Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

54 Horse& Hound8 August 2019

DRESSAGE

HIGHLIGHTS

22-28 July

A home-bred

impressedtowin

atMyerscough

Area Festival.

NORTH-

WEST

Myerscough, Lancs

Thestoryof11-year-old

StockagateSonShine’snovice

bronzewinstartedmanyyears

ago,whenhisownerandrider

KimAinsworthwenttoanauction

inCumbria.

“IwaswithmydadandI

wanteda pony,andtherewas

thislittlebaythoroughbredina

pen covered in rain scald and we

boughtherfor£600,”explained

Kim.“Ihackedherabout,decided

thatdressagewasformeandput

hertoLongdeanWestminsterto

breedmydressagehorse.

Theresultingyoungster,

StockagateSonShine,didwell

in-handbeforebeingbacked,at

which point the trouble started.

ByJOPRESTWICH

RESULTS

MYERSCOUGHAREAFESTIVAL

25-28July:med 73 silv(SPimbley,

C Porterfield,J Smales).—1, Jasper

FanIt AldeHonk(ATilston)72.01;2,

BobbySoxRocks67.5;3,DannyBoy

VII(AClegg)66.91.brnz(ACrane,P

Hahn,S Pimbley).—BowlandDonner

Hit(AHincks)66.76;2,SheepcoteLets

Go(AMarsden)66.13;3,Freshman(H

Hopewell)65.44.advmed 91 silv.—1,

Coronado(RHall)66.24;2,VelinnII (C

Mason)65.9;3,RubanDor(NSweeney)

65.51.brnz(PHahn,C Porterfield,J

Smales).—1, Eastpoint(PHamilton)

64.36;2,AspenValley(ARogers)

61.03.elem 53 silv(LMcCann,S

Pimbley,V Smyth).—1, SligoBalouGirl

(PHolden)70.2;2,HigherspenShow

Time(STomlinson)68.97;3,Cascara

(JHarkness)68.82.brnz(NBigland,

S Edwards,F Lace).—1, TinkerII (C

Rogerson)68.63;2,CorntownBismark

(LRichardson)67.65;3,OFonPeren(C

Walmsley)66.91.nov 23 silv(JBailey,

S Pimbley,C Smith).—1, Uptimistic(K

Clarke)71.53;2,Haiti(DRowan)69.44;

3,LlwynhywelMadeYouLook(JWatson)

68.4.brnz(ADaviesBell,A Boyle,A

Crane).—1, StockagateSonShine(K

Ainsworth)71.04;2,SpringvaleBowley

Finn(LWelch)69.51;3,GraceyMay

(LCornthwaite)68.61.prelim 19 silv

(SEdwards,D Smith,J Zaldats).—1,

CarnsdaleSimplyRed(JTaylor)69.38;

2,Chameleon(JTaylor)68.33;3,DHI

Sambuca(EMorton)67.15.brnz(S

Kingwells,A Lanigan,A Rogers)brnz.—

1, BallyeightraCross(PEvason)68.89;2,

TrefaethBendigeidfran(TCernwy)68.12;

3,BelleDameNoir(DHowson)68.06.

PembrokeshirecoupleStephen

andClaireReesscoreda hat-trick

ofwinsatMoorFarmEC.

WALES & WEST

Moor Farm EC, Pembrokeshire | Summerhouse Equestrian, Glos

Claire’sadvancedmediumvictory

withnine-year-oldHolsteinmare

Ursula 19 wasallthesweeterafter

anenforcedbreak.

“Wehaven’tcompetedsince

DecemberasI’vebeenvery

poorly,”saidClaire,whosehealth

is “up and down” as a result of

sarcoidosis.“Ididwonderat

thebeginningoftheyearwhether

Iwouldrideagain,butit’sa

tributetoUrsula’sfabulous

temperamentthatwe’rebackout.

Shecouldeasilytakeadvantage,

butsheseemstoknowwhen

I’m not well and goes into

ByANDREAOAKES

happyhackermode.”

Stephenheadedbothnovices

withhisfive-year-oldCavalo

Z geldingCalistoIIVanDe

WindheuvelZ,nicknamedSam.

“Samwasbredtoshowjump

andhasturnedouttobequite

a find,”saidClaire.“He’sa big

horse,at17.2hh,andgoesnicely

ontheflat.”

AtSummerhouse,Southerly

RobertssecuredherAreaFestival

qualificationonthelastday

possiblewithSarahChettle’s

17.2hh coloured gelding Just Like

That—winningbothnovicesilver

sectionsanda noviceoutright.

“He’sa realsoppyteddybear,

butquitequirky,”saidSoutherly

oftheAirbornson,whois

alsoexcellinginshowingand

showjumping.“He’swonalmost

everytimeoutsinceaffiliating

inFebruary.”

Southerly,a former

schoolteacherwhodoesprivate

tutoring,alsoclaimedan

elementarywinwith

WurlitzerFair.

“Ona baddayhecanbetricky,

butona gooddayhe’sbrilliant,”

shesaidofthe12-year-old

grey gelding.

“He’sa propersicknote,”

quippedKim,whotrainswithTori

Peter.“He’shadtendonissuesin

variouslegs,ulcersandbroken

a navicularbone,buthe’srepaid

everyminutewe’vespentgetting

himrightbywinningtoday!”

BallyeightraCrossspookedhis

way round his warm-up test to the

extentthatPamelaEvason

wasclosetoputtinghiminthe

lorryandtakinghimhome.

However,shedecidedtosoldier

on,witha winintheprelim

bronzeasherreward.

The15-year-oldformer

racehorseretiredfromhisfirst

career as a nine-year-old.

“It’sbeena bithitandmiss;he

didsomeshowingandeventing

butit wasa struggletokeep

himsoundforthelatter,soI’ve

concentratedonthedressage.

Thiswinhasbeena longtime

comingbutI’msuper-pleased,”

saidPamela,whotrainswithDee

Kennedy and Jane Carruthers.

‘Thiswinhas

beena longtime

coming’

PAMELA EVASON

‘He’srepaideveryminute

we’vespentgettinghim

rightbywinningtoday’:

KimAinsworthand

StockagateSonShine

lead the novice bronze