EQUISTERIAN ISSUE 9
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NANYUKISHOW<br />
The Open Event was won predictably by Rachel Robley on Muffin. It was very sad that Louisa<br />
Vittone, with Lots and Lots, who were lying second, were unable to finish the event, after Louisa<br />
had a fall from Duncan, injuring her leg, in the Intermediate event. The only other runner, Anita<br />
Mills Stanley with Mugeni, came second.<br />
By Rose Caldwell<br />
It is always difficult to write about one’s<br />
own show, especially when one is part of the<br />
committee, however, judging by the number<br />
of lovely letters and comments from people<br />
attending the show, I can safely say that it<br />
was a resounding success, enjoyed by competitors<br />
and spectators alike.<br />
As it takes place in the holidays, it is always<br />
a great show for the young and there<br />
were enough of them to be able to hold<br />
Young Rider Classes.<br />
Although the going was hard due to the<br />
lack of rain, the horses all coped well and<br />
only one horse had to be spun at the vet<br />
check.<br />
Bryn and Tara Llewelyn started the<br />
building of the cross country course in May.<br />
Nanyuki club is not an easy place for building<br />
a cross country course, having no natural<br />
features and all the fences needing to be<br />
dismantled and removed each year. So a lot<br />
of work and a lot of imagination needed to<br />
build an interesting course with sufficient<br />
challenges. They succeeded extremely well<br />
and the faults incurred , were evenly spread.<br />
The course was, as always, beautifully built<br />
and designed and with Tara’s artistic talent<br />
and attention to detail, each fence was a picture.<br />
Clare and Charlie Hewitt Stubbs built the<br />
show jumping courses in the main arena and<br />
as always Clare’s courses rode well and were<br />
challenging enough without being too problematical<br />
and the classes were well filled.<br />
James Cullen and yours truly built the<br />
easier courses in Ring 2 with the object being<br />
to encourage novice riders and horses<br />
and get them going, which I think we succeeded<br />
in doing!<br />
The Dressage was judged by our usual<br />
stalwarts, Debbie Boyd Moss and Val Frost<br />
and we were lucky to have a visiting Judge<br />
from England, Jane Tizzard, who gave a<br />
clinic before the show and her expertise was<br />
greatly appreciated by all who took part in it.<br />
She was also an asset to our camp evenings!<br />
The Open Event was won predictably by<br />
Rachel Robley on Muffin. It was very sad<br />
that Louisa Vittone, with Lots and Lots,<br />
who were lying second, were unable to finish<br />
the event, after Louisa had a fall from<br />
Duncan, injuring her leg, in the Intermediate<br />
event. The only other runner, Anita Mills<br />
Stanley with Mugeni, came second.<br />
The Intermediate Event was won by Monica<br />
Campori on Warren, having held onto<br />
her comfortable lead after the Dressage.<br />
The Novice Event was won by Millie<br />
Seagon on Field Marshall and Pre Novice by<br />
Aisha Gross on Ndala. This was Ndala’s first<br />
show and he had only been jumping for two<br />
The E.A. Equestrian ■ OCT-DEC-2015<br />
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