Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

50 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

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by Equipics

DRESSAGE

YOUTHHOME

INTERNATIONAL

26-28 July

YouthHomeInternational,

ArenaUK,Lincs

GOODfirst-dayperformancesput

ScotlandMacbetha noseinfront

ofSouthWestDonaldDucks,

leavingnoroomformistakes.But

theteamofCarmenGammie,

MatildaHaley,RoseFoleyand

EilidhRobertsalldugdeepand

improvedontheirscorestopull

awayandclaimthetrophy.

CarmenGammiemadea 4%

improvementonherfirsttestto

taketheindividualmediumtitle

onherveteran“overgrown”Welsh

sectionC ChampagneBubbles.

The17-year-oldgeldinghas

takenhertoninenationaland

sixwinterchampionshipsandhe

didn’t disappoint here, apart from

someunscheduledflyingchanges

ondayone.

“Hewassoexcitedtobe

ata partythathemadea few

mistakes,”saidCarmen,whohas

justfinisheduniversityandtakes

herfirstjobasaninvestment

analyst this week.

Torrentialraindoesn’tdampenspiritsasScotland wins

both the team and two individual titles

“MytrainerHannahMoody

thenkickedourbuttsandwe

produceda muchmorepolished

performance.Oursquadandthe

wholeexperiencewasamazing.”

MatildaHaleyandher

comparativelyinexperienced

DutchgeldingGowonthe

elementarysections,puttingthe

icingonthecakeofa partnership

thattakensometimetobuild.

“Weimportedhimasa six-

year-oldandhewentfroma

shelteredexistencetolifeonthe

sideofa Scottishglen,andhewas

myfirstyounghorse,”explained

Matilda,whois juststartinga gap

yearworkingfortheEilbergs.

“He’salsoverysensitive

andI’vehada lotofhelpfrom

JenniferJohnston-Harman.He

wasamazinghereaswewere

competingata levelwearesecure

at.HedidallI askedofhimand

wasrideable.I alsocan’tthankour

hugesupportteamenough. It still

hasn’tsunkin.”

TheScottishteam’s

competitivenaturecontinued

afterhoursastheyalsowonthe

Saturdaynightquiz.

“Whenweselectedtheteamwe

thoughtthey’dbestrong,butwe

emphasised that team spirit had to

comefirst.Wehopedthey’denjoy

theSaturdaynightsotherewas

nopressureonthem.”saidEmma

Stewart,theScottishregional

developmentofficer(RDO).

‘SHEWASONFIRE’

SOPHIAMARSTON,13,

representingNorthWest

Guinevere,helpedherteamof

threeintothirdplace,winning

boththenoviceandchildren-on-

horsessections.

SophiaandSolitaireII,a

seven-year-oldmarewhowas

boughtasa yearlingforSophia’s

mothertocompete,arethe

currentunder-21AreaFestival

prelimchampions.

“Shewassupposedtobean

eventerbut,althoughsheloves

jumping,shewasn’tgoodenough,

soI tooktheridetododressage,”

saidSophia,whotrainswith

MichaelEilberg.“Shewason

firethefirstdayandI wasreally

pleasedwithhowshecopedwith

thenewchildren-on-horsestest.”

MeghanAnderson,15,

competingforthehostregion

Northern,tooktheponyFEItitle

withBerlioz.

“We’vehadhimforfouryears

buthehadtohavetimeoffwith

a suspensoryligamentinjury,

sowe’vejuststarteddoingFEI

tests,” said Meghan. “We’ve built a

ByHELENSCOTT

Scotland trump their rivals

RESULTS

Teamch.—1, ScotlandMacbeth

(ChampagneBubbles/CGammie,

Go/MHaley,CordiciK/RFoley,Flashy

Rocko/ERoberts);2,SouthWestDonald

Ducks(GlobalSuperNova/APalmer,

FemmeLijbra/CDawes,Fulgencio/F

Human,DHIDeRouet/TO’Bryan);3,

NorthWestGuinevere(SolitaireII/S

Marston,VanabytVanHetKleuterhof/A

Charlton,GalantIV/DMarshall).med

73 (CThornton,C Elvin,K Hancox).—

1, ChampagneBubbles70.22;2,

Wallenstein(JMellor)69.37;3,Fulgencio

68.95.elem 53 (CElvin,S Carson,CJ

Tupling).—1, Go71.42;2,DHIDeRouet

69.7;3,BonhardAlexander(CHill)

69.65.nov 38 —1, SolitaireII (SMarston)

71.19;2,GlobalSuperNova(APalmer)

70.63;3,FlashyRocko(ERoberts)

70.55.ch-on-horses(JPeberdy,C

Ballantyne,C Elvin).—1, SolitaireII

68.63;2,MyDelilah(AColler)66.25;3,

TerraNovasZembla(EKenham)62.65.

indvYR.—1, DaiquiriIV(RMcMillan)

59.19.indivjnr.—1, TheAmazing

Spiderman(JWhitehead)66.53;2,

Walter’sFable(CNeal)66.53;3,Jolianna

(ABates)65.14.indivpony.—1, Berlioz

(MAnderson)63.34;2,TheLonghouse

Rosadonna(DHoward-Cartwright)63.1;

3,CordiciK (RFoley)62.92.

goodpartnershiptogether—he’s

cheeky,butveryeasytodealwith.”

Thepairalsorodeatmedium

levelduringtheweekend,

finishingjustoutsidetheplacings.

JessicaWhiteheadwithThe

AmazingSpiderman(Southern)

wontheFEIjuniorclassbyjust

threecollectivesfromCharlotte

NealonWaltersFable(North

WestZula).

RoseMcmillan(Central)on

DaiquiriIVwasthe young rider

winner.H&H

CarmenGammieandherWelsh

sectionC ChampagneBubbles

helptheScotlandMacbethteam

to victory with a medium win

‘Teamspirithas

tocomefirst’

RDO EMMA STEWART