Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019Horse& Hound 49

Laura Wollen nets elementary gold aboard the ‘perfect’ Ivan Carlos

‘GOODTRAININGSHINESTHROUGH’

BRITISHDRESSAGEListOnejudgeJudithHarriswasparticularly

pleasedwithwhatshesawatprelimandmedium.

“AlthoughI hadhopedtofinda littlemorefreedominsomeof

thehorsesatprelim,therewassomelovelytrotworkandthegood

trainingis reallystartingtoshinethroughincompetition,”shesaid.

“Thewinner,Diminutive,is certainlyonetowatch.

“Atmedium,horsesseembetterabletocopethantheyusedto,

sotherewerenotsomanyproblemssuchasquarterstrailinginthe

half-passes,”addedJudith.

“The topfiveinthesilverwerecloseinmarks;SunsetBoulevard,

thewinner,is onewewillseeatgrandprix,I’msure.

BrendanTeggrodehimwellandthehorseshowed

realcadence.Thesecond-placedhorse,GarantH with

MaisieHodge,waslovely—a gentle giant. Again, the

correct training stood out.”

JUDGE’S

VIEW

RESULTS

BackInActionprelim17Asilv(JSurr,

J Harris,T Cowie).—1, Diminutive(K

Byam-Cook)71.95;2,MyLadyMyfanwy

(KRobotham)71.15;3,AngelII (LBarrow)

70.98.Dodson& Horrellnov 37 gold(H

Ashley,A Bennie,S Butterworth).—1,

SheepcoteJustDaisy(LPincus)73.02;

2,GFSezuki(MarkForrest)72.84;3,

Denali(SSquires)71.54.silv(JSurr,S

McMahon,J Rose).—1, RubatinoML

(MO’BrienShawcross)71.85;2,Divine

RemusOfCapeKim(KDavies)70.19;

3,JozefS (CBennett)69.94.Childeric

Saddleselem 59 gold(HAshley,

F Turner,S Butterworth).—1, Ivan

Carlos(LWollen)75.26;2,Nutbush(S

Smith)72.97;3,CalcourtRomancier

(CWhitworth)72.5.silv(JRose,S

Dickinson,S Wood).—1, Woodcroft

DaisyDuke(LBerry)70.89;2,Floris(C

Creemer)70;3,Jannick(DRhodes)69.95.

Topspecmed 75 gold(RBaldwin,F

Turner,H Ashley).—1, Hamlet(RBarker)

71.62;2,NewtonDalliance(DBremner)

70.77;3,HennessyT (CWhitworth)70.05.

silv(SWood,J Harris,D Hamer).—1,

SunsetBoulevard(BTegg)69.91;2,

GarantH(MHodge)69.64;RouletteMKM

(NCompton)68.87.EquineConstruction

advmed 98 gold(SMcMahon,F

Turner,R Baldwin).—1, Fernando(C

Whitworth)73.73;2,SuspensionGiraldo

(ALyle)72.19;3,Godin(JWade)71.27.

silv(SWood,S Oakley,MRobley).—1,

WoodlanderRomance(RBarker)71.75;2,

WoodlanderRhythmNBlues(MFrewin)

70.96;3,AmaroO(TDenness)69.52.

FairfaxSaddlesPSGgold(RBaldwin,C

Landolt,C Thornton).—1, EagleNouvelle

(KBailey)73.29;2,Farrell(ALyle)70.22;

3,DreamOfJoy(NMahoney)68.46.

SaracenHorseFeedsinterI gold(S

McMahon,C Landolt,C Thornton).—1,

BerrifieldStuntman(DChilds)68.29;2,

RomarioEG(KSuomio)68.2;3,WionaG

(KSeaby)67.81.

Haste’sWoodlanderRomanceis
chilledoutandtrainable.
“I’malsoreallypleasedwith
HartpuryUltimoRagazzo,”added
Rob,whorodeAnne-Marieand
DavidWoosnam’sgeldingto
fourthintheelementarygold,
tosecureanothernationals
qualification.“Heis almostbetter
ata showthanheis athome.”

QUESTIONSANSWERED

TRAINERJackieBeavenhad
doublereasontocelebrate,as
twoofherpupilsdominated
theirsections.
Theelementarygold—and
theshow’shighestscore,of
75.26%—wenttoLauraWollen
andthe“perfect”IvanCarlos.
“Hereallyis thekindest,most
givinghorse,”saidLaura,whohas
beenridingAnnaCohn’sAmpère
geldingforthreeyears.“No
questionis toohardforhimand
he’sthemostconsistentcharacter.
“It’seasytokickonwitha
horselikethat,asyoucanteach
himanything,butwehaveto
keeprememberingthatheis
17hhandonlysixyearsold,”
addedLaura,whoconsidershim
a futureinternationalprospect.
“We’rekeepingthingsbasic,to
buildhisstrength.”
PrelimwinnerKatieByam-
Cookfeelsthather15.3hh
DimaggiodaughterDiminutive
hasflourishedduetoJackie’s
empathywithmares.
“I’msoproudof‘Diva’,”said
Katie,a veterinaryofficerwiththe
BritishHorseracingAuthority.
“Jackiehasbeenincredible,as
haveallthepeoplewho’vehelped
usgettothisstage.
“Receivingthewinner’s
sashandthechancetogoto
thenationalsis a dreamcome
true,”addedKatie.“I’mnota
professional,soit’sreallyspecial.”
Maresexcelledatthelower
levels,withLucyBerry’sDon
FredericodaughterWoodcroft
DaisyDuketakingtheelementary
silver.Lucy,aninstructorat
Summerhouse Equestrian,

revealedthather“accident-

prone”eight-year-oldhasbeen

backinworkfor 18 monthsafter

sustaininganinjuryinthefield.

“It’sherlongest-everperiod

ofsolidworksinceI boughther

fiveyearsago,”sheexplained.

“Progresshasbeenfairlyslow,

butwe’reaimingtomoveupto

advancedmediumattheendof

theyear.”

Lucy,whotrainswithTessa

Thorne,added:“Daisyfeltreally

good;shewaslisteningand

respondedwell.Mygoalwas

justtorememberthetest—I

forgotit atthewinterregionals

inFebruary,sotowinthistime

wasamazing.”

AnotherDaisydominatedin

thenovicegold:SheepcoteJust

Daisy,riddenbyLucyPincus.

“Sheusedtobesharpandquite

naughty,sowehaven’ttakenher

outmuch,”saidLucyoftheseven-

year-oldJohnsonmare.“Although

she’sstillhotandeasilyexcited,

she’sdefinitelysettlingdown.

We’resopleasedwithhowshe

held it all together.”H&H

‘Super-consistent’

Hamletputsina

powerfulperformance

tolandmediumgold

with Rob Barker