Club News...................

Evening Dressage 8 July at Godshill

Waking to the sound of heavy rain on the morning of the evening dressage, I wondered if, weatherwise, our luck had run out. However, in the nick of time the sun came out and a strong wind dried up the ground to give us good going for the evening’s competition.

We had good entries for our judges Linda Allen and Sue Thwaites to mark, but our evening started with just two young riders competing in the introductory class. This was won by Leah McIntosh on family pony, Millie, followed closely into second place by 4 year old Lewis Sheath who was swiftly whipped home to bed following his test! The Restricted class was won by a large margin by Louise Hawkins on Truway Duke, while Test 7 went to Anna Reed making her debut on her regular hunter, Mr. Perkins. This was greatly astonishing to Anna, as she had to be persuaded that she was more than capable of performing Test 7 after we banned her from entering the Intro. A. She only caved in when we convinced her how embarrassing it would be to be beaten by someone on the leading rein!

The largest class of the evening was Test 12 which Dawn Norris won with a small lead on Glen Frederick, with Louise Hawkins and Truway Duke close behind. Dawn, also, triumphed in novice 27 this time with a 22 mark lead over runner up Beate Parsons on Paganini.

My thanks, as usual, to a great team of helpers and to our excellent judges.

By Di Andrews 

Results

John Lassetter Clinic

We are extremely lucky to have the opportunity to offer a dressage clinic with John Lassetter on Monday 22 August at Lake Farm. The price for these lessons will be £58 for a single lesson, £35 each for two people and £33.50 each for three people sharing. These prices include school hire. John will also be judging at our BD dressage the day before Sunday 21 August. Non BD members can also have the chance to be judged by John as they are able to compete in the prelim class if their horse has less than 49 BD points.  If you are interested in having a lesson please contact Trudi Gatrell tel 07891132030.

About John

Dressage Festival 19 June 2011 at Godshill

Yet again, the Club proved extremely lucky with the weather for the dressage festival, with rain earlier in the week providing ideal conditions underfoot, but with the day itself staying dry (if a little windy). Entries were up in the 90s with large numbers in both of the combined classes. Alison Judge won both of these, one on each of her two rides, scoring good marks from dressage judge, Vicky Clark, and scoring zero & 4 penalties in the show jumping phase. Test 4 which was also a Royal Windsor qualifier was, also, keenly contested with Alison Judge taking 1st & 2nd spots, followed by Louise Hawkins, Jennifer Attrill and Katie Gates.

Although numbers were lower in the novice competitions, the quality was high. Tracey Howe & her pony stallion, Oakmill Leonardo won Test 24, and Linda Allen (yet another new surname!) & Broadstone Lovebug came first in Test 28 beating 2nd placed Truway Daphne & Kirsty Newnham by less than 1 point.

Although scoring the same marks in the restricted Test 4, Janet Morter & Gracie took first place over Maria Young’s Haylands Masai Mara by virtue of achieving the higher collective marks. Our other prelim. (Test 12) was another with two riders on the same score which meant that Mary Harding & Dreamers Boy and Louise Hawkins on Truway Duke shared 1st place.
Luckily, for family harmony, the two sibling pairs in the introductory classes managed to achieve the same results. Maddy McIntosh winning Intro A & younger sister Leah taking Vectis A, both sharing Millie. While 2nd place in this class was shared by Holly & Jack Mariner, again taking turns on family pony, Hobbs. I am sure both mothers breathed a sigh of relief at this fortunate result!

Our thanks to our lovely judges Vicky, Jan Drewett & Judith Goold; the last two very kindly saying how much they enjoyed their visit to the Island (in no small way due to Jane’s wonderful lunch, I’m sure).
Thanks to Trudi Gattrell who has, so ably, taken over the job of entry secretary; to her mum, Fliss Crouch & to Bev Snudden, for stewarding; our writers Wendy Warren, Trish Collins & Jackie Woodford; numbers secretary Linda Greenfield; scorer Chris Foulkes; Carla Maskell, Helen Wood & Tracey Parker at the Show Jumping Ring; Mandy Steen for her jumps; our Committee plus Dave Sheath & Steve (of rabbit hole fame) for setting it up and a host of other tasks & of course our wonderful hospitality hostess, Jane Frost. Apologies if I’ve missed anyone.

In addition, we had a handful of hardworking juniors; Maddy, Leah, Lizzie & Jessica bringing in the scores.
As you can see, it takes a whole battalion of people to run a successful event, so if you can spare an hour or two at an event please give one of us a ring.

By Di Andrews 

Results now available click here to see how everyone got on.

Showing & Jumping Show - 24 July 2011

Showing and jumping show at Di's field, Godshill - Sunday 24 July

Schedule available to download from Events Diary     

Le Trec 10th July

New Le Trec competition held at Dunsbury in conjunction with IW MMPS. VEC members can gain points in this new discipline in the Vectis Horse of the Year competition sponsored by Froghill.

Schedule in the Events Diary

Area Dressage to Music Qualifier at Sparsholt - 30th May

Several Vectis members Travelled to Sparsholt College for the Riding Clubs Area Dressage to Music Competition.

Trudi Gatrell with her lovely chestnut mare Decadence D, were placed 1st in the Elementry Section, she now Qualifies for the Riding Clubs National Championships held at Aintree in October.

Marty Davison and her black Friesan horse Geart, were placed 5th in their Novice section.

Unaffiliated Dressage - 8th May 2011

Results now online

Dressage Festival - 19 June at Godshill

Schedules available online now - Events Diary   

Competitive Ride & Spider Ride at Little Kennerly - 15th May 2011

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Coalition has been a much debated subject of late but one coalition which seems to be strengthening is that between the Mountain & Moorland and the Vectis Equestrian Club. Whether we can draw further analogies I am not sure!!

The second jointly organised ride was held on Sun 15th May from Dawn Webster’s Yard at Godshill. The day was bright and sunny but with a rather chilly north westerly breeze; chilly for the helpers but welcome for the riders and their mounts.

Thirteen riders took part in the competitive ride and there was also a good turnout for the spider ride. David Cameron (sorry...David cameraman) was there photographing the starters and finishers– we look forward as always to the seeing the final snaps!!

On that note – Fliss Crouch has announced that her horse Tarran sees David at the start with his camera and knows it is a competitive ride, setting off a bit like a sprinter hearing a starting pistol!! As I ride with Fliss I can confirm this to be true!

So, off we went. The route was fabulous. From the start to The Chequers Inn via Budbridge, Chillerton, Snowdrop Lane to Bowcombe, and up to the top of Chillerton Down. It was while ascending this path we looked back and spotted the next group – Mandy & Emily Steen partnered by Caroline Cooper a very short distance behind us. They clearly hadn’t been wasting any time! Now, Fliss is a competitive sort of lady, so we decided we should step the pace up a gear!! Well, this put paid to our intellectual conversation about such topics as Shopping, ‘Come Dine With Me ‘and the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ but it paid off!

The route home was a bit of a blur – although I am sure the scenery was spectacular for anyone that had the time to admire it! After this ‘cavalry charge for home’ Fliss and Tarran, myself and Stig, managed to scrape home in just under two hours, taking first and second place respectively with heart rates of 39 & 40.

A very commendable joint third place went to Amber Winson riding Wilma and Georgie Scutt riding Snap. This was only Amber’s second competitive ride and Georgie’s first so very well done indeed to both of them. Close behind were Mandy, Emily and Caroline – a couple of minutes faster than Amber and Georgie but with slightly higher heart rates.

Thanks as always to Anna and David for all their hard work, Tina and Veronica from the mountain and moorland, Helen and Steve, Di for the catering, anyone I may have missed out and last but not least of course Carol for the lovely cakes!!!

By Hilary Box

Froghill Fun Day

We started our day with clear round jumping and a spider ride , we had 15 spider riders who all ejoyed the atmosphere and of course the food supplied by fliss , carole and jodie jaynes yummie chocolate brownies many thanks to fliss for helping out on the day as carole not able to as was on babysitting duty!
Clear round started from 930 am and finished at 1pm ! everone enjoying themselves especially  lorna on max from froghill having gained her first ever rosette , many thanks helen and steve for your help and course building.

Then all hands on deck to clear the jumps and start the barrel racing which kids and the adults enjoy , poor fliss not able to take part as has a shoulder injury , but was there telling the kids how to do it !! Poor flo keen to be first to go fell off asquick as leaving the start poppy thinking it was rodeo time , a trip to casualty few hours later she was fine just very bruised and shaken , and relising she had not taken her spurs off  to ride poppy whoops !! how ever all others enjoyed themselves with some very quick times .

Then the games we did chase me charlie , bending , flag race , walk trot walk , walk trot canter walk , egg and spoon,  elimination jumping.

the riders were flo sanders , jim sanders, megan jones , georgie scutt, marni stubbs, georgi stubbs amy stubbs , amber , melissa , lorna and lisa chambers , linsey white and friend . well done to you all .

A very enjoyable day and the weather was kind to us , many thanks to all who helped especially mandy steen for the use of the farm and genevieve for the use of the shed for refreshments .

By Carla Maskell

Froghill Horse of the Year Competition - Le Trec

Le Trec new discipline  We have, already, had the first competition of this year’s series for the Froghill Championship, which has seen Fliss Crouch and the evergreen Tarron go into the lead. To make this year’s challenge even more versatile, we are including an extra discipline in which horses can gain points. To Show Jumping, Dressage, Showing and Endurance Riding we are adding Le Trec. We are sharing the organisation of this with the Mountain & Moorland, as we did for the endurance competition. Our first Le Trec will take place at Dunsbury on 10th July. Details to follow soon.

Vectis Quiz Night at Brickfields - Tuesday 19 April

The Annual Vectis Quiz held at Brickfields on 19th April attracted 14 teams from other horse related clubs and groups. Vectis Chairman, Di Andrews, set the questions on a wide variety of subjects including Royalty, Animal Kingdom, Not so Obvious, Fruit and Horse World. In addition teams had a word quiz and photo round. These were supplied by Bev and Max Snudden and consisted of photos of every day garden objects taken fron unusual angles. There were some very high scoring rounds but, eventually, the Hunt Supporters forged ahead, winning the competition shield and £50 prize. In second, 16 marks behind the winners were the Foresters ( one of 3 mountain & moorland teams) and third were the Liphook Luvvies, only 4 marks behind the Foresters. Winning the booby prize of ‘Grow Your Own Brain’ kits were the very sporting Wilmingham Wonders. 1st : Hunt Supporters; Eve Ablitt, Heather Callaway, Di Rann, Andrew King. 2nd: M&M Foresters: Rosemary Edwards, Hilary Box, Chris Hiller, Ronnie Bingham 3rd: Liphook Luvvies: Jackie Woodford, Wendy Deacon, Kate Manners, Justine Kane-Smyth

Competitive & LDR at Park Down Barns 10 April 2011

By Fliss Crouch The weather was absolutely brilliant - blue skies and sunshine all day with no wind, perfect for riding and socialising afterwards! The venue of Jenny Morris's is in an idyllic setting with plenty of parking space and room to walk horses before and after. As always, event organised with professional efficiency - Anna trotting up horses and sending everyone off at timed intervals with easy to read instructions! Can't wait to see the pictures, David made sure he recorded everyone leaving and returning! This is the second time I have completed the ride with Tarran and this year's conditions were totally different. Very dry and hard ground made the first third of the ride a lot slower with long down hill chalky slopes threatening to be slippery. But once we crossed the road at Shalcombe our horses told us we had to speed up and after the one muddy track to the top of Mottistone there was no stopping us, lots of cantering most of the way home, with no time to appreciate the amazing sea views and flora along the way! (That's what Hilary said anyway!) This was the first time Vectis has linked up with Mountain and Moorland, so the competitive ride had a healthy number of entries totalling 13. A mix of familiar names and faces along with several newcomers. In particular, entering their first competitive ride: Kevin Cook on Imp; Amber Marie Winson on Wilma and Flo Sanders on Keira; also Emily Steen on Roxy joined Mum Mandy for the first time. We are now looking forward to the next ride on 15 May from Little Kennerly, Godshill.

BRC Area 17 Dressage to Music Qualifier at Sparsholt 30 May 2011

Individual and pairs, Seniors and Juniors. Prelim to Elementry. Open classes.

Quadrille display.

Anyone wishing to compete at the Area music qualifier please contact Jane Frost or tel 741235.

Schedule

Dressage at Lake Farm, Sunday 13th March 2011.

The weather was perfect for dressage at Lake Farm on Sunday 13th March.

The judge Sheena Russell particularly liked the winner of class 1, Murphey IX and would have liked to have taken him home with her!  Alison Hill rode a lovely test and achieved a score of 67.73% to win the class ahead of Martine Harbour on her young Sonny Jim who scored 65.91%

Imogen Moss and her Een Twee Luckee performed 2 excellent tests gaining a score of 70.38% in the novice to win the class beating Trudi Gatrell and Decadence D 67.31%. Then again to win the elementary with another very good score of 67.94% Again Trudi came 2nd with 64.71%

Fiona King and Wima F Vejgard produced a calm and excellent medium test achieving a very good score of exactly 70% to win from Vicky Clarke and Chakotay 64.12%

It was nice to see some new combinations trying the hardest test of the day the Advanced Medium 85. Sarah Holmes rode 2 nice tests on her two horses in the training section and on both horses managed to produce identical scores of 64.41%
The class was won jointly by Carla Maskell on Be Fine and Becky Wastall on Master Rubin both scoring a massive 69.12%

The next British Dressage event VEC is holding is at the Dresage Festival At Di’s field on 19th June 2011

Preliminary 15, Preliminary 19, Novice 35, Novice 37 and Elementary 43

Any queries call Trudi Gatrell on 07891 132030

Find out who won what on the results page.

Photos needed!!

Our website is lacking pictures to illustrate the club's activities, so please if you are at an event with your camera take some pictures and email them with a quick message saying who's in the picture and when and where it was taken and email photos to info@vectisequestrianclub.co.uk.

Info update

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Unaffiliated Dressage at Lake Farm 5 February 2011

Our first unaffiliated dressage competition for 2011 was held on Saturday 5th February at Lake Farm. Members braved a very windy day to come and compete. Our first judge of the day Mrs woodford was unfortunately taken ill with the flu bug, so Mrs Trish Collins stepped in to judge test 7. Mrs Jan Drewett travelled from the
mainland to judge the three other classes, she said, she was impressed with the standard and smart turnout of all our riders. Thanks to Mike Morris for collecting the judge from the ferry, and Linsay White & Jenny Morris for writing for our judges.
If you are not riding at any of our events, and you would like to help with the running of the day, please get in touch. je.frost@btinternet.com

Next dressage Sunday 13th march ,unaffiliated morning, affiliated afternoon.

Results   

RC Dressage to Music National Champs

Riding Club DTM Championships at Aintree October 2010

Having finally recovered from the shock of qualifying at Sparsholt in May for the DTM Champs AND finding out that it was to be held at Aintree in Liverpool, time seemed to fly and October was rapidly approaching.

Unfortunately we didn’t have the best preparation as my mare, Hope, picked up a virus during July and have to have nearly 8 weeks rest to recover. Being a half Clydesdale mare she needs to kept fit to keep her waistline down and perform at her best (the same could be said of her rider, too!!). We had a little under a month to bring her back up to some form of fitness, and I am very grateful to Anita Niccolls for giving both horse and rider a form of “boot camp” to get us going again!

When Peter and I looked on the map Liverpool was an extremely long way up the country – next stop Scotland or so it seemed!! As we have an HGV lorry and are limited on driving hours, we decided to go up in two hops and break the journey with a friend near Addington in Buckinghamshire. We had the added stress of having to have some work done on the lorry which only got finished the night before we left!!

We travelled to Buckingham on Thursday morning, and on Friday lunchtime arrived at Aintree EC, which is situated on the famous Aintree Racecourse.
Having had our flu certificate checked we settled Hope into the racecourse boxes, had lunch and some liquid refreshment (yes, it was champagne!) and set out to explore.

What an iconic setting. The stables were at one end of the grandstands, and to get to the arena you had to go along the horsewalk in front of the grandstands. Unfortunately in places it was only one horse’s width wide, so there was quite a lot of waiting in passing places over the weekend. The arena was very light and airy, but unfortunately the only place to work in was the adjacent collecting ring which was about 40m x 25m! The only other place you were allowed to ride was on the gallops after 4.30pm when maintenance work had finished. You could only walk(!) and had to go in pairs. Pam Gardener from IWRC and I went round so as we could truthfully say we had ridden round Aintree!!

Hope was quite tired from the long trip, and I didn’t do too much work with her; we went down to the arena to see the sights and did a few laps of the warm up arena before it got too crowded.

Everyone (competitors and officials) were very friendly and quite amazed that we had come so far. In fact when anyone moaned about their journey, we were mentioned!!

We were competing on Sunday afternoon, and watched the quadrille competition on Saturday night. It was so funny to see people in v strange costumes in the stabling, and very long suffering horses with all sorts of contraptions and decorations attached!!

Sunday dawned, and I wanted to give Hope a bit of work. I can’t get from the ground (old age, fat bottom, etc etc!) and had been using the wall at the front of the stabling. I had to go to a higher bit that usual and had to climb on my knees to get on it. As I am hauling myself up, I catch sight of two large white front feet next to me followed by two large back feet! Hope had hopped up on the wall from a standstill. Well, if mum was going up there, so was she! I could hardly get on for laughing. It had been spotted by someone coming out of the stables, who also was crying with laughter! After exercising, I went down to watch the morning’s DTM tests. Peter kept asking me if I was cold. I wasn’t, I was just shaking with nerves!! At one point I nearly bottled out, but then gave myself a good talking to, and once I started to get Hope ready and myself dressed I was fine.

Julie, who I had bought Hope from, made the trip over the hills from West Yorkshire to come and see us. It was lovely to see her again, but a little daunting to be riding in front of her!!

My time came, tack and turnout was checked, and in we went. Can’t remember too much about the test!! Looked at the video, and yes we could have gone better; but with a half fit horse and a rider with a bad back we didn’t disgrace the Club or ourselves!! I had said on the way there that I wanted to get over 60% and not come last. I achieved both those aims!!

We stayed Sunday night, and travelled home Monday with a lunch break at Buckingham before arriving home Monday evening.

If you are lucky enough to qualify, do go as it is great fun, and a very friendly atmosphere.

Many thanks to the Club for allowing Hope and I to represent them at the Championships.

Wendy Warren, and Hope (aka Truly Scrumptious)

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

We start 2011 Competitions with Unaffiliated Dressage at Lake Farm on February 5th,  Training Evenings begin again on the 13th of January with Robert Booth at Brickfields. When the weather improves we will continue with the Long Distance Rides.  Team Quiz Night will be in April. We hope to run our Strictly Come Prancing again, but with a change of format, more details later.

The Dressage Festival is Scheduled for June, Showing & Show Jumping Show in July. Affiliated and Unaffiliated Dressage competitions will run as usual throughout the year, also Spider Rides, Supper Rides, Evening Dressage, & Fun Days at Froghill. The Vectis Horse of the Year Competition will run from May to October.

Area 17 Winter Team Dressage, will be held on the 29th & 30th of January 2011 at Castle E.C., Over Wallop. If you would like to compete contact Jane Frost 741235

If you have any ideas for competitions or social events, or if you would like to run an event, please get in touch with a member of the Committee.

Don’t forget to check the Website for information of all events, also Riding Clubs Area 17 Webpage for updates of Area Competitions.

BD Affiliated Dressage 14 November 2010

Results are now available from the BD affiliated dressage  on November 14 at Lake Farm.

Click here. 

BRC Dressage to Music Championships 2010

Below is a link to view a summary of BRC dressage to music champs at Aintree, paste it into your browser to view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSkWuipWL4

Unaffiliated Dressage at Lake Farm

Due  to the threat of snow our mainland judge was put off and Trish stepped in to judge for those who were still up for braving the cold.  Thankfully the cafe log burner was kept alight which gave us all the chance to warm up. 

The Riding Club Royal Windsor Horse Show qualifier was held with five senior and junior riders qualifying for round 2 which will be held at the winter area dressage in January. 

Results.

Annual General Meeting - 18 November at The Eight Bells

A well supported evening saw members presented with their awards which recognised their achievements.  Chairman Di Andrews revealed the results of the Froghill Riding Club Horse of the Year competition which was won by Mandy Steen's Dynamite Daisy and so that Mandy was not presented with one of her own prizes she was given a voucher for the Taverners at Godshill. Froghill donated some fabulous prizes down to 10th place. See the results page for placings The unaffiliated prelim points trophy was jointly won by Anna Morris riding Mirabella and Carole Taylor riding Axle. The unaffiliated novice points was won by Hilary Box riding The Stig, close behind was Sue Morris and Christies Leading Lady. Full results.                        Anna & Carole                                  Hilary The Junior dressage points trophy was won by Melissa Pinfield Wells and Bernard. Jointly close behind was Sammi Henton riding Kallistar and Natasha Coventry and Milo.                     Melissa                               Sammi                                 Carla BD Affiliated Prelim/ Novice points trophy was won by Chris Hiller riding Marnie and the winner of the Elementry/ Medium points was won by Carla Maskell and Be Fine. The AGM is also an opportunity for the Club to thank those who's help is much apreciated. Mandy at Froghill has been a great support and although the weather seemed to be against us at Froghill this year it was a great venue for the summer unaffiliated dressage and the many fun events organised by Carla and much enjoyed by Vectis members.

Mandy Steen 's Dynamite Daisy winner of the Froghill RC Horse of the Year competition. Hilary Box's The Stig was in second place by one point.

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RC National Dressage to Music Championships

Good luck to Wendy Warren who will be competing at the BRC National Dressage to Music Championships at Aintree this weekend.  They qualified back in May at the Area 17 qualifier held at Sparsholt College.  Kelly Blow and Sally McIntosh also qualified for the pairs dressage to music but decided not to go.

Junior Team - BRC National Championships 12 September

The Juniors represented Vectis at the National Riding Club Championships at Lincoln, and by the sounds of the stories I have heard they had a really good time!  The following is a report written by Sammi Henton about their time away.

It all started early again for us juniors on the 11th of September, but of course we didn't mind at all - we were off to the National Dressage Championship's at Lincoln! Soon after 5.30am two horses were loaded into our first lorry going up to Lincoln; which took a team effort of myself and five other people to get my naughty Kallistar up the ramp! We caught the ferry and enjoyed a nice breakfast on the boat, then it was time to hit the roads to Lincoln! After many laughing fits in the lorry and me and Courtney singing every  song imaginable we had arrived at Lincoln! Somehow Abbie and Nat had managed to blow up their DVD player; all they heard was a "bang, bang" and a puff of smoke! Which was a let down as they had planned to watch Seabiscuit! As we arrived we saw the many dressage arena's set up in the enormous field and started to get even more excited! After stretching the ponies, we all started getting our stables ready for the night, the ponies were soon settled and we all went off to explore the showground! After going shopping and buying the jumpers with the names of our ponies on them, we went to our lorries and enjoyed a very nice barbicue! We all enjoyed ourselves and giggled alot! Soon it was time to memorise the tests again before heading to bed! We were up early again at 5.30am, well most of us anyway! Off we went to feed the ponies in our pyjama's - which was slightly eventful as I was nearly sick! A little while later it was plaiting and scrubbing time! Soon afterwards it was time for Courtney and Abbie to do their tests - they both did very well and did the team proud! An hour later me and Nat got on our ponies and started working them in - Kali was very calm until passing the showjumping arenas! Our tests went well and we were pleased with our ponies; even though both the riders and the ponies were very excited! The ponies relaxed in their stables while we went to recieve our tests sheets, and buy some lovely photograph's! Our team came 11th in the riding test and 17th in the dressage test which was very good seeing as I went wrong on one movement in the dressage test 24. Nat did extremely well coming 3rd in her dressage test prelium 12 and 6th in her riding test 12. The team enjoyed themselves and all did very well! Thank you for everyone's help with the fundraising for Lincoln!

Junior Team are off to Lincoln for the BRC National Championships

Our Junior Dressage team members are off to Lincoln this weekend 11 & 12 September for the BRC National Championships.  They will be competing in the Junior Team Dressage and Junior Riding Test Team competition after qualifying at the area event in July.  Sammi also qualified individually for prelim test 12.

Courtney, Sammi, Natasha & Abby have been hard at work fund raising for the event and have been working hard with their ponies and will hopefully be rewarded with good results at Lincoln.

BRC Endurance Championships - 4 September Southwell

   

Team:  Mandy Steen - Dynamite Daisy, Carla Maskell - Be Fine, Caroline Cooper - Perrone Pazzaz, Trudi Gattrell - Decadence D.  Crew: Anna, Marie, Rhona, Tina, Di & Chris.

Trudi's Report
4am on the 4th September on my 40th birthday seemed like too many 4's to me!

Lorry loaded, horses in and off we go to catch 6.55am ferry at Yarmouth. Long journey but uneventful, arrive at about 12.30pm.

Pete and Prada travel well and both look nice and relaxed. Unload and let them have a couple of hours to chill out in their new bedrooms while we sort lorry into our bedroom and find food.

Sat evening we walk horses in hand and have a practise run at the vetting area as the Princess Prada was a little naughty at the qualifier - all seems well and she is behaving!

Horses to bed and we're off to the pub! Thankfully in a car, driven by the lovely Chris. All team members taking it seriously and no alcohol passes our lips! Well Caroline has a small glass of wine, but that's to make up for Pete's legs being shorter than the rest!!

Everyone sings Happy Birthday to me, cards and pressies and cake, all very nice!

In bed, Oh No only an hours sleep and my matress is deflated, being 40 is really not fun!

Sunday morning and we're all up at 7am. Got to be ready for vetting at 10am and judging of turnout. Wish P Prada was acting more calmly, she looks scary! Everyone eats bacon butties and tea, I only manage tea!

10am arrives and we all look really smart in our Ariat jackets(sponsered by Froghill) white Jods, white Ariat tops and black boots. Carla puts quarter marks on the horses bums, Vectis "V" looks good.

All horses behave at vetting. Vets have been forwarned about the "ginger one!" and I get a nice calm lady vet, thou P Prada must know somethings up cos her ticker is going at 54, better than mine at 540, I'm sure!! Half an hour allowed till the start, so rush back to stables. Pete and Daisy behaving very well. Dressage Diva's PNut and Prada acting like they cannot be parted! Wish Princess Prada didn't look like she's gonna buck me off! Time to get on, one foot in the stirrup and OH NO Prada's gone airbourne! Blooming redhead!,O.K Auntie Carla holds the head end and at last I'm on!Off to the start, judge looks at us and off wCarla and Mandy go. Caroline and I start 5 minutes later.

Prada seems to know its a long ride, cos at any excuse she's grinding to a halt and Peter has to give us a lead. At last one km in and the Princess has decided to play ball, off we go! 31kms at tror and canter, nice finish along the race track, and a photographer at the finish. Time to shorten reins bit of sitting trot and "YES!" I have the perfect picture of a dressage queen finishing the 1030 race at Southwell!!

The ride is over, but we now have only 30 minutes to cool horses off and present at vetting. Lots of sponging and time in the stable for a quick wee (Prada!) apparently it helps with lowering heart rate!

Vetting goes well Princess Prada behaves and her heart rate is down to 42.

Back to stables, chance to talk to Mandy and Carla. Poor Mandy, Daisy had a slight hind lameness so failed the vetting. Luckily the other 3 were ok so we had a team score. Daisy seems fine after a rest.

4pm time for prizegiving. Our scrubbing and cleaning did good, we came 2nd in the turnout. I'm sure the very nice jackets helped!!

Now the ride results, all really close and we are 3rd! A very good achievement as the 1st placed team had an experianced endurance rider!
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Prada PNut and Pete all gain grade 1 passes. Daisy would have too if she hadn't limped in front of the vet!

Time to walk the horses in hand and bed down.

Then off to the town of Southwell to PARTY!!

Many thanks go to our crew members: Anna, Marie, Rhona, Tina, Di, Chris and my wonderful Hubby DaveXX

More pics in the Gallery

Unaffiliated Dressage at Froghill - 29 August

Once again a very friendly welcome at Froghill and a really enjoyable day.

Results

Vectis RC Horse of the Year 2010

This year's competition is really hotting up as the season draws to an end.  Click here to see the latest points table.  Who's going to win?

Competitive ride - 22 August at Park Down Barns

Results    

10 August 2010 - Unaffiliated Dressage at Froghill

Results

25 July 2010 - Showing show at Godshill

Despite an unpromising start to the day, the weather turned out to be ideal for the showing show held at Godshill for the first time. Pony classes were very well filled, with the 14.2 & under Riding Pony Class having to be split. Sammi Henton’s Kallistar shone, winning both the Coloured Class & the 14.2h.h. & under Riding Pony and also gaining places in the Jumping.

Another winner and racing up the HOY points board is The Stig who, with owner Hilary Box, won both the Show Hunter and the Riding Club Horse Classes. Mainland showing judge, Sue Courtney, made new member Blue Bailey-Hunt another dual winner, awarding her the 13.2 Show Hunter Pony and the Riding Pony with Daukester Hector, whilst Dynamite Daisy showed her versatility by winning the Riding Horse Class and being 3rd in the Handy Hunter. This latter class was won by the evergreen Axel who took charge over the jump, much to the surprise and slight horror of his rider Carole Taylor.

The youngest rider, Jimmy Saunders and Leo, one of the oldest ponies, won the best veteran, plus the special for the best over 20 year old. The junior riders made up for a lack of numbers by the volume of noise generated by them and their supporters when contesting the gynkhana games, ably run by Trudi Gatterell and her team. Helen Wood was our course builder, as usual, for the jumping classes ranging from 18” – 2’9” which saw a very good proportion of clear rounds.
Our junior riding test team ran a very successful raffle with a huge array of prizes, bringing their travelling fund for the Championships up to £600. Well done to them for showing such enthusiasm and determination to compete in the finals.
A huge thank you to our many helpers; to local judges Anna Reed and Heather Hicks; to commentator Andy Hicks and to Bill Davison for setting up the P.A. system. Also, thanks to Mandy Steen for the loan of her jumps, yet again

Results

18 July 2010 - Area Dressage Qualifier at Broadlands Farm Estate

We had an early start on Sunday morning and with Deb Harris on standby (lorry rescue!!) we managed to all arrive at Broadlands without incident.

As usual it was the Juniors that achieved the best results at the BRC Area 17 Summer Dressage Qualifier at Broadlands Estate, Romsey last sunday.

Junior members, Natasha Coventry riding Chamlord Chardonnay, Abigail Denham riding Forest Gump, Courtney Sandison riding Lowri and Sammi Henton riding Kallistar won the Riding Test Team competition, qualifying for the British Riding Clubs National Championships held at Lincoln in September. The same team were also second in the junior team dressage competition missing first place by just one point.

Sammi Henton also rode an almost perfect prelim test 12 to win with a very high score of 75% and will also qualify for the National Championships in this class. The girls' are now hard at work arranging fund raising events and looking for sponsors to help with expenses to compete at the Championships.

Picture left to right: Courtney Sandison, Sammi Henton, Abigail Denham, Natasha Coventry.

Senior members' Kelly Blow riding Mirabella, Imogen Moss riding Een Twee lucky, Trudi Gattrell riding Decadence and Sally McIntosh riding Southborne Sibena came 6th in the Dressage Team competition.  Kelly was placed 3rd in Novice 24 and Trudi was placed 6th in test 28.  Kelly and Sally were 5th in the pairs.  Wendy Warren was 8th in the riding test and competed as an individual. 

More pictures to follow.

Vectis Horse of the Year - Points table

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BD Affiliated Dressage at Lake Farm - Sunday 11 July

Results

Supper Ride at Godshill - 23 June

12 riders enjoyed a ride across Stenbury Downs in beautiful weather on Wednesday 23rd. June. Everyone managed not to get lost and returned to enjoy a barbecue supper at Di’s house along with other members who came just for the food!

Evening Dressage 30th June

The Club was lucky enough to enjoy the third event in a row with perfect weather when 30 tests were ridden
at the evening dressage. We had 2 arenas so that it could be finished within 2 hours, well before dark, allowing those who had hacked to get home comfortably in the light.

Judges Sue Thwaites(Test 7) and Jackie Woodford (Test 12) were unanimous in their choice of preliminary winners, both marking Sammi Henton on Kallistar and Dawn Norris with Ricardo’s Lucky Boy into 1st & 2nd respectively. Heather Nelson and Captain Jack won Intro A and Lizzie Ward and Masquerade were first in Novice 24 by a narrow margin over a second placed Beate Parsons on Paginini.
Thanks to our judges and to everyone who helped make the evening run so smoothly.

Results

Competitive Ride & LDR - Sunday 27 June at Little Kennerly Farm, Godshill

by kind permission of Dawn Webster

    

At the time of this event it was the hottest day of the year! This definitely put some people off! Those who did compete enjoyed the ride despite the heat. For the first time at an Island ride we crewed the horses before they started offering water and a good cooling slosh. The ground was baked hard so riders took this into account when deciding where to push on and where to slow down. The route took in Chillerton Downs from where the views were spectacular. Fortunately there were plenty of water troughs along the way and the competitors arrived back with all the horses looking good. A lot of water was thrown over the horses (and Fliss!) to get those vital heart rates down.

The final results were really close and a credit to the riders and the fitness of their horses. First was Carla Maskell on Be Fine. Second was Mandy on Dynamite Daisy. Third was Caroline Cooper on Peronne Pazazz and fourth was Sue Hudson on Dublin Bay. Successful completions were achieved by Carol Whittington on Axel, Hilary Box on The Stig, Fliss Crouch on Tarran, Kelly Blow on Mirabella and Julie Wannop-Corney on Mosshill Miley. Points were also awarded towards HOYS and the Competitive Ride Trophy.

Summer Festival at Godshill - Sunday 20 June

Endurance Team WIN for Vectis!

Area Dressage to Music

The Area 17 Dressage to Music qualfier was held at Sparsholt on Bank Holiday Monday 31 May.  Four horses and riders travelled to the event, Marty Davison riding Geart, Sally McIntosh riding Sibena, Wendy Warren riding and Kelly Blow riding Mirabella. Kelly and Sally (Pic right) managed to come equal first in the Pairs class which seemed very unlikey after their first practise.  Wendy Warren came second in her section totally surprising herself and Peter and she will qualify for the finals at Aintree in September.  Marty came fourth in her section. Other results were Sally riding Sibena came second in prelim 18, and Marty riding Geart came second in prelim 12. More Pictures from the day in the Gallery

Royal Windsor Horse Show

Kelly Blow rode Sammi Henton's pony Kallistar at the BRC Riding Test round three qualifier at the Royal Windsor Horse Show finishing in 11th place.  Placings were very close and Kelly rode a lovelly test. Kelly qualified in round one back in January at Lake Farm.  Round two was held at the winter area dressage qualifier at Newbury with round three at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. There will be a round one Riding Test qualifier for the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2011 at the Summer Festival on June 20 at Godshill. For more info click here

Vectis Quiz

Vectis held its Annual Quiz at Brickfields in April, when 13 teams from Clubs and groups took part, including past winners: Mountain & Moorland, West Wight Riding Club and last year’s winners, The I.W. Riding Club. Questions were set by V.E.C Chairman, Di Andrews and included rounds on: Animal World, Food & Drink, Current News and Spelling. Bev Snudden provided 2 photo rounds which showed common objects from the garden & house, taken from unusual angles.

The 3 Clubs above soon went into battle, and eventually, the Isle of Wight Riding Club regained the trophy and took the 1st prize of £50. Their team consisted of Mon Yates; Fi Vanassche, Janet Morter & Heidi Carden. 2nd place went to the Mountain & Moorland, 3rd to West Wight & 4th to Froghill.

Many thanks to everyone who entered into the fun spirit of the quiz, especially Vicky Lacey , Martin & team who maintained their unbeaten record of winning the booby prize.

Vectis RC Horse of the Year

For the second year we will be running our RC Horse of the Year competition which we are very pleased to annouce that once again Froghill Tack will be the sponsors. As last year, points will be gained by the horse at shows throughout May to October in show jumping, dressage, showing and LDR and the winning horse will be annouced by Di under great suspense at the AGM in November.  The horse may be ridden by different riders as it the horse that is judged. Riders will need to register their interest on entry forms.  Many thanks to Mandy at Froghill Tack for her continued support.

Atherfield Farm Competitive Ride 2010

RC Endurance Team Event

For the first time we’re sending an Endurance Team to the mainland to compete at The Berkshire Downs Qualifier on 5th June. Hopefully we’ll go to others and we need more competitors so do put yourself forward! To find out where these events are and when have a look at www.rcteamevent.endurancegb.co.uk This is a really helpful website which gives loads of information including the ‘French Formula’ which is being used to judge placings. We’ll be using this system at future rides on the Island. If you have any other queries, concerns or would like advice please don’t hesitate to ring Anna (before 9pm) 854166 or email annalek@btinternet.com The Riding Club Team Endurance Event is open to teams from all affiliated Riding Clubs. Teams are invited to enter an Endurance Qualifier at an Endurance GB Ride in their local area. The team will be asked to complete a course of between 30 and 35km (approximately 20 miles) at a speed between 8kph (approximately 5mph) and 15kph (approximately 9.5mph). The top two or three teams in each Qualifier will go forward to the Team Endurance Final at the Robin Hood Challenge Ride at Southwell Racecourse on Sunday 5 September. You don’t need any special equipment, particular breed or type of horse to get started, just you, your horse and your normal riding tack.  If you are interested in this event please contact Anna Lek 854166. Website for more info www.rcteamevent.endurancegb.co.uk

Yellow Fun Day at Froghill - Sun 11 April

Well what a lovely surprise no rain !! a very long day but very enjoyable for those who took part and all who helped . I would first like to thank mandy steen at froghill for the use of the school and the farm for this event and some raffle prizes she donated , i know she was pleased for this event to take place as all proceeds go to the earl mountbatten hospice a charity which is close to mandys heart so thankyou , also thanks to the catering crew mandy allen , heidi, and carole for your lovely cakes and sandwiches , and jodie james for the choc brownies ! thanks to trudi , steve and helen our fussy!! but brilliant course builder and all at froghill who helped . We raised £350 after expences for the hospice . We started the day with 25 spider riders and some coming from as far as brading, and loads of clear round jumping taking us into the afternoon, all seemed to enjoy the food and atmosphere apart from one horse who decided Di `s house seemed much more appealing and left froghill without her jockey !! making trudi , myself and another rider run very fast ! thankfully everyone and the horse involved are all ok with no injuries . Then we had barrell racing which the kids ,grown ups and spectators really enjoyed especially fliss who paid twice to have another go ! we also done this as a pairs relay which was great fun except for myself who was running with jessica gattrell who started the day saying no cantering but during barrel racing telling me to run faster !! then we had games , bending race , flag race , egg and spoon , walk trot canter walk , chase me charlie which the winner jodie bircham jumped about 4ft and marni stubbs very close behind in 2nd jumping 22 years young drummer over 3ft 9 !! Well done to all riders who took part and i think it just proves that games is great way of giving children the confidence and fun to have a go at something they probably wouldnt normally do. Carla Maskell Results

RWHS Qualifier

Congratulations to Kelly Blow, she has just found out that her second place in the round 2 dressage qualifier was enough to qualify for the championships at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May.

RC Area 17 Winter Qualifier at Hampstead Marshall - 31 January 2010

One senior team and one junior team braved the cold weather conditions to represent Vectis at the Area 17 winter dressage qualifier. Our Junior team of Natasha Coventry, Abbey Denham, Courtney Sandison and Sammi Henton all rode very well with Natasha and Abbey winning their arenas and Courtney having to ride Mirabella at the last minute as her pony's flu vac was rejected by the event organiser.

Our senior team of Kelly Blow riding Mirabella, Sally McIntosh riding Kallistar, Imogen Moss riding Een Twee Lucky and Hilary Box riding The Stig all rode good tests with Imogen being placed third in her arena.

Kelly Blow also rode Kallistar in the RWHS round 2 qualifier finishing in second place very annoyingly by only 1/2 % so Kelly is hoping for a wild card qualifying place so she can compete at the Royal Windsor Horse Show - Fingers crossed.

Below is an account of the day by our Junior team

The 31st January 2010 started early for the junior Vectis team. Despite the cold weather the team still made it onto the 7.30 ferry (only just!), even if half of them were in their pyjamas!

After a laugh in the lorry it was finally time to get down to some serious stuff with Sammi heading into the ring 1st (after only 5minutes of warming up!) and doing a great job coming home with individual 4th. Second into the ring, was Courtney who also came home with individual 4th. Third to ride for team Vectis was Natasha, who came back to the IOW with individual 1st. Last but not least to ride was Abbie, who also done a fab job to also bring home individual 1st!

Then it was time to sit down on the lorry ramp, have a laugh and eat weenies (the team’s word for sausages). After that we walked over to the score board which was looking good!

Soon it was time for the team to return back home at around 3.30. However we had to leave Sammi there to collect the rosettes who returned with 8! The team came back with 3rd and everyone had a great day and we can’t wait for the next one!

Best wishes,
Abbie, Sammi, Courtney and Natasha

Thank you to the following people:
Sally, Jane, Helen, Amanda, Kelly, Louise, Anna, Sharon, Karen and the team mascot (Harriet Maud Weenie!)

RWHS Round 1 Qualifier - Saturday 23 January at Lake Farm

Re-scheduled Windsor Horse Show Qualifier , Round One. Will be held at Lake Farm on Saturday January 23rd starting approx 1pm . Test to be ridden is B.D.Prelim 13, horses not to have won more than 60 B.D. points

Any member, that would like to compete and has not already entered please e-mail Jane with your entry.

Entry fees can be paid on the day.

Any queries tel Jane 741235

Annual Dinner at the Holmwood Hotel

Once again we had a really good night for our annual dinner at the New Holmwood Hotel.  The night was very well supported and thoroughly enjoyed by members and their guests.

The raffle which was for raising funds for team events raised £180 and we thank Anna Morris for orgainising the excellent prizes and for Martine who offered a dressage lesson.  The evening was finished off with Di's usual entertaining games which allowed us all to show off our competitive sides.

AGM & Presentation of awards

The AGM is a chance to thank those who have supported the club, reflect on a very busy year and recognise the hard work members have put in throughout the past season with the presentation of the annual awards.  Click here for AGM minutes.

Winner of the unaffiliated prelim points trophy – Marty Davidson
Unaffiliated Novice points winner – Sue Morris
Unaffiliated Junior points winner– Natasha Coventry
BD affiliated Prelim/Novice points winner – Peter Warren
BD affiliated Elem/ Med points winner – Carla Maskell
Man That Does Trophy was presented to Mandy Steen in   recognition of her continued support to the club.

    

Presentation of Horse of the Year award - Sponsored by Froghill Tack

The results of the Horse of the Year Competition were announced at the A.G.M. Out of a possible maximum 96 points, Shamlord Sunrise scored an impressive 76 with junior member Natasha Coventry. Natasha was presented with her enviable prize of a dressage bridle by Mandy Steen of Froghill who, generously, gave prizes down to 10th place. Natasha, also, received a silver trophy, given by Linda Allen in memory of her horse ‘Willie Gairn’ who represented the Club in all the disciplines on many occasions. Only 4 points behind came The Stig ridden by owner Hilary Box, and jumped by Paul Dormer. Her prize was a leather head collar and the Derby Day trophy given by Helen Newnham in memory of her horse, who was a prolific winner in the past. 3rd place and a wool saddle pad went to Natasha’s cousin Abbey Denham with Forest Gump, and, to complete the family triumph, Abbey and her mum Karen came 4th with Stream. Many thanks to Mandy for adding such a lot of interest to this competition by providing such great prizes.

Top ten Horses/Ponies

1st Shamlord Sunrise Natasha Coventry Dressage Bridle 76 2nd The Stig Hilary Box/Paul Dormer Leather Head-collar 72 3rd Forest Gump Abbey Denham Wool Saddle-pad 69 4th Stream Abbey/Karen Denham Ariat Gloves 68 5th Khandidee-Dee Melissa Pinfield-Wells Head-collar 62 6th Mosshill Mylo Julie Wannop-Corney Bling Browband 53 7th Kalistar Sammy Henton Haynet 42 8th Dynamite Daisy Mandy Steen Shampoo 38 9th Corinth Jodie Janes Socks 36 10th Christie’s Leading Lady Sue Morris/ Stacey Rayner Hoof Oil 31

Natasha receiving first prize from Mandy at Froghill Tack

Vectis Christmas Dinner Party

Back by popular demand!! - The Annual dinner date has been set for Friday 4 December at the New Holmewood Hotel, Cowes.

It was a great night last year with excellent food and service and finished off with Di's inventive party games!! So don't miss out tickets are £22.50 per person and will be available to buy at the AGM (Weds 18 Nov at the Eight Bells) or from any committee member. 

To view the menu click here. For further info tel Di 840248.

 New Competitive Ride Winter Points Series

We have a new winter competition aimed at our members who enjoy distance riding.  Thanks to Anna Lek, who will be organising our new Winter Series of Competitive Rides.

Points will be awarded throughout the series and a winner will be announced at the end.

Our first event will be on 29 November from the Old Smithy car park at Godshill see Events Diary.  For more info contact Anna tel 854166

Area 17 Riding Clubs Competitions

Area 17 Novice Team Dressage competition will be held on Sunday 31 January at Hamstead Marshall, there is a Senior and Junior section.

The tests are B.D. Novice 25 and Riding Clubs H12 (2006).Prelim, Team of four , two ride test 25 two ride H12.

Novice Indoor Show jumping, Saturday 6 February 2010 at CroftonManor.

Again there is a junior and Senior Team, this is for Horse’s / ponies with no B.S.J.A. points.  All horse’s/ponies must have a valid flu vac and passport. The club will pay for all entries, but not travelling costs. Any one who would like to take part, and represent your club  please let me know as soon as possible, it can be great fun taking part in a team event., if you have any questions , or would like to have more details, contact Jane Frost, Tel 741235 or E-Mail je.frost@btinternet.com

Vectis Horse of the year sponsored by Froghill Tack

We have held the last of the competitions counting towards the points championships. Members were able to win points during 4 Dressage days and 4 Show Jumping days, 2 Long Distance Rides and 1 Showing Show with several classes per height. By the end, there was some keen competition between the top few riders and it was hard to guess who was going to come out as the eventual winner. But in true X factor style, I’m not telling you now, and you’ll have to come to Boot Camp (the A.G.M.) where all will be revealed.

So, in no particular order , the top ten who will be receiving rosettes and the Froghill Tack prizes are:
Corinth- Jodie James; Kali Star- Sammy Henton; Stream- Abi & Karen Denham; The Stig- Hilary Box; Shamlord Sunrise- Natasha Coventry; Dynamite Daisy- Mandy Steen; Forest Gump-Abi Denham; Khandi Dee- Melissa Penfield-Wells; Mosshill Myle- Julie Wannop-Corney & Christie’s Leading Lady- Sue Morris.
Well done to everyone and thanks for making it such a good competition.
See you all at the A.G.M.

Competitive Distance Ride

We held our second competitive Long Distance Ride on October 11th. Starting from Jenny & Mike Morris’s barns at Apse Down, the ride went up over the downs at the back and into Brighstone Forest, completing a circular ride taking in Westover & Shalcombe.

Organised, once more, by our long distance expert, Anna Lek, this ride attracted 9 enthusiastic competitors (an eighty percent increase on last time!). Luckily, the weather improved on earlier in the week and everyone completed the ride in time with only a few losing their way. Anna’s partner, Dave was given the job of taking the horses’ heart rates (as he is the only one with his own stethoscope!) and this was taken before the start and compared with the rate at the end of the ride after a short rest. Anna checked horses for soundness and for hydration by pinching the skin on the neck and seeing how long it took to revert to normal.

Points were awarded for all these factors and, for the second time, Fliss Crouch was awarded first place with Tarran, a great achievement in fitness as he is 22 years old. In second place was stable mate Dynamite Daisy with owner Mandy Steen showing an unexpected talent for long distance riding. In 3rd was Karen Denham and her pony, Stream while 4th went to Mandy’s ride companion, Carla Maskell and Be Fine, having a change from their usual activity of affiliated dressage. Many thanks to Mike & Jenny for providing the venue and the refreshments for the spider riders, as well as the long distance riders. Also, thank you to Anna for introducing this discipline into our Club calendar, to Dave for wielding his stethoscope so professionally and to Andy Hicks for once again proving invaluable as timekeeper.

We are planning to have a succession of L.D.R.s with a points trophy awarded at next year’s A.G.M. so we hope a few more members will be encouraged to have a go. The first of these will be on 29th November starting from the Old Smithy Car Park.

 Showing & Jumping show 4th October

Although, entries were low for some of the horse classes, the enjoyment for those taking part was high.  The pony classes were hotly contested with Natasha Coventry and Shamlord Sunrise taking both the small Show Hunter Pony and the Riding Pony classes, while her Aunt, Karen Denham, won the large Show Hunter and the small Condition & Turnout with Stream. Heidi Carden and Raffles, also, had a successful day, winning the large Show Hunter and  the over 15h.h. Condition & Turnout.  It was good to see some of our members children taking part in  the fun classes;  for some it was their first show and we hope they enjoyed it enough to do it again. We are grateful to our  local judges: Miss Penny Barnes and Mr. Simon Reed and to mainland judge, Mrs. June Witham.  All three proved very patient, kind and helpful and we thank them for giving up their time.  Thank you to our Committee who were all involved in one way or another and in particular to Helen Wood who is determined to see our members doing more jumping.

Results

British Dressage Riding Clubs Offer     

Riding Club’s British Dressage Membership allows you to compete from 1 October – 31 March. Membership is £30 and Horse registration is £30. Current Riding Club Music Members can upgrade by paying the difference in fees.  For the six active months of membership from October – March members are entitled to full BD membership benefits. They are eligible to enter competitions, gain points, qualify for regionals and championships and receive the BD magazine. For the six months members will also be able to access the BD website members areas (including free competition result searches), receive the BD email newsletter and enter the Combined Training Championships which take place at the BD Winter Championships in mid April without upgrading to full BD membership. Click here for more info and membership form.