Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

42 Horse&Hound 22 August 2019

Pictures

by

John

Tyrrell

Photography,

Alison

Parker

Photography

and

Jo

Prestwich

DRESSAGE

A jet-setting

Andalusian

stallionimpressed

at Bluegate.

Threetallmares

notchedupnovice

wins this week.

EAST

BluegateHallFarm,Essex |

Fenning Farm, Cambs

SOUTH

Checkendon,Oxon| Fairoak

Grange, Berks | East Soley, Berks

GabrielleDeedcollectedtwo

elementarywins(72%and

73.28%)ridingCharlotte

Salomon’s11-year-oldPRE

stallionCaprichioMP(Atlas),

whomshe’sloanedfortwoyears.

“Charlotteboughthimfrom

Spainasa four-year-oldand

exportedhimtoIsrael,whereshe

waslivingatthetime,thenflew

himovertoEnglandwhenshe

movedbackhome.Itwaslikefate

meetingAtlas,asI’djustretired

myadvancedAndalusiandue

toarthritis,andCharlottewas

lookingforsomeonetoexercise

Atlasforher,”explainedGabrielle.

“Ineverintendedtohavetwo

horses,butthechancetoridesuch

a beautifulhorsewasa once-

in-a-lifetimeopportunity.Atlas

is extremelysensitive,andit’s

takena lotoftimetobuilduphis

confidencetotravelina horsebox

andsettleatdifferentvenues.

“Hewassuccessfulintheshow

ring,butindressagehedidn’t

likeleavingtheotherhorses,so

ourtestswerefulloftension.I

startedtakinghimoutHCtotake

somepressureoff, andourscores

startedtoimprovetothepoint

whereI’mnowtryingtoqualify

fortheBritishDressageSpanish

HorseDressageChampionships.

“Iwasonlyhopingtoget60%,

soit wasa dreamcometruetowin

andgetsuchgreatcomments;it

feelslikewe’refinallyturninga

corner,”concludedGabrielle,who

trainswithRuiCampeão,Harvey

SkeltonandKimRatcliffe.

AtFenningFarm,Rachel

OvensandGeraldinePhillips’

20-year-oldIrishSportHorse

MistralMoonstarweretheonly

combination of the show to

ChristelCaderiusvanVeen’s

GrandVenetianwonbothher

classesatCheckendon.Sheis a

seven-year-oldhome-bredoutof

Christel’sGrantbourneGrannos

stallion,GrandConan.

“She’stakentimetomature

andneedsa lotofcompetition

practiceasshecanbea bit‘looky’,”

explainedChristel.“She’sreally

intelligent and although bold in

BySELENESCARSI

ByHELENTRIGGS

RESULTS

KEYSOE

10 Aug:prelim17Qgold(DHarvey).—

1, Viktor(HGilbert)70.34;2,Cruising

(KMayne)66.21.silv.—1, DarkRose

III(RAnderson)65.34.brnz.—1,

FuristoPuzzle(TVesely)73.1;2,

GinariaLandzichtZ (DGregory)65;3,

EgertonsLad(BPorter)64.83.prelim

19Qgold(LOlsen).—1, Cruising

67.71.silv.—1, MMSweetFancy(I

Smith)67.5;2,DarkRoseIII66.46;3,

TimmyCountrymouse(SPearson)

62.71.brnz.—1, FuristoPuzzle71.25;

2,UltimateDiamond(KGray)70.42;

3,TullybeeCadeau(KWalker)69.38.

nov 23 gold(DHarvey).—1, Immortal

Crescent(BRead)62.08.silv.—1,

CocktailsAntar(SFox)67.29.brnz.—1,

MMSweetFancy67.92;2,Treworgan

BlackCat(CRutherford)67.92;3,

JimMurphy(SWilliams)67.5.nov

37Qbrnz(LOlsen).—1, JimMurphy

68.33;2,LordIII(RKenny).elem 43

silv(ADarken).—1, CahervillaLad(R

Anderson)61.38.brnz.—1, Balouboy

Z (JOliver)63.62.elem53Qsilv(L

Olsen).—1, CocktailsAntar68.24;2,

Athos(EKragh)64.26;3,KalibreII (L

Anderson)63.68.brnz.—1, Balouboy

Z 67.5.med 61 gold(ADarken).—1,

Estrono(RMurray)63.97.med73Q

silv(LOlsen).—1, HolmeGroveBond

(MOtten)66.91;2,KalibreII 63.24.

advmed 91 gold(ADarken).—1,

ChuchaquiLAT(CHole)67.56.silv.—1,

Feuertanz(SHeath)66.15.brnz.—1,

HolmeGroveBond59.23.PSGsilv.—1,

ElverhojsLaCoeur(I Ward)67.11.PYO

silv.—1, Acrobate(FHeath)interI

69.08.brnz.—1, DonCalimeroV (I van

derVeen)adv54.72.

breakthe70%barrier,winning

novice 27 onnearly72%.

“‘Alfie’ hasbeenwithGeraldine

sincehewas 14 andwe’veboth

riddenhimsincethen.Following

a coupleofyearshelping

Geraldinetosuccesswiththe

WobbleberryChallenge,he’scome

backtodressageinthepastfew

monthswithplus-70%scores.

There’slifeintheoldboystill,”

saidRachel,whocamesecondto

herselfonGeraldine’s23-year-old

IceBreakerIII.“Icouldn’thave

calledit whowasgoingtowin—

theybothwentsowelland their

scores were very close.”

lotsofways,shecanrunaway

whenshe’sfrightened.”

EloiseO’Donahoe’sseven-

year-oldFurstenballFurstLady

scoredover74%inthenovice

non-qualifieratFairoakGrange,

riddenbyClaireHuyton.

“She’s Eloise’s schoolmistress

butI competeherfromtime

totimetokeephersweet,”said

Claire.“She’sreallybigsoit was

quitetightforherintheindoor

school,butshe’snowstrong

enoughtostayinbalance.”

DannieMorganhada

stunningfirstcompetitiveouting

withNickyCallam’sEscolar

five-year-old,HighHoesEstelle,

scoring 76.48% and 77.76% to win

GabrielleDeedandthePRE

stallionCaprichioMPnet

twoelementarywinswith

better-than-hoped-for scores

HIGHLIGHTS

5-11 August