British Dressage - Issue 6 2021

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t’s a well-used phrase, but after a ‘year like no other’, we’re all looking forward to a bit of normality and a chance to celebrate. The LeMieux National Championships, being held at Somerford Park, Cheshire on 16-19 September will offer the perfect opportunity.

We certainly can’t wait to award national titles to competitors who have worked so hard to train, compete and qualify under often-trying circumstances this year. For some, just getting onto that centre line will be a tremendous achievement in itself, and anything else a bonus.

In addition, the chance to get out and enjoy our sport, mingle with other like-minded people, pore over the scoreboard, indulge in a little shopping and be inspired by the Masterclasses and words of wisdom in the BD Fanzone will be a long-awaited return to what we have missed so much.

There’s no doubt it’s been a difficult couple of years with sadness and frustration for many, or just the disappointment of missed opportunities with a much-loved horse, but we can take heart from the fact that dressage is just as vibrant and compelling as ever.

This was evidenced in the thrilling performances of our Olympians and Paralympians in Tokyo. As we go to press, the para combinations were set to defend their exceptional medal record, having overcome more difficulties than most of us can comprehend during lockdown.

And the excitement generated by Carl, Charlotte and Lottie taking inexperienced horses into that spectacular arena and conjuring performances beyond expectations leaves a glow that will be hard to extinguish.

Our dressage riders in Tokyo have also demonstrated the power of hard work and self-belief, something that we can all benefit from and build on with our own horses.

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NEWS NATIONALS HERE WE COME The countdown to the LeMieux National Championships, to be held at Somerford Park, Cheshire from 16-19 September, is almost complete.

Top dressage competition, masterclasses, Fanzone, shopping and more - the 2021 LeMieux National Dressage Championships will have it all!

A packed programme for the championships will see action in three arenas for the first time from Prelim up to Grand Prix, including the crowning of the new LeMieux National Grand Prix Champion.

The Shearwater Young Horse Classes will showcase up-andcoming talent, while you’ll also be able pick up training tips and insight in our daily masterclasses.

New for 2021, we’ll also have a Fanzone, with interviews, advice and views from those

ONWARD TO PARIS Funding of £232 million has been announced to support Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes in preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The £232 million will be used to back aspiring Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes as well as their coaches and support staff, in addition to funding from the National Lottery. This £77.4 million a year to elite sport agency UK Sport is an increase from the £54 million a year government cash UK Sport received for Tokyo 2020 – a rise of more than 44 per cent.

Athletes will be in line to benefit from UK Sport’s World Class Programme and Progression Funding, which will provide vital support towards reaching the pinnacle of their sports as preparations begin for Paris 2024 and beyond.

Team GB and Northern Ireland won 65 medals in 25 different disciplines at the Tokyo 2020 games, including team bronze for dressage with individual bronze for Charlotte Dujardin. These medals placed Great Britain and Northern Ireland fourth in the medal table.

With the challenges of disrupted training schedules, lockdowns and additional safety measures, lottery and government funding, coupled with athletes’ hard work and extreme dedication, enabled 376 Team GB athletes to be selected for Tokyo - making it the biggest Team GB at an overseas games.

in the know in the dressage world throughout the four days.

Retail therapy is a famous feature of the Nationals and the Shopping Village will offer some of Britain’s best equine brands, featuring everything from leather goods and saddlery to rider wear and gifts. There’s also a food court with a range of food and drink options available to make sure you’re fully refreshed during your visit.

Tickets must be purchased in advance this year and will not be available on the gate.

We’re also offering a COVID-19 money back guarantee so you can buy your tickets in confidence.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the LeMieux National Championships page on the website.

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATI ONS! Jezz and Lucy Palmer tied the knot on 8 August at Holywell Estate in the South Downs.

SUPER NOVA RETIRES

Spencer Wilton’s international horse Super Nova II, aka Neville, has been retired at the age of 18.

By De Niro, the Hanoverian gelding was originally produced by Carl Hester, but was purchased by Jen Goodman for Spencer to ride in 2020.

After gaining the PSG crown at the national championships in 2013, Spencer and Neville went on to represent Great Britain internationally, winning team silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and team bronze at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, USA in 2018.

They then made a successful international comeback in 2020 after more than a year off.

Neville will continue to be looked after by Spencer’s groom Claire Hinton in his retirement and will enjoy some hacking.

Spencer said: “Neville has been my horse-of-a-lifetime and has given his owner Jen Goodman and myself the most amazing journey with memories that will stay with us forever. It’s been a blast!”

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TOKYO OLYMPICS.

BRONZE BRILLIANCE IT WAS A GAMES LIKE NO OTHER FOR SO MANY REASONS, BUT OUR RIDERS, HORSES, GROOMS, OWNERS AND SUPPORT TEAM OVERCAME THE CHALLENGES TO RETURN HOME FROM TOKYO WITH TWO BRONZE MEDALS TO THEIR CREDIT. THE TEAM BATTLED HARD WITH THE USA TO MISS SECOND PLACE BY LESS THAN ONE PERCENT WHILE THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME ON GIO GAVE CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN INDIVIDUAL BRONZE AND A PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.

LEFT: FEW OLYMPIC DEBUTANTES HAVE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT: LOTTIE FRY AND EVERDALE CAPTIVATE UNDER THE LIGHTS. RIGHT: A BRONZE MEDAL NEVER MEANT MORE - PROOF THAT THE THE DECISION TO TAKE A YOUNG HORSE WAS A GOOD ONE PLUS A PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS BRITAIN’S MOST DECORATED FEMALE OLYMPIAN.

ABOVE: THE RIDERS ARE JOINED BY GROOMS STEPH SHARPLES, STEVEN CALEY, ALAN DAVIES AND LUCY SCUDAMORE WITH PERFORMANCE MANAGER CAROLINE GRIFFITH FRONT AND CENTRE.

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TOKYO OLYMPICS.

LEFT: THE POCKET ROCKET WITH A HEART THE SIZE OF THE MOON: GIO GAVE HIS ALL FOR CHARLOTTE AND AT JUST 10 POSTED THREE 80%-PLUS SCORES IN ONLY HIS THIRD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. BELOW: THIS IS WHAT 78.34% AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES FEELS LIKE! CARL HESTER AND EN VOGUE, OWNED BY CHARLOTTE, LADY EVANS AND SANDRA BIDDLECOME, FIND THEIR MOJO IN THE SPECIAL TO PUT TEAM GB ON COURSE FOR A MEDAL.

ABOVE: IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU SEE DRESSAGE RIDERS TROTTING UP IN TRACKSUITS BUT THIS IS THE OLYMPICS! TRAVELLING RESERVES GARETH HUGHES AND SINTANO VAN HOF OLYMPIA MAKE ANYTHING LOOK STYLISH.

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TOKYO OLYMPICS.

RIGHT: GARETH MAY HAVE HAD THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK AS RESERVE BUT HE WAS THE PERFECT TEAM MATE...AND ALWAYS FULL OF ENERGY! THANKS TO OWNER JUDY FIRMSTON-WILLIAMS AND TEAM HUGHES FOR YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT. BELOW: IT TAKES A VILLAGE: THE TEAM BEHIND THE RIDERS AND HORSES IS A WELL-OILED MACHINE AND THE RIDERS SAY THE MEDALS BELONG TO ALL WHO GET THEM INTO THE ARENA.

ABOVE: HE MAY HAVE BEEN TEAM GB’S OLDEST MEMBER BUT TOKYO WAS ONE OF HIS FINEST GAMES, CARL HESTER WE SALUTE YOU! LEFT: CHARLOTTE AND ‘PUMPKIN’ SAFETY, CHARLOTTE CHOSE TO WEAR HER PATRIOTIC HAT AND PUT THE MESSAGE ‘ONE HEAD, ONE LIFE’ ON SOCIALS.

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LAMENESS.

ABOVE: ACCORDING TO RESEARCH, HORSES CARRY 60-65% OF THEIR WEIGHT ON THEIR FORELEGS.

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LAMENESS CAN LIMIT THE DRESSAGE HORSE’S POTENTIAL OR END A CAREER, SO EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE TREATMENT IS VITAL. A COMBINATION OF THE LATEST TECHNIQUES AND AN EXPERIENCED EYE CAN SHOW THE WAY FORWARD, REPORTS BARBARA YOUNG.

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efined as any alteration of the horse’s gait, minor lameness can manifest in many ways, including change in attitude and loss of performance.

While these abnormalities can be caused by pain and discomfort in the neck, withers, shoulders, back, hips, legs or feet, a vet evaluation can keep potentially small problems from becoming big ones.

According to research, horses carry 6065% of their body weight on their forelegs, (the site of most common lamenesses with 90% in or below the knee) with 80% of hind limb injuries occurring in the stifle and hock.

If your vet has cause for concern based on initial examination, they may recommend further tests, including diagnostic nerve or joint blocks, radiographs, nuclear scanning, ultrasound, arthroscopy or examination of 12 // Issue 6 2021 // BRITISH DRESSAGE

blood, synovial fluid and tissue samples.

More recently, vets’ toolboxes have expanded to include new technology, including gait analysis and stem cell treatment.

According to Robert Oulton, senior veterinary surgeon at Scott Dunn’s Equine Clinic and support team vet for the British Equestrian Federation Podium Potential squads, the first step for diagnosis of lameness involves taking a thorough history on the individual horse from the rider.

VARIOUS GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS ARE BEGINNING TO BE USED TO ASSIST WITH LAMENESS.

He points out that questions such as ‘When were problems noted? What was the horse doing at the time? What does the horse find difficult to do typically in work?’ and ‘Has the horse had any issues or treatments in the past?’ can all help build a picture of which potential issues could be at play.

“This is followed by a thorough clinical examination, evaluating the horse’s musculature, limb placement, posture and general conformation. Palpation of limbs (tendons, joints), palpation of musculature for areas of tightness or tenderness, and evaluation of static foot balance can provide important clues.

“After this, the horse is evaluated in a straight line in walk and trot and flexion of each limb is performed. The horse is assessed to ascertain how it responds to passive flexion and how a brief period of holding the limb in

LAMENESS.

flexion affects its movement post -flexion.

“Next, the horse is lunged in walk and trot on a firm flat surface (briefly) and on a soft surface in walk, trot and canter. In some cases it is also useful to observe the horse ridden, particularly if the lameness is subtle or more an issue with performance rather than an overt lameness.

“Regional analgesia (nerve blocks and joint blocks) helps to locate the lameness, which involves placing a small amount of a local anaesthetic around different nerves or into joints starting with the lowest structures, until the lameness is resolved.”

According to Rob, various gait analysis systems are beginning to be used to assist with lameness.

“These can be very useful to help detect mild asymmetry in a horse’s movement but must be interpreted carefully. Some mild asymmetric patterns may be normal for a horse, but noticing a change in a typical pattern could be significant. If used to aid diagnosis of which limb is lame in a horse, repeating readings before and after blocking is crucial to note the change or effect the block has had. Overall experience is key.”

Rob highlights the importance of an accurate diagnosis which will allow optimum recovery plans to be made.

“This particularly depends on the injury or support the horse may need. I do not usually jump to the most expensive or newest treatment for the sake of it. Every situation is individual and requires thorough discussion about all options with your home team.

“I will happily turn horses away if I am comfortable it would not make an injury worse.

In some cases this is an excellent option, although it may take longer for an injury to heal and get back to full work. If the client is understanding of this fact, it is often a viable option to be discussed.”

Repetitive wear and tear coupled with the poor regenerative capacity of cartilage means that osteoarthritis is essentially managed rather than resolved. Treatment options range from anti-inflammatory medication given in feed to

targeted medications injected into the joint.

Vets and scientists have worked to identify treatments that can address both the symptoms of osteoarthritis and the disease process itself to help ‘turn back the clock’.

STEM CELL TREATMENT Recent research has studied the use of stem cells to try and achieve these goals.

Stem cells have many properties, including the release of natural anti-inflammatory substances and their ability to ‘instruct’ the horse’s own cells to increase production of new tissues at the site of an injury.

Stem cells have shown promise for use in equine joint disease but their production has involved lengthy, expensive and invasive procedures to harvest them from the patient’s own bone marrow and results have been variable.

A breakthrough came in 2019 when the first stem cells that could be isolated, grown

in a laboratory and licensed as a veterinary medicine became available. Modern techniques meant that these medicines could be produced to a consistent standard and subjected to clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy.

These veterinary medicines are now available to treat appropriate cases, where lameness associated with osteoarthritis needs to be resolved but the longevity of treatment is also important.

Rob Oulton sees stem cells as another tool to help in the fight to maintain joint health.

“With continued research these treatments will no doubt continue to advance and give us greater longevity for maintenance of performance in our competition horses, particularly when issues can be detected at an early stage.

“Regular assessment of competition horses instead of waiting for a lameness is one method to allow for early intervention, alongside regular monitoring of joint health with radiographs and even MRI. When joint disease does begin to affect joints, and in particular when cartilage degeneration is likely advanced within a joint, reducing inflammation with other methods (including corticosteroids) helps to maintain comfort and function for performance. Reducing 

ABOVE: EVALUATION OF THE HORSE IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT WALK AND TROT IS A KEY ELEMENT OF DIAGNOSING LAMENESS. BELOW: STEM CELL TREATMENT HAS SHOWN PROMISE FOR USE IN EQUINE JOINT DISEASE.

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PREVENTION - NOT CURE

ABOVE: GAIT ANALYSIS CAN BE USEFUL FOR REGULAR ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITION HORSES AS WELL AS IN DIAGNOSIS OF LAMENESS.

inflammation in itself will help to slow disease advancement as well.

“Overall, the more tools we can have to not only treat current disease (which often may be subclinical and more of a performance limiting issue in dressage horses) but allow for early intervention to hopefully prevent or stall joint disease, will give better outcomes long term.”

ARE YOU COVERED?

would have restricted cover on lameness diagnosis.

“However, if the horse had a hindlimb exclusion, any diagnostics carried out on the forelimbs would be covered if they were also not excluded.”

Be aware that costs can escalate quickly if the cause of the lameness is not straightforward.

“An example of this is if the horse needs an MRI scan after previous diagnostics already carried out and nothing found.

Unfortunately, once the veterinary limit is reached on a claim, the client must settle any further costs themselves. At Shearwater we offer an enhanced vets fees limit and can offer up to £7,500 worth of cover, giving owners increased peace of mind.

Lameness exclusions are reviewed on a caseby-case basis, so if it was a small injury and no further issues have occurred, underwriters may remove the exclusions after 1-2 years.

“Our recommendation would be for an owner to take full vets fees cover and read all the policy wording prior to taking out the cover to ensure they are aware of any restrictions.” 

REGULAR ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITION HORSES INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A LAMENESS IS ONE METHOD TO ALLOW FOR EARLY INTERVENTION

When it comes to knowing which lameness diagnostic tools are likely to be covered in policies, Shearwater Insurance points out that as long as it is a valid claim (not for a pre-existing condition) it would include all lameness diagnostics.

“We do ask that clients discuss the more costly diagnostic tools, such as MRI, CT and bone scans, with us prior to authorising these with their vets. Some policies may have restrictions or limitations on some of the more costly diagnostics,” explains Kirsty Law, Assistant Equine Manager.

“Generally, in order for diagnostics to be fully covered, a client would require full veterinary cover. We do have some policies that offer a more limited cover such as external accidental injury or catastrophe, both of these policies 14 // Issue 6 2021 // BRITISH DRESSAGE

Owned by the Thurman-Baker family since 2009, Highcliffe Apollo has competed to international level with Samantha and Joanna Thurman-Baker, as well as Juliette Lindsay, who also partnered him in Young Riders. The 19-year-old gelding will soon be out with Junior rider Scarlett John in Junior FEI classes.

“Apollo thrives on work and is as fit as a fiddle because we follow the guidance and knowledge of our vet Rob Oulton,” explains Joanna. “We look for prevention rather than cure and do not allow him to go lame through negligence of not receiving the required veterinary treatments.

“As we run a busy yard with multiple horses and also breed, Rob visits on a regular basis.

He has worked with Apollo for more than five years and is in tune with how he moves.

Building a trusting relationship with your vet is vital - Rob trusts our judgment to know when Apollo needs an assessment, which happens twice a year when Apollo needs his coffin and hock joints re-medicating, using Triamcinalone and sodium hyluronate.

“When I was on the World Class and Youth programmes, Apollo was assessed by a full team of vet, physio and farrier (both our home team and respective teams) several times throughout the year. This is a great practice to get into - I will often try to schedule in a day where the farrier, physio and vet are all here so they can discuss their respective knowledge for a particular horse.

Apollo also has acupuncture from Rob as and when required. All of this is vital to ensuring he stays fit and healthy. The body is a machine - it must be kept in top condition to avoid breakdown.

“If you have an older horse that is presenting slight lameness, listen to your vet’s advice. Also get a second opinion from a top vet within your field and get your entire team discussing it to weigh up the pros and cons.

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ABOVE: KATE COWELL AND RAY-BAN CLAIMED SECOND PLACE. ABOVE: RUNNERS-UP IN THIS CLASS LAST YEAR, NATHALIE KAYAL AND DHI CLEVERBOY WENT ONE BETTER TO CLAIM THE 2021 SUPERFLEX INTERMEDIATE I GOLD TITLE.

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LEFT: KIMBERLY-ALICE SEABY AND DUTCH CLASS COMPLETED THE TOP THREE.

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Superflex Intermediate I Freestyle Gold

SUPERFLEX INTERMEDIATE I FREESTYLE GOLD

Alice Oppenheimer with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Bella Ruby

74.16%

Kate Cowell with her own Ray-Ban

73.08%

Sara-Jane Lanning with her own Sigurd

71.29%

4 Elizabeth Allen with her own Heraldik

69.87%

5 Jess Bennett with her own JB Dukaat

68.87%

6 Cornelia O’Mahony with Adam Signy’s Formidable

68.83%

7 Sam Rahmatalla with her own Hawtins Falerno

68.45%

WINNER Alice Oppenheimer with

Headmore Bella Ruby

8 Harriet Kipping with her own Camelot’s Black Knight 68.16% 9 Claire Abel with her own Rowan Magic

68.00%

10 Samantha Willson with Jacqueline Willson’s Delhurens Sunshine

67.79%

RIGHT: ALICE OPPENHEIMER HAD A FABULOUS WEEK CLAIMING THE SUPERFLEX INTERMEDIATE I FREESTYLE GOLD ON 74.16% WITH HEADMORE BELLA RUBY TO ADD TO HER EARLIER MAGIC PSG FREESTYLE GOLD WIN.

BELOW: THIRD PLACE WENT TO SARA-JANE LANNING AND HER 15-YEAR-OLD RICHMANSIRED GELDING, SIGURD.

“IT WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL AT THE END OF THE TEST BECAUSE IT’S A REALLY SPECIAL FEELING WHEN THE HORSE GIVES YOU ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THE ARENA.” – Alice Oppenheimer

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Magic Prix St Georges Gold LEFT: RUNNERS-UP, NATHALIE KAYAL AND DHI CLEVERBOY.

MAGIC PRIX ST GEORGES GOLD Andrew Gould with Tatiana Milne-Skillman’s Genie III 70.43% Nathalie Kayal with her own DHI Cleverboy

69.78%

Nathalie Kayal with her own Woodcroft St Emilion 69.14% 4 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Bellegra 68.90% 5 Sarah Dwyer-Coles with her own Casino-Royale

68.46%

6 Alice Oppenheimer with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Bella Ruby

68.42%

7 Sara-Jane Lanning with her own Sigurd

68.15%

8 Nicola Buchanan with The Countess of Shaftesbury’s St Giles Bon Bon

67.54%

9 Tyler Bradshaw with her own Gijsbert

67.45%

10 Cornelia O’Mahony with Adam Signy’s Formidable 67.41%

“HE’S HAD A SUPER START TO THE SEASON AND CAME OUT CONFIDENT.” – Andrew Gould on Genie III

WINNER Andrew Gould with

Genie III

ABOVE: NATHALIE KAYAL AND WOODCROFT ST EMILION (BY ST MORITZ) COMPLETED THE TOP THREE. RIGHT: ANDREW GOULD WITH TATIANA MILNESKILLMAN’S 10-YEAR-OLD STALLION GENIE III (ZHIVAGO X SANDRO HIT) ON THEIR WAY TO VICTORY IN THE MAGIC PRIX ST GEORGES GOLD.

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Magic Prix St Georges Freestyle Gold MAGIC PRIX ST GEORGES FREESTYLE GOLD

Alice Oppenheimer with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Bella Ruby

73.66%

Andrew Gould with Tatiana Milne-Skillman’s Genie III 73.16%

WINNER Alice Oppenheimer with

Headmore Bella Ruby

Nathalie Kayal with her own DHI Cleverboy

72.75%

4 Nicola Buchanan with The Countess of Shaftesbury’s St Giles Bon Bon

72.16%

5 Sara-Jane Lanning with her own Sigurd

72.08%

6 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Bellegra 72.00% 7 Nathalie Kayal with her own Woodcroft St Emilion 71.04% 8 Zoe Sopp with Al Shira’aa Farms’ Borella

70.87%

9 Sarah Dwyer-Coles with her own Casino-Royale

70.62%

10 Anne-Marie Rawlins with Dane Rawlins’ Etoile 11

68.91%

LEFT: NAF FIVE STAR WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS WONDER WOMAN ALICE OPPENHEIMER PRESENTED AN ENJOYABLE LES MISÈRABLES PROGRAMME WITH HEADMORE BELLA RUBY (BELISSIMO M X RUBINSTEIN) TO WIN THE MAGIC PRIX ST GEORGES FREESTYLE GOLD. BELOW: NICOLA BUCHANAN AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD OLDENBURG, ST GILES BON BON IMPRESSED FOR FOURTH PLACE.

“IF YOU’VE GOT A HORSE THAT CAN COME HERE AND HANDLE THE ATMOSPHERE, YOU KNOW YOU’VE GOT A SPECIAL HORSE.” – Alice Oppenheimer

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Charles Owen Advanced Medium Gold INSET: KATIE BAILEY AND DEFAGO, OWNED BY ELISSA BUCHER, DELIVERED A SUPER TEST FOR 75.61% AND SECOND PLACE.

CHARLES OWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM GOLD Charlotte Dujardin with Carl Hester and Coral Ingham‘s Imhotep

76.00%

Katie Bailey with Elissa Bucher’s Defago

75.61%

Becky Moody with her own Jagerbomb

74.91%

4 Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus

73.28%

5 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis‘s Hawtins Bellegra 72.85%

WINNER Charlotte Dujardin with

Imhotep

ABOVE: WINNING THE CHARLES OWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM GOLD GAVE CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN A THIRD TITLE TO ADD TO HER WEEK’S TALLY, SCORING 76.00% ON CARL

6 Amy Woodhead with Anne Seifert-Cohn’s Ivan Carlos

72.50%

7 Emma Blundell with her own Mount St John VIP

71.93%

8 Emma Jablonski with her own Higgens van de Uilenhoek

70.74%

9 Lucinda Elliott with Judith Davis’s Hawtins Soave

70.17%

10 Ryan Todd with Jane Mothersdale’s Mount St John Di Romantica

69.86%

HESTER AND CORAL INGHAM’S IMHOTEP (EVERDALE X VIVALDI).

Charles Owen Advanced Medium Silver RIGHT: CHARLOTTE LUTENER THANKS HER WINNING PARTNER, AB BARROCO (BY BELISSIMO M), AFTER CONCLUDING THEIR WINNING TEST IN THE CHARLES OWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM SILVER.

Charlotte Lutener with her own AB Barroco

69.29%

Amy Jack with her own Graf Hit VH Bloemenhof

69.16%

Nicky Heale with Verity Jenner’s Fürstinclaire

69.03%

4 Amanda Towle with her own Rockwood Virtue

68.68%

5 Mia Mordecai-Smith with her own Innocent

68.20%

6 Antonia Brown with Sara Lucas’s SJL Duuk

68.07%

7 Joshua Hill with Maureen Carroll’s Mallards Sirena

67.63%

8 Claire Moore with Lindsay Reid’s EV Amore Mia

67.58%

9 Antonia Brown with her own SJL Jackson

67.50%

10 Sarah Colborn with her own Fürst Love 1

67.19%

JENNER’S FÜRSTINCLAIRE (FÜRSTENBALL X CAPRIMOND), PRESENTED A SUPER TEST FOR THIRD PLACE.

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CHARLES OWEN ADVANCED MEDIUM SILVER

RIGHT: NICKY HEALE, WITH VERITY

WINNER Charlotte Lutener

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Nupafeed Advanced Medium Freestyle Gold RIGHT: TAKING HER FOURTH TITLE OF THE WEEK, ALICE OPPENHEIMER RETURNED TO THE WINNER’S ENCLOSURE WITH HEADMORE DIONYSUS, TRIUMPHANT IN THE NUPAFEED ADVANCED MEDIUM FREESTYLE GOLD.

WINNER

NUPAFEED ADVANCED MEDIUM FREESTYLE GOLD

Alice Oppenheimer

Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus

78.00%

Elder Klatzko with her own Dior VIII

72.33%

Kate Smith with her own Last Love

71.11%

4 Zoe Sopp with Al Shira’aa Farms’ Vilan

70.77%

5 Stephanie Taylor with her own WGS Inanda

70.72%

6 Jo Barry with her own and Lady Hope’s Hidalgo II

70.66%

7 Laura Frost with Julie Steed’s Woodcroft Francisco

70.05%

8 Jacky Stolper with her own Virtuoso G

69.77%

9 Georgina Howard with her own Howards Power

68.94%

with

Headmore Dionysus

10 Sarah Cheetham with her own Stoibers Black Pearl 68.66%

“I REALLY TRUST ‘DILLON’ AND I TRUST MY PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM.” – Alice Oppenheimer

LEFT: ELDER KLATZKO AND DIOR VIII ON THEIR WAY TO SECOND PLACE.

Nupafeed Advanced Medium Freestyle Silver NUPAFEED ADVANCED MEDIUM FREESTYLE SILVER

WINNER Sarah Colborn with

Fürst Love 1

Sarah Colborn with her own Fürst Love 1

76.16%

Nicky Heale with Verity Jenner’s Fürstinclaire

75.94%

Amy Jack with her own Graf Hit VH Bloemenhof

75.33%

4 Kate Rowland with her own Erasmus 1

74.38%

5 Jessica Whitehead with her own The Amazing Spiderman

73.77%

6 Tyler Bradshaw with her own Igor VIII

73.72%

7 Jenny Ainscough with her own Showstar

72.50%

8 Nicky Heale with her own Retanach Request

72.38%

9 Charlotte Cundall with The Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Simply Red

71.38%

10 Janine Jansen with January Roberts’ Spitfire III

70.94%

LEFT: HAMPSHIRE RIDER SARAH COLBORN CELEBRATED VICTORY IN THE HIGH-SCORING NUPAFEED ADVANCED MEDIUM FREESTYLE SILVER WITH HER 10-YEAR-OLD MARE, FÜRST LOVE 1 (BY FÜRST FUGGER).

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British Dressage Medium Gold LEFT: AMY WOODHEAD BROUGHT THE 2021 NAF FIVE STAR WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS TO A THRILLING FINALE ON DAY FIVE WITH VICTORY IN THE BD MEDIUM GOLD WITH ANNE SEIFERT-COHN’S EIGHT-YEAR-OLD STALLION, IVAN CARLOS (AMPERE X JAZZ).

BRITISH DRESSAGE MEDIUM GOLD

WINNER Amy Woodhead

Amy Woodhead with Anne Seifert-Cohn’s Ivan Carlos

74.18%

Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus

73.91%

Hannah Biggs with Sarah Johnson’s Freeman

73.51%

4 Robert Barker with Katherine Bateson’s Landea

72.16%

5 Katie Bailey with Elissa Bucher’s DJoe DiMaggio

71.80%

6 Judy Harvey with Jocelyn Rosenberg’s SP Bento

71.48%

7 Sune Hansen with Linda Hoad’s Atterupgaards Capirossi

71.26%

8 Charlotte McDowall with Charlotte Dujardin’s Alive and Kicking

70.54%

9 Sarah Higgins with Sarah Rao’s Sameul

69.27%

10 Darcas Lever with Nicola Keenan’s French Noir MFS

68.55%

with

Ivan Carlos

RIGHT: HANNAH BIGGS AND FREEMAN, OWNED BY SARAH JOHNSON, COMPLETED THE PODIUM IN THIRD.

British Dressage Medium Silver

WINNER Claire Moore with

RIGHT: CLAIRE MOORE, FROM ABERDEENSHIRE,

EV Amore Mia

ENJOYED A WINNING RIDE IN THE BD MEDIUM SILVER WITH LINDSEY MOFFAT’S NINE-YEAR-OLD AMOUR G X SAMBER MARE, EV AMORE MIA.

BRITISH DRESSAGE MEDIUM SILVER Claire Moore with Lindsay Moffat’s EV Amore Mia

69.36%

Harvey White with his own Icilla

69.23%

Brendan Tegg with Scott Gregory’s Haybrook Welita 69.18% 4 Claire Ballantyne with her own Dvorak

68.10% (166)

5 Abigail Doherty with her own Brohedydd Miss Moli Mia 68.10% (165) 6 Sara Squires with her own Laetitius C

67.79%

7 Gareth Bulley with Melissa Smith’s Da Vinci X

67.65%

8 Claire Cooper-Wyatt with her own Devivio

67.56%

9 Paul Keenan with Katie Bagot’s Zomaar

67.38%

10 Lauren Geraghty with her own WS Jackson

67.20%

RIGHT: AN ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMANCE BY HARVEY WHITE AND HIS FÜRST ROMANCIER X FERRO EIGHT-YEAR-OLD, ICILLA, EARNED SECOND SPOT.

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Spillers Medium Freestyle Gold LEFT: TAHLEY REEVE-SMITH AND WOODCROFT VALENTINO

SPILLERS MEDIUM FREESTYLE GOLD

RODE A SUPER TEST FOR 74% AND SECOND PLACE.

WINNER Alice Oppenheimer with

Headmore Dionysus

Alice Oppenheimer with Amanda Radford’s Headmore Dionysus

78.27%

Tahley Reeve-Smith with her own Woodcroft Valentino

74.00%

Nicky Heale with Verity Jenner’s Furstinclaire

72.27%

4 Victoria Maw with her own Benito Dorato

72.05%

5 Jo Barry with her own and Lady Hope’s Hidalgo II

72.00%

6 Charlie Sawyer with his own Private Number

71.77%

7 Laura Frost with Fiona Wallbank’s Woodlander Booker T

71.61%

8 Sarah Khairallah with Christine Khairallah’s Ilowette

71.38%

9 Abbie Newbury with Keith Taylor’s Seagry Firstamour

70.94%

10 Nathalie Kayal with Helianthos vd Fuik

70.88%

LEFT: ALICE OPPENHEIMER AND HEADMORE DIONYSUS (DIMAGGIO X RUBINSTEIN), RIDING TO MUSIC FROM THE WEST END MUSICAL CATS, DELIVERED A DECISIVE WIN IN THE SPILLERS MEDIUM FREESTYLE GOLD.

Spillers Medium Freestyle Silver INSET: CHRISSIE HAVIS AND BECKHOUSE PIANO BLUE -

WINNER

HOT ON THE HEELS OF RUBY WITH 71.44%.

Ruby Hughes with

Classic Bee Gee

SPILLERS MEDIUM FREESTYLE SILVER Ruby Hughes with Nancy Scott’s Classic Bee Gee

71.55%

Chrissie Havis with her own Beckhouse Piano Blue

71.44%

Demi Howard-Cartwright with her own Fin C We

70.27%

4 Gracie Catling with Julia Catling’s Tsjebe Fan ‘e Vesta Hoeve

70.22%

5 Beatrice Butterworth with Sharon Butterworth’s Carlsson

70.11% (325)

6 Rose Foley with Shona Leckie’s Cordici K

70.11% (324)

7 Pamela Lupton with her own Gladiator DHI

69.88%

8 Tracy Fall with Mount Pleasant Herman C

69.83%

9 Debra Fews with her own Fabizio

69.61%

10 Georgia Atkin with her own Gilles-S

69.38%

RIGHT: AT HER DEBUT NAF FIVE STAR WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS, RUBY HUGHES (13) SCORED IN THE SPILLERS MEDIUM FREESTYLE SILVER PARTNERED BY NANCY SCOTT’S CLASSIC BEE GEE. DANCING TO AN APTLY CHOSEN BEE GEES COMPILATION, THE PAIR POSTED 71.55%.

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Equi-Trek Elementary Gold “SHE WAS SO EASY TO RIDE AND HAS SO MANY GEARS - SHE’S REALLY EXCITING!” – Charlotte Dujardin on Times Kismet

RIGHT: SADIE SMITH AND HER BRITISH-BRED SIX-YEAR-OLD

EQUI-TREK ELEMENTARY GOLD

SWANMORE DANTINA IMPRESSED TO FINISH SECOND.

Charlotte Dujardin with Peter Belshaw’s Times Kismet

76.71%

Sadie Smith with her own Swanmore Dantina

74.94%

Darren Hicks with Samantha Britton’s Woodcroft Django Mon Ami

73.43% (180)

4 Nikki Barker with her own Dan Icarus

73.43% (178)

WINNER Charlotte Dujardin

5 Robert Barker with Katherine Bateson’s Landea

with

Times Kismet

LEFT: CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN

73.02%

TOOK HER

6 Sara-Jane Lanning with Nicola Seale’s Hawtins Lirica 72.29%

SECOND WIN OF THE WEEK

7 Jezz Palmer with Anni MacDonald-Hall’s Tiny Dancer 70.26%

WITH PETER BELSHAW’S

8 Dannie Morgan with Sara-Jane Lanning’s Breit Fantastic

70.20%

TIMES KISMET

9 Claire Abel with her own GF Sezuki

70.10%

EQUI-TREK

10 Alex Ingoe-Topham with Louise Hethrington’s Seagry Donna Diva

IN THE ELEMENTARY GOLD, SCORING

69.42%

76.71%.

Equi-Trek Elementary Silver LEFT: NEW ZEALAND-BORN SARAH WILKINSON CLAIMED THE EQUI-TREK ELEMENTARY SILVER ON 73.28% WITH HER SIX-YEAR-OLD KWPN MARE, KOKO II (DESPERADO X JOHNSON).

EQUI-TREK ELEMENTARY SILVER

ABOVE: SECOND PLACE BELONGED TO LAUREN WILLIAMSON AND HER CONNAISSEURSIRED NINEYEAR-OLD GELDING, VANCOUVER LG.

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Sarah Wilkinson with her own Koko II

73.28%

Lauren Williamson with her own Vancouver LG

72.60%

Harvey White with his own Icilla

70.88%

4 Jade Clark with her own Jemimah HH

70.67%

5 Ali Dane with Lissa Lowrie’s Stantaii Ashbank

69.79%

=6 Nicky Southall with Cheryl Reynolds’ Skelwith Loulou

69.53%

=6 Amy Blount with her own Double Rhondezvous

69.53%

8 Lucy Lloyd with her own Glensensaw Sweet Girl

69.27%

9 Katie Roberts with her own Nemo VI I

69.01%

10 Jessica Parr with her own Gabber D

68.95%

WINNER Sarah Wilkinson with

Koko II

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PDS Saddles Elementary Freestyle Gold BELOW: IT WAS A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR LIST 1 JUDGE SARA-JANE LANNING, FOR NOT ONLY DID SHE PILOT HAWTINS LIRICA (LEMONY’S NICKET X DIMAGGIO) TO A 74.93% WIN, SHE ALSO OWNS BREIT FANTASTIC, RIDDEN INTO SECOND BY DANNIE MORGAN.

PDS SADDLES ELEMENTARY FREESTYLE GOLD Sara-Jane Lanning with Nicola Seale’s Hawtins Lirica 74.93% Dannie Morgan with Sara-Jane Lanning’s Breit Fantastic

73.78%

Jezz Palmer with Richard Burge’s King IV

73.71%

4 Marsha Webb with Davina Wilson’s Ivanhoe

73.39%

WINNER Sara-Jane Lanning with

Hawtins Lirica

5 Jezz Palmer with Anni MacDonald-Hall’s Tiny Dancer 72.62% 6 Jezz Palmer with Emily Ivin’s Ketcher B

72.56%

7 Kate Smith with her own Daffodil

71.28%

8 Serena Pincus with David Pincus’s Sheepcote Floyd 70.70% 9 Angus Corrie-Deane with his own Jack Johnson

69.93%

10 Tahley Reeve-Smith with Alison Jones’ Jilleke

68.84%

“I’M LEARNING HOW TO DO HER JUSTICE AS SHE’S A CLASS HORSE.” – Sara-Jane Lanning on Hawtins Lirica

PDS Elementary Freestyle Silver RIGHT: RUBY HUGHES CLAIMED HER SECOND TITLE OF THE WEEK WITH CLASSIC BEE GEE, SCORING AN IMPRESSIVE 76.92%, AS WELL AS TAKING THIRD WITH SHIRLEY RIXON’S PALOMINO PONY, HILKENS SHOWGIRL.

WINNER Ruby Hughes

PDS ELEMENTARY FREESTYLE SILVER Ruby Hughes with Nancy Scott’s Classic Bee Gee

76.92%

Katie Roberts with her own Nemo VI I

74.74%

Ruby Hughes with Shirley Rixon’s Hilkens Showgirl

74.29%

4 Erin Orford with Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Diamond Crusador

73.84%

5 Rose Foley with Shona Leckie’s Cordici K

72.82%

6 Sophia Marston with her own Solitaire II

72.17%

7 Laura Green with her own Ireldo L

72.11%

8 Lauren Williamson with her own Vancouver LG

71.53%

9 Louise Moses with her own Forever Endeavour

70.70%

10 Emma Maisey with her own Bogelys Corporal

70.25%

“I’M REALLY PROUD OF THEM BOTH.” – Ruby Hughes on Classic Bee Gee and Hilkens Showgirl

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with

Classic Bee Gee

Prestige Italia Novice Gold LEFT: THE OUTSTANDING WINNERS OF THE PRESTIGE ITALIA NOVICE GOLD - CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN WITH THE AMPERE-SIRED MARE, TIMES KISMET (6) OWNED BY PETER BELSHAW.

PRESTIGE ITALIA NOVICE GOLD

WINNER Charlotte Dujardin with

Times Kismet

Charlotte Dujardin with Peter Belshaw’s Times Kismet

79.01%

Sadie Smith with her own Swanmore Dantina

76.97%

Mark Forrest with his own Francesco S

75.24%

4 Sonnar Murray-Brown with Michelle Dawson’s Stolen Secret

73.21%

5 Alex Baker with Elite Dressage’s Tiger

72.77%

6 Darren Hicks with Woodcroft Django Mon Ami

72.77%

7 Amy Woodhead with Jennifer Martell’s Kasanova II

72.40%

8 Greg Sims with Sara Longworth’s Waverley Fairchild 72.34% 9 Ashley Jenkins with Cherry Elvin and Jamie Reynolds’ Kensington II 72.09% 10 Jennifer Johnston-Harman with her own Dance With Me Fürst MFS

71.72%

LEFT: MARK FORREST REWARDS HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD FÜRSTENBALL SON, FRANCESCO S AFTER THEIR THIRD-PLACED 75.24% TEST.

Prestige Italia Novice Silver RIGHT: RISING STAR GEORGIE NICHOLLS (19) AND HEADMORE FIGARO (BY FLORENCIO) POSTED THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE WEEK, THIS TIME THE PRESTIGE ITALIA NOVICE SILVER ON A SCORE OF 74.69%.

WINNER Georgina Nicholls with

Headmore Figaro

PRESTIGE ITALIA NOVICE SILVER

Georgina Nicholls with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Figaro

74.69%

Jack Morris with Hannah Guild’s Isabella Utopia MFS 72.65% Luis Vilhena with his own Loves Black STH I

70.80%

4 Virginia Cundy with Jemima Green’s Elrite

70.74%

5 Jonathan Sutton with his own Ferrera Torres

70.43%

6 Tia Owen with Nicola Owen’s Wasserfallen

70.25%

7 Corinne Roberts with her own Recession

68.77% (165)

8 Elizabeth Richards with Christobel Wendy’s Diamantino

68.77% (164)

9 Kathy Staples with Zoe Warren’s Fox‘s Castle

68.70%

10 Georgina Nicholls with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina

68.27%

RIGHT: JACK MORRIS WITH HANNAH GUILD’S ISABELLA UTOPIA MFS (DAVINO VOD X KRACK C) POSTED 72.65% TO COME IN SECOND.

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Baileys Horse Feeds Novice Freestyle Gold RIGHT: FINISHING ON JENNIFER’S HEELS WAS JEZZ PALMER WITH TINY DANCER, A SIX-YEAR-

BAILEYS HORSE FEEDS NOVICE FREESTYLE GOLD

OLD UTHOPIA X T MOVISTAR MARE OWNED AND BRED BY ANNI

MACDONALD-HALL.

Jennifer Johnston-Harman with her own Dance with me Fürst MFS

75.46%

Jezz Palmer with Anni MacDonald-Hall’s Tiny Dancer 75.18%

Tahley Reeve-Smith with her own Romanno Danteno

74.16%

4 Alex Baker with Francesca Walker’s BKS Fürst Encore 74.16% 5 Dannie Morgan with Nicky Callam’s High Hoes Razzle Dazzle

73.98%

6 Jezz Palmer with his own and Carolyn Hurst’s Romanno Weltino

73.51%

7 Marsha Webb with Davina Wilson’s Ivanhoe

73.14%

8 Alex Baker with Bronte Watson’s Lemming

73.05%

WINNER

9 Jezz Palmer with Nicole Nelson’s Tramontana Firenze 72.87%

Jennifer JohnstonHarman

10 Alice Oppenheimer with Rebecca Hulme’s Wurlitzer 72.22%

with

Dance With Me Fürst MFS

LEFT: JENNIFER JOHNSTON-HARMAN REWARDS DANCE WITH ME FÜRST MFS AFTER THE SIX-YEAR-OLD MARE’S WINNING 75.46% PERFORMANCE IN THE BAILEYS NOVICE FREESTYLE GOLD.

Baileys Horse Feeds Novice Freestyle Silver RIGHT: WITH A 76.01% SCORE, IN A TOUGH COMPETITION, GEORGIE NICHOLLS (19) EARNED THE TITLE WITH HEADMORE FIGARO WHO DANCED TO A HANS ZIMMER AND THE IMMEDIATE

WINNER

COMPILATION, PRODUCED BY SARA GREEN.

Georgina Nicholls

BAILEYS HORSE FEEDS NOVICE FREESTYLE SILVER

with

Headmore Figaro

Georgina Nicholls with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Figaro

76.01%

Georgina Nicholls with her own Briarwood Notorious

75.18%

Ruby Hughes with Shirley Rixon’s Hilkens Showgirl

73.33%

4. Elizabeth Jenkins with her own Salsa D’Amour

72.50%

5 Bethan Young with Claire Knowles’ Jackpots Vitalia

71.75%

6 Georgina Nicholls with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina

71.66%

7 Liz Trowbridge with her own Lord Lancelot

71.29%

8 Sam Roberts with Helen Skirton’s Moelview Prince Consort

71.01%

9 Tasha Wakely with her own Elegido CXL VII

70.18%

10 Darren Kaye with Joyce Fearn’s Flauris

70.09%

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KBIS Preliminary Gold “THINGS MOST DEFINITELY WENT TO PLAN TODAY. I CAME HERE WITH THE HOPE OF JUST GETTING A PLACING AS IT’S HIS FIRST BIG COMPETITION.” – Jessica Williams

WINNER Jessica Williams with

Sir Leonardo

KBIS PRELIMINARY GOLD Jessica Williams with her own Sir Leonardo

71.95%

Jenny Lo-Vel with her own Lanuvio

71.60%

Julia Walker with Julia Wort’s Strategy

71.14%

4 Tyler Bradshaw with her own Jaeger Bomb

70.57%

5 Brendan Tegg with his own and Sarah Davies’ Foxcourt Solar Eclipse

70.57%

6 Claire Scott with Julie Ross’s Chief’s Quest

70.46%

7 Emma Dunkley with her own Stanley Grange Heir Supreme

70.34%

8 Bridget Tate with her own Dancing Magic

70.28%

9 Phil Brown with his own Trewyn

68.62%

10 Koren Marner with her own Black Forest II

68.16%

ABOVE: JESSICA WILLIAMS AND 11-YEAR-OLD SIR LEONARDO (STARNBERG X WELTMEYER) LED FROM THE START WITH THEIR SCORE OF 71.95% TO WIN THE INAUGURAL KBIS PRELIMINARY GOLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

KBIS Preliminary Silver LEFT: THE KBIS PRELIMINARY SILVER TITLE WAS WON IN STYLE

BY PORTUGUESE RIDER LUIS VILHENA AND HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD

WINNER

MILLENNIUM X VOICE STALLION, LOVES BLACK STH I.

Luis Vilhena with

Loves Black STH I

KBIS PRELIMINARY SILVER

Luis Vilhena with his own Loves Black STH I

74.65%

Lauren Crowe with her own Scout

72.64%

Georgina Nicholls with her own Briarwood Notorious

72.01%

4 Georgina Nicholls with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina

71.78%

5

71.14%

Julia Tharratt with her own Dylasau Dai Harris

6 Phoebe Murray with her own Ilviro

70.57%

7 Lucy Howard with her own Wind Chimes

70.28%

8 Lois Hughes with her own Woodlands Ugo

70.23%

9. Bizzy Loffet with her own Dario Fo

69.13%

10 Tate Purcell with her own Jetti Girl

69.08%

LEFT: LAUREN CROWE AND SCOUT MADE AN IMPRESSION TO FINISH RUNNERS-UP TO LUIS ON 72.64%.

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships BELOW: NHS PARAMEDIC NICKY HEALE AND HER WELSH SECTION D SUPERSTAR, RETANACH

PETPLAN EQUINE INTERMEDIATE I SILVER Nicky Heale with her own Retanach Request

68.86%

Emma Bond with her own Limewalk

68.81%

Shelley Reeve-Smith with her own Sinderella

68.28%

4 Lucy Swinden with her own Odwigs Echo

67.58%

5 Nicola Adams with her own Royal Troy

66.75%

6 Jane Morris with her own Quinet Du Buisson Z

66.49%

7 Helen James with her own Hillgrove Rockwell

66.09%

8 Joanna McIntosh Sim with her own Don Pasco

65.92%

9 Emily Watts with her own Rascalini

65.52%

10 Kathryn Marsh with Ramall Sirus

65.48%

REQUEST, PUT IN A HEROIC EFFORT TO WIN THE INTER I SILVER. “HE PULLED IT OUT THE BAG AND I COULDN’T HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING MORE.”

LEFT: CHARLOTTE TUCKWELL AND DHI ALLIGATOR TOP OFF A GREAT WEEK BY WINNING THE INTER I BRONZE TITLE AS WELL AS THIRD SPOT IN THE PETPLAN EQUINE PSG SILVER. BELOW: INTER I RUNNERS-UP, EMMA BOND AND LIMEWALK. EMMA (20) WON THE U21 PRIZE, WHILE LIMEWALK (19) WAS TOP VETERAN.

PETPLAN EQUINE INTERMEDIATE I BRONZE Charlotte Tuckwell with Nathalie Kayal’s DHI Alligator 69.64% Samantha Dawn Turpitt with her own Bali Dancer 68.94% Angela Gladding with her own Parisienne Jupiter 4 Rachel Lade with her own Royal Diamont

68.37% 67.76%

5 Helena Charlesworth with Hilary Gardner’s Jukebox-Jury 67.63% 6 Gemma Moss with Isobel Langton’s Guadiana Caniceira 67.01% 7 Maria Pook with Felicity Ile’s So Enamoured

66.93%

8 Mandy Brown with her own Keystone Rumour

66.44%

9 Samantha Fish with her own Cumeragh House Mac 66.36% 10 Madeleine Gardner with her own Whatapallaver

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66.22%

PETPLAN EQUINE PRIX ST GEORGES SILVER Shelley Reeve-Smith with her own Sinderella

69.34%

Emma Jablonski with her own Higgens Van De Uilenhoek 67.98% Charlotte Tuckwell with Nathalie Kayal’s DHI Alligator 67.93% 4 Nicola Adams with her own Royal Troy

66.44%

5 Emma Bond with her own Drago’s Felix

66.09%

6 Jenny Ainscough with her own Showstar

65.92%

7 Nicky Heale with her own Retanach Request

65.39%

8 Samantha Fish with her own Cumeragh House Mac 65.13% 9 Antonia Brown with Sara Lucas’s DHI Buddy

65.00%

10 Katherine Heslop with her own Ferdy

64.73%

LEFT: SHELLEY REEVE-SMITH, THE PENULTIMATE COMPETITOR TO GO IN THE PRIX ST GEORGES BRONZE, TOOK TOP HONOURS ABOARD HER LOVELY HOME-BRED MARE, SINDERELLA (BY SIR OLDENBURG).

BELOW: FRESH FROM HER NEPHEWS’ CHRISTENING IN ABERDEENSHIRE JUST THE DAY BEFORE, IT PROJECT MANAGER SAMANTHA DAWN TURPITT WON THE PRIX ST GEORGES BRONZE WITH HER 10-YEAR-OLD MARE, BALI DANCER.

PETPLAN EQUINE PRIX ST GEORGES BRONZE Samantha Dawn Turpitt with her own Bali Dancer 68.24% Maria Pook with Felicity Iles’ So Enamoured

67.41%

Amy Jack with her own Graf Hit VH Bloemenhof

66.49%

4 Zoe Golding with her own Enzo SR

65.92%

5 Rachel Lade with her own Royal Diamont

65.30%

6 Lucie Dunkeld with Sandra Tinker’s Barchetta

64.95%

7 Sheelagh Roberts with her own UTK Genie

64.69%

8 Sophie Bennett with her own Vallon Du Rock

64.64%

9 Jane Littlejohn with her own Urban Knight

64.51%

10 Sarah Colborn with her own Fürst Love 1

64.43%

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships PETPLAN EQUINE ADVANCED MEDIUM SILVER

Sarah Holmes with her own Harley Brown

67.99%

Jennifer Harkness with her own White Sparrow

67.94%

Gracie Catling with Julia Catling’s Tsjebe Fan ‘e Vesta Hoeve

67.86%

4 Holly Watson with her own Fürst Oskar

67.56%

5 Lucy Lloyd with her own Glensensaw Sweet Girl

67.22%

6 Sarah Edwards with her own Impression G

67.17%

7 Claire Ackerman with her own Woodcroft Heinrich 67.13% =8 Susan Bullock with her own Lynwood Crofter

66.66%

=8 Anja Brailsford with Karen Holmes’ Westhills Jelly Bean 66.66% 10 Kate Moisson with her own Welthausen’s Onour

ABOVE: A TRIP ACROSS THE SOLENT PAID OFF FOR ISLE OF WIGHT DUO SARAH HOLMES AND HARLEY BROWN, WINNERS OF THE MEDIUM SILVER CROWN. RIGHT: ANNABEL ABELL AND SHEEPCOTE LET’S GO TOPPED THE ADVANCED MEDIUM BRONZE ON 69.35%. “HE’S AN ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONAL UNDER SADDLE; HE’S A PLEASURE AND A JOY TO RIDE.”

PETPLAN EQUINE ADVANCED MEDIUM BRONZE Annabel Abell with her own Sheepcote Lets Go

69.35%

Sophie Bennett with her own Vallon Du Rock

68.80%

Catherine Tristram with her own Lynwood Formula 68.20% 4 Katie Lawrence with her own Donaulied

67.99%

=5 Eliza Alex with her own Sarana CDS

67.99%

=5 Rosie Morgan with her own Cerice

67.99%

7 Brendan Tegg with Sarah Davies’ Sunset Boulevard

67.90%

8 Fiona Newall with her own Fendy VCG

67.05%

9 Zoe Golding with her own Enzo SR

67.00%

10 Fiona Stryjewski with her own Devon B

66.45%

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“I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BIT OF FUN TO COME AND DO IT – AND I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT WE’VE WON!” – Sarah Holmes

66.62%

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships PETPLAN EQUINE MEDIUM SILVER Lizzie Bulmer with her own Duke of Light

69.75%

Lucy Lloyd with her own Glensensaw Sweet Girl

69.21%

Nicky Harding with her own Ecclestone S

68.92%

4 Anita Butler with her own The Limited Edition II

68.82%

5 Jennifer Harkness with her own Inouk

68.72%

6 Gary Caddy with his own Escape L

68.43%

7 Clare Ashley with her own Pintofields Regal Hit

68.28%

8 Amy Peters with her own Glanhayl Rendition

68.28%

9 Judith Johnson with her own Ice

67.59%

10 Katie Kneen with her own The Last Cavalier

67.45%

RIGHT: FORMER EVENT RIDER LIZZIE BULMER AND HER BRIGHTWELLS AUCTION PURCHASE DUKE OF LIGHT. THE NINE-YEAR-OLD GELDING WHO “HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT” CAME UP TRUMPS TO WIN THE MEDIUM SILVER AT HIS VERY FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS.

PETPLAN EQUINE MEDIUM BRONZE

“LOCKDOWN HAS DONE HIM GOOD. HE’S GROWN UP A BIT AND I FELT IT WAS TIME TO GET HIM SOMEWHERE. I’M AMAZED BY THE RESULT!” – Lizzie Bulmer on Duke of Light

Rachel Platt with her own Gracia du Rona

68.23%

Sam Whyley with Joanna Wilkins’ Tremadoc

68.13%

Angela Fenn with her own Dun-lin

67.94%

4 Kate Heap with her own San Francisco PR

67.54%

5 Chantelle Oliver-Symonds with her own Stadmorslow Coffee ‘n’ Cream

66.86%

6 Karen Richardson with her own Riversdale Geronimo

66.71% (163)

7 Donna Boyd with Karen Martin’s Playwrite

66.71% (162)

8 Rebecca Parsonage with her own Wacton Billy 66.66% (163) =9 Krystyna Monks with her own Dubai

66.66% (162)

=9 Sam Mirehouse with her own Pauldarys Tiger Two Sox

66.66% (162)

LEFT: MUSICIAN RACHEL PLATT AND HER SHOW JUMPING-BRED ‘POCKET ROCKET’ GRACIA DU RONA ON THEIR WAY TO WINNING THE MEDIUM BRONZE. RIGHT: HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE WINNER - SAM WHYLEY WITH JOANNA WILKINS’ BRITISH-BRED TREMADOC (MINERS LAMP X WELTON CRACKERJACK).

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships PETPLAN EQUINE MEDIUM U21 Demi Howard-Cartwright with Sarah Steggall’s WFS Top Red 68.77%

LEFT: DEMI HOWARD-CARTWRIGHT

67.89%

Florence Human with her own Briljant

66.91%

4 Morgan Kent with Elizabeth Stares’ Kolstein’s Don Amigo 66.17%

(13) AND THE STUNNING, TOP YELLOW-SIRED WFS TOP RED CLAIMED MEDIUM U21 HONOURS.

Amy Richards with her own Eros HZ

5 Sophia Marston with her own Solitaire II

66.07%

6 Flora Hayes with her own Twylands Tiffin

65.44%

7 Jaz Armistead with Sue-Zi Armistead’s Shiraz 11

65.39%

8 Evie Daniel with her own Prince May the First

65.09%

9 Faye Heppelthwaite with Carolyn Hart’s Heathrow 65.04% 10 Emily Dove with Peter Dove’s Epetry

65.00%

RIGHT: ELEMENTARY SILVER RUNNERS-UP: NICOLA NAPRSTEK AND HER 13-YEAROLD DON HENRICO SON, DON CRU. BELOW: THERE WAS NO STOPPING HARTPURY FIRST-TIMERS RACHEL PLATT AND GRACIA DU RONA WHO ADDED THE ELEMENTARY SILVER CROWN TO THEIR MEDIUM BRONZE WIN THE DAY BEFORE.

PETPLAN EQUINE ELEMENTARY SILVER Rachel Platt with her own Gracia du Rona

70.83%

Nicola Naprstek with her own Don Cru

70.24%

Francesca Segalov with her own Ballydunne Captain 69.41% 4 Amelia Walker with her own Burlesque II

69.41%

5 Danielle Whitlock with her own Gralyns Darcey

69.36%

6 Claire Marshall with her own Samuel II

69.31%

7 Judith Johnson with her own Ice

68.72%

8 Alison Burns with her own Professor Sprout

68.57%

9 Stacey Escrig with her own Goldfrapp R

68.52%

10 Lizzie Hughes with her own Breight Said Fred

68.48%

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships “HE’S GOT LOVELY MOVEMENT, HE’S BRILLIANT FUN TO RIDE - HE’S JUST THE PERFECT AMATEUR’S HORSE.” – Gill Peckham on Hero (Huroos) PETPLAN EQUINE ELEMENTARY BRONZE Gill Peckham with her own Hero (Huroos)

69.21%

Debbie Squires with Susan Lanz’s Mystic Spirit

68.87%

Bradley Moore-Tayler with his own Jethro S

68.28%

4 Laura Scott with her own Koko Pop

67.94%

5 Holly Croall with her own Bluebank Geronimo

67.59%

6 Victoria Gregg with her own Langson Governor

67.59%

7 Julie Wattie with her own Golden Boy II

67.54%

8 Victoria Gregg with her own Rock Supreme

67.15%

9 Michelle Woods with her own Ramzes van Silesia

66.96%

10 Scarlett Thomas with her own Ringwood Gold Dust 66.91%

ABOVE: GILL PECKHAM, WHO RECENTLY RETIRED FROM A CAREER IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, WITH HER DRIVING-BRED ELEMENTARY BRONZE WINNER, HERO (HUROOS).

LEFT: MGA ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS STUDENT, KENDAL BOW (20) PILOTED THE SMALL BUT MIGHTY DPUK BLUE MOON TO WIN THE ELEMENTARY U21 TITLE.

PETPLAN EQUINE ELEMENTARY U21 Kendal Bow with her own DPUK Blue Moon

70.34%

Hilary Cowie with her own Shall We Dance II

70.09%

Morgan Kent with Elizabeth Stares’ Kolstein’s Don Amigo 69.75% 4 Abi Scott with her own Camarnaint Rambler

69.65%

5 Alexandra Hart with The Duchess of Beaufort’s A Leonidas 69.36% 6 Sasha Bird with her own Gladstone B

69.36%

7 Molly Baseley with Tina Baseley’s La Toya 58

68.52%

8 Bethany Edginton with Christina Brown’s Westpoint Fully Comical

68.24%

9 Flora Hayes with her own Haybells Cinderella

68.08%

10 Darcey Blaze Marcus with Heidi Marcus’s Heavenly High Jinks 67.59%

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships PETPLAN EQUINE NOVICE SILVER Alexandra Ratcliffe with her own Heaven van het Trichelhof 72.15% Vicky Gawler with her own Scirocco

71.80%

Francesca Segalov with her own Ballydunne Captain 69.79% 4 Rafaella Bailey with Pammy Hutton’s Kalosca

69.44%

5 Lauren Reason with her own Patsy’s Farmer

68.81%

6 Tate Purcell with her own Jetti Girl

68.68%

7 Alysia Matravers with Kari Christopher’s Vorvashill Vertigo 68.61% 8 Katie Shortland with her own Estrella

68.26%

9 Hayley Ford with her own Crimson Gold

68.12%

10 Debbie Squires with Susan Lanz’s Mystic Spirit

67.77%

ABOVE: A WELL-EARNED SECOND SPOT ON THE NOVICE SILVER PODIUM FOR VICKY BELOW: JUBILANT WINNERS

GAWLER AND SCIROCCO.

OF THE NOVICE BRONZE TITLE: VICTORIA HOMDEN AND HER

LEFT: HARTPURY FIRST-

CHAPS-REGISTERED SEVEN-

TIMERS ALEXANDRA

YEAR-OLD, OLLY.

RATCLIFFE AND HEAVEN VAN HET TRICHELHOF STORMED TO VICTORY IN THE NOVICE SILVER WITH A SCORE OF 72.15%

PETPLAN EQUINE NOVICE BRONZE Victoria Homden with her own Olly

71.18%

Sandra MacDonald with her own Faside Je T’Aime

70.55%

Catherine James with her own Sportsfield Dusty

68.33%

4 Amy Daye with her own Prince William MBS

68.26%

5 Kirsten Good with her own Honalulu

68.26%

6 Clare Gower with her own Cashini

68.19%

7 Eliza Yeardley with her own Dysart Dun

67.98%

8 Eilish Smith with her own Sheepcote Jamboree

67.98%

9 Thomas Eastwood with Paula Winfield’s Amitola Warrior 67.91% 10 Cheryl Iredale with her own Halona Xubia

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67.84%

“HE’S ONLY SIX AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT START TO HIS CAREER.” – Matthew Procter on AB Kensington PETPLAN EQUINE NOVICE U21

Matthew Procter with Astrid Bolton’s AB Kensington

73.26% (133)

Hilary Cowie with her own Shall We Dance II 73.26% (130.5) Phoebe Murray with her own Ilviro

72.98%

4 Abi Scott with her own Camarnaint Rambler

72.50%

5 Lucy Bentley with her own Jim Beam

70.55%

6 Charlotte Spicer with her own Drimnagh Samuel

70.27%

7 Darcey Blaze Marcus with Heidi Marcus’s Heavenly High Jinks 69.93% 8 Isabelle Lane with her own Drumaclan Diamond D

69.72%

9 Bizzy Loffet with her own Dario Fo

69.16%

10 Isabella Rowley with Melanie Rowley’s Lydican Lara 69.09%

ABOVE: THE NEW PARTNERSHIP OF MATTHEW PROCTER (16) AND DUTCH-BRED SIXYEAR-OLD, AB KENSINGTON LANDED THE CLOSE-FOUGHT NOVICE U21 ON A SUPER SCORE OF 73.26%.

PETPLAN EQUINE PRELIMINARY SILVER

Matthew Crompton with his own Spring Song

76.11%

Rafaella Bailey with Pammy Hutton’s Kalosca

74.44%

Tamsyn Hammond with Helen Hurford Dawson’s Chelveston Lass

73.26%

4 Jennifer Philcox with her own Londoner I

72.92%

5 Emily Burgess with her own Beechmount Bandit

71.31%

6 Mia Cooper with her own Loughrea Prince

71.25%

7 Beth Mantel with her own K Gracious

70.90%

8 Clare Hammett with Kathryn Pickles’ Half Moon Doblinski

70.83%

9 Caroline Stevens with her own Landsbury Dundee

70.55%

10 Hannah Milne with her own Gems Dixie

70.34%

LEFT: STAFFORDSHIRE FARRIER MATTHEW CROMPTON AND HIS FIVE-YEAROLD MARE, SPRING SONG, WERE UNANIMOUS WINNERS OF THE PRELIM SILVER ON AN IMPRESSIVE 76.11%

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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships BELOW: BETHANY LEE AND HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IRISH MARE, CREEVAGH HANNAH, KNOWN AT HOME AS ZARA, POSTED THE WINNING SCORE OF 72.56% TO WIN THE 50-STRONG PRELIM BRONZE.

PETPLAN EQUINE PRELIMINARY BRONZE Bethany Lee with her own Creevagh Hannah

72.56%

Sandra MacDonald with her own Faside Je T’Aime

70.90%

Victoria Homden with her own Olly

70.34%

4 Jessica Nevin with her own Nicky Byrne

68.88%

5 Liz Peel with her own Churchill BB

68.68%

6 Abi Cross with her own Trilogy 1

68.40%

7 Sarah Webb with her own Am Fear Liath Mor

68.05%

8 Katie Goodwin with her own Cwmmeudwy Fflam Goch 68.05% 9 Charlotte Johnson with her own Super Sonic III

67.98%

10 Ben James with his own Tata Corner

67.91%

LEFT: MEDIUM U21 RUNNERSUP: DAISY BULLMAN AND GODRICS DIONYSUS. BELOW: MEDIUM U21 CHAMPIONS: EMMA MCCLELLAND, WHO IS

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– Emma McClelland on Mountain Hill V PETPLAN EQUINE MEDIUM U21 Emma McClelland with her own Mountain Hill V

72.70%

Daisy Bullman with her own Godrics Dionysus

72.43%

Sasha Good with Jade Deter’s L’Sierra

72.36%

4 Beth Harrison with her own Beach Rua

70.34%

5 Jessica Ainsworth with her own Deano

70.27%

6 Rachael Hetherington with her own Reset Sir Lancelot 69.37% 7 Isabel Georgetti with her own Bravo Freckles

68.95%

8 Bryley Llewelyn with Kimberley Laycock’s Meadmoor Zara

68.95%

9 Jessica Wood with her own Udo SZ

68.61%

10 Jemima Brown with her own Lacy Milan

68.26%

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PHOTOS: ŁUKASZ KOWALSKI

Making

H ISTORY ANNABELLA PIDGLEY MADE BRITISH DRESSAGE HISTORY AS THE NATION’S FIRST EVER INDIVIDUAL MEDALLIST AT AN FEI JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN OLIVA NOVA, SPAIN, HER EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES WON BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND FREESTYLE SILVER WHILST OUR JUNIOR AND

ABOVE: THE JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL MEDALLISTS: GERMANY’S

YOUNG RIDER TEAMS SHOWED MUCH PROMISE ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE.

LUCIE-ANOUK BAUMGÜRTEL FLANKED BY ANNABELLA PIDGLEY AND AUSTRIA’S PAUL JÖBSTL, A PODIUM THAT REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR THE FREESTYLE.

RIGHT: AN EXCEPTIONAL WINNING RIDE IN THE JUNIOR TEAM TEST FROM ANNABELLA PIDGLEY AND SULTAN DES PALUDS FRH EARNED

RIGHT: JESSICA

75.45%, GIVING AN INDICATION OF WHAT

MCCONKEY AND

WAS TO COME OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS

LADY GAGA AT FULL

OF INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION. THEY

THROTTLE: A TEAM

TOOK INDIVIDUAL SILVER (75.38%)

TEST OF 68.53%,

AND FREESTYLE SILVER (80.11%),

HELPING THE BRITISH

ONLY BEATEN BY GERMANY’S

YOUNG RIDER QUARTET

TRIPLE PONY EUROPEAN

TO SEVENTH, WAS

CHAMPION, LUCIE-ANOUK

FOLLOWED BY AN

BAUMGÜRTEL AND

ENCOURAGING 25TH IN

ZINQ HUGO FH.

THE INDIVIDUAL TEST FOR THE NETHERLANDSBASED BRITISH YOUNG RIDER DUO.

LEFT: CHARLOTTE MCDOWALL AND ALIVIA ACHIEVED 66.76% IN THE YOUNG RIDER TEAM

RIGHT:

TEST BUT SOME

REPRESENTING

UNCHARACTERISTIC

HER COUNTRY

MISTAKES IN

AT HER FIRST FEI

THE INDIVIDUAL

CHAMPIONSHIPS,

KEPT THEIR

JUNIOR RIDER GEMMA

SCORE IN CHECK.

OWEN ACQUITTED HERSELF

NONETHELESS,

WELL, POSTING A SOLID

THEY SHOWED

67.81% WITH SIRIUS

HIGH QUALITY

BLACK, TO HELP HER

WORK FOR THE

TEAM TO SIXTH OUT

FUTURE.

OF 16.

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FEI JUNIOR, YOUNG RIDER AND PONY EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LEFT: METTE DAHL AND FLORINA 146, AT THEIR FIRST JUNIOR EUROPEANS, SCORED 64.36%.

SADLY, FLORINA 146 HAD A REACTION TO THE SAND AND UNDER VET’S ADVICE WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION; HOWEVER, THE EXPERIENCE GAINED FOR THE PAIR WILL BE INVALUABLE.

RIGHT: ALL SMILES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY: YOUNG RIDERS CAITLIN BURGESS, JESSICA MCCONKEY AND CHARLOTTE MCDOWALL.

LEFT: BEST OF THE BRITS IN THE FEI YOUNG RIDER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, CAITLIN BURGESS AND CHOCOTOF ACHIEVED 13TH IN THE TEAM TEST AND 15TH IN THE INDIVIDUAL TO SECURE THEMSELVES A PLACE IN THE FREESTYLE. SADLY, CHOCOTOF DIDN’T MAKE IT THROUGH THE SECOND HORSE INSPECTION, BRINGING THEIR CAMPAIGN TO AN EARLY CONCLUSION. THIS WAS A BIG BLOW, TAKEN PHILOSOPHICALLY BY CAITLIN. “TO COME IN THE TOP 15 TWICE, WITH A HORSE I TRAINED MYSELF, AT OUR FIRST ABOVE: THE JUNIOR COMBINATION OF HOLLY HERSLAKE WITH LAURA SUMMERS’ KWPN MARE EXTASIA ON THEIR WAY TO 68%-PLUS IN BOTH THE

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IS BEYOND WHAT I COULD HAVE ASKED FOR.”

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LEFT: RUBY HUGHES (13), COMPETING AT HER FIRST FEI PONY EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, ACHIEVED A TOP-20 FINISH WITH HILKENS SHOWGIRL IN THE INDIVIDUAL TEST WITH

RIGHT: GRACIE MORGAN ALSO PUT UP A CREDITABLE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HOME-PRODUCED ELLA, SCORING 69.86% IN THE INDIVIDUAL TO FINISH 29TH OUT OF 63 COMBINATIONS.

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GROOMING.

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PERFORMANCE WHILE TURNOUT HAS NO BEARING ON MARKS IN DRESSAGE, WE ALL LIKE TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION. SOME HORSES ARE MORE TRICKY THAN OTHERS TO PREPARE FOR COMPETITION, SO JANE CARLEY GETS SOME TIPS FROM PREENING PERFECTIONISTS.

after washing to ensure that bits Angharad Harries takes care of bedding don’t stick and cause of Ruby Hughes and her horses dirty marks. Stable boots also at shows, including the striking help to keep stains at bay. palomino Hilkens Showgirl, “I find NAF Brighter Than known as Lola at home.

White paste useful, which I apply “Her white tail and socks are before plaiting, allow to the biggest challenge,” says dry and then brush off Angharad. “I wash before putting her her tail every week TOP TIP boots on. You don’t to stop it getting If a horse gets droppings in a light need too much.” stained, but in the coloured tail, let it dry A cotton sheet run-up to a show I’ll before tackling the keeps Lola’s coat wash it a couple of cleaning. clean, but Angharad days ahead and the stresses the importance day before, using lots of of keeping on top of conditioner.” any stains.

The tail is then plaited and “I try and brush them off if placed in the leg of a pair of tights. possible to avoid any streaks.”

“I find this better than a tail bag The fashionable large plaits as it’s quieter and moves with the show off the Westfalian mare’s pony better,” she explains. “It stays neck, and Angharad comments: on when we get to the show rather “She’s got a lovely thick mane than keep washing her tail.” which I find easy to plait, but I Angharad’s tip for white socks have to keep it very clean as it’s is to towel dry them thoroughly blonde rather than white, so can quickly look grubby!

I use NAF Plait it Up which holds the hair well.”

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WHAT’S IN THE SHOW BAG • Tail brush • Damp cloth • Baby wipes

HUGHES DRESSAGE

PRET T Y IN PALOMINO

LEFT: RUBY HUGHES AND THE PALOMINO HILKENS SHOWGIRL. ABOVE: RUBY (LEFT) WITH GROOM ANGHARAD HARRIES AND THE IMMACULATELY PLAITED CLASSIC BEE GEE.

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KEVIN SPARROW

IBERIAN FLAIR she always allows time for more Charlotte Crocker-Westlake washing on the morning of a competes PRE horses, with competition.

Tragus Vdos at PSG and “I do like to do a Armas Leviton just deep clean. Dust starting his career.

TOP TIP seems to get deep The biggest Unwashed manes into the coat and challenge, she Plaiting is something of an can look a bit scurfy after plaiting, but 2-in-1 high oil then you get says, is that art form, starting with a texture spray from Hairy Pony gives streaks!” they are product to prevent ‘fly-aways’. a gleaming finish. And get The Spanish generally grey.

“The traditional approach is some steps to stand on, horse’s iconic “I have to a crest plait, which is kept tight especially if you are long mane also keep on top of rather than getting loose like an short! takes some upkeep. dirt, spot washing arab plait, and I plait ‘under’ to “I try to keep regularly to prevent a keep this tight.” manes clean and in good stain building. I buy Wahl To give more of a ‘dressage’ condition,” she explains. “I’ll blue shampoo in 5 litre packs!” look, Dutch plaits also spot wash any dirty patches Show preparation entails a in the mane, which can be down full bath the day before, but below the horse’s shoulder. But Charlotte points out ruefully that manes are left in long loose braids as otherwise they can get WHAT’S IN THE caught under the saddle.

SHOW BAG I re-braid them every three or •H aas brushes – the coarse four days, running some hair oil hair one will help to get a stain out through to remove tangles. I aim • P olishing brush not to wash the mane within four • F arnam Laser Sheen shine days of plaiting, otherwise they spray are just too slippy.”

• E mergency pot of blue shampoo TOP: CHARLOTTE CROCKER WESTLAKE WITH TRAGUS VDOS. ABOVE: BEFORE - A VERY •B aby oil and clear hoof oil LONG MANE! RIGHT: CHARLOTTE LINKS THE HAIR FROM ONE PLAIT INTO THE NEXT ONE.

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‘give a 3D effect with a lovely arch to the neck’, she explains, but with a special finish for the long mane.

“I start with a Dutch plait to about a third of the way down, and then use forceps to pull the hair through the top of the plait and braid it into the next plait.

It’s really secure, so you could plait the horse in the morning and it would still look good for the PSG in the afternoon.”

GROOMING.

TO P CL AS S TR ADITIO NAL WHAT’S IN THE SHOW BAG • Three combs – one for the mane, one for the tail and one for the feathers.

“Olly has actually got a double mane, so I have to comb the underneath bit first and then the top.”

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Try to leave the hair alone as much as possible so that it grows. I only brush out his feathers at a competition; although I’ll put conditioner on them now and again.

Victoria Homden’s Olly is a traditional cob x Welsh Section D, winner of the Petplan Equine Novice Bronze class at the NAF Winter Championships.

“He has a long mane, which I plait to keep up with the warmbloods!” she says. “Plus lots of feather and plenty of white bits.”

Freelance instructor Victoria says that Olly has a selection of rugs plus a neck cover in the field to keep him clean and to avoid having to brush his mane too much.

Clipping starts in August, the first of about eight clips as he gets ‘very hairy’ in winter, and Victoria is fastidious about blending the clip into his feathers to avoid lines.

She’s also particular about stains: “I tackle any stain on the white patches as soon as it appears to prevent

those orange marks appearing, particularly on areas like the hocks, using Absorbine Bath in a Bottle,” she comments. “Carr Day and Martin mane and tail conditioner used every other day helps keep on top of the tangles.”

In the run up to a show Olly will have three or four baths using purple shampoo, the final one with warm water to get him really clean, and this is the time to tackle those feathers.

“You can wash the feathers and think they are clean, but part them and there’s still dirt underneath!” says Victoria.

“Once they are really clean and dry, I apply Supreme Products whitener with a paintbrush and put leg wraps on.”

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ASK THE EXPERT.

AVOIDING THAT ‘FLAT’ FEELING YOUR HORSE MAY HAVE STARTED THE SEASON IN GREAT SHAPE, BUT THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING AND TRAVELLING STRESS CAN SHOW AS AUTUMN APPROACHES AND THE HORSE USES UP NUTRITIONAL RESOURCES. SPORTS NUTRITIONIST RYAN MILLAR, CO-FOUNDER OF BETTALIFE®, OFFERS GUIDANCE ON MAINTAINING CONDITION AND TOPLINE.

Q

What are the reasons that a horse may lose topline or condition, especially at the end of the summer?

Horses can experience a nutrient deficit at the end of a long competition season. A reduced calorie intake as grazing becomes sparser or forage is restricted for ‘good doers’ will contribute further to this. Training and competing is effectively extracting more nutrients from the horse than his diet can supply over the season.

Q

How much of an influence does loss of condition have on performance - would the owner notice a dip in their horse’s performance first?

Nutrient deficit can be evidenced in an increase in the time that a horse takes to recover from a OWNERS GET TO KNOW THEIR competition. You may also see HORSES VERY WELL, SO ARE LIKELY TO a reduction in stamina and that the horse becomes fatigued PICK UP EVEN SUBTLE SIGNS AS THEIR more quickly.

Owners get to know their HORSE DIPS INTO HIS RESERVES. horses very well, so are likely to pick up even subtle signs as their horse dips or are stepping up a grade in their training into his reserves. It may be as simple as an programme. otherwise unexplained drop in scores, or a Metabolic rate decreases with age, and dull coat. older horses may be receiving fewer calories More highly strung horses can be full of in order to manage their weight, plus muscle nervous energy so it’s harder to spot, but you recovery is slower. They will take longer may find they blow up halfway through a test, to warm up and need a longer build-up to for example. competition; however, over-training can also This nutrient deficit is not sustainable in the contribute to loss of condition. long term and can lead to muscle loss as the depleted glycogen stores mean less fuel for the What signs should owners look muscles, and increased risk of injury. out for to suggest that this is a nutritional issue rather than ill health?

Again, knowing your horse is key, while it’s Does the horse’s age or stage of also worth considering other causes of lost training have an influence on loss condition – poor dental health, an increase in of condition? worm burdens etc.

The impact of extra training and competition But sudden muscle loss is a tell-tale sign: can be felt, especially for younger horses the horse may look ‘flatter’ as the depletion of that are beginning their competitive careers

Q

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LEFT: SPORTS NUTRITIONIST RYAN MILLAR. ABOVE: IF YOUR HORSE STARTS TO FEEL A LITTLE ‘FLAT’ AT THE END OF THE SUMMER IT COULD BE DUE TO A NUTRIENT DEFICIT.

ASK THE EXPERT.

carbohydrates means that the muscles are not sufficiently filled with glycogen; the muscle appears to retract. Maintaining hydration and forage supplies and the use of supplementary nutrients is required to tackle this.

during exercise.

Using the right supplement can help the horse make better use of concentrate rations, as essential amino acids increase the bioavailability of the amino acids in feed.

Q

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What nutrients are significant in maintaining topline?

Essential amino acids maintain a positive nitrogen balance to build and support muscle, but combining them with long chain carbohydrates is highly beneficial to avoid insulin spikes and excessive blood sugar.

Q

Why should owners consider a supplement rather than just increasing quantities of feed or forage?

It is difficult to supply the required nutrients with increased feed or forage without adding a significant amount of calories, especially for ‘good doers’, as they do not contain the concentration of essential amino acids contained in a supplement such as PharmaPlast. It also includes waxy maize, a highly useful nutrient as it is a long chain carbohydrate which offers long term fuel for sustained energy and recovery.

Using a supplement also facilitates the provision of electrolytes to replace sweat lost

Are there other changes that owners should make to the horse’s regime or management to help get the best from a supplement?

Timing feeds is important; a small feed with PharmaPlast given after training or competition - once the horse has rehydrated

and is calm and relaxed - followed by another the next morning, helps to support recovery.

Feeds should be slightly damped.

Ensure the horse has rest days after competition, especially for older animals whose muscles take longer to recover, and keep an eye on hydration.

Check the contents of any supplement; listing the amount of each ingredient per 100g and also by serving helps you calculate exactly what you are feeding. If you are in any doubt about whether a particular product is right for your horse, contact the manufacturer’s helpline. 

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BY A RISE IN STANDARDS ACROSS ALL AREAS OF ACTIVITY AND A DRIVE TOWARDS A MORE MODERN, PROFESSIONALLY-RUN ORGANISATION AND SPORT. RECENT PERFORMANCES IN TOKYO WILL ADD TO THIS MOMENTUM AND BD IS EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD TO PUBLISH OUR NEW ROAD MAP TO TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT CYCLE FROM

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riginally scheduled for launch in Spring 2020, the unveiling of our new strategy had to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the time is now right to look to the future. The strategy outlines how we aim to capitalise on the opportunities ahead and develop our sport into the accessible, inclusive and successful organisation we all strive for.

Working collaboratively, the Board of Directors, staff and volunteers will set about delivering a strategy that is ambitious, but still retains the essence of what dressage encompasses at its heart. The strategic objectives will not only drive our business goals, operational plans and targets, but also create a positive culture and values that are shared by everyone involved in the sport, with the welfare of all participants, both equine and human, as the foundation for

everything we do.

The launch of our new brand identity at the end of March, to coincide with the resumption of competition and training activity, was the start of this new chapter – and, with the sport already well on the road to recovery, the launch of this strategy is our next major initiative. The BD team certainly haven’t been standing still over the past fifteen months and many of the areas highlighted as a priority are already well on their way to being implemented.

The full strategic plan is available for download, or watch the video which brings

the strategy to life with audio commentary over an animated version of the document providing an overview of the key areas. Visit: https://www. britishdressage.co.uk/oursport/british-dressage/ structure-and-governance/ strategic-plan-2021-2024/ Chief Executive Jason Brautigam explains; “We were originally all set to launch this strategy last year, before the pandemic put everything on hold.

Fifteen months later, it’s great to finally be able share our new vision and mission with members.

Our main strategic objectives are all still as relevant as they

were pre-COVID, if not more so.

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to have a fresh start, with a brand new identity too – and ‘build back better’ to ensure that the sport doesn’t just recover, but emerges stronger than ever.

Tokyo provided us with another chance to shine and we want to use this platform to promote our sport to as wide an audience as possible, so everyone can see that British Dressage is accessible, inclusive and welcoming to all.

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BODYZONE.

THAT vital CONNECTION BEING TOLD THAT YOU HAVE GOOD HANDS IS POSSIBLY THE HIGHEST PRAISE A RIDER CAN RECEIVE. PERFECTING HAND POSITION AND FEEL IS A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR MOST, AS MOVING UP THE LEVELS DEMANDS EVER MORE PRECISION AND SUBTLETY OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PARTNERSHIP. ANDREA OAKES ASKS SOME TOP RIDERS AND TRAINERS TO SHARE THEIR SECRETS.

“F

or good hands, your arm position must be right – from the shoulder,” says BHS level 4 coach and BD registered trainer Stef Eardley.

“Only if your arms are hanging next to your body, with right angles at the elbow, can you

halt start here, at the back of the armpit and shoulder.

“There’s a reason why we say thumbs on top. Cocoon each rein within the hand as if you were holding a little bird, keeping it secure but not squashed, and form a roof with your thumb.

Otherwise, the muscle at the base of your thumb can become quite tight.”

THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KEEPING HOLD OF THE CONTACT WITH THE HORSE’S MOUTH AND HANGING ON engage the muscles that enable them to be soft and flexible, and disengage those that cause resistance.

“The best way to achieve elasticity is to feel the contact from the elbow, not just the hand,” she adds. “Watch that your elbows are not sticking out, in a blocked position. To keep them in, engage your ‘lats’ (the latissimus dorsi muscles, behind your armpit), which are critical for riding. The aids for the half-

KEEPING CONTACT “There’s a difference between keeping hold of the contact with the horse’s mouth and hanging on,” explains Lisa Hopkins, who coaches Paralympic gold medallist Natasha Baker.

“Imagine a comfortable handshake, or the grip you would use to hold a small child’s hand while crossing the road – firm enough to keep them safe, but not so tight as to make the child cry!

“The aim is to find a way to do

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this without throwing away the contact, to create lightness,” she adds. “Keep your shoulders and elbows loose, and your muscle movements controlled but not tight. It is especially important with a young horse to create the kind of contact from the start that you’d like him to accept. If you want him to be elastic, then you must be, too.”

JOINT ACCOUNT “We aim for still hands, but stillness can only be achieved with some movement,” says Lisa. “Think of your elbows as mobile joints, which act as shock absorbers that separate your upper body from your lower arms. If you lock your elbows, your lower arms will move.

But if you imagine the elbows opening and closing, especially

at sitting trot, your upper body will follow the horse’s movement and your lower arms and hands can stay still with the contact.

“Wrists held too straight or inverted can stiffen the muscles in the lower arm,” she adds.

“Instead, allow a little elasticity and flex in the wrist, keeping a very slight curve.”

BODYZONE.

LIGHT THE WAY “The reins are for flexion, rather than steering or bend,” advises grand prix rider and coach Dan Greenwood. “The contact is there because of the energy from the horse’s hind leg. Try to imagine headlights on your chest, and turn the light beam to create bend around your leg.

“If the horse feels unequal in the contact and you’re not sure whether it’s you or him, bridge your reins, keep them down on the withers and relax your hands

onto them. Now steer with the other aids such as the seat and the headlights, and the hindleg connection. It’s a useful reminder that the reins are not there for steering.”

POSITION POINTERS “Watch for obvious faults, such as turning your palms down to create ‘pram hands’,” says Stef.

“Depending on whether you’re right- or left-handed, it’s common for one hand to move ahead of the other. Check they are equal

BELOW: WE AIM FOR STILL HANDS, BUT STILLNESS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WITH SOME MOVEMENT.

with a quick look down: you should see a triangle, where the bit forms the point, the reins form the long sides, and the hands form two corners equidistant from the withers.

“If one hand tends to be stronger, practise giving that one forwards to scratch the horse on the neck,” adds Stef. “This can also help diffuse competition nerves that cause upper body stiffness. Another tip for relaxation is to breathe deeply, and to picture sending your breath out through your arms to your fingers.”

GET A GRIP Riders sometimes tell me that their reins become too long and slip through their fingers,” says Dan. “Prevent this by taking a firmer grasp of the reins, before relaxing the hold to find an easy contact.

“You’re gripping the reins, not the horse’s mouth, so a soft grip does not mean a soft contact.

Your hands must ‘give’ because your arms allow them to, rather than allowing your fingers to open so that the reins can slide through.” 

DAN’S HANDY GUIDE THE WATERSKIER “When a rider becomes tense, a typical reaction is to take the legs away from the horse’s sides,” says Dan. “Suddenly, the contact has gone and your hands creep ever higher as they try to find it, in a classic waterskiing pose. If this happens, recollect and rebalance by bringing your lower legs back and your hands down.”

THE PUPPETEER “This is where both hands are up, one higher than the other. Again, the answer is to find the horse’s hindleg to re-establish the contact. A strap on the front of the saddle that you can loop your little fingers under can be a useful reminder of where your hands should be.”

CHICKEN WINGS “If you’re tense or nervous, or if your elbows are ‘stuck’ because they’re stiff, take a moment to ‘flap your wings’ as you breathe in and out.

Shake it out! Then take up the contact and melt your elbows into your sides, rather than clamping them onto your ribs.”

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DISEASE AWARENESS.

EQUINE HERPES VIRUS IN THIS SERIES, WE’RE COVERING COMMON DISEASES THAT CAN AFFECT THE EQUINE POPULATION; HOW TO SPOT THEM, MEASURES TO TAKE TO PROTECT HORSES IN YOUR CARE, AND HOW TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION. IN PART THREE

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WE TALK ABOUT EQUINE HERPES VIRUS (EHV).

lthough there are nine strains, Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV1) and Equine Herpes Virus-4 (EHV-4) are most commonly seen. Horses may suffer respiratory disease, abortion, neonatal foal death and neurological disease.

TRANSMISSION Transmission through the air is the most common route. Viral shedding can typically last seven to ten days but can persist much longer, therefore a 28-day isolation period is recommended after diagnosis. The virus can live in the environment for a fortnight and be transmitted between horses on clothing and equipment, and in lorries and trailers.

INCUBATION TIME May be as short as 24 hours but is typically four to six days, though may be longer.

WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL SIGNS? These can vary depending on the strain.

Horses with EHV-1 can develop respiratory disease in the form of fever, coughing and nasal discharge. Some horses may develop neurological signs leading to incoordination of the hind (and occasionally fore) limbs, weakness, difficulty in urinating, bladder weakness and being unable to stand. These signs may be preceded by fever and respiratory signs.

EHV-4 infections commonly result in horses developing a fever, cough and clear nasal discharge. It can also cause abortion in pregnant mares, but this is less commonly seen.

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Infected horses can develop complications such as secondary bacterial infections.

HOW QUICKLY DO HORSES RECOVER? This varies depending on severity of clinical signs and whether the horse has secondary infections.

HOW LONG MUST THE MOVEMENT OF HORSES BE RESTRICTED? Unlike Equine Influenza which is transmitted between horses quickly, there’s a slower transmission time for EHV. Also, horses may not immediately show signs of the disease. It’s necessary to test horses for EHV at intervals of several weeks to ensure that all affected horses and any in-contact horses have tested negative before any movement can resume.

PREVENTION If a horse is returning home from a part of the

ABOVE: A BLOOD TEST MAY BE NEEDED TO CONFIRM EHV AS THE CLINICAL SIGNS ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER CONDITIONS.

world where an outbreak has occurred, strict hygiene measures and biosecurity should be carried out. Isolate, make sure that horses don’t share equipment, and ensure anyone working with the horses washes their hands and uses a foot bath between each individual.

Take each horse’s temperature twice daily, and keep a log.

Clean and disinfect all equipment and vehicles used to transport the horse.

Seek veterinary attention immediately if disease is suspected and stop all movements on and off the premises for at least 28 days in case of infection.

A vaccine against EHV-1 and EHV-4 is available but does not protect the horse against the neurological form. However, it can help reduce nasal shedding of the virus, its transmission to other horses and the severity of the respiratory form. Vaccination of horses known or suspected to have recently been in contact with EHV-1 is not recommended. Your vet will advise further on use of the vaccine.

Avoiding mixing in at-risk populations, close monitoring, early diagnosis and isolation of suspect horses remain the cornerstone of prevention regardless of vaccination status. 

TREATMENT Horses showing early signs must be isolated and examined by a vet. Clinical signs are often seen within 10 days. Clinical signs may be similar to other diseases, so your vet will take nasopharyngeal swabs and blood samples to confirm the diagnosis.

Horses with the respiratory form of the disease may benefit from medication to reduce temperature and coughing, and occasionally antibiotics may be given to combat secondary bacterial infections. Euthanasia is usually required for horses who do not respond to support in slings.

The neurological form can be very difficult to treat successfully, but supportive care including anti-inflammatories, intravenous fluids and possibly support in a sling may be used.

Euthanasia is usually required for horses who do not respond to support in slings.

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NOTICE OF AGM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of BRITISH DRESSAGE will be held at The Windmill Hotel, Birmingham Rd, Allesley, Coventry CV5 9AL on 12 October 2021 at 6:00pm, for the purpose of considering the matters set out below.

AGENDA Ordinary Business The following will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions: 1. To receive the Financial Statements of British Dressage for the year ended 31 December 2020 and the Directors’ and Auditors’ Reports thereon.

2. To reappoint the auditors of British Dressage and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

Special Business The following resolution will be proposed as a Special Resolution: 3. That the draft articles of association submitted to the meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman thereof be and the same are hereby approved and adopted as the articles of association in substitution for and to the exclusion of all the existing articles of association of British Dressage.

At the close of the formal business of the Annual General Meeting the following items will be dealt with: 4. To receive questions from members in attendance and also to answer questions submitted in writing by members to the Chief Executive at least ten days prior to the meeting.

By order of the Board.

Jason Brautigam Chief Executive Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive, Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG Company number: 3443026 Dated: 9 September 2021 Notice is hereby given that the following documents will be available on British Dressage’s website on or before 9 September 2021: • British Dressage’s report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020; and • The proposed new Articles of Association of British Dressage (as referred to in item 3 above), plus a comparison (showing the proposed changes being made to the existing Articles of Association).

The website address to access the Documents is britishdressage. co.uk. The Documents may be accessed on the website by typing the link provided above. If you do not have internet access and would like a hard copy of the Documents, please contact Ben Waterhouse, Chief Operating Officer at British Dressage, on 02477 087805.

Note: 1. Any questions to be raised by members who are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting should be notified in writing to the Chief Executive at least ten clear days before the date fixed for the meeting, to enable a full response to be given at the meeting.

2. The Annual General Meeting will be streamed live on the British Dressage website: britishdressage.co.uk.

3. Any member of British Dressage entitled to attend and vote at

the meeting convened by this Notice is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his or her place. A proxy need not be a member of British Dressage.

The completed proxy form must

be received at the registered office no later than 6.00pm on 8 October 2021. Proxy forms can be obtained by writing to the Chief Executive with a stamped addressed envelope.

FREE LEGAL HELPLINE: 0845 0178 601 SAFEGUARDING Launched in 2020, our new safeguarding courses have been developed in partnership with British Equestrian for anyone within the equestrian industry.

Safeguarding in Equestrian Sport British Dressage is delivering face-to-face courses created in partnership with British Equestrian, available to anyone involved in equestrianism in England, Scotland and Wales. The course outlines issues involved in safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk, as well as the signs and indicators that may show that someone is at risk of significant harm. Participants will also become aware of their legal and moral responsibilities and will be given guidance on how to respond to concerns.

Those who complete the course will receive a Safeguarding in Equestrian Sport Qualification, which is valid for three years and can go towards the requirements needed to undergo a BD Coaching Certificate (BDCC) course and parts of the BHS Coaching Pathway.

To book your place, visit: britishdressage.co.uk/get-involved/ education-and-courses/courses/safeguarding/

KEY DATES

08-12 Sep Senior and U25 European Championships, Hagen, Germany 16-19 Sep LeMieux National Championships, Somerford Park, Cheshire 05-07 Oct Keysoe CPEDI1/2/3*, Bedfordshire 07-10 Oct Summer Area Festival Championships, Arena UK, Lincolnshire 08-10 Oct Keysoe CDI3*/CDIU25/CDIYJP, Bedfordshire 13-17 Oct Elite Equine Associated Championships, Vale View, Leicestershire 28-31 Oct Aintree International EC High Profile Show, Merseyside 28-31 Oct Saracen Horse Feeds Quest National Championships,

Bury Farm, Buckinghamshire 11-14 Nov Elite Equine Associated Championships, Bury Farm, Buckinghamshire 02-05 Dec Keysoe High Profile Show, Bedfordshire 11-12 Dec Ideal Saddles Combined Training Championships, Onley Grounds, Warwickshire 16-17 Dec Olympia London CDIW, ExCel A comprehensive list of major dates can be found online at britishdressage.co.uk/competitions/international-and-major-dates

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REGIONAL ACTIVITY. SOUTH & EAST DO: Katharine Perry and Sharon Walker (job share) M: 07872 603871 (Katharine) M: 07894 232358 (Sharon) E: southandeast@britishdressage.co.uk Chairman: Lotte Olsen 01277 822525 Coaching: Tracy Wright 07951 570315 Emma Butler 07843 585504 Rider training: Nicola Preston 07984 642291

Samantha Williams 07974 225005 BD Youth: Phillippa Coles 07860 215895 Jessica Brown 07852 282983

Eve Fifer 07879 643047 Judges: Yvonne Huber 07933 133132 Jane Howard 07831 406406 Para: Joanne Dagley-Cleworth 07967 605566 Marketing: Katie Tysome 07772 571497 Caroline Gibson 07795 035581 SOUTH & WEST DO: Amanda Rodgers M: 07894 232355 E: southandwest@britishdressage.co.uk Chairman: Susie Cumine 07860 677 977 Coaching: Amy Blount 07773 228562 Nicky Du Plessis 07398 130955 Rider training: Nicky Du Plessis 07398 130955 BD Youth: Jo Lees 07709 376470 Judges: Alicia Anderson 07778 898499 Para: Mark Cunliffe 07717 727147 Marketing: Sharon Stuart 07912 225700 Paula Holland 07748 666794

NORTH & WEST DO: Alex Phillips M: 07495 013192 E: northandwest@britishdressage.co.uk

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NORTH & EAST DO: Jo Byrne M: 07783 791191 E: northandeast@britishdressage.co.uk Chairman: Vikki Hayton 07860 276578 Coaching: Charlotte Wilson 07949 076141 Rider training: Sarah Farrand 07941 640148

Rachel Longworth 07863 970192 BD Youth: Jess Griffiths 07590 732896

Charlotte Clark 07786 344617 Judges: Helen Copeland 07877 306864 Para: Gillian Brown 07872 923456 Marketing: Sarah McClarron 07557 281360

JUDGE TRAINING Important information: By now, judges should have attended two Zoom sessions at their level as part of their 2020 CPD requirements. Dispensation was granted, due to the pandemic, until the end of Spring 2021. If you have not fulfilled your annual CPD requirements, please contact officials@ britishdressage.co.uk. Judges are reminded they should be up to date with CPD before they judge.

To apply to become a Trainee judge, visit britishdressage.co.uk/judging/how_to_become_a_judge.

For judge training dates and further information on upcoming seminars and induction days, please see the BD website. Please note that the new exam policy is now in place, so any judges wishing to upgrade must have been at their current list for a minimum of one year before coming forward.

Please visit the Judge Bookwhen page at: bookwhen.com/bdjudges where you will find all judgerelated booking links including trainee judge registration, system registration, music paper booking, the judge listing form and Zoom judge training sessions.

Reminder: It’s a compulsory requirement for all judges to attend two Zoom sessions at the relevant list per year.

PART 3 EXAM DATES All judge examinations that have been cancelled will be rescheduled in 2021 to accommodate candidates. Where possible, those booked onto cancelled dates will be offered priority booking.

For more information visit britishdressage.co.uk/judging/judge_training and to book visit the judges’ Bookwhen page: bookwhen.com/bdjudges

DO: Kerry Sutherland (Interim) M: 07584 147258 E: scotland@britishdressage.co.uk

WALES DO: Vanessa Archer M: 07398 763414 E: wales@britishdressage.co.uk Chairman: Mike Mullis 07706 940315 Coaching: Amanda Leaker 07980 309398 Rider training (North Wales): Helen Hopewell 07971 490038 Rider Training (South Wales): Bethan Powell 07545 082247 BD Youth (North Wales): Megan Roberts 07807053246 BD Youth (South Wales): Briony Cutler 07889 817609 Judges: Dianne Breeze 07491 531953 Para: Contact DO Marketing: Cethin Ravenhill 07974 900941

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REGIONAL TRAINING Please visit each region’s Bookwhen page for the latest dates and to book your place.

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All dates are subject to the status of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Please keep an eye on the British Dressage website and social media channels for the latest updates and arrangements. For the most current dates, please refer to the regional Bookwhen pages which can be found on each regional web page: britishdressage.co.uk/regions/

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DRESSAGE DAYS Q&A MEET FIONA BUSBY Riding, competing and keeping horses is known to offer all kinds of physical and mental benefits. “Use it or lose it” – an adage that has never been truer than in the case of Fiona Busby BHSI who, at the age of 86 years young, is competing regularly and with much success in British Dressage competition. We caught up with Fiona, a List 4 Judge, who lives in Dumfries and Galloway on the family farm with her horses, Fina China and Mr Beaujangles.

WHEN AND WHY DID YOU START RIDING?

WHEN DID YOU RETURN TO THE UK?

My mother was brought up hunting and loved horses. I was a hopeless child rider as I was so nervous. I worried all day at school, thinking about my next ride. I suddenly gained my confidence on a New Forest pony.

When I was 12, my brother, sister and I would go hunting by ourselves, hacking to the meets.

I learned then about building trust in your horse.

While in Canada, we used to go to the States with the riders to compete. I began to think I wanted to stay there and had offers of jobs but immigration prevented it. It was then that I thought I’d go home to get properly qualified. I was at Talland at the start of Colonel and Mrs Sivewright setting up the school and it was lifechanging. I was a silly amateur before and came out much more educated. I was Head Girl for three years before setting up my own yard.

When I met my husband, Stephen, he didn’t ride but I found him a safe conveyance and he picked it up quickly.

Then family came along, our son and daughter.

DESCRIBE YOUR EARLY LIFE WITH HORSES. I started eventing in The Pony Club, did two jobs after leaving school followed by a four-anda-half-year stint of nursing in London. Living in London was a bit of a strain, so I kept a horse nearby and that kept me going.

I’d just qualified as a staff nurse when a bad bout of chickenpox struck. I was sent to a sanitorium on the outskirts of London.

It was there that I saw a job advertised in Horse & Hound for a Pony Club instructor near Montreal, for which I applied and was accepted. The matron was furious I was leaving!

TELL US ABOUT YOUR TRANSITION FROM THE HUNTING FIELD TO DRESSAGE. I’ve always believed that a horse should be able to do many things, but it was a Connemara pony of my daughter’s that really got me into dressage.

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His movement made him easy to train, and at 15.2hh was not your typical Connemara. He was easy to teach changes to and I got him up to PSG, though he was always a spicy hunter!

I liked training the horses, and dressage caught hold of me. Mr Beaujangles, the last of my homebreds, went up to Advanced Medium. He’s retired now aged 27.

DESCRIBE YOUR MARE, FINE CHINA. Fine China was the result of a meeting between a Welsh section B cross warmblood mare and a hairy cob stallion, in transit from Southern to Northern Ireland during the recession of 2008. She was a surprise to someone!

She made her way to Scotland to a friend of mine who suggested I view her. I was looking for another Connemara – I didn’t

want a four-year-old at my age and I didn’t want a coloured horse, but as soon as I sat on China I knew she was right. I rode past horses galloping in a field and she didn’t turn a hair.

My neighbour evented her, taking her to the BE90 at Badminton, and she’s done some events with a young rider.

WHAT ASPECTS OF COMPETING DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST? I enjoy competing as it gives me something to aim for. I stay local and do it for my own satisfaction.

I get to meet lots of people and as we don’t have huge classes, we get to know each other so well.

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS. Thrifty, independent, and when I asked my five grandchildren, they simply said, ‘Granny Fierce’! 

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