Well the trip north to Draycott was worth it
Allora jumped the vital clear to qualify for the intermediate at Belton in a couple of weeks time
A 29 test followed by a brilliant double clear with a few time penalties saw us finish 2nd – much better!
Head off to Gatcombe this weekend
Laura
Friday, 23 March 2012
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Lincoln - WINNER!
Lincoln
WINNERS! OUR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON
Well the long trip north was worth it - Henry was a winner and Super Steve was 4th –perfect warm up for Badminton and long may their form continue!
Steve’s dressage was performed in a hailstorm – the worst weather of the day but he was really cool and tried his best = he did not like the ground so did not show himself to his best so there is more improvement to come – he then followed it up with a brill double clear
Henry led the dressage on a score of 22 and with him also there is still improvement to come – he Show jumped really well and was magic cross country if a little strong!
On Saturday Ali had an annoying 20 at the coffin which took her a bit by surprise – we ended up 12th
Click here to see a photo of her cross country
Brookfield Baker Street did a shocking test but as his first outing we can forgive him that! He had one down and followed it up with a steady clear
It was a great event and well done to the organisers who did a fab job with the ground in the horrid weather – it rained all night and kept us awake but the ground held up well
This week I head to Draycott on Thursday, Addington with Steve and Henry for some show jumping and Gatcomeb at the weekend
Happy Days!
Laura
WINNERS! OUR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON
Well the long trip north was worth it - Henry was a winner and Super Steve was 4th –perfect warm up for Badminton and long may their form continue!
Steve’s dressage was performed in a hailstorm – the worst weather of the day but he was really cool and tried his best = he did not like the ground so did not show himself to his best so there is more improvement to come – he then followed it up with a brill double clear
Henry led the dressage on a score of 22 and with him also there is still improvement to come – he Show jumped really well and was magic cross country if a little strong!
On Saturday Ali had an annoying 20 at the coffin which took her a bit by surprise – we ended up 12th
Click here to see a photo of her cross country
Brookfield Baker Street did a shocking test but as his first outing we can forgive him that! He had one down and followed it up with a steady clear
It was a great event and well done to the organisers who did a fab job with the ground in the horrid weather – it rained all night and kept us awake but the ground held up well
This week I head to Draycott on Thursday, Addington with Steve and Henry for some show jumping and Gatcomeb at the weekend
Happy Days!
Laura
Monday, 12 March 2012
Twelesdown
Friday of Tweseldown....
Allora 3 did a nice test with a couple of mistakes and got 31.5, she had one down in sj... she found them a bit small so didn’t respect them after jumping 1m30 BSJA over the winter!! She was great round the xc.
Outward Bound was quite fresh and was a bit on edge in his test, he managed to contain himself (just!!) and got 30.5, he also had one down in sj and flew round the xc.
Obos Cooley was a bit behind the leg in his test but managed to score a 29.5 and jumped a fab double clear... he finds it all very easy! He picked up a 10th rosette!
Saturday of Tweseldown...
Brookfield Cult King behaved well in his dressage and scored 32.5, he finished on this score and ended up 7th.
Noble Skyboy wasn’t very impressed at having to do dressage and thought he should just be going xc! He was unsettled in his test and scored 36.5, he made up for it by flying round the sj and xc! He picked up an 8th place!
All in all the horses went well and it was a great few days!
We head off to Lincoln this weekend
Allora 3 did a nice test with a couple of mistakes and got 31.5, she had one down in sj... she found them a bit small so didn’t respect them after jumping 1m30 BSJA over the winter!! She was great round the xc.
Outward Bound was quite fresh and was a bit on edge in his test, he managed to contain himself (just!!) and got 30.5, he also had one down in sj and flew round the xc.
Obos Cooley was a bit behind the leg in his test but managed to score a 29.5 and jumped a fab double clear... he finds it all very easy! He picked up a 10th rosette!
Saturday of Tweseldown...
Brookfield Cult King behaved well in his dressage and scored 32.5, he finished on this score and ended up 7th.
Noble Skyboy wasn’t very impressed at having to do dressage and thought he should just be going xc! He was unsettled in his test and scored 36.5, he made up for it by flying round the sj and xc! He picked up an 8th place!
All in all the horses went well and it was a great few days!
We head off to Lincoln this weekend
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Twelesdown 8th & 9th March
Nankin did lovely test had one rail sj and fab round xc - and we ended up 10th
Controe was well behaved in test but not consistent in contact so scored 37. We Sj clear and apart from getting a bit of a surprise at the water and having 20pens... he was brilliant round rest xc!
Noble bestman did one of his best tests... thanks to Felicity’s schooling (I hardly ride him at home now!!) got 27... double clear but they gave him 7 time pens in sj which we contested as he is always speedy in sj!! These time pens cost us 2nd place!
Rayef was very pleased to be out but strutted his stuff and got 20.9 which led the section by 6 marks! Was a bit over excited in sj so had one down and we didn’t run him xc....
Back on Friday with Allora, Cooley, and Outwood Bound and on Saturday with Noble Skyboy - crazy week!
Laura
Nankin did lovely test had one rail sj and fab round xc - and we ended up 10th
Controe was well behaved in test but not consistent in contact so scored 37. We Sj clear and apart from getting a bit of a surprise at the water and having 20pens... he was brilliant round rest xc!
Noble bestman did one of his best tests... thanks to Felicity’s schooling (I hardly ride him at home now!!) got 27... double clear but they gave him 7 time pens in sj which we contested as he is always speedy in sj!! These time pens cost us 2nd place!
Rayef was very pleased to be out but strutted his stuff and got 20.9 which led the section by 6 marks! Was a bit over excited in sj so had one down and we didn’t run him xc....
Back on Friday with Allora, Cooley, and Outwood Bound and on Saturday with Noble Skyboy - crazy week!
Laura
Saturday, 18 February 2012
2012
I'm back and my New Years resolution is to keep my website and diary up to date!!!
The eventing season is just around the corner, in fact it's less than 2 weeks away!! Time has flown by!!
The horses have all had a nice break and come back in fresh and well.
I was lucky enough to be spoilt with 2 holidays over the winter... I went with the Walkers to Barbados and then went visiting my family in NZ!
I was a serious adrenalin junkie during my time in NZ and after doing a bungee jump I feel Badminton XC will seem easy!!!!!!!!!
We have a few new additions to the yard and I am really excited about the 2012 season!
The eventing season is just around the corner, in fact it's less than 2 weeks away!! Time has flown by!!
The horses have all had a nice break and come back in fresh and well.
I was lucky enough to be spoilt with 2 holidays over the winter... I went with the Walkers to Barbados and then went visiting my family in NZ!
I was a serious adrenalin junkie during my time in NZ and after doing a bungee jump I feel Badminton XC will seem easy!!!!!!!!!
We have a few new additions to the yard and I am really excited about the 2012 season!
Monday, 11 July 2011
BARBURY
Barbury Castle is possibly the nicest event... with the amazing settings, it is spectator friendly and the ground is perfect!
RAYEF was in the 120 strong CIC***... He was very excited to be out and thought he should just go straight around the XC! He took a lot of work to settle him down but luckily by the time his test was on Saturday afternoon, he was on brilliant form! He scored a 34.8 dressage and that put him in the lead from Pippa Funnell on a 36.4 and in 3rd was Emily Baldwin on a 40.2.
He showjumped brilliantly but in the main arena at Barbury you have to go up a bank, jump 2 fences and drop back down the bank, this unsettled him slightly so annoyingly he had the rail at the bottom of the bank... this was still good enough to keep him in the lead as Pippa and Emily both had a rail.
XC was in reverse order so it was a very long wait!
The time is always hard to get on the XC at Barbury and although I really wanted to win, I also wanted a sound horse and wasn't willing to risk a silly mistake by going crazily fast! RAYEF was fantastic and he added 6.8 time penalties which unfortunately cost us the win... we ended up in 3rd, still a great result and I really hope the senior selectors may just consider him for the European Championhips now... if not then we will be having a good crack at Burghley CCI****!
RAYEF was in the 120 strong CIC***... He was very excited to be out and thought he should just go straight around the XC! He took a lot of work to settle him down but luckily by the time his test was on Saturday afternoon, he was on brilliant form! He scored a 34.8 dressage and that put him in the lead from Pippa Funnell on a 36.4 and in 3rd was Emily Baldwin on a 40.2.
He showjumped brilliantly but in the main arena at Barbury you have to go up a bank, jump 2 fences and drop back down the bank, this unsettled him slightly so annoyingly he had the rail at the bottom of the bank... this was still good enough to keep him in the lead as Pippa and Emily both had a rail.
XC was in reverse order so it was a very long wait!
The time is always hard to get on the XC at Barbury and although I really wanted to win, I also wanted a sound horse and wasn't willing to risk a silly mistake by going crazily fast! RAYEF was fantastic and he added 6.8 time penalties which unfortunately cost us the win... we ended up in 3rd, still a great result and I really hope the senior selectors may just consider him for the European Championhips now... if not then we will be having a good crack at Burghley CCI****!
Results update...
Sorry I have been useless at keeping up to date with my diary so here is a quick run through on how the horses have been going in the past months.....
MINIMEE had a win in the Open Novoce at Withington Manor.
OUTWRAD BOUND and OBOS COOLEY both picked up 2nd placings in the BE100 sections at Hambleden.
OUTWARD BOUND jumped a lovely double clear to finish 4th in his first Novice at Aston Le Walls, MILLFIELD CONDESCEND and LONGBARN MAISIE both went well in the Novice to finish 3rd and 4th respectively on their sections.
We then had a trip across the water to Saumur, France. GINGER MAY KILLINGHURST gave me a fantastic ride XC adding a few time faults and just tipped the first fence SJ to finish in 12th place in the CCI***. NOBLE BESTMAN had juimped a brilliant double clear in the CIC** to finish in 18th place.
A very successful day at Pontispool saw OBOS COOLEY and BROOKFIELD BAKER STREET winning their BE100 sections and OUTWARD BOUND winning the Novice.
A trip up North to the lovely Bramham CCI*** Under 25 Championships with NOBLE BESTMAN was next.... He went very green in the atmosphere of the dressage and made a few mistakes to score 54.... he then jumped an awesome double clear round what was one of the strongest CCI*** tracks I have ever seen. He added just 4.8 time penalties to finish in 12th.... Not bad considering he was Pre-Novice last year!
At great Tew, OBOS COOLEY was 2nd in the BE100, MILLFIELD CONDESCEND was 7th and OUtWARD BOUND was 10th in their Novice sections.
The beautiful Salperton Park was the next event. Jason Houghton who owns RAYEF lives at Salperton so it was great the RAYEF had such a successful run on his home grounds! It was his first run back since Badminton and he was very excited! He did a flash test to score 22.2 in the dressage and jumped a steady double clear to finish 4the in the AI section. OUTWARD BOUND was 2nd in the Novice and OBOS COOLEY jumped a steady double clear in his first Novice.
MINIMEE had a win in the Open Novoce at Withington Manor.
OUTWRAD BOUND and OBOS COOLEY both picked up 2nd placings in the BE100 sections at Hambleden.
OUTWARD BOUND jumped a lovely double clear to finish 4th in his first Novice at Aston Le Walls, MILLFIELD CONDESCEND and LONGBARN MAISIE both went well in the Novice to finish 3rd and 4th respectively on their sections.
We then had a trip across the water to Saumur, France. GINGER MAY KILLINGHURST gave me a fantastic ride XC adding a few time faults and just tipped the first fence SJ to finish in 12th place in the CCI***. NOBLE BESTMAN had juimped a brilliant double clear in the CIC** to finish in 18th place.
A very successful day at Pontispool saw OBOS COOLEY and BROOKFIELD BAKER STREET winning their BE100 sections and OUTWARD BOUND winning the Novice.
A trip up North to the lovely Bramham CCI*** Under 25 Championships with NOBLE BESTMAN was next.... He went very green in the atmosphere of the dressage and made a few mistakes to score 54.... he then jumped an awesome double clear round what was one of the strongest CCI*** tracks I have ever seen. He added just 4.8 time penalties to finish in 12th.... Not bad considering he was Pre-Novice last year!
At great Tew, OBOS COOLEY was 2nd in the BE100, MILLFIELD CONDESCEND was 7th and OUtWARD BOUND was 10th in their Novice sections.
The beautiful Salperton Park was the next event. Jason Houghton who owns RAYEF lives at Salperton so it was great the RAYEF had such a successful run on his home grounds! It was his first run back since Badminton and he was very excited! He did a flash test to score 22.2 in the dressage and jumped a steady double clear to finish 4the in the AI section. OUTWARD BOUND was 2nd in the Novice and OBOS COOLEY jumped a steady double clear in his first Novice.
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