Sunday 18th September
A bit of a lay in today, with Jumbo, Courtney and Eve competing at Basildon and May, Beth and Luke at Ramsden Mini Hunter Trial.
Jumbo had a day of 1sts, winning the lead rein with Eve and the Ridden A&B with Courtney.
At Ramsden, Luke and May did the under 13.2hh class, with it being Luke's first attempt at cross country, and did very well to complete the course. Beth and May in the Novice did really well for 3rd place.
Beth on Hombre and Jessica on Rhianna won the pairs class, with Jessica and Jet coming 3rd with their pair.
Eve and Jumbo, with Kelly
Luke and May
Beth and May
Jessica and Rhianna, Beth and Hombre
Jessica and Jet
Courtney and Jumbo
Sunday 2nd October
Jumbo and Rosemarie attended their first hunter trial at Downhouse cross country course. Both jumped fantastic rounds as though they had done it all their life and we were thrilled with the results: Rosemarie and Jessica 2nd and Jumbo and Courtney 4th in a well supported class.
Jessica
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Rosemarie
Courtney
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Jumbo
Sunday 23rd October
After much preparation we were off to Longwood for our first indoor show.
Amy and William with Kelly
Eve and Cindy with Karen Amy and William with Kelly
Eve and Cindy with Karen
Next was First Ridden, with Freya and Cindy coming 1st, Luke and William 2nd and Eve and Rosemarie 5th. Freya and Luke qualified Trailblazers 2nd Rounds.
Freya and Cindy
Luke and William
Eve and Rosemarie
Next in was Jessica on Sasha in a huge Novice Ridden class and, with lots of excitable youngsters everywhere, Sasha was a star to gain 1st place.
Jessica
and
Sasha
Ridden Mountain & Moorland Small Breeds was next and again a great result with Jessica and Rosemarie 1st and Courtney and Jumbo 2nd, both qualifying Trailblazers 2nd Rounds.
Jessica
and
Rosemarie
Courtney
and
Jumbo
Ridden Part Bred was next with Beth and Polly and Freya and Cindy. Beth was 1st and Freya 2nd, both qualifying Trailblazers 2nd Rounds.
Beth
and
Polly
The last class of the day for us was the Riding Pony and yet again a great result, with Beth and Polly 1st, Jessica and Sasha 2nd and Freya and Cindy 4th, Beth and Jessica qualifying Trailblazers 2nd Rounds.
Beth and Polly, Jessica and Sasha and Freya and Cindy then went into the Ridden Championship and, in strong company, Beth and Polly were called in to be Reserve Champions.
A fantastic end to a very successful day.
Beth and Polly - Reserve Champions
First in was the Lead Rein and in a large class, Amy and William with Kelly were 2nd and Eve and Cindy with Karen were 3rd, all qualifying Trailblazers 2nd Rounds.
Warming up at the show