Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

52 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

DRESSAGE

Threehorses

hadsuccessful

lastrunsbefore

theregionals

this week.

CENTRAL

Swallowfield,Warks | Witham

Villa, Leics

Professionaleventanddressage

riderDanHensontopped

elementary 45 atSwallowfield

ridingsix-year-oldHanoverian

Daybreak.

Danboughtthegeldingby

Destanooutofa Dauphinx

Wolkentanzmare,bredbyRike

Hjelm,fromElaineWallaceand

JoSwainasa greenfive-year-old.

“ThetestatSwallowfieldwas

a lastrunbeforethenoviceand

elementaryregionalsatKeysoe,”

saidDan.“‘Dewey’wasreally

relaxedandonsideinthetest,and

althoughit wasn’tfoot-perfect,

hewasreallyconcentratingand

triedhisbest—it wasthebesthe’s

evergone.”

Dan has high hopes for Dewey,

despitehis“strongcharacter”.

“Hehasn’tbeentheeasiestbut

willdoanythingfora sugarcube,”

Dansaid.“Youwouldbeamazed

howhiswhole‘naughtyShetland

attitude’changesforsugar.”

LouiseDavisonlandedfour

winswithtwohorsesatWitham

Villa,includingbothnovices with

Waverley Furst Dance, a

BySTEPHANIEBATEMAN

ThreeHongKongparateamhorses

scoopedfourwinsat Crofton.

SOUTH

Crofton Manor, Hants | Widmer, Bucks | Fairoak Grange, Berks

AllwereriddenbyAnnieHo,who

schoolsthemfortheirriders,two

ofwhomliveinHongKong.

JockeyClubSaragoRaphael

wona noviceandis thegreenest

ofherrides.

“Wefoundhiminthe

Netherlands where he was doing

ridingclubdressagewithan

amateurowner.He’scomeonsuch

a longway,”saidAnnie.

NovicequalifierwinnerJockey

Club Caraat (by Gribaldi), is the

ByHELENTRIGGS

newestmemberoftheteamand

wonsilverandbronzemedalsfor

theDutchteamingradeIIIatthe

RioOlympics.Doubleelementary

winnerJockeyClubCethegusM

(byForPleasure)showjumpedup

to1.30mandwonthenovicesilver

atCrofton’s 2018 AreaFestival.

“He’sfairlynewtodressage

buthasexperienceda lotofbig

shows,”saidAnnie.

GraceWilsonandherBritish-

bredmareGiovanna(byJohnson)

wonbothmediumsatWidmer,

withplus-70%.

“She’s not been out for close

toa yearasshehurtherselfin

thefield,”explainedGrace.“She

tookit inherstrideandjust

stormedround.”

TheMouradainfamily’sSanta

Maria(SandroHitx Ehrenwort)

hasspentthelastyeartraining.

Sheis destinedtobea grand

prixrideforOlympianSpencer

Wilton,andDarrenHicksis

ridinghimwhilehusbandSpencer

recoversfrombacksurgery.They

wonbothelementariesatFairoak.

“I’mtakingheroutand

abouttogetmore experience,”

said Darren.

‘It’sthebesthe’severgone’:six-

year-oldHanoverianDaybreak

(byDestano)impressesDan

Henson,asthecombination

head an elementary

six-year-oldbyFurstenball,

andtwomediumsridingStreet

Dancer,a seven-year-oldbySir

Donnerhall.

LouiseboughtWaverleya year

agostraightfromherbreeder.

“I’veonlystartedcompeting

herthepastfewmonthsbecause

we’vebeenbusymovingand

building a brand-new yard

withindoorarenaandstables,”

explainedLouise.“Shewenttothe

six-year-oldfinalsatHickstead,

andnowshe’llhavea littleholiday

beforegettingtherestofour

pointsforregionals.”

StreetDanceralsocamefrom

hisbreeder,SandyPhillips.

“StreetDancer’smother

was Lara 106, whom Sandy

rodeontheBritishteamat

the 2006 WorldEquestrian

GamesatAachen.Shewasalso

nationalgrandprixchampion

atStoneleigh,”addedLouise.

“He’squalifiedfortheregionals

atelementaryandmedium,and

thenI wanttocrackonwithhim

anddoPSG[prixst georges]

next summer.”

‘Hewilldo

anythingfor

a sugarcube’

DAN HENSON ON DAYBREAK

HIGHLIGHTS

22-28 July