Equestrian Life September 2016 Edition

EVENTING
EMMA HYSLOP-WEBB
Head over heart
We heading up to Burgham
International where we had four
horses running. We had Matcho
doing his first 3*, The wedding present
doing his first 2*, Wally running in the
2*as he has not run for ages and O.B in the
BYEH and the KBIS five-year-old class. It
was quite an emotional weekend.
The wedding present has come on so
much recently he went and jumped double
clear. When this horse first came to me he
could barely jump and would have three
showjumps down around a 100, was very
spooky and had a habit of spinning very
quickly. So over the finish line of the XC, I
had a little proud tear and he so wants to
please and I think he would have jumped
round the three star.
Matcho man had one show jump down....
From the pictures you may wonder how,
I think he produces air waves over the
fences. He was fab across the country.
More happy tears as I have produced
him from a five-year-old. We are looking
forward to taking him to Blenheim to
do the 8/9 3*. Wally jumped his normal
double clear after a very excitable
dressage, some would say he was glad to
be out but airs above the ground were not
required movements!
O.B only came second in the BYEH
qualifier and jumped double clear in the
KBIS class to finish in the top ten. She is
such a dude, calm level headed and loves
to get on with her job.
The Monday after we got back Charlotte
had a tumble off one of the youngsters
and has broken a bone in her toe, so we
had to put a hold on competing for a
couple of weeks.
We have been out dressaging and all
horses have been in the top three every
“I DRAW MY ARENA
ON A PIECE OF PAPER,
DRAW THE TEST TO
START WITH AND THEN
DRAW JUST MY ARENA
AND DICTATE MY TEST
TO ONE OF MY GROOMS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN”
time out so I keep chalking myself to
do the six test challenge each week.
Remembering six tests in a day all from
memory. I just feel you can prepare more
for the movements when you know where
you are going. I draw my arena on a piece
of paper, draw the test to start with and
then draw just my arena and dictate my
test to one of my grooms over and over
again.
When I wrote my last article I said
we might have some exciting news.
I can reveal that I am now the
brand ambassador for Lanes fine
Jewellery. Situated on Loseby Lane
in Leicester, Lanes Fine Jewellery are
a jewellers offering some exquisite
fine diamond jewellery. GIA and
IGI certificated diamonds are in stock
along with natural coloured diamonds,
diamond tennis bracelets and line
necklaces as well as diamond studs and
pendants. They also offer a luxury watch
sourcing service and often have preowned
luxury watches in stock. With a
background in Bond Street and Hatton
Garden they have connections to sources
of the worlds’ rarest and most expensive
diamonds. We had a photo shoot at their
yard as we are looking at attending the
likes of Burghley Horse Trials with a trade
stand. So keeps your eyes out for Lanes.
Talking of Bughley, I and my team of
Photo courtesy of Christopher.RD Photography