Horse & Hound – 01 August 2019

70 Horse& Hound1 August 2019

UPTONONTHEUP

BUBBYUPTON,20,is a pony,juniorandyoungriderEuropean

medallist,butmorethanheldherownatBurghamintheCCI4*-S

against seniorriders.

Shefinisheda seventhwithher 2017 junior

EuropeansgoldmedalpartnerErosDHI(pictured)and

12thwithCannavaro,onbothhorses’firstcompletion

atthislevel.ShefinishedfifthintheCCI3*-Swith

MJM Bobby Dazzler, who was also stepping up a level.

ONETO

WATC H

EVENTING

BURGHAM

26-28 Ju

DOMINANTFORCE

TWOpolesdowninthe

showjumpingputpaidto

dressageleadersRobynGrayand

Gelukkig’schanceofvictoryinthe

MetnorGroupCCI2*-S.Robyn,

a former Flat and National Hunt

jockey,admittedthe17.2hhmare

findsthisphasechallengingdue

tohersize,but“alwaystriesher

heartout”.

Thedominantforceinthe

classcameintheshapeofHarry

Meade,whotookfirstand

thirdplaceswithPeterHarris’

MerrywellTraditionandJohn

andChloePerryandAlison

Swinburn’sBrookfieldCavalier

Cruise.TomJacksonseparated

thepairwiththeultra-consistent

Swedish-bredAskForManchier.

Allthreecombinationscompleted

ontheirdressagescores.

Allthreecross-countrytracks

rodewell,withproblemsspread

outacrossthemostchallenging

questionsposedatthethreelevels

asexpected.DavidEvanshad

tweakeda coupleofthefour-star

combinationsandintroduceda

newfour-fencequestionat9abcd,

which caught out a handful at the

IzzyTaylorandSpringwindVangelisheadthefieldfrompillar to post

to score victory in an OI section — their first win together

British-basedIrishrider

SusieBerryfinishes

secondintheCCI3*-S

aboard John The Bull

AaronMillarand

LeonardoVIIIfinish

fourthinthe

CCI3*-Sontheir

dressage score

b andd elements.Thequestion

compriseda rolltop,followedby

twoskinniesonseparatemounds

ona relatedright-handcurve.The

challengewascompletedwitha

robustlogcorneroffa left-hand

curve, which invited run-outs to

theright—aninvitationsome

dulyaccepted.

WinsinSaturday’stwoopen

intermediate(OI)sectionsset

thestandardforOliverand

Izzy’shorsesintheinternational

sections.Oliverheadedsection

GwithDianaandPaulRidgeon’s

Ulises,bringingthenow12-year-

oldbacktothevenuewherethey

contestedtheirfirstcompetition

togetherin 2016 afterOliver

tookovertheridefrom

AndrewNicholson.

Izzyandeight-year-old

SpringwindVangelisledsection

Hfrompillartoposttonotchup

theirfirstwinasa partnershipand

a successforhisowner-breeders,

LynnandLizzieMatthews’

ShortlandsParkStud.Thiswin

hopefullypavesthewayfora

successfulruninnextweekend’s

Britishnovicechampionship at

Gatcombe Park.H&H

‘I’dhopedhe’dgowellhereas

he’s gotit all—hejustneeds

moremileage’

PIGGY FRENCH ON HIGHDOWN MARCH