Equestrian Life August 2016 Edition
The leading regional magazine for the East Midlands and Northern Counties. Aimed at the competition rider at both unaffiliated and affiliated level across a wide range of disciplines.
The leading regional magazine for the East Midlands and Northern Counties. Aimed at the competition rider at both unaffiliated and affiliated level across a wide range of disciplines.
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SHOWS<br />
TSR FREESTEP<br />
Summer Show<br />
The sun came out to make<br />
a rare appearance and<br />
shine down on keen<br />
competitors as they arrived in<br />
droves for the two day show<br />
on 16th & 17th July at Onley<br />
<strong>Equestrian</strong> Centre, Rugby.<br />
Amateur rider Marisa Keenan<br />
from the Midlands who is new<br />
to showing and only owned<br />
her cob for 4 months kicked<br />
off in amazing style taking the<br />
HORSEZONE.CO.UK Members<br />
Supreme & the Overall<br />
Supreme Championships<br />
on Saturday plus a 5th in<br />
the HOYS Cob class. Paula<br />
Ward from Leicestershire<br />
won the HORSEZONE.CO.UK<br />
Coloured Final on Sat with<br />
her horse All Things Moomin.<br />
Sunday saw the HORSEZONE.<br />
CO.UK Pony Finals with<br />
Derbyshire rider Niamh Bell<br />
winning the HORSEZONE.<br />
CO.UK M&M Lead Rein Final<br />
on her pony Thistledown<br />
Light My Fire. Verity Murray<br />
from Warwickshire won the<br />
HORSEZONE.CO.UK M&M<br />
WHP Final on Leam Little<br />
Maid. Rachel Cowan with So<br />
Sweet took the HORSEZONE.<br />
CO.UK Members Overall<br />
Championships on Sunday.<br />
In hand entries were up with<br />
many exhibitors keen to get<br />
through to the £750 Amateur<br />
In Hand Supreme. Judge Kevan<br />
Baskeyfield had his work cut<br />
Romanno Quickstep £750 Amateur In Hand Champion<br />
out judging over 20 animals,<br />
the eventual victor was William<br />
Parkinson leading Romanno<br />
Quickstep taking home£500.<br />
Receiving £250 for reserve<br />
was Ellie Steeples & Foggy<br />
Gill Gemma from Derbyshire.<br />
Romanno had an excellent<br />
day as they took the TSR<br />
HORSEZONE.CO.UK Members<br />
In Hand & HORSEZONE.<br />
CO.UK Overall Supreme<br />
Championships. The FREESTEP<br />
In Hand Supremes saw<br />
Broughton Penny Jones owned<br />
by D Smith & A Jean take the<br />
M&M title. FREESTEP In Hand<br />
Horse went to Sally Dodsworth<br />
Gracemhors William and the<br />
FREESTEP In Hand Pony<br />
Supreme was won by Craig<br />
Eleanor and Rendene<br />
Secret Charm.<br />
The new ridden<br />
Coloured Section<br />
proved popular<br />
with overall<br />
Champion going<br />
to Amy Tough and<br />
Roster Jaegermieister.<br />
The Riding Horse<br />
Championship and<br />
FREESTEP Saturday Overall<br />
Ridden Supreme went to a new<br />
combination Chloe Vaughan<br />
riding ABC Rikki Zee. Chloe<br />
is enjoying her first season<br />
partnering the mare by Ricardo<br />
Z. M&M Lead Rein winner<br />
Thistledown Van Der Vaart and<br />
ABC Rickie Zee<br />
FREESTEP Overall<br />
Supreme Saturday<br />
Thistledown van<br />
der Vaart Overall<br />
Supreme Sunday<br />
his rider Hannah Wilson had<br />
an amazing finish on Sunday<br />
impressing judge Debbie Spears<br />
to take the FREESTEP Overall<br />
Ridden Supreme.<br />
Apart from the usual showing<br />
classes 42 Amateur Riders<br />
were battling it out in the TSR<br />
Master Class Ride Off for four<br />
places at HOYS in the TSR<br />
Showing Master Class to be<br />
held at Horse of the Year Show<br />
on Friday 7th October. The 42<br />
riders had been talent spotted<br />
previously in the year at a TSR<br />
Clinic and then applied for<br />
selection from over 150 talent<br />
spotted riders for the Ride<br />
Off. L is for Lucky and that<br />
certainly proved the case for<br />
the four riders whose names<br />
all begin with L. Selectors Jo<br />
Bates, Lucinda Simms and Anne<br />
Leaver had a busy morning as<br />
16th - 17th JULY<br />
each rider performed an<br />
individual performance to<br />
include set movements and<br />
were judged on their riding<br />
ability and horses performance.<br />
Winner of the 8-14 years<br />
group was Lara Kelly who had<br />
travelled all the way from<br />
Northern Ireland to take part on<br />
her WHP Milford Spectacular.<br />
Lara Berrie from Ayrshire was<br />
back for her second attempt<br />
after being placed Reserve<br />
in 2015, this time she was<br />
victorious on her part bred<br />
show pony Morringtoncairn<br />
Hivan in the 15yrs to 26 yrs<br />
age group. Laura King from<br />
Yorkshire riding her cob Tom<br />
Tug won the 27 - 39 yrs group,<br />
Laura had competed in the Ride<br />
Off in 2014 on another horse so<br />
was delighted to be back. Louise<br />
Goss from Northamptonshire<br />
who was talent spotted three<br />
years ago and finally selected<br />
for the Ride Off this year had<br />
all her patience and effort<br />
rewarded winning the 40yrs<br />
plus group on her ex racehorse<br />
Ravenstone Lad, this is the first<br />
ex racehorse through to the<br />
final.<br />
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