Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019Horse& Hound 51

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Gannon

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BDBRONZE CHAMPIONSHIPS

3-4 August

BritishDressageBronze

Championships,Sheepgate

Equestrian,Lincs

STEPHWOOLLEYand

FreckletonMatador’sfour-hour

journeytothisvenuewasfilled

withapprehensionduetoa

disappointinglastouting,but

onthejourneyhomeSteph

wasabletoreflectona super

weekendasshesecuredthe

novicechampionshipwithtwo

plus-70%wins.

“Wehada trickydaya couple

ofweeksagowhenFrecklesdidn’t

likethejudgeatB,sowewere

unsureaboutcoming,butI really

couldn’thaveaskedformorefrom

himthistime,”shesaid.

Thepairannouncedtheir

intentonthesechampionshipsby

claimingthenoviceAreaFestival

sashjustthedaybeforeatthis

samevenue.

Alongwithhermother,Steph

hasownedFrecklessincehewas

a two-year-oldandhasproduced

himherself.Theirachievement

is allthemoreimpressiveasthis

is thepair’sfirstyearofaffiliated

dressage,havingpreviously

evented.

“Hewasn’tlovinghis

cross-countrysowedecidedto

takea breakandconcentrateon

dressage.RobBarkeris doinga

fantasticjobteachingmepure

dressageinsteadofeventing

dressage.Wewillmoveup

toelementarygoingintothe

autumn.”

HenteDorhoutMeesandher

12-year-oldMuzeDeTriomphe

geldingTroefVanDeViveLa

Viewerecompletingfairytale

comebackstotriumphinthe

elementarychampionshipwith

plus-69%scores.

Hentegaveupridingasa

teenagerdueto“toomanybroken

bones”anda “lossofconfidence”

andreturnedtoeventingonly

four years ago at the age of 46.

StephWoolley

remainsunbeaten

toreturnhomeas

novicechampion,

whilea number

ofpartnerships

makesignificnt

comebacksto

claim titles

However,takingupdressagewith

“Doodle”wasa decisionrather

moreforceduponher.

“I retiredDoodlefromeventing

lastyearfollowinghisbattlewith

acutekidneyfailure.Afterhe

madea miraculousrecovery,I

decidedhewasn’tgoingtoleave

thegroundagainandhebeganhis

dressagecareerinMarch.

“Iwasreallypleasedwith

hisfirsttest,inwhichhewasa

pleasuretoride.Hewasslightly

moretenseinhissecondtestand

I neededtobeverytactfulwithmy

aidsespeciallywhenlettinghim

stretchonthe20mcircle—that

isalwaysa slightgamble!”

laughedHente.

COMEBACKKINGS

ANDQUEENS

HORSESmakinga comeback

wasa runningthemeatthese

championshipsasRoberta

Collyer’smountFiascoII

overcamea winteroutdueto

injurytotriumphinthemedium

championship.

“I’vehadtherideonhim

forthreeyears,butboughthim

outrightlastSeptember.Since

then he sustained an injury so

thiswasourfirstproperseason

togetherandourfirstfullseason

atmedium,”saidRoberta,whois

anequinebodyworker.

“Hewassoenthusiasticin

bothtestsandjustfeltlikehewas

havingsomuchfun,whichwas

soencouraging.I can’tbelievewe

actuallywonsomething!I think

bothofourgrinsthatresembleda

Cheshirecatshowhowmuchwe

enjoyedourselves.”

BryleyLlewelyn,12,showed

hercompetitorsa cleanpair

ofheelsbyclaimingthe

prelimchampionshiponher

ownseven-year-oldcoloured

Cwmtysswg Will.

Bryley,whohasproducedWill

herselfsincehewasa five-year-

old,reflected:“Ithoughtmytest

ontheSaturdaywasperfect—

I couldn’thaveaskedformore.

OntheSundayhewasa little

tired,butI amjustoverthemoon

atthisachievementespecially

sincewehaveonlybeenfullBD

[BritishDressage]members

sinceJanuary.”

Bryley’smotheradded:“I

didn’twanttoposttheirwinning

resultontheSaturdayasI didn’t

wanttojinxthetwoofthem.I am

soproudofthem.Itwasa long

seven-hourjourneytogethere,

but it was well worthit.”H&H

ByLAURAPHIPPS

Woolley has a winning weekend

RESULTS

3 Aug:prelim 15 .—1, CwmtysswgWill(B

Llewelyn)70.27;2,BrickellMrPickwick

(RLock)68.67;3eq,CaereiniChikateta

(HCart)& MurroeBeauty(BComery)

67.93.nov22.—1, FreckletonMatador

(SWoolley)70.75;2,JaraH (GLynch)

70.40;3,LogsmasterFlashdance(EAlex)

68.56.elem43.—1, TroefVanDeViveLa

Vie(HDorhoutMees)70.75;2,TheAceof

Spades(DCourtnadge)69.48;3,Shadana

(ARatcliffe)69.02.med61.—1, Fiasco

II (RCollyer)68.91;2,VallonDuRock(S

Bennett)67.07;3,Dubai(KMonks)66.9.

advmed91.—1, IgorVIII(TBradshaw)

66.84;2,ChatsworthChieftain(AElliott)

66.54;3,VanillaCourage(SWright)

66.15.4 Aug:prelim17A.—1, Coevela(S

MacLeman)69.6;2,BrickellMrPickwick

68.79;3,CwmtysswygWill68.05nov

38.—1, FreckletonMatador72.31;2,JaraH

70.54;3,ZicoII (AHamilton)70.32.elem

45.—1, TroefVanDeViveLeVie69.43;

2,SirWilhelm(HJanion)69.14;3,The

AceOfSpades68.22.med69.—1, Fiasco

II 71.06;2,RoyalWilliam(AWestgarth)

67.07;3,BallynoeHalo(AWhittet)66.82.

advmed96.—1, ChatsworthChieftain

68.07;2,DamonsGold(NNorth)67.11;3,

SeventhHeavenII (SWhite)66.67.overall:

prelimch.—1, CwmtysswgWill138.31;

2,BrickwellMrPickwick137.46;3,Scout

(LCrowe)135.22.novch.—1, Freckleton

Matador143.06;2,JaraH 140.94;3,Zico

II 138.66.elemch.—1, TroefVanDeVive

LaVie140.17;2,TheAceOfSpades137.7;

3,SirWilhelm137.13.medch.—1, Fiasco

II 139.97;2,VallonDuRock133.69;3,

BallynoeHalo133.66.advmedch.—1,

ChatsworthChieftain134.61;2,RainDance

(AUden)132.34;3,DamonsGold131.55.

‘Icouldn’thaveaskedfor

morefromhim,’saysSteph

Woolleyofhernovicetitle

winner Freckleton Matador