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LEMIEUX NATIONAL DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
LeMieux National Champion
Emile Faurie
LeMieux National Champion
ABOVE: EMILE FAURIE RECEIVES THE NATIONAL CHAMPION TROPHY FROM ROBERT LEMIEUX. IT’S THE THIRD TIME THE OXFORDSHIRE RIDER HAS TAKEN THE TITLE – ALBEIT HE’S HAD TO WAIT 26 YEARS FOR THIS RECENT ONE!
Arika Grand Prix Freestyle
WINNER
Emile Faurie
LEFT: GIRL POWER: BECKY MOODY AND FAMKE PF BLEW EVERYONE AWAY WITH A MADONNA MEDLEY TO SCORE 74.73% AND GAVE THEM THE RUNNERS UP SPOT. with Dono Di Maggio
ABOVE: EMILE FAURIE AND THEODORA LIVANOS’S DONO DIMAGGIO TOOK THE FREESTYLE WIN WITH A TOM HUNT ORIGINAL SCORE WHICH HE SAYS ‘IS SPECIAL TO ME’.
LEFT: LONG TIME LEADERS ANNA ROSS AND THE BRITISH-BRED NEWTON DOMINO, OWNED BY LORNA WILSON, END UP AN EVENTUAL FOURTH ON 72.03%.
ARIKA GRAND PRIX FREESTYLE
Emile Faurie with Theodora Livanos’s Dono Di Maggio
75.95%
Becky Moody with her own Famke PF 74.73% Gareth Hughes with Claudine Kroll’s KK Dominant 72.63%
4 Anna Ross with Lorna Wilson’s Newton Domino 72.03%
5 Jessica Dunn with Jennifer Whittaker’s LG Alicante Valley 6 Amy Woodhead with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Kom Fairy Tale
71.63%
71.20%
7 Louise Bell with her own, Tonya Wood, John and Alison Walton and William Wood’s Into the Blue 71.08%
8 Sarah Higgins with Sarah Rao’s Alfranco 70.83% 9 Lisa Marriott with her own Valucio 69.98%
10 Becky Moody with her own and Julie Lockey’s Carinsio
69.53%
LeMieux Grand Prix Championship
LEMIEUX GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP
Gareth Hughes with Claudine Kroll’s KK Dominant
73.34%
Emilie Faurie with Theodora Livanos’s Dono Di Maggio
71.32%
Becky Moody with her own Famke PF 70.62% 4 Amy Woodhead with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Kom Fairy Tale 69.68% 5 Emma Hindle with her own Diesel XIII 69.60%
6 Louise Bell with her own, Tonya Wood, John and Alison Walton and William Wood’s Into the Blue 68.64%
7 Becky Moody with her own and Julie Lockey’s Carinsio 8 Anna Ross with Lorna Wilson’s Newton Domino
68.34%
67.96%
9 Sarah Higgins with Sarah Rao’s Alfranco 67.10% 10 Jessica Dunn with Jennifer Whittaker’s LG Alicante Valley 66.76%
LEFT: INTO THE BLUE WAS BACK INTO THE RIBBONS WITH LOUISE BELL FOR HER OWNERS WITH A SIXTH IN THE GP AND A VERY CHEEKY SEVENTH IN THE FREESTYLE.
BELOW: IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EMMA HINDLE AT THE NEW LOOK CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH DIESEL XIII – THEY TOOK FIFTH SPOT.
WINNER
Gareth Hughes
with KK Dominant
LEFT: CENTRE STAGE: GARETH HUGHES TAKES THE LEMIEUX GP TITLE WITH CLAUDINE KROLL’S STALLION KK DOMINANT (DIAMOND HIT X RUBIN ROYAL).
Haygain Intermediate II Gold
ABOVE: AFTER A TOP 12 FINISH AT THE U25 EUROPEANS, LEWIS CARRIER AND DIEGO V CONTINUE A GREAT SUMMER TOGETHER WITH A PODIUM FINISH ON 70.74%. RIGHT: ABIGAIL LYLE CLAIMED TWO TOP SIX PLACINGS IN THE CLASS – PICTURED HERE WITH HER OWN SUSPENSION GIRALDO WHO WAS BEST IN FIFTH WHILE FENELLA QUINN’S FARRELL WAS JUST 1.13% BEHIND.
ABOVE: ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS’ BUSIEST RIDERS, AMY WOODHEAD CLAIMED THE HAYGAIN TITLE FOR EMMA BLUNDELL ABOARD MOUNT ST JOHN KOM FAIRY TALE.
“THERE’S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AS THERE ALWAYS IS FOR DRESSAGE, BUT I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH HER. IT FELT NICE AND EASY, AND APPARENTLY IT WAS REALLY EASY TO WATCH!” Amy Woodhead
WINNER
Amy Woodhead
with Mount St John Kom Fairy Tale
HAYGAIN INTERMEDIATE II GOLD
Amy Woodhead with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Kom Fairy Tale
Anna Ross with Lorna Wilson’s Newton Domino
71.87%
71.82%
Lewis Carrier with his own Diego V 70.74% 4 Amy Woodhead with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Valencia 70.50% 5 Abigail Lyle with her own Suspension Giraldo 70.24% 6 Abigail Lyle with Fenella Quinn’s Farrell 69.11% 7 Jess Bennett with her own JB Dukaat 68.18% 8 Robyn Smith with her own Francesco 77 67.71% 9 Amy Stovold with her own Bobo L 67.53% 10 Anne Marie Bork Eppers with her own Zeilinger Firfod 67.21%
SARACEN HORSE FEEDS INTERMEDIATE FREESTYLE GOLD
Charlotte Dujardin with Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s Imhotep Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Duchessa
Andrew Gould with Tatiana Milne-Skillman’s Genie III
78.63%
76.53%
75.43%
4 Sarah Rogers with Laura Tomlinson and Ursula Bechtolsheimer’s Viva Lotta 75.43%
5 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Soave
74.55%
6 Daniel Sherriff with his own I’m Bayford Hall Incognito 7 Kate Lister with her own Fiskus
74.18%
73.65%
8 Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus
72.98%
9 Matt Frost with his own and Nicola Keenan’s Helga
71.83%
10 Beth Bainbridge with Anna Ross’s Habouche 71.15%
BELOW: CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN AND IMHOTEP, OWNED BY CARL HESTER AND CORAL INGHAM, CROWNED THEIR COMPLETE DOMINATION OF THE SMALL TOUR CLASSES WITH THE SARACEN HORSE FEEDS INTER I SUPREME CHAMPION TITLE.
WINNER
Charlotte Dujardin
with Imhotep “I’M JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH HIM, TO BE HONEST. I’M SO EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR. HE DOESN’T STRUGGLE WITH ANYTHING [FOR GRAND PRIX] BUT HE’S GOT SUCH BIG CHANGES AND TRYING TO COMPRESS THEM TO FIT THEM IN HAS
BEEN A CHALLENGE!” Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep
ABOVE: EMMA JABLONSKI AND HER OWN HIGGENS VAN DE UILENHOEK GO ONE BETTER THAN THEIR PSG PLACING TO FINISH AS RUNNERS UP IN THE INAUGURAL INTER II SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP.
LEFT: GENIE III (ZHIVAGO X SANDRO HIT), TATIANA MILNESKILLMAN’S STALLION, AND ANDREW GOULD RACK UP ANOTHER PODIUM PLACING IN A YEAR WHERE THEY’VE NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE TOP FOUR IN ANY COMPETITION.
BELOW: LUCINDA ELLIOTT AND JUDITH DAVIS’S BRITISH-BRED HAWTINS DUCHESSA ENJOYED A GREAT SMALL TOUR QUEST AT THE NATIONALS WITH THREE PODIUM FINISHES, FINISHING RUNNERS UP TO CHARLOTTE AND IMHOTEP IN BOTH INTER I GOLD CLASSES. SARACEN HORSE FEEDS INTERMEDIATE I GOLD
Charlotte Dujardin with Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s Imhotep
74.03%
Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Duchessa 71.32% Sarah Rogers with Laura Tomlinson and Ursula Bechtolsheimer’s Viva Lotta 70.95%
4 Andrew Gould with Tatiana Milne-Skillman’s Genie I 70.32%
5 Daniel Sherriff with his own I’m Bayford Hall Incognito 70.13% 6 Kate Lister with her own Fiskus 70.03%
7 Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus
69.76%
8 Michael Eilberg with Ferdi Eilberg’s Figlio 69.39% 9 Nikolas Kröncke with K&N Stables’ Flanell 69.11%
10 Henry Boswell with Margaret Lister’s Folt 69.05%
RIGHT: GEORGINA HOWARD CAPITALISED ON THE FIRST EVER INTER II SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE NATIONALS WITH THREE RIDES TO FINISH THIRD, SEVENTH AND 11TH. HERE SHE’S PICTURED WITH HOWARD’S MYSTERY.
SARACEN HORSE FEEDS INTERMEDIATE I SILVER
Nick Lawson with Gloria Price’s IceBlue Valentino 67.76%
Emma Jablonski with Higgens Van De Uilenhoek 67.58% Georgina Howard with her own Lovely Illusion 67.08% 4 Nicola Adams with her own Royal Troy 66.37% 5 Sharon Lindop with her own Speilbanker 65.39% 6 Kathryn Marsh with her own Sapphire Ramall 65.05% 7 Georgina Howard with her own Howard’s Mystery 64.58% 8 Rachel Lade with her own Royal Diamont 64.32% 9 Georgina Howard with her own Capri 64.26% 10 Amanda Petts with Luisa Collins’ Curioso 63.92%
RIGHT: SHROPSHIRE RIDER NICK LAWSON TAKES THE FIRST EVER INTER I SILVER TITLE WITH GLORIA PRICE’S ICEBLUE VALENTINO – IT WAS JUST THEIR FIFTH TEST AT THE LEVEL FOR THE DUO! SARACEN HORSE FEEDS’ AREA MANAGER SARAH RUSHBY PRESENTS NICK WITH HIS PRIZES.
Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges
“HE’S JUST NOT HAD THE EASIEST RUN UP TO THIS LEVEL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS SO TO COME AND DO A CLEAR ROUND AND DO THIS TODAY IS AMAZING. I’M VERY SURPRISED, I WASN’T
EXPECTING THIS AT ALL!” Jo Barry on Goofy La Perle
ABOVE: MATT FROST AND PINT-SIZED POWERHOUSE HELGA, WHO HE JOINTLY OWNS WITH NICOLA KEENAN, HAD A BUSY FEW DAYS – FOURTH SPOT IN THE PSG FREESTYLE GOLD WAS THEIR BEST FINISH.
WINNER
Charlotte Dujardin
with Imhotep
ABOVE: FOUR TESTS, FOUR TOP EIGHT FINISHES ACROSS THE SMALL TOUR SECTIONS FOR ALICE OPPENHEIMER AND AMANDA RADFORD’S HEADMORE DIONYSUS – A PODIUM PLACE IN THE PSG FREESTYLE GOLD WAS THEIR BEST PLACING.
FAIRFAX SADDLES PRIX ST GEORGES FREESTYLE GOLD
Charlotte Dujardin with Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s Imhotep
78.68%
Becky Moody with her own Jagerbomb 76.13% Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus 74.43% 4 Matt Frost with his own and Nicola Keenan’s Helga 73.03% 5 Alice Oppenheimer with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Bella Ruby 72.08% 6 Nicola Buchanan with Countess of Shaftesbury’s St Giles Bon Bon 71.53% 7 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Bellegra 71.50% 8 Gareth Hughes with Georgina Wilkinson’s Happiness 71.48% 9 Tyler Bradshaw with her own Gijsbert 71.45% 10 Andrew Gould with Amanda Towle’s Rockwood Virtue 70.53%
LEFT: CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN AND IMHOTEP PROVE UNBEATABLE AND ARE CONGRATULATED BY VANESSA FAIRFAX ON THEIR VICTORIES ALONGSIDE EVER-LOYAL GROOM ALAN DAVIES.
ABOVE: JO BARRY ADDS TO THE SUCCESS OF RIDERS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER WITH A WIN IN THE FIRST EVER PRIX ST GEORGES SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP. SHE AND GORDON GRAINGER’S GOOFY LA PERLE HAVE HAD A ROCKY ROAD TO GET TO SOMERFORD BUT THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF. FAIRFAX SADDLES PRIX ST GEORGES GOLD
Charlotte Dujardin with Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s Imhotep 77.82% Becky Moody with her own Jagerbomb 74.71%
Andrew Gould with Tatiana Milne-Skillman’s Genie III 74.16%
4 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Duchessa
5 Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus 6 Gareth Hughes with Georgina Wilkinson’s Happiness 7 Eilidh Grant with Lorraine Grant’s Mount St John Doornroos 8 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Soave
72.97%
72.29%
71.71%
71.66%
71.58%
9 Emma Blundell with her own Mount StJohn VIP 71.47% 10 Michael Eilberg with Geri Eilberg and Nichola Hannam’s MSJ Dante VX 71.13%
RIGHTT: SHELLY REEVE-SMITH AND HER HOMEBRED SINDERELLA MAKE A GREAT STEP UP FROM AREA FESTIVALS TO TAKE SECOND SPOT IN THE SILVER.
FAIRFAX SADDLES PRIX ST GEORGES SILVER
Jo Barry with Gordon Grainger’s Goofy La Perle 70.68% Shelley Reeve-Smith with her own Sinderella 69.76% Emma Jablonski with her own Higgens Van De Uilenhoek 69.26%
4 Sarah Colborn with her own Fürst Love I 68.45%
5 Georgina Howard with her own Lovely Illusion 68.18% 6 Scarlett Scott with her own Cum Laude 67.92%
7 Rachel Lade with her own Royal Diamont 67.18% 8 Sharon Lindop with her own Spielbanker 66.92% 9 Victoria Gladwyn with her own Sonnersted 66.66% 10 Christine Cockerton with her own Evaldo 66.21%
BELOW: OWNER-RIDER SARAH COLBORN AND FÜRST LOVE I, OR DARCY TO HIS FRIENDS, HAVE HAD A FANTASTIC TWO YEARS TOGETHER – FOURTH SPOT IN THE SILVER SECTION CAPPED OFF A GREAT SUMMER.
Andrews Bowen Advanced Medium Gold
“I’VE NEVER REALLY EXPERIENCED AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE IT – IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A HOME CROWD AND LOOKING AROUND, KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE AND FEELING SO MUCH
SUPPORT.” Annabella Pidgley on Somerford
LEFT: A PERFECT ENDING TO A FANTASTIC TEST TO BREAK THE 70% BARRIER FROM ANTONIA BROWN ABOARD SARA LUCAS’S SJL DUUK GAVE THEM THE RUNNERS UP SPOT IN THE ADVANCED MEDIUM SILVER.
ABOVE: ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP, THREE MORE ROSETTES FOR SARA-JANE LANNING AND HAWTINS LIRICA, OWNED BY NICOLA SEALE - THE DUO TOOK FOURTH IN THREE CLASSES.
BELOW: NO LAZY SUNDAY FOR ANNABELLA PIDGLEY! TWO HORSES, FOUR TESTS, TWO TITLES, FOUR PODIUM PLACINGS. SARAH PIDGELY’S SULTAN DES PALUDS WAS THE STAR WITH A BRACE OF CHAMPIONSHIP RUGS AND SASHES.
ANDREWS BOWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM GOLD
Annabella Pidgley with Sarah Pidgley’s Sultan Des Paluds
73.76%
Becky Moody with her own Jagerbomb 73.32% Annabella Pidgley with Sarah Pidgley’s Dibert L 72.92%
4 Sara-Jane Lanning with Nicola Seale’s Hawtins Lirica
72.76%
5 Michael Eilberg with Geri Eilberg’s MSJ Distinction
70.34%
6 Jo Barry with Gordon Grainger’s Goofy La Perle 70.00% 7 Lisa Hopkins with Christian Landolt’s Liss La Belle 69.82%
8 Katie Bailey with Elissa Bucher’s DJoe Di Maggio 69.71% 9 Charlotte McDowall with Charlotte Dujardin’s Alive and Kicking 69.24% 10 Ashley Jenkins with Cherry Elvin and Jamie Reynolds’ His Highness 69.03%
WINNER
Annabella Pidgley
with Sultan Des Paluds
Andrews Bowen Advanced Medium Silver
ABOVE: RISING YOUNG STARS BETSY SMETHAM AND GURSONNE ARE ENJOYING A STELLAR FIRST FULL YEAR TOGETHER AND ADDED A PODIUM NATIONALS FINISH TO THE TWO VICTORIES SHE CLAIMED AT THE SHEEPGATE U25 CHAMPIONSHIPS. ANDREWS BOWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM SILVER
Rachel Taylor with Chris Thorne’s Faloya 71.05% Antonia Brown with Sara Lucas’s SJL Duuk 70.11% Betsy Smetham with her own Gursonne 69.39% 4 Samantha Dawn Turpitt with her own Bali Dancer 69.11%
5 Nicola Claxton with her own Falcon II 69.03%
6 Charlotte Cundall with her own LJT Simply Red 68.26% 7 Rhiannon Hinton with her own Quaikin Horatio 67.47% 8 Marcin Stachurski with his own Invito 67.37%
9 Sarah Fitton with Lesley Fitton’s Florenciana 4 67.32% 10 Lynn Perry with her own My Samber Rose 67.26%
BELOW: ONE FOR THE FUTURE: MICHAEL EILBERG AND THE EIGHTYEAR-OLD BRITISH-BRED MSJ DISTINCTION TAKE FIFTH SPOT IN THE GOLD SECTION – THE DUO HAVE YET TO SCORE UNDER 70% THIS YEAR.
LEFT: ALL SMILES: RACHEL TAYLOR KNEW IT WAS A GREAT TEST AS SHE HEADED DOWN THE FINAL CENTRELINE WITH CHRIS THORNE’S FALOYA – THE JUDGES AGREED AND AWARDED 71.05% TO TAKE THE SILVER TITLE.
WINNER
Rachel Taylor
with Faloya
TopSpec Medium Gold
RIGHT: DAVY HARVEY EDGED INTO FIFTH WITH SERENA WHITE’S HERCULES III IN A TIGHT CONTEST – THE NATIONALS WAS JUST THE DUO’S FIFTH OUTING TOGETHER.
THE TRIP DOWN FROM ABERDEEN WAS A WORTHWHILE ONE FOR JENNIFER JOHNSTON-
Becky Moody on Jack Diamond
TOPSPEC MEDIUM GOLD
Becky Moody with Jo Cooper’s Jack Diamond 73.03% Sarah Wilkinson with her own Koko II 71.81%
Jennifer Johnston-Harman with her own Dance With Me Fürst MFS
71.68%
4 Sara-Jane Lanning with Nicola Seale’s Hawtins Lirica
71.43%
5 Davy Harvey with Serena White’s Hercules III 71.41% 6 Nikki Barker with her own Dan Icarus 71.08%
7 Spencer Wilton with Samantha Britton’s Woodcroft Django Mon Ami 8 Lisa Hopkins with Christian Landolt’s Liss La Belle
70.59%
70.41%
9 Olivia Oakley with Caroline Bell’s Full House 70.24% 10 Judy Harvey with Jocelyn Rosenberg’s SP Bento 70.00%
ABOVE LEFT: THE TRIP DOWN FROM ABERDEEN WAS A WORTHWHILE ONE FOR JENNIFER JOHNSTONHARMAN AND HER SIX YEAR OLD DANCE WITH ME FÜRST MFS WITH TWO TOP FOUR PLACINGS. SHE BOUGHT ‘DAISY’ FROM BREEDERS MFS STUD FARM IN SCOTLAND AS A FOAL. BELOW: PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF FOR BECKY MOODY AND JO COOPER’S ELECTRON-SIRED JACK DIAMOND AS TOPSPEC’S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER LAURA COOPER PRESENTS THE VICTOR’S SPOILS – THEY HAD TWO MORE PODIUM PLACINGS OVER THE FOUR DAYS.
WINNER
Becky Moody
with Jack Diamond
RIGHT: ‘GOOD BOY BOB!’ WORKING RIDER AND MUM OF TWO RHIANNON HINTON RIGHTLY PRAISES THE BRITISH-BRED QUAIKIN HORATIO – 69.57% MADE THEM RESERVE MEDIUM SILVER CHAMPIONS!
TOPSPEC MEDIUM SILVER
Jade Clark with her own and Sue Brennan’s Jemimah HH Rhiannon Hinton with her own Quaikin Horatio
69.76%
69.57%
Sara Squires with her own Laetitius C 68.95% 4 Linsay Coleridge-Smith with Elaine Coleridge-Smith’s Active Fangio 68.59% 5 Danielle Baldson with her own Lord Lennox 68.16%
6 Helen Askey with her own Rockoko 68.03% 7 Jennifer Harkness with her own Inouk 67.78% 8 Debbie Haltstead with her own Illadorijke 67.62% 9 Gracie Catling with Julia Catling’s Tsjebe Fan ‘e Vesta Hoeve 67.54%
10 Chloe Nixon with Dawn Grundy’s Rough Lee So Schufro
67.46%
WINNER
Jade Clark
with Jemimah HH
TopSpec Medium Silver
BELOW: MULTI-DISCIPLINE RIDER SARA SQUIRES REAPS THE REWARDS OF FOUR YEARS’ HARD WORK WITH HER OWN LAETITIUS C FOR A TOPSPEC PODIUM PLACE.
LEFT: CARL HESTER PUPIL JADE CLARK AND JEMIMAH HH, SUE BRENNAN’S HOME BRED WHO SHE JOINTLY OWNS, PUT A WILD WARM UP BEHIND THEM TO PULL OFF A TITLEWINNING PERFORMANCE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. JUST FOURTH TO GO, THEY HAD AN AGONISING ALL-DAY WAIT BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY WORTH IT!
Equitop Elementary Gold
WINNER
Sarah Wilkinson
with Koko II EQUITOP ELEMENTARY GOLD
Sarah Wilkinson with her own Koko II 74.81%
Becky Moody with Jo Cooper’s Jack Diamond 74.38%
Spencer Wilton with Samantha Britton’s Woodcroft Django Mon Ami 74.28% 4 Jennifer Johnston-Harman with her own Dance With Me Fürst MFS 72.59%
5 Jezz Palmer with Richard Burge’s King IV 72.00% 6 Elijah Lovell with David Pincus’s Hawtins Don Cardinal 71.34%
7 Sara Gallop with her own Kupido-Tetti 71.19% 8 Claire Abel with her own GF Sezuki 70.84%
9 Lucy Straker with her own Didjeridu 70.66% 10 Claire Ballantyne with her own Dvorak 69.88%
LEFT: UK-BASED KIWI SARAH WILKINSON ENJOYED A FABULOUS FEW DAYS IN CHESHIRE WITH HER DESPERADO X JOHNSON SIX-YEAR-OLD KOKO II, RUNNER UP SPOT IN THE MEDIUM GOLD WAS THEN TOPPED ON THE FINAL DAY WITH VICTORY IN THE ELEMENTARY GOLD.
“SHE’S EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS! HER ATTITUDE IS AMAZING AND SHE PICKS EVERYTHING UP SO FAST – I’M HOPING SHE COULD ALSO BE
A PARIS 2024 HOPEFUL.” Sarah Wilkinson on Koko II
BELOW: JEZZ PALMER CONTINUES HIS SUCCESSFUL CHAMPIONSHIP RUN WITH RICHARD BURGE’S STALLION KING IV (GOVERNOR X JOHNSON) WITH FIFTH SPOT IN A TRULY HOT ELEMENTARY GOLD CLASS.
ABOVE: WEEKEND MASTERCLASS HOST SPENCER WILTON PUT HIS WORDS OF WISDOM INTO PRACTICE TO TAKE THIRD WITH SAMANTHA BRITTON’S WOODCROFT DJANGO MON AMI.
Equitop Elementary Silver
RIGHT: THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE! 19 YEAR OLD HEADMORE STUD STABLE JOCKEY GEORGIE NICHOLLS HIT THE HEADLINES AT THIS YEAR’S WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SHE’S CARRIED THAT FORM ON TO HER NATIONALS DEBUT. RIDING KATIE HAIGH’S SIX-YEAR-OLD WOODCROFT KIKI QUINA, SHE TOOK TWO TITLES AT SOMERFORD WITH SUPER SCORES OF 73%+. SHE WAS ALSO SECOND HERE WITH SARAH OPPENHEIMER’S HEADMORE FIGARO.
BELOW: KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY: JADE STRUTHERS TAKES A FANTASTIC FOURTH PLACE ROSETTE BACK TO HER KELSO BASE RIDING DEBBIE STRUTHERS’ SUAREZ.
RIGHT: IN JUST OVER A YEAR TOGETHER, WARWICKSHIRE RIDER JONATHAN SUTTON AND FERRERA TORRES HAVE FORMED QUITE THE PARTNERSHIP – TOP FIVE AT THE WINTERS AT NOVICE LEVEL HAS BEEN CROWNED WITH A PODIUM PLACE AT THE NATIONALS.
HOOF PRINTS EQUITOP ELEMENTARY SILVER
Georgie Nicholls with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina
73.85%
Georgie Nicholls with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Figaro
71.67%
Jonathan Sutton with his own Ferrera Torres 71.30% 4 Jade Struthers with Debbie Struthers’ Suarez 71.04% 5 Georgina Day with Mandy Day’s Princess Florina 70.47%
6 Jessica Ely with her own Formidable I 70.26% 7 Debbie Halstead with her own Illadorijke 69.64% 8 Jessica Parr with her own Gabber D 69.58% 9 Matt Jenkins with his own Branston II 69.11% =10 Francesca Segalov with her own Nigrasine Rain 69.11% =10 Musa Hussain with Claire Thomas’s D Grand Spiel 69.11%
Georgie Nicholls on Woodcroft Kika Quina
FUELLING THE DRESSAGE HORSE with Dengie Performance Fibres
WHATEVER LEVEL YOU COMPETE AT, AND NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU ARE WORKING YOUR HORSE, FIBRE SHOULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF THE RATION.
FIBRE FOR ENERGY
Often undervalued, fi bre can provide a signifi cant amount of energy for the working horse. The amount of energy supplied depends on the digestibility of the fi bre source which is infl uenced by plant type, environmental conditions and, most signifi cantly, maturity at harvest. The more mature a plant, the less digestible it will be and therefore the less energy it will provide. Straw is a particularly low energy fi bre for this reason making it fantastic for good do-ers, but not as useful for the performance horse that has a higher energy requirement.
Dengie Alfa-A Oil combines pure alfalfa with a rapeseed oil coating. Providing 12.5MJ/ kg digestible energy, Alfa-A Oil provides as much energy as a competition mix/cube, but without the starch. Based on entirely slow-release energy sources, Alfa-A Oil is particularly useful for stamina and condition without the fi zz, both of which are fundamental to the dressage horse’s performance.
"DENGIE PERFORMANCE FIBRE IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF ALFALFA WITH TASTY GRASS; IT’S IDEAL FOR THE FIT AND FUSSY HORSES ON THE YARD. I’VE BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE THE HIGH STARCH FEEDS FROM THEIR DIETS AND FEEDING A FIBREBASED RATION HAS HELPED KEEP THEM MORE FOCUSED WHILST TRAINING AND
COMPETING. " ANNA MILLER, DRESSAGE RIDER & TRAINER
FIBRE FOR DIGESTIVE HEALTH
ALICE OPPENHEIMER, INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX RIDER
Low fi bre diets combined with higher starch rations are linked to loose droppings, an increased risk of colic and gastric ulcers. When it comes to ulcers not all fi bre is the same and research has shown that alfalfa as a fi bre source is a superior buff er to acidity in the digestive tract. Feeding a double handful of a chopped alfalfa based fi bre feed in the 20-25 minutes before you ride is recommended to help prevent ‘acid splash’ in the non-glandular region of your horse’s stomach. The fi bre makes sure the stomach isn’t empty and suppresses the movement of the acidic contents when the horse moves.
Dengie Healthy Tummy combines chopped and pelleted alfalfa with a rapeseed oil coating, added herbs, vitamins and minerals, and ADM Protexin In-Feed Formula which provides live yeast and a prebiotic. When fed at the recommended quantity, no additional vitamins and minerals are required for horses working up to a moderate level.
FIBRE TO SUPPLY PROTEIN
Everyone knows that protein is vital for growth, renewal and repair. When it comes to the dressage horse this translates to strength and top line muscle condition. Having suffi cient protein in the diet is important for building muscle and it’s not just the amount of protein, but the quality as well, that matters. Your horse will obtain protein from a variety of sources in the diet including grass, forage and the
"DENGIE ALFA-A ORIGINAL IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL MY HORSES. IT FUELS THEIR TRAINING AND COMPETITION REGIMES, PROVIDING CONTROLLED ENERGY WHILST MAINTAINING CONDITION AND TOPLINE."
bucket feed. Some ingredients such as alfalfa are particularly abundant sources of protein. Alfalfa typically supplies 1.8x more lysine than average hay making it a valuable addition to the ration to help promote PERFORMANCE FEEDS muscle development. All of Dengie’s Alfa-A range of fi bre feeds are based on pure alfalfa and up to 500g per 100kg bodyweight can be fed daily.
FIBRE AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH
Stabling and travelling horses in confi ned spaces potentially increases their exposure to respirable particles which can be detrimental to respiratory health. Respirable particles include mould, amongst other things, and even hay and straw that look and smell ok to us can still contain a signifi cant mould count and have the potential to do harm. Dengie Performance Fibre combines precision-dried grasses and alfalfa with a light molasses and oil coating with added spearmint oil. As both the grasses and alfalfa are precision-dried, Performance Fibre provides an exceptionally clean fi bre source for the performance horse and can also be used as a partial forage replacer. Performance Fibre is a highly palatable fi bre feed which is really useful for helping to tempt the fussy feeder which can be a particular problem in the fi t horse, regularly travelling away from home.
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BETTALIFE Novice Gold & Silver
WINNER
Sarah Rogers
with Full Moon II “I’M DELIGHTED WITH HIM TODAY. HE WAS A LITTLE UNSURE AT TIMES BUT I FEEL LIKE IN THE END HE JUST TRUSTED ME – HE’S SO TALENTED. HE’S LOVELY TO WORK WITH AND REALLY SWEET.”
Sarah Rogers on Full Moon
LEFT: SARAH ROGERS AND FULL MOON TOTALLY ECLIPSED THE COMPETITION IN THE NOVICE GOLD! BRED BY URSULA BECHTOLSHEIMER, ‘MOONY’ HAS BEEN RIDDEN AND PRODUCED BY SARAH AT LAURA TOMLINSON’S YARD WHERE SHE’S A TEAM MEMBER.
RIGHT: HAMPSHIRE FREELANCE RIDER AND TRAINER ROB TROBRIDGE AND HIS MILLENNIUM-SIRED MATTEO COMPLETED THE HIGH SCORING PODIUM.
BETTALIFE NOVICE GOLD
Sarah Rogers with Ursula Bechtolsheimer and Laura Tomlinson’s Full Moon II 77.85%
Alex Baker with Elite Dressage’s Newton Tiger 73.70% Rob Trobridge with his own Matteo 73.11% 4 Claire Abel with her own GF Sezuki 71.41%
5 Kate Cowell with Suzie Farnon’s Final Reign 106
70.67%
6 Antonia Brown with Sara Lucas’s SJL Liberty 70.30% 7 Amy Woodhead with Katherine Bateson’s Kasanova III 70.07% (284) 8 Matthew Burnett with his own Mackintosh I
9 Katie Bailey with Matilda Carnegie’s Rouletta K
70.07% (282)
70.00%
10 Bryony Goodwin with Sue Chaplin’s Sparkle II
69.81%
RIGHT: NEWTON TIGER WAS A BUSY GIRL OVER THE CHAMPIONSHIPS – TWO TITLES WITH TWO RIDERS, AND JUST FIVE YEARS OLD! BUT THIS MARE TAKES IT ALL IN HER STRIDE – DEFINITELY ONE TO WATCH FROM ELITE DRESSAGE.
BETTALIFE NOVICE SILVER
Georgie Nicholls with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina
Lucyanna Westaway with Sarah-Jane Cox’s Keystone Rocketman
Matthew Procter with Astrid Bolton’s AB Kensington 4 George Harrison with his own Britain’s Got Talent
73.83%
72.35%
72.04%
70.43%
=5 Alexandra Ratcliffe with her own Heaven v/h Trichelhof
70.12%
=5 Tia Owen with Nicola Owen’s Wasserfallen 70.12%
7 Hilary Cowie with Emma Cowie’s Shall We Dance II
69.94%
8 Olivia Commins with her own Scuderarri 69.57%
9 Martina Lella with Kathrine Carter’s Akira Euphoria 10 Musa Husssain with Claire Thomas’s D Grand Spiel
69.20%
69.14%
LEFT: CHAMPIONS TWICE: GEORGIE NICHOLLS AND WOODCROFT KIKA QUINA SCORE THE DOUBLE IN THE NOVICE AND ELEMENTARY SILVER RANKS FOR OWNER KATIE HAIGH WHO WILL TAKE OVER THE RIDE FOR A CAREER IN PARA DRESSAGE.
RIGHT: BRITISH BRED KEYSTONE ROCKETMAN AND LUCYANNA WESTAWAY SEIZED THEIR WILDCARD TICKET OPPORTUNITY TO THE MAXIMUM WITH A STELLAR PERFORMANCE TO FINISH AS RESERVE CHAMPIONS FOR OWNER SARAH-JANE COX.
HOOF PRINTS
“AS ALWAYS SHE GIVES ME 100% - IT’S SUCH AN AMAZING FEELING WHEN A HORSE DOES THAT! SHE JUST LOVES
LEFT: MATTHEW PROCTER AND AB KENSINGTON, AKA MOOSE, OWNED BY ASTRID BOLTON, CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY UP THE LADDER OF SUCCESS WITH THIRD SPOT ON THEIR NATIONALS DEBUT.
Mobiliser Preliminary Gold
MOBILISER PRELIMINARY GOLD
Freya Metters with Raine Harthern’s Heathersedge Just a Vision
Lucy Goodman with David Pincus’s Sheepcote Big Deal
75.00%
73.22%
Georgie Wheeler with her own Luxe PB 72.18% 4 Bridget Tate with her own Dancing Magic 71.90% 5 Kirsty Imm with her own Dancini T 71.09% 6 Emma Jablonski with her own Multivision 70.86% 7 Jess Ralton with Elite Dressage’s Newton Freezeframe 69.71%
8 Carmen Gammie with her own Let’s Make an Opera M 9 Kerry Mackin with Lucy Mansfi eld’s First Dancer
69.60%
69.54%
10 Lucy Baker with her own Last Dancer 69.37%
WINNER
Freya Metters
with Heathersedge Just a Vision
ABOVE: A POST-LOCKDOWN CHANGE FROM SHOWING TO DRESSAGE FOR HEATHERSEDGE JUST A VISION, AKA JACK, BY RIDER FREYA METTERS HAS REAPED DIVIDENDS AS THE DUO MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST EVER PRELIM GOLD CHAMPIONS.
ABOVE: IN HER ROLE SUPPORTING THE WORLD CLASS PROGRAMME, SHE HELPS ELITE RIDERS WIN MEDALS BUT ON THIS OCCASION, IT WAS A PODIUM FINISH OF HER OWN FOR GEORGIE WHEELER AND LUXE PB.
“HE’S QUITE HARD WORK IN THE STABLE! HE’S A SECRET STRESSER SO HE LIVES OUT, BUT TO RIDE, HE’S
A DREAM!” Freya Metters on Heathersedge Just a Vision
BELOW: LUCY GOODMAN PILOTS FIVE-YEAR-OLD SHEEPCOTE BIG DEAL TO RUNNERS UP SPOT FOR OWNER AND BREEDER DAVID PINCUS.
Mobiliser Preliminary Silver
MOBILISER PRELIMINARY SILVER
Anna Burns with Becky Moody’s Magic Dream 72.82% Virginie De Senneville with her own Eastwood V 72.24%
Ella Horner with her own Valencia II 71.55%
4 Sasha Good with Jade Deter’s L’Sierra 71.55% 5 Matthew Procter with Astrid Bolton’s AB Milton D 70.69%
6 Alicia Roberts with Katie Roberts’ Godin Linda
70.23%
7 Matthew Procter with Astrid Bolton’s AB Kensington 8 Natasha Worsick with Lisa Worsick’s Shannondale Shagosha
70.00%
69.31%
9 Emma Tytherleigh with her own Hirstcount 69.20% 10 Katie Stephens-Grandy with her own Rathcline Kestrel 68.97%
“WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME! SHE [MAGIC DREAM] KEPT REALLY CALM, AND IT WAS STRESS-FREE WHICH WAS ALL I REALLY WANTED FOR A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.” Anna Burns on her ride with Magic Dream.
RIGHT: ORIGINALLY FROM MAURITIUS BUT CURRENTLY BASED IN WARWICKSHIRE, VIRGINIE DE SENNEVILLE PRODUCED A CONFIDENT PERFORMANCE FROM EASTWOOD V DESPITE HIM BEING JUST FOUR.
BELOW: ELLA HORNER EDGES A PODIUM PLACE ON COLLECTIVES WITH HER OWN FOUR-YEAR-OLD VALENCIA II (VIVALDI X DETROIT). LEFT: IN A MAMMOTH 45-STRONG CLASS, IT WAS NATIONALS DEBUTANT ANNA BURNS WHO SHONE THROUGH WITH BECKY MOODY’S ATTRACTIVE FOUR-YEAROLD, MAGIC DREAM.
HOOF PRINTS
SHEARWATER YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FOUR YEAR OLDS
Charlotte Dujardin with her own and Peter Belshaw’s Mon Amour
Michael Eilberg with Ferdi Eilberg’s Franklin Hit Anna Burns with Becky Moody’s Magic Dream 4 Melissa Chapman with Michael Chapman’s Majesteit TCE
RIGHT: CHALROTTE DUJARDIN RECEIVES THE SHEARWATER INSURANCE TROPHY FROM JEREMY LAWTON FOR VICTORY WITH PETER BELSHAW’S ONE TO WATCH, MON AMOUR (S. MARTINEZ).
LEFT: BETH BAINBRIDGE AND ELITE DRESSAGE’S NEWTON TIGER (BLUE HORS FIRST CHOICE X SANDRO HIT) FLY THE BRITISH-BRED FLAG PROUDLY WITH A WIN IN THE FIVE YEAR OLDS.
SHEARWATER YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FIVE YEAR OLDS
Beth Bainbridge with Elite Dressage’s Newton Tiger Jenny Martell with Emma Blundell’s MSJ Gold Standard Luis Vilhena with his own Loves Black STH
4 Amy Woodhead with Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Forever
LEFT: SADIE SMITH AND SWANMORE DANTINA (DANTE WELTINO X CHARATIN), TOP AN ALL BRITISH-BRED LINE UP IN THE SIX YEAR OLD DIVISION.
Judge David Hunt on Swanmore Dantina
SHEARWATER YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
SIX YEAR OLDS
Sadie Smith with her own Swanmore Dantina
Michael Eilberg with Nichola Hannam’s MSJ Encore Greg Sims with Stena Hoerner’s Waverley Fellini 4 Charlotte Dicker with Charlotte Nash’s Keystone Divino
LEFT: MSJ ENCORE (S. ESCOLAR) IS SIX-YEAR-OLD RESERVE CHAMPION FOR OWNER NICHOLA HANNAM WITH RIDER MICHAEL ELBERG.
7 year olds WINNER
Becky Moody
with Jagerbomb
ABOVE: BECKY MOODY AND JAGERBOMB WERE BUSY BEES AT SOMERFORD. THEY NEVER FINISHED OUTSIDE THE TOP TWO IN FOUR TESTS. THEIR EMPHATIC WIN IN THE 7YO WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE.
LEFT: SHANNON EQUESTRIAN’S DAMARIS S IS THE 2021 7YO RESERVE CHAMPION UNDER CALUM WHITWORTH.
BRITISH DRESSAGE 7YO YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP
Becky Moody
ABOVE: RIDE JUDGE TOM GOODE ABOARD LUIS VALHENA’S LOVES BLACK STH, THIRD IN THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD SECTION. Becky Moody with her own Jagerbomb 76.21% Calum Whitworth with Shannon Equestrian’s Damaris S 73.06% Becky Moody with Jo Cooper’s Jack Diamond 71.43%
4 Sara-Jane Lanning with Nicola Seale’s Hawtins Lirica
70.80%
5 Sara Gallop with her own Jovano 69.71% 6 Andrew Gould with Jo and Terry Barnett-Knott’s Active Solaris 69.70%
7 Jane Morris with her own Silverstar Z 69.03% 8 Abbie Newbury with Keith Taylor’s Seagry Firstamour 68.62% 9 Ashley Jenkins with Jo Handman’s SS Aphrodite 68.35% 10 Lisa Marriott with her own Junos Whispering Angel 68.05%
British Dressage Under 21 Championship
HOOF PRINTS RIGHT: ANNABELLA PIDGLEY AND SULTAN DES PALUDS HAD A BUSY SUNDAY – TWO TESTS, TWO NATIONAL TITLES. THEY REPLICATED THE FORM WHICH EARNED THEM TWO INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN SILVER MEDALS TO WIN THE OVERALL U21 CHAMPIONSHIP IN EMPHATIC STYLE.
BELOW: IT WAS RUNNERS UP SPOT TOO FOR ANNABELLA PIDGLEY WITH HER OTHER RIDE, DIBERT L, OWNED BY SARAH PIDGLEY.
WINNER
Annabella Pidgley with
Sultan Des Paluds
ABOVE: BEST PLACED YOUNG RIDER COMBINATION CHARLOTTE LUTENER AND FULL FUSION BS FINISH SIXTH OVERALL.
BELOW: METTE DAHL AND FIONA BIGWOOD’S GEORGE CLOONEY BS FINISH THIRD AND BEST PONY DUO. METTE WAS ALSO FIFTH WITH HER JUNIOR RIDE, FLORINA 146. BRITISH DRESSAGE UNDER 21 CHAMPIONSHIP
Annabella Pidgley with Sarah Pidgley’s Sultan Des Paluds 75.66% (Junior)
Annabella Oidgley with Sarah Pidgley’s Dibert L 72.93% (Junior)
Mette Dahl with Fiona Bigwood’s George Clooney BS 72.10% (Pony) 4 Ruby Hughes with Shirley Rixon’s Hilkens Showgirl 70.76% (Pony) 5 Mette Dahl with Fiona Bigwood’s Florina 146 68.48% (Junior) 6 Charlotte Lutener with her own Full Fusion BS 68.28% (Young Rider) 7 Myles Graham with Caron Roberts’ Dresscode Cocktail 68.05% (Pony) 8 Gemma Owen with her own Sirius Black III 67.99% (Young Rider) 9 Beatrice Butterworth with
Sharon Butterworth’s Carlsson 67.71% (Pony) 10 Isobel Lickley with Van Olst Horses’ Lord Leatherdale 67.58% (Junior)
HOOF PRINTS
Equissage Pulse Gold Para Dressage Championships
ABOVE: CHARLOTTE CUNDALL TOPS AN AMAZING SEASON IN THE GRADE V WITH FIRST AND SECOND – PICTURED WITH THE VEYRON PARTNERSHIP’S FJ VEYRON, AKA DUKE.
BELOW: NICOLA NAYLOR HAD TWO IN THE TOP THREE IN THE GRADE IV AND IT WAS HUMBERTO L WHO TOOK THE TITLE.
ABOVE: BACK ON FORM: CORNELIA COOK’S DIVINITY COMES BACK FROM ILLNESS UNDER JULIE PAYNE TO TAKE THE GRADE II SPOILS. EQUISSAGE PULSE PARA DRESSAGE GOLD
GRADE I
Gabriella Blake with her own Strong Beau 74.17%
Jamie Winduss with Jane Howard’s Day and Night 73.10%
GRADE II
Julie Payne with Cornelia Cook’s Divinity 67.01% Jemima Green with her own Elrite 66.23% Natasha Adkinson with Yvonne Bennett’s Sweet Caledonia 65.88%
GRADE III
Erin Orford with Henrietta Cheetham’s LJT Diamond Crusador
69.51%
GRADE IV
Nicola Naylor with her own Humberto L 70.89% Izzy Palmer with Cat Austin’s Je Suis Adiva 70.00% Nicola Naylor with her own Del Piero 69.67% 4 Katie Radzik with her own Showkia 68.66%
5 Sara Bates with her own Tango VII 67.85% 6 Laura Scott with Catherine Witt’s Koko Pop 67.68% 7 Rachel Collins with her own Fine-time 66.87%
8 Laura Gulliver with Woodcroft Stud’s Woodcroft Garuda K
66.26%
9 Alicia Griffi ths with her own Aegrus Ophelia 65.93% 10 Marcelle Ward with her own Ivanho II 63.62%
GRADE V
Charlotte Cundall with The Veyron Partnership’s FJ Veyron
Charlotte Cundall with Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Simply Red
Joanne Dagley-Cleworth with her own Uptimistic 4 Hope Hayward with Sean Reynolds’ Et L’Amour
70.32%
69.25%
66.11%
64.64%
LEFT: ERIN ORFORD IS ALL SMILES AS SHE GETS HER PRIZES FROM EQUISSAGE PULSE’S CHARLOTTE WALKER FOR HER GRADE III WIN WITH HENRIETTA CHEETHAM’S LJT DIAMOND CRUSADOR.
RIGHT: GABRIELLA BLAKE AND STRONG BEAU STORM TO THE BEST SCORE OVER THE GRADES TO TAKE GRADE I HONOURS.
