Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

22 August 2019 Horse& Hound 43

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A horsewithequinemetabolic

syndromemadea winning return to

thecompetitionarena.

CENTRAL
Solihull, W Mids | Addington Equestrian, Bucks

JodieCotterill’s18-year-old
warmbloodWesthillsWarwick
wonbothelementariesatSolihull.
Thegeldinghadnearlyfouryears
awayfromcompetitionaftera
numberofhealth-relatedsetbacks.
“Heendedupwithlaminitis
despitea strictdiet,andthevets
confirmedequinemetabolic
syndrome,”explainedJodie.
“Hispedalbonehaddropped,
sohehadanintensiveshoeing
programmefora while,thenhe
hadanallergicreactionwhich
madehimhypersensitive.It’sbeen
onethingafteranotherandthere
wasa pointwhenI thoughtI’d
nevercompetehimagain.”
Puttingtheirsetbacksbehind
them,thiswasthepair’ssecond
affiliatedcompetitionsince
re-registeringa fewweeksago.
“It’ssonicetohavehimback
out again, and I have my trainer

SueBrennantothankforhelping

usgetthere,”addedJodie.

LisaSterrowenjoyedtwoplus-

70%novicesatAddingtonriding

MirandaLucey’sseven-year-old

BlueHorsDonRomanticgelding

DonPlacido.

“He’sstillverygreenandonly

beentoa handfulofshows,so

tocomeoutwiththosescores

waspleasing,”saidLisa,who

trainswithDanGreenwood

andJessicaWade.“Itwaseven

moreimpressiveconsidering

theweather—ourtestswere

outdoorsingale-forcewinds,but

hebehavedbeautifully.”

Lisa’splansaretocontinueto

take“Donald”outto“see

theworld”andthenaimfor

winter qualifi cation.

BySTEPHANIEBATEMAN

bothnovicesatEastSoley.High
HoesEstellewasbackedonlyin
Januarythisyear.
“Shemovesbeautifullyand
hasa lotofscope,aswellasa very
trainable temperament,” said

Dannie.“ItrainwithPaulFielder

andhethinksshehasa lotof

talentforthehigherwork.”

Dannie’saimis toqualifyher

forthewinterregionalsandhas

just two more points to get.

IronmanathleteToriPeterfoundtime

toscorea personalbestatPSG.

NORTH-WEST

Kingswood, Staffs | South View, Cheshire

ToriandI’Jewel’sIndigowonat

Kingswoodwitha markof69.2%,

a personalbestatprixstgeorges

(PSG)fortheBrownboygelding

boughtfroma client.

“Myclientcamefora lesson

andI lovedhim.I saidthatif he

waseverforsale,it wouldbeme

who’dbuyhim,”saidTori.

Toriis currentlyfittingin

ridingarounda punishing

schedulepreparingforthe

upcomingIronman70.3World

ChampionshipinNice,aswellas

a relayattemptatswimmingthe

EnglishChannel.Itallcameabout

fromtryingtogetbraverwhen

ridingdressage.

“Itbeganwithuppingmy

mentaltoughness,”explained

Tori.“Itstartedsmallwitha local

triathlon two years ago; since

thenI’vecompetedinAustralia

forGreatBritainandnowI’m

offtoItaly.I’mnotsureabout

thedressage,butmyswimming,

runningandcyclinghave

improved.”

SarahOrmrodwonboth

advancedmediumsatSouthView

withScandalise.TheRicardoZ

geldingwasoriginallyeventedby

Sarah’sdaughterEllie.

“He’sherfailedeventer;noone

elseinthefamilylikesridinghim

buthesuitsme,”saidSarah,who

trainswithJossEdwards.“He’s

a proper‘old’ladies’horse—we

gohacking,I’veeventedhima bit

andhe’sreallystartingtoget his

dressage act together.”

ByJOPRESTWICH

LisaSterrowandthe‘green’

seven-year-oldgeldingDon

Placidoclaimtwogood

novice wins in high winds

I’Jewel’sIndigoposts

a PSGpersonalbest

withToriPeter,whois

trainingfortheIronman

world championships

‘She hasa trainabletemperament’

DANNIE MORGAN ON HIGH HOES ESTELLE