Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

46 Horse&Hound 22 August 2019

DRESSAGE

JudgeJaneLavingtonfound

herselfhandingoutbigmarksatBlue

Barn,despitethehowlingwind.

SOUTH-EAST

Blue Barn, Kent | Hickstead, W Sussex

JaneawardedSuzanneAshwell

andRhomantic75.96%and

73.03%fortheirelementaries.

“Rhomanticwasmyfirsthorse

togoandwhenthefirstmarkyou

giveis a nineforentry,it makes

youhappy.Theelementary 40

is a fairlyeasytest,butthehorse

wassosecure,despitethewind.It

didn’tbataneyelid.Theybothdid

a superjob,”JAnesaid.

Suzanneadded:“Irealised

thatridingintothewindoutdoors

wouldknockusbacka bit,so

whenI warmedupindoors,I

madesure‘Mouse’wasforward,

offmylegandgoingsomewhere.

“Outsideinthearenait was

likeridingina tumbledryer,but

I kepttryingtogoforit.I focused

onkeepingthetransitionssoft

andonshowingpunctuation

between the movements.”

Thejudgeadded:“Another

impressivetestwasa medium

riddenbyAlexMershonFames

Dakota.Dakotais anexciting

horsetowatchandshowedreal

abilityforthelateralwork.Hejust

needsa littlemoreself-carriage.”

TheSilvabakStudstallion

scored69.39%totriumphina

mediumsilver.

Onthesamewindyday

atHickstead,EveManning’s

Dimaggiosix-year-oldDefine

Timewonthenovice 23 witha

scoreof70.83%.

FormeryouthcompetitorEve,

21,commented:“She’salways

withyouandlistening.It’sonly

herfifthshowbecauseshehad

some time off. I’ve also been

ByCELIACADWALLADER

busygettingmyfirstlivery

businessofftheground,butthat’s

givenhertimetogetstronger,too.

“This outing was purely

Aneventhorseona breaktookthe

AreaFestivalelementarybronzetitle.

NORTH

Northallerton EC, N Yorks

CuttingEdgeIV,alsoknown

asMonty,acedtheelementary

bronzewithKathInmanwhileon

hissummerbreakfromeventing.

Theseven-year-oldbyPower

BladeoutofBrightDaywasbred

byJudithLonsdaleandChris

McGrann,andwascontestinghis

fifthtestatthelevel.

“Hehasgoodmovementfor

a fullthoroughbredandI tryto

rideasaccuratelyaspossible,so

althoughwe’renewtothelevelwe

wereabletopickupsomegood

marks,”saidKath,whotrainswith

ChrisandSarahRogers.

“Hisfirstjobis asaneventer,

butit’llbereallylovelytodo

theAreaFestivalsemi-finalbefore

hisautumncampaign.”

Monty was also sixth at the

summerregionalsatnovice.

Advancedmediumsilver

winnerLucindaStephenson

is fairlynewtothelevelwith

ConistonNadal,havingtakennine

monthsoffwhileshehadherbaby

daughterClara.

The11-year-oldgeldingwas

competedlastyearbyLucinda’s

trainerZoeRymerwhileshe

wasoff, butheandLucindahave

onlydonefourteststogetherat

thislevel.

“We’relearningtogetherand

hadjuststartedthechangesbefore

mybreak,soI’vehadtocrackon

sinceI wasbackinthesaddle,”

said Lucinda. “He was bred to

ByHELENSCOTT

RESULTS

NORTHALLERTONAREA

FESTIVAL

9-11Aug:advmed 91 silv(SCooper,

H Copeland,P Hahn).—1, Coniston

Nadal(LStephenson)63.76;2,San

Serino(TRabone)61.92.brnz.—1,

HomeMadeChilli(AMason)63.03;

2,StridingHome(NSmith)62.78;3,

Davington(RWall)62.09.med 73 silv

(SCooper,T Trotter,P Hahn).—1,

DaiquirisJiggeryPokery(VFranks)

67.84;2,LacayoI Rey(RBrennand)

66.67;3,HollywoodVI(CDerby)

65.2.brnz(SCooper,H Copeland,P

Hahn).—1, DHIVidius(MMcDiarmid)

65.44;2,TownendStardust(VBrown)

65.1;3,Foxy(AMudd)64.8.elem

53 silv(CWilson,P Woffinden,

S Charlton).—1, LadyFantasia(A

Rowland)69.66;2,FlashyRocko(E

Roberts)68.48;3,GoodBay(LTaylor)

68.43.brnz(HBradley,T Pearson,T

Trotter).—1, CuttingEdgeIV(KInman)

69.17;2,Sandrels(KWhitehead)

68.87;3,Octavia(ADunster)68.53.

nov 23 silv(HCopeland,E Trotter,P

Ackerley).—1, Watisname(EMercer)

70.28;2,HokeyCatoki(APickard)

69.10;3,CornsayJubilee(JLane)

68.89.brnzsecA (HCopeland,S

Trelawney,T Pearson).—1, Scout

(LCrowe)69.10;2,Bibi’sBambina

(KMetcalfe)67.78;3,BartonBlount

(WHoggard)67.43.brnzsecB (H

Copeland,T Fox,D CarrDavidson).—

1, GFDupuis(LOlsen)69.72;2,River

ValleyFlashJack(ATate)69.17;3,

HappyBirthdayBlueChip(EJackson-

Wall)68.39.prelim 19 silv(PHahn,

P Ackerley,S Charlton).—1, Orinoco

DeeForDancing(KSanderson)69.79;

2,SpartacusVI(VSmith)68.82;3,

BartonBlount68.75.brnzsecA

(CWilson,E Trotter,S Dent).—1,

LowmoorVelvetVision(EMennell)

68.19;2,RogaireRue(KDarbyson)

67.78;3,RandaleLegacy(LCrowe)

67.74.brnzsecB (HHutchinson,A

Matthews,L Tolan).—1, BoyScout

II (SOdgers)68.82;2,Fitzherbert

TheThird(EBroughton)68.4;3,Incie

WincieSpider(LKeeping)67.85.

eventbuthe’sbeenveryspecial,

andwemadetheAreaFestival

championshipsatelementarysoit

wouldbeamazing if we could get

there again.

“I’vehadtocallina lotof

favours,particularlywithmy

mumsinceClarawasborn,so

it’sgreatfortheteamtohavethe

semi-fi nals to look forward to.”

KathInmanandeventer

CuttingEdgeIV(by

PowerBlade)putonan

accuratedisplaytoland

the elementary bronze

SuzanneAshwelland

Rhomanticmake

lightworkofadverse

weatherconditionsto

land two elementaries

educational—nottowin—andI

wanttoenjoymyhorseswithout

thepressureyouputon yourself

as a youth rider.”

HIGHLIGHTS

5-11 August