwork. It was lovely to see so many SDRC members there, either riding in one of the two teams or helping out - big thanks to everyone! Actually, I was one of the only people who was hoping the competition would still be on grass and that it would be pouring with rain (yes, I am odd!) I was dragging a semi-retired and slightly unenthusiastic Aero out of the field to do this purely because he doesn't mind grass these days and the rain sparks him up a bit! However, once we'd committed I thought we'd better still have a bash so went for it anyway. (Added to this we had drawn to do novice 30 which we normally avoid at all costs as there is a walk to canter on the left rein that Aero has another aversion to!) Swindon Green team consisted of Audrey Venables, Wez, Lynn Hawkins and myself and we didn't end up doing too badly. Audrey was amazing as usual, winning her section with 64.29%. I practically carried Aero around and felt like I was going to have a coronary to come 3rd with 62.69% and then Wez and her lovely princess pony 6th with 65.42% and Lynn did the elementary coming 6th with 63.86%. We ended up coming 4th overall as a team, so lots of work still to do but it was still a good result. Swindon Blue team also had fun, see full results on the website. All in all, we all had a great day, saw lots of friendly faces and I'd recommend putting yourself forward for the teams!
Douglas does the Area Show Jumping Qualifier
with Jenny Young
Today (14/07/12) saw our first experience of representing the riding club on the show jumping team. One which I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed! Leyland court was a really friendly venue and I particularly liked the warm up arrangements. Only 6 in at a time so we got to warm up as a team - and then into a rather handy holding arena which for me, (and those of you who know my trusty steed Douglas!) will testify how useful i find it to be able to canter out the last of the warm up excitements in an uncrowded space! The surface was pretty deep going and combined with some rather long striding related distances it made for some interesting rounds. However, in round 1 we jumped clear (mile wide grin!) over the fences but picked up 4 faults for loss of forward momentum when I was trying to convince Douglas that I didn't actually want him to jump fence 8 from the wrong direction and focus on fence 5 instead. He took some persuading but he came round to my way of thinking and we continued with a round to be proud of! I managed to rack up 8 faults in the 2nd round but was really pleased with how he went.
It was a really good day - and the best part is going to an event with people you know, having the support of a great team and going out to have fun..... it would be great to get even more people involved so if you're mulling it over then take the plunge - it really is the nicest way to go and have fun with your horse and not daunting in the slightest (inspite of my subconscious trying to convince me otherwise for the 3 days previously!).
Well done to all the team today - and a big thank you to Eleanor for organising it all! Until the next installment of the 'Douglas diaries', happy horsing and please call Eleanor or Caron so you can come and play too!
Today (14/07/12) saw our first experience of representing the riding club on the show jumping team. One which I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed! Leyland court was a really friendly venue and I particularly liked the warm up arrangements. Only 6 in at a time so we got to warm up as a team - and then into a rather handy holding arena which for me, (and those of you who know my trusty steed Douglas!) will testify how useful i find it to be able to canter out the last of the warm up excitements in an uncrowded space! The surface was pretty deep going and combined with some rather long striding related distances it made for some interesting rounds. However, in round 1 we jumped clear (mile wide grin!) over the fences but picked up 4 faults for loss of forward momentum when I was trying to convince Douglas that I didn't actually want him to jump fence 8 from the wrong direction and focus on fence 5 instead. He took some persuading but he came round to my way of thinking and we continued with a round to be proud of! I managed to rack up 8 faults in the 2nd round but was really pleased with how he went.
It was a really good day - and the best part is going to an event with people you know, having the support of a great team and going out to have fun..... it would be great to get even more people involved so if you're mulling it over then take the plunge - it really is the nicest way to go and have fun with your horse and not daunting in the slightest (inspite of my subconscious trying to convince me otherwise for the 3 days previously!).
Well done to all the team today - and a big thank you to Eleanor for organising it all! Until the next installment of the 'Douglas diaries', happy horsing and please call Eleanor or Caron so you can come and play too!
Swindon Juniors fab outing at Horse Trials Qualifier
Sally Humphries
It was moved from Stonar to Larkhill, (which if you have not been before, took a bit of finding) Parking was chaos but ground was good, though the SJ did get fairly churned up over the day.
Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty & Demelza Davis on stella Luminosa represented the club in the novice section both getting amazing dressage scores: Laura's an amazing 19.6!!! and Demi a marvalous 28.
Laura went on to have just one pole down in SJ and went on to take 2nd place overall after the xc. Demi had a bit more of a tricky time in SJ unfortunately becoming eliminated but not for want of trying to get round a very difficult course.
Tara Moore on Chianti and Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion went in the Intermediate both again getting reasonable dressage scores (for them) of 37.4 for Tara & 31.6 for Lucie, I think one of both of thier personal bests. Tara just had 4 faults in the sj and a small dislodgement on the xc but leapt straight back on to complete with no time penalties. Lucie had a couple of poles down SJ and one stop on the xc. Both girls thought thier horses went extremely well over what was a difficult SJ course with bounces & off-set doubles. Tara finished 1st overall with Lucie 2nd (yet to be officially confirmed), so a great day had by all & mostly NO RAIN!
It was moved from Stonar to Larkhill, (which if you have not been before, took a bit of finding) Parking was chaos but ground was good, though the SJ did get fairly churned up over the day.
Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty & Demelza Davis on stella Luminosa represented the club in the novice section both getting amazing dressage scores: Laura's an amazing 19.6!!! and Demi a marvalous 28.
Laura went on to have just one pole down in SJ and went on to take 2nd place overall after the xc. Demi had a bit more of a tricky time in SJ unfortunately becoming eliminated but not for want of trying to get round a very difficult course.
Tara Moore on Chianti and Lucie Humphries on Miss Digion went in the Intermediate both again getting reasonable dressage scores (for them) of 37.4 for Tara & 31.6 for Lucie, I think one of both of thier personal bests. Tara just had 4 faults in the sj and a small dislodgement on the xc but leapt straight back on to complete with no time penalties. Lucie had a couple of poles down SJ and one stop on the xc. Both girls thought thier horses went extremely well over what was a difficult SJ course with bounces & off-set doubles. Tara finished 1st overall with Lucie 2nd (yet to be officially confirmed), so a great day had by all & mostly NO RAIN!
Second place for Swindon seniors
at Area Winter Dressage Qualifier
After a rather wet start to the day I was pleased to find sunshine and a rather chilly wind at Leyland Court! After the date being moved to 3rd March due to adverse weather conditions, we unfortunately lost one of our senior teams due to work and previous commitments. However we did field two very good teams who did us proud with Swindon Blue team finishing second, Helen Marsden was 3rd individually in her section, Audrey Venables put up a very convincing win in her Prelim section with Lynn Hawkins finishing 2nd and Tam Thornton 9th in their Novice sections, overall only 2 points behind the winning team, Bath Riding Club, an excellent result. As there were less athan 20 teams only one team qualified.
It was a well run day and all team times were close enough togther to enable everyone to watch each others tests and have a bit of a chat and social whilst waiting for results.
A huge thank you to all team members for coming forward to represent the club, roll on the Summer qualifiers!
Download team results here (word doc)
Louise Cattermole
After a rather wet start to the day I was pleased to find sunshine and a rather chilly wind at Leyland Court! After the date being moved to 3rd March due to adverse weather conditions, we unfortunately lost one of our senior teams due to work and previous commitments. However we did field two very good teams who did us proud with Swindon Blue team finishing second, Helen Marsden was 3rd individually in her section, Audrey Venables put up a very convincing win in her Prelim section with Lynn Hawkins finishing 2nd and Tam Thornton 9th in their Novice sections, overall only 2 points behind the winning team, Bath Riding Club, an excellent result. As there were less athan 20 teams only one team qualified.
It was a well run day and all team times were close enough togther to enable everyone to watch each others tests and have a bit of a chat and social whilst waiting for results.
A huge thank you to all team members for coming forward to represent the club, roll on the Summer qualifiers!
Download team results here (word doc)
Louise Cattermole
A day in the life of Junior Show Jumping Co-ordinator
Red Team: Holly Horton on Sweet Delight, Evie Dyer on Mr Black Bob, Laura Wall on Favara Dynasty & Lucie Humphries on Max.
At last we had managed to get sufficient juniors from the club to commit to a day's show jumping at West Wilts on Sat 13th November, with the hope of qualifying for the championships.
We had entered two teams of four and all was going swimmingly. However Friday I get a call from a distraught mother saying poor Bella Lee's pony is lame and that she would not be able to join us. My daughter Lucie was already down to ride her horse, so I suggested she also ride mine as well to give the teams more chance by having four riders a piece. All was well I made the amendments. On Saturday Lucie brought our two horses in, her horse Sherry was very lame and it was obvious she would not be able to compete. Desperation! I so wanted to send two teams of four, as three scores had to count to move on to the second round of jumping. Thinking caps on, and searching the database for horses that were up to date with flu vacs etc, I phoned Nic Davis owner of a big built chestnut horse Ransome. Her daughter was already riding in a team so it was agreed that Lucie would ride her horse in the team as well.
At last we had two complete teams of four: Red Team (above) and Blue Team (below): Olivia Hoyland on Hulme Nightshade, Demelza Davis on Stella Luminosa, Holly Horton on The Showgirl & Lucie Humphries on Cookworthy Ransome.
The day arrives, I text, email & confirm we are all going to be there for 11 for course walk & meet the teams. Most of the girls are there when we get a call to say Holly had broken down with her two horses on board at Bromham. They were sourcing a lift but would be late! Would we ever get sorted? Evie had to take Holly's place & ride first, she was a star and went clear, followed by Laura who also went clear, Lucie's turn...mmm Max has a pole down 4 faults. The next team from a rival club starts to go. We hear Holly has arrived and the host club (Bath) slot her in. Fabulous she goes clear making the score a ZERO to carry forward to the next round.
Our Blue team also did amazing only carrying 4 faults through. Livy rode with sophistication and was super brave as she was probably the smallest there. Demi rode with determination & I must say it was the best I have ever seen her go, Lucie; having only sat on Ranny for the first time 5 mins earlier did a tremendous effort to get him round with just a pole down & Holly on her youngster did a cracking job.
I can honestly say that watching each round was like watching eight of my children go round, my heart was in my mouth, my stomach muscles clenched as I rocked and jumped each fence with them, willing them to do well & hoping they would all be safe.
It was the icing on the cake to hear that the Red team had won and qualified for the championships & that our Blue team had come 5th. All their parents were fantastic each keeping everyone informed and assisting holding ponies, putting jumps up for practice & sharing out chocolate brownies. I can truly say although the day was a very long one, it was also one of the best experiences I have had. There was a real feeling of Team Spirit. I look forward to them all coming forward again to enter the next competition if my emotions will cope with it.
Many thanks to all those involved.
Sally Humphries
Area 9 Show Jumping Qualifier - senior team report by Kelly-Ann Fusco
ok so i took part in the area 9 team showjumping competition which was held at west wilts .Ive never ridden in a team for a riding club but have done a couple of fun team chases and really enjoyed them, i wanted to be on the team to meet and get to know some of the other members be a bit more involved with the club and i enjoy competing anyway.
I go to west wilts regular and like the venue a lot they build good courses and have good facilities in general especially the nice new outdoor school i cant wait to use at some point!
the morning started off well arrived to a very busy west wilts car park watched some horese go round the course and got ready to ride myself. The team i was on as we were lucky enough to have two junior and two senior teams consisted of Eleanor Donna Jo and me, did very well all going clear 1st round great start unfortunately the other senior team had two elimated and two clears so were unable to go forward to the next round, what was nice tho was how encorouging everyone was to each other and how they tryed to keep spirits up when things went wrong for some people noone was made to feel bad or a let down as lets face it when it comes to horses it could happen to anyone we all have good and bad days.
we had a big gap between rounds which gave us all chance to grab some lunch and get to know each other better being a fairly new member to swindon riding club i dont know many people so that was nice. 2nd round went ok not as good as the 1st all team members had 4faults each with me last to go......and it was all going well untill the fence near the exit when i had a stop and wasnt in the right plce to drive her on instead we parted company lol so i wasnt much help but we finished on 12 faults and gained a 5th place. I really enjoyed the team experience and would definatly do more for the riding club and encorage others to have a go noones going to shout if things dont go to plan youll get lots off encoragement and feel part of something good too.
hopefully i havent bored you too much with my report!
Kelly and Cassie x
At last we had managed to get sufficient juniors from the club to commit to a day's show jumping at West Wilts on Sat 13th November, with the hope of qualifying for the championships.
We had entered two teams of four and all was going swimmingly. However Friday I get a call from a distraught mother saying poor Bella Lee's pony is lame and that she would not be able to join us. My daughter Lucie was already down to ride her horse, so I suggested she also ride mine as well to give the teams more chance by having four riders a piece. All was well I made the amendments. On Saturday Lucie brought our two horses in, her horse Sherry was very lame and it was obvious she would not be able to compete. Desperation! I so wanted to send two teams of four, as three scores had to count to move on to the second round of jumping. Thinking caps on, and searching the database for horses that were up to date with flu vacs etc, I phoned Nic Davis owner of a big built chestnut horse Ransome. Her daughter was already riding in a team so it was agreed that Lucie would ride her horse in the team as well.
At last we had two complete teams of four: Red Team (above) and Blue Team (below): Olivia Hoyland on Hulme Nightshade, Demelza Davis on Stella Luminosa, Holly Horton on The Showgirl & Lucie Humphries on Cookworthy Ransome.
The day arrives, I text, email & confirm we are all going to be there for 11 for course walk & meet the teams. Most of the girls are there when we get a call to say Holly had broken down with her two horses on board at Bromham. They were sourcing a lift but would be late! Would we ever get sorted? Evie had to take Holly's place & ride first, she was a star and went clear, followed by Laura who also went clear, Lucie's turn...mmm Max has a pole down 4 faults. The next team from a rival club starts to go. We hear Holly has arrived and the host club (Bath) slot her in. Fabulous she goes clear making the score a ZERO to carry forward to the next round.
Our Blue team also did amazing only carrying 4 faults through. Livy rode with sophistication and was super brave as she was probably the smallest there. Demi rode with determination & I must say it was the best I have ever seen her go, Lucie; having only sat on Ranny for the first time 5 mins earlier did a tremendous effort to get him round with just a pole down & Holly on her youngster did a cracking job.
I can honestly say that watching each round was like watching eight of my children go round, my heart was in my mouth, my stomach muscles clenched as I rocked and jumped each fence with them, willing them to do well & hoping they would all be safe.
It was the icing on the cake to hear that the Red team had won and qualified for the championships & that our Blue team had come 5th. All their parents were fantastic each keeping everyone informed and assisting holding ponies, putting jumps up for practice & sharing out chocolate brownies. I can truly say although the day was a very long one, it was also one of the best experiences I have had. There was a real feeling of Team Spirit. I look forward to them all coming forward again to enter the next competition if my emotions will cope with it.
Many thanks to all those involved.
Sally Humphries
Area 9 Show Jumping Qualifier - senior team report by Kelly-Ann Fusco
ok so i took part in the area 9 team showjumping competition which was held at west wilts .Ive never ridden in a team for a riding club but have done a couple of fun team chases and really enjoyed them, i wanted to be on the team to meet and get to know some of the other members be a bit more involved with the club and i enjoy competing anyway.
I go to west wilts regular and like the venue a lot they build good courses and have good facilities in general especially the nice new outdoor school i cant wait to use at some point!
the morning started off well arrived to a very busy west wilts car park watched some horese go round the course and got ready to ride myself. The team i was on as we were lucky enough to have two junior and two senior teams consisted of Eleanor Donna Jo and me, did very well all going clear 1st round great start unfortunately the other senior team had two elimated and two clears so were unable to go forward to the next round, what was nice tho was how encorouging everyone was to each other and how they tryed to keep spirits up when things went wrong for some people noone was made to feel bad or a let down as lets face it when it comes to horses it could happen to anyone we all have good and bad days.
we had a big gap between rounds which gave us all chance to grab some lunch and get to know each other better being a fairly new member to swindon riding club i dont know many people so that was nice. 2nd round went ok not as good as the 1st all team members had 4faults each with me last to go......and it was all going well untill the fence near the exit when i had a stop and wasnt in the right plce to drive her on instead we parted company lol so i wasnt much help but we finished on 12 faults and gained a 5th place. I really enjoyed the team experience and would definatly do more for the riding club and encorage others to have a go noones going to shout if things dont go to plan youll get lots off encoragement and feel part of something good too.
hopefully i havent bored you too much with my report!
Kelly and Cassie x
DTM Qualifier and a big thank you to the two Janets!
Dressage to Music Area Qualifier Report - 18 June 2011
When I first saw that the riding club was running Dressage to Music Clinics I immediately wanted to join in as DTM is something that I've always wanted to do and never quite got round to doing! (It's only taken me 13 years to get round to it, but seeing as Aero is now 19 I thought it was finally now or never!) Unfortunately I couldn't make the first two clinic dates due to family commitments and a couple of inconvenient weddings and hen weekends I had to go to (!), but Janet & Janet were really accommodating and did a separate session for myself and Anya (who also couldn't make the first sessions). Following a lot of laughs and video watching we learnt a lot and I asked Janet Robinson to help me with my music. She put together a lovely compilation for Aero with strict instructions for me not to rush his trot work otherwise I'd be ahead of the music.
A couple of weeks later Janet Stares offered to be my button pusher while I put together my floorplan and of course she ended up doing far more than pushing buttons. I hadn't realised putting a floorplan together was so hard and would never have managed without her. The two Janet's managed to sort all of us out and I think we were all very happy with our music and floorplans. We then had a final practise session at Little Park Farm in their lovely indoor school.
The pressure was then on - we had to do our music justice!
Five of us were entered for the area qualifier and despite it tipping down with rain when I was giving Aero a bath in the morning it turned out to be quite a nice day ( with the exception of just when Janet was going in to do her elementary when it absolutely poured). Sue Ford and Julia Isles both did good tests in the novice ( no points) class and Julia did extra brilliantly coming 4th! Then Margaret, Janet and I did the novice (with points) class and I was pleased to come fifth as I was expecting a lot worse, particularly as Aero decided to go disunited in canter at one point which I had to quickly correct - it's never happened before in a test, typical! Margaret's Min went well and Janet's Wiz I'm sure would have been brilliant if he hadn't decided to see monsters at both ends of the school and according to Janet he was a bit scared of the long sides as well!! However Wiz redeemed himself doing a very impressive elementary test.
All in all, none of us qualified, but it was great fun and a good experience to do something different with our horses. I think we're looking forward to the next music class we can do and some of us are thinking of doing the X factor at The Hand in October which should be fun. In case anyone is interested Aero's music was: Walk - The Circle of Life ( Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen) - we walked on a 20m circle at the top end of the school as far away from the judges as possible (As Caron said at a clinic a few weeks ago, 'God knows what you've done to Aero's walk since I last taught you!') Trot - The Old Clockmaker by Charles Williams - this was fab music and we entered to the tick tocking before moving on to half 10m circles, then a 15m in time with a bit more tick tocking and a medium trot across the short diagonal which in theory was supposed to be on the upbeat change of phrase in the music! Canter - Great Ali (Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen) - this really went well with Aero's canter ( 81 beats per minute) and we did the compulsory 20m circle before moving on to a 5m loop off the track down the long side and then a half 15m circle back to the track with 5 strides of counter canter before changing legs and doing the whole thing the other way.
A huge thank you to Jan and Janet who were so generous with their time and also to Emmy for button pushing and videoing us! Janet Robinson's not well so missed the qualifier, but we're sending her our videos in hospital for her to review - yikes! Get well soon Janet.
Charlotte Lawrence
When I first saw that the riding club was running Dressage to Music Clinics I immediately wanted to join in as DTM is something that I've always wanted to do and never quite got round to doing! (It's only taken me 13 years to get round to it, but seeing as Aero is now 19 I thought it was finally now or never!) Unfortunately I couldn't make the first two clinic dates due to family commitments and a couple of inconvenient weddings and hen weekends I had to go to (!), but Janet & Janet were really accommodating and did a separate session for myself and Anya (who also couldn't make the first sessions). Following a lot of laughs and video watching we learnt a lot and I asked Janet Robinson to help me with my music. She put together a lovely compilation for Aero with strict instructions for me not to rush his trot work otherwise I'd be ahead of the music.
A couple of weeks later Janet Stares offered to be my button pusher while I put together my floorplan and of course she ended up doing far more than pushing buttons. I hadn't realised putting a floorplan together was so hard and would never have managed without her. The two Janet's managed to sort all of us out and I think we were all very happy with our music and floorplans. We then had a final practise session at Little Park Farm in their lovely indoor school.
The pressure was then on - we had to do our music justice!
Five of us were entered for the area qualifier and despite it tipping down with rain when I was giving Aero a bath in the morning it turned out to be quite a nice day ( with the exception of just when Janet was going in to do her elementary when it absolutely poured). Sue Ford and Julia Isles both did good tests in the novice ( no points) class and Julia did extra brilliantly coming 4th! Then Margaret, Janet and I did the novice (with points) class and I was pleased to come fifth as I was expecting a lot worse, particularly as Aero decided to go disunited in canter at one point which I had to quickly correct - it's never happened before in a test, typical! Margaret's Min went well and Janet's Wiz I'm sure would have been brilliant if he hadn't decided to see monsters at both ends of the school and according to Janet he was a bit scared of the long sides as well!! However Wiz redeemed himself doing a very impressive elementary test.
All in all, none of us qualified, but it was great fun and a good experience to do something different with our horses. I think we're looking forward to the next music class we can do and some of us are thinking of doing the X factor at The Hand in October which should be fun. In case anyone is interested Aero's music was: Walk - The Circle of Life ( Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen) - we walked on a 20m circle at the top end of the school as far away from the judges as possible (As Caron said at a clinic a few weeks ago, 'God knows what you've done to Aero's walk since I last taught you!') Trot - The Old Clockmaker by Charles Williams - this was fab music and we entered to the tick tocking before moving on to half 10m circles, then a 15m in time with a bit more tick tocking and a medium trot across the short diagonal which in theory was supposed to be on the upbeat change of phrase in the music! Canter - Great Ali (Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen) - this really went well with Aero's canter ( 81 beats per minute) and we did the compulsory 20m circle before moving on to a 5m loop off the track down the long side and then a half 15m circle back to the track with 5 strides of counter canter before changing legs and doing the whole thing the other way.
A huge thank you to Jan and Janet who were so generous with their time and also to Emmy for button pushing and videoing us! Janet Robinson's not well so missed the qualifier, but we're sending her our videos in hospital for her to review - yikes! Get well soon Janet.
Charlotte Lawrence
Lucie & Sherry win in style!
Lucie Humphries and Sherry - win Area 18 Style Jumping to qualify for BRC National Championships at LIncoln
Congratulations to Lucie who is now going to the British Riding Clubs National Championships in Lincoln later in the year.
Lucie, 16 who is doing her A levels at Cirencester College, won the style jumping class on her 11-year-old Irish Sports Horse Sherry at the BRC Area 18 Junior qualifier at Cleeve Prior on 2nd May. After some last minute training with Caron Roberts at one of our regular riding club clinics, Lucie won her class in style on a top score of 91!
The competition is assessed on the rider's ability to demonstrate a good jumping technique maintaining an independent and balanced position during the course. The judge watches the rider continuously and gives marks for each fence.
Sally, Lucie's mum, groom and stalwart supporter was over the moon as she has just taken over as team co-ordinator for our junior jumping teams. Lucie is now working on her dad to take them to Lincoln in September. We wish them very best of luck!
(4 May 2011)
Congratulations to Lucie who is now going to the British Riding Clubs National Championships in Lincoln later in the year.
Lucie, 16 who is doing her A levels at Cirencester College, won the style jumping class on her 11-year-old Irish Sports Horse Sherry at the BRC Area 18 Junior qualifier at Cleeve Prior on 2nd May. After some last minute training with Caron Roberts at one of our regular riding club clinics, Lucie won her class in style on a top score of 91!
The competition is assessed on the rider's ability to demonstrate a good jumping technique maintaining an independent and balanced position during the course. The judge watches the rider continuously and gives marks for each fence.
Sally, Lucie's mum, groom and stalwart supporter was over the moon as she has just taken over as team co-ordinator for our junior jumping teams. Lucie is now working on her dad to take them to Lincoln in September. We wish them very best of luck!
(4 May 2011)
