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Results & Team Reports 2020
Please check our Facebook page for up to the minute results, reports and photos of our  members  as they train & compete throughout the year.


Winter Show Jumping, 12th January 2020
West Wilts EC
In the Senior 80cm the SDRC team   jumped to 5th place.  Team members were: Fiona Symes, Andrea Moxey, Demi Davis and Eleanor Newman, who also was  individual 3rd.

Overview of 2019

Dressage
Feb 2019 – Senior Intermediate Qualifier at Leyland Court.
Team of Eleanor Newman, Helen Vitale, Demi Davis and Julia Lloyd-Parks, came first out of 26 teams.   They qualified for the Intermediate Champs at Bury Farm where the team came 11th, with Demi 5th and Helen 7th in their classes.  

May 2019 – Area Summer Dressage Qualifier at Rabson Manor hosted by SDRC.
Senior Team – Eleanor, Tina, Claire and Andrea – Team 4th
Riding Test – Eleanor, Chloe, Demi, Andrea – Team 3rd


June 2019 – Dressage to Music at Burrows Court. 
Helen Vitale came 2nd in the Elementary and Julia Lloyd-Parks came 2nd in the Novice.

October 2019 – Junior Novice/intermediate qualifier hosted by SDRC at Lanes Farm
Novice team of Lou Lawrence, Cassie Butler and Ellie Mansbridge – team 4th
Emilie Rogers as individual came 3rd. Cassie, Ellie and Emilie all gained individual qualifications for Winter Champs in March 2020


Novice 2019 – Senior Area Qualifier at West Wilts
There were lots of entries (32 teams) and the results were revised a lot of times!
Team Zebedee – Claire, Eleanor, Demi and Grace – Team 4th
                                                               Individuals: Grace 1st; Demi 5th; Claire 6th
Team Ermintrude – Tina, Heather, Grace and Andrea – Team 11th
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Results & Team Reports 2018

Senior Novice Dressage, 11th November 2018
Summerhouse EC

A long but great day at Summerhouse today. A huge well done to all our riders especially those who got rather wet this morning...😳 we had some great results...Eleanor Newman had a whopping 72.76 for individual 6th, Chloe Arnold also had an individual 6th. We had a team 4th for Eleanor Newman, Chloe Arnold, Naomi Wright and Angela Wright. Our other riders were just outside the placings, Lynn Hawkins, Tina Starling and Katy Vincent but all rode their socks off!


Arena Eventing, 17th November 2018
West Wilts EC

Our Senior 80cm team were third - 2 clears and 2 unfortunate last rails down.
Chloe Arnold jumped as an individual in the 100cm class, and had a fab clear, just brushing the joker fence.

See Facebook for pictures.
BRC Dressage to Music Championships September 2018
Bury Farm

 Pamela Hunt and Myles Graham represented SDRC at the Dressage to Music Championships at Bury Farm in September with some brilliant results.

In the Senior Novice Final Pam was 5th with her lovely Arthur (Llanarth the Blues) and Myles won the Junior Novice Finale with Nellie (Harnells Erasmus)


BRC National Championships September 2018
Lincoln Showground

Clio Georgiadis qualified for the 100cm Show Jumping at the National Championships.  In a huge class of over 60 riders she finished 14th - what a good result!!

South Wales and West of England BRC Championships
Hartpury 18th August 2018

Wow what a great day for SDRC at the SWWRC Championships at Hartpury. Well done and thank you to all our riders, helpers (Jayne Taylor Lowenna Davis & Natalie Gray) and support crews. We had lots of individual placings as well as team placings.

The riding test team (Grace Lynch, Demi Davis, Katy Vincent & Matt Buckland standing in for Chloe Arnold)  came 2nd as a team and Matt won as an individual in his arena and Katy 3rd.

Swindon Prelim Blue team (Claire Burton, Tina Starling, Naomi Wright, Jane Neilson) were just out of the placings but Claire Burton was 4th individually and Naomi Wright was 6th. Swindon Red Prelim (Grace Lynch, Katy Vincent, Ben Newman & Matt Buckland) were 3rd, with Grace 8th, Matt 4th, and Ben 2nd individually.

Swindon Green SJ team (Izzy Down, Angela Wright, Jane Neilson & Demi Davis) finished in 11th and Swindon Yellow SJ team (Tina Starling, Lou Smith, Naomi Wright and Ben Newman standing in for Olivia Down) finished in 12th place out of 16 teams. A long day but lots of great riding, team spirit and giggles :-) Big thanks to our Team Co's Helen Vitale and Matt Buckland and our super SDRC Team Coach Caron Roberts.

25th February 2018 - Senior Intermediate Dressage Qualifiers
Massive well done to all our competitor's at the dressage today, not only for braving the cold weather (some had very early times ❄), but also for the great team spirit that you all show and pull together as a team/club. Nicola Davis, Tina Starling, Matt Buckland, Toni Besley, Katy Vincent, Angela Wright, Julia Lloyd-Parks, Amy George.  Although no team placing today you all did SDRC proud and well done Angela for individual 5th in your section.

See the photos on our Facebook page.

4th February 2018 - Winter Intermediate SJ Qualifiers
A very successful day for SDRC riders at the Winter Intermediate SJ Qualifiers. Starting with the Junior team who came 2nd as a team and Alex (Jane Neilson) 6th & Lou (Siobhan Smith) 5th both had individual placings and Lowenna Davis Won individually :-) Then it was time for the Senior riders who matched them with another team 2nd, missing out on the win by just 1 point ! More individual placings, Clio 4th, Jo 5th and Matt 6th :-) Amy George was competing as an individual for us in the 100 class, poor Amy was fighting the 'lurgy' and managed to jump the first round but was unfortunately not up to jumping the second round, get well soon. Well done all, more great riding and results for the club and thanks to all our supporters. Another fun team outing


Results & Team Reports 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.

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.

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.
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.
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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.

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.

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.

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.

Retraining of Racehorses

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.
Lynne shows that with dedication & perseverance training is key to their success.
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BRC Horse Trials Qualifier WWEC 28th June 2015

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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!

Results for June

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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.
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Training pays off!

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Bella Lee passes her stage 3 BHS exam with excellent tuition & training from Caron Roberts & her team.

Combined Training Championship Aston Le Walls

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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. 

May Bank Holiday Weekend sees a Haul of Rosettes

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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

April Results Continue

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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

11.4.15

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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!

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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.

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!!

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

BRC Horse Trials Champs 1/8/14-3/8/14

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Sasha Hargreaves wins individually in Junior 90 & also
 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

Holly & Boris go great guns in the 100 section over three days to come 9th overall.

Bronze at BYRDS

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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.

Toni Besley Win at British Dressage

Team Quest

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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. 

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 Dressage

Demi 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.

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.

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!

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

Jo Vincent gets Grass Roots Qualification

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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.

Nic Davis Wins at WW

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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.

Sue Foord From strength to strength.

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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%.

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!

Jen & Douglas Gain Confidence at Aston Le Walls 8.6.14

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Charlotte Webb, also attended the event at Aston Le Walls and gained 2nd place. Very well done :-)

BD Team Quest Dressage

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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.

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.......

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.

Lindsay & Hooch take the Win

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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.

Junior Rider Livvy Hoyland

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Well done to Livy & Crystal who came 2nd at Morton Morrell
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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.
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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.

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.

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.

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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.

Laura Wall cleans up at GB Dressage Champs

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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.

SDRC Members are in the top places

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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

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.

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!!

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.

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

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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

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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.

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..........!!   
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