Keysoe CDI

LEFT: NATASHA BAKER AND KEYSTONE DAWN CHORUS TOOK THE 3* GRADE III CLASSES ON TOP SCORES TO REPEAT THEIR TRIPLE VICTORY AT THE SAME EVENT 12 MONTHS EARLIER.

RIGHT: THE 3* GRADE IV TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL WERE WON BY KATIE RADZIK AND HER PARTNER OF ONE YEAR, THE BRITISH-BRED SHOWMAKER SON, SHOWKIA.

BELOW: NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, ROWLAND KINCH’S DON CARA M WAS PILOTED BY SOPHIE WELLS TO DOMINATE THE CPEDI3* GRADE V CLASSES ON HIS DEBUT SPORTING THE UNION FLAG.

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AFTER A SUMMER OF LIMITED EXPOSURE, MANY LEADING BRITISH RIDERS SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR TOP AND UP-AND-COMING RIDES AT KEYSOE CPEDI/CDI IN BEDFORDSHIRE (5-11 OCTOBER 2020) – THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL IN BRITAIN SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. ALTHOUGH BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THE ENTIRE COMPETITION WAS STREAMED LIVE BY HORSE & COUNTRY TO WATCH FROM THE CONVENIENCE OF HOME. WE CELEBRATE SOME OF THE TOP-PLACED COMBINATIONS FROM HOME AND ABROAD.

ABOVE: 3* GRADE II TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL BRIDESMAIDS JEMIMA GREEN AND HER KWPN MARE ELRITE WENT ONE BETTER TO WIN THE FREESTYLE.

ABOVE RIGHT: INTERNATIONAL DEBUTANT AND FORMER EVENTER LAURA SCOTT WON THE 2* GRADE IV NOVICE AND FREESTYLE WITH KOKO POP. THE AUSTRALIAN-BRED GELDING ALSO HAD A CHANGE OF DISCIPLINE WHEN LAURA TOOK OVER THE REINS FROM WILLIAM FOX-PITT.

LEFT: IN THE CPEDI3*, LEE PEARSON CLAIMED THE GRADE II TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL WITH HIS HOMEBRED GELDING, BREEZER (BY BACARDI).

RIGHT: SOPHIE CHRISTIANSEN SWEPT THE BOARD IN THE CPEDI3* GRADE I, WINNING THE TEAM TEST WITH INNUENDO III PLUS THE INDIVIDUAL AND FREESTYLE ABOARD SEVEN-YEAROLD MARE DIE FÜRSTIN.

ABOVE: THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR CARL HESTER AND NEW RIDE EN VOGUE, OWNED BY CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN. THE TALL DARK JAZZ SON, WHO SHOWS MUCH QUALITY AND SCOPE, FOLLOWED GRAND PRIX FOURTH WITH THIRD IN THE SPECIAL ON 78.42%. ABOVE: THIRD PLACE ON THE GRAND PRIX PODIUM AND SECOND PLACE IN THE SPECIAL BELONGED TO GARETH HUGHES AND CLASSIC BRIOLINCA ON PB SCORES OF 77.67% AND 78.97%.

ABOVE: LEWIS CARRIER AND DIEGO DANCED THEIR WAY TO VICTORY IN THE INTERMEDIATE II, U25 GRAND PRIX AND FREESTYLE. LEWIS SCORED THREE PERSONAL BESTS AND HIS FIRST PLUS-70% AT U25 GP FREESTYLE. ABOVE: CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN AND MOUNT ST JOHN FREESTYLE SHOWED THEIR CLASS WITH A GRAND PRIX PB SCORE OF 83.19%. THE ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GERMAN MARE, OWNED BY EMMA AND JILL BLUNDELL, WAS HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT, WON THE CLASS, AND EARNED SEVERAL TENS TO BOOT. ABOVE: CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN AND HER INTERNATIONAL FIRST-TIMER GIO (APACHE X TANGO) FOLLOWED GRAND PRIX SECOND (79.34%) WITH A VICTORY IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S FREESTYLE. THEY WERE UNANIMOUS AND OUTSTANDING WINNERS ON A MARK OF 83.36%.

ABOVE: LARA EDWARDS AND JAZZED UP (BY JAZZ) MOVED UP THE RANKS FROM PSG TENTH TO THE RUNNERS-UP POSITION IN THE INTERMEDIATE I. LARA CO-OWNS THE 11-YEAR-OLD GELDING WITH LAURA MILNER AND HE IS PROVING A CONSISTENT COMPETITOR AT THE LEVEL. ABOVE: WEEKS AFTER THE HORSE’S WINNING INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AT HAGEN CDI, LARA BUTLER AND AMIEK C STAMP THEIR AUTHORITY WITH A KEYSOE HAT-TRICK IN THE SMALL TOUR.

ABOVE: ANNABELLA PIDGLEY AND BELAFONTE IMPROVED ON THEIR PLACINGS AT THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL IN BELGIUM IN JULY TO WIN THE JUNIOR TEAM AND FREESTYLE TESTS, AND PLACE THIRD IN THE INDIVIDUAL.

RIGHT: BRITAIN’S CAITLIN BURGESS AND HER 13-YEAR-OLD LORD LEATHERDALE-SIRED CHOCOTOF PERFORMED WELL TO FINISH SECOND ON ALL THREE DAYS.

BELOW: METTE DAHL AND GEORGE CLOONEY BS STOPPED MARTHA’S HAT-TRICK BY WINNING THE PONY FREESTYLE WITH A SUPER SCORE OF 73.78%. LEFT: NORTHUMBERLAND-BASED MARTHA JOBLING-PURSER, FLYING THE IRISH FLAG, WON THE PONY TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL TESTS ON VALIDO’S STARLIGHT. MARTHA WAS WEARING THE IRISH BADGE WORN BY HER GREAT AUNT JULIET WHEN SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE IRISH EVENTING TEAM AT THE MEXICO OLYMPICS.

ABOVE: DANISH COMBINATION LAURA JARLKVIST RASMUSSEN AND AATOFTENS DORNIER CAME TO KEYSOE ON THE BACK OF TWO TOP 10 PLACINGS AT THE YOUNG RIDER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WON ALL THREE CLASSES ON SCORES OVER 71%.

RIGHT: GEMMA OWEN AND SIRIUS BLACK III, SECOND TO ANNABELLA IN THE JUNIOR TEAM, WENT ONE BETTER TO CLAIM VICTORY IN THE INDIVIDUAL WITH A PERCENTAGE SCORE OF 70.20. SIRIUS BLACK CAME TO GEMMA IN 2019 AND THE PAIR HAS COMPLETED THREE INTERNATIONAL SHOWS TOGETHER.