Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019Horse& Hound 47

ditedbyPollyBryan

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@pollybryan

“Themediumtestwasmuch

moreliketheHumphreyI know

andlove—hewasonsideand

thereweregoodmarkswithroom

forimprovement.

“Ididn’thavemuchtime

towarmupforthemediumas

HumphreywasfirstinandGoofy

waslastin,whichwasn’tideal.

Goofyhada fewminormistakes

intheadvancedmediumbutI felt

hewasintunewithme.

“Bothhorsesshowtheyhave

theabilitytocope,andGoofy

is relativelynewtoadvanced

medium—heonlydidhisfirst

testinMayandthiswouldbe

hissixthtimethislevel—soI

waspleasedwithhowhecoped

withthepressure.I’mhopingfor

a mediumwildcardforGoofy,

too,”saidJo,whosetworidesin

thisclassweresplitbyNickyand

Furstinclaire.

But paramedic Nicky went one

ace of wins

NickyHealescorestwoclosesecondswithFurstinclaire(above),plus

an advanced medium win with WelshsectionD RetanachRequest

A MILITARY-STYLEOPERATION

EVENTriderGregorKnoxheadeda closelyfoughtprelimwith

Quadrigotoearnhisfirsttickettonationals—a highlightofwhat

wasa verybusyweekend.

AnneJohnstone’sQuaterhallx Dancierseven-year-oldgelding

hasbeenriddenbyGregorsincethespring,whenhewassent

forschooling.

Gregor’swinattheCabinwaspartofa military-styleoperation,

whichinvolvedhimridingattheinauguralBritishEventingfixtureat

GlamisCastlethesameday.

“I literallydidmytest,jumpedoff‘Riggle’andgotinmycarto

drivetoGlamis,whileAnnewaitedfortheprize-giving,”explained

Gregor. “Hefeltmegaandhascomeonleapsandbounds.There

wasa lotofatmosphere,butI feltheperformedbetter

withthisandfocusedmore.I’vebeenworkingonhis

balanceandkeepinghimstraight,andworkingonmy

ownposition.I’msoexcitedtoqualifyand it was a

massive team effort this weekend.”

FIRST

NATIONALS

TICKET

RESULTS

BackInActionprelim17Asilv(ADuck,V

Graham,A Nicel).—1, Quadrigo(GKnox)

69.89;2,GlyncochRedRascal(AGray)

69.83;3,BalhagartyRoxanne(GAitken)

69.6.Dodson& Horrellnov37Agold(V

Graham,J Peberdy,S Rodger).—1, MSJ

FurstinFlorida(JDunn)72.9;2,Jazzman

MFS(JJohnstonHarman)71.98;3,Jaguar

(EGrant)70.12.silv(ADuck,V Graham,

S Rodger).—1, CostaRicaII (TSmith)

70.25;2,KerrishillZeus(SOakden)67.53;

3,GideonII (SDuncan)67.16.Childeric

Saddleselem 59 gold(VGraham,A

Nicel,J Peberdy).—1, HidalgoII (JBarry)

71.35;2,Furstinclaire(NHeale)71.35;3,I

LoveYouTooPC(MNiven)69.11.silv(A

Duck,S Rodger,D Wardle).—1, Dauphin

III(JWhitelaw)71.09;2,Wainthropp

(EMurray)70.31;3,DMockingbird(K

Matheson)66.98.Topspecmed 75 gold

(VGraham,A Nicell,D Wardle).—1,

HidalgoII (JBarry)71.17;2,Furstinclaire

70.77;3,GoofyLaPerle(JBarry)70.18.

silv(ADuck,A Nicel,J Peberdy).—1, Ab

Barroco(CLutener)70.09;2,BaliDancer

(STurpitt)67.34;3,BrahanJC(ETaylor)

65.23.EquineConstructionadvmed 98

(ADuck,J Peberdy,S Rodger).—1, Goofy

LaPerle70.57;2,MountStJohnDoornroos

II (EGrant)68.33.silv(ANicel,S Rodger,

D Wardle).—1, RetanachRequest(N

Heale)68.42;2,Frodo(SGrice)63.16;3,

Sonnersted(VGladwyn)62.81.Fairfax

SaddlesPSG(ADuck,J Peberdy,D

Wardle).—1, Francesco 77 (RSmith)

70.88;2,Creatzo(FRoss)68.42;3,Dancer

RV(SDunlop)67.15.SaracenHorseFeeds

interI (JPeberdy,S Rodger,D Wardle).—

1, Francesco 77 72.06;2,ErandoRetto(E

Grant)68.33;3,Creatzo66.27.

betterthanhertwosecondsat

elementaryandmediumtolead

thesilveradvancedmediumwith

RetanachRequest.The12-year-

oldWelshsectionDgeldingwas

bredlocallyinAberdeenandwas

originallypurchasedasa newly

backedfive-year-oldforNickyto

rideafterrecoveringfrominjury.

“Ineverexpected‘Rocco’to

achievethis—he’sjustamazing,

andtrieshisheartout.Histest

wasperfect—hedidn’tspook,

hisbalancewasbeautifulandthe

changeswereallcorrect,”said

Nicky,whowillshortlybeaiming

forinterIIandgrandprix.

“He’sworkingatgrandprix

athomebutI needtokeephim

supplethroughouthistests.”

DAUPHINSHOWS

EXPRESSION

ABERDEENUNIVERSITY

student Jade Whitelaw headed

theelementarysilverwith

DauphinIII,withwhomshe

wonthewinternovicerestricted

championshipin2015.

“Dauphinwasfabulous

today,”explainedJade,ofthe

Donnersohn12-year-old.“My

trainer,JenniferJohnston

Harman,warmedusup,which

wasa greathelp.

“Wehavebeenteachinghim

flyingchangesandworking

towardscanterpirouettesin

histrainingathome.Thismore

advancedworkhashelpedus

develop a more uphill frame,

whichallowshimtoshow

moreexpression.”

TeresaSmithledthenovice

bronzeon70.25%withCostaRica

II.Afterpreviouslycompeting

inshowjumping,Teresagaveup

riding,butfiveyearsagodecided

tolookfora nicecobtoliveout

anddosomehacking.Sheended

upwiththecompleteopposite,

buyinga KWPN12-year-old.

“Igotstickforjoiningthe

white-glovebrigade,andI never

thoughtdressagewasmything,

butI’vegotthebug now,” said

Teresa.H&H