Equissage Pulse Para Winter Championships

PHOTOS © KEVIN SPARROW

PARA POWER at Myerscough

ABOVE: CLAIRE TREGASKIS, FROM CORNWALL, WON THE GRADE I BRONZE AND GRADE I NOVICE SILVER WITH LAKEFIELD EQUESTRIAN CENTRE’S MARE, STEFANIA II. “THE ONLY TIME I TRULY RELAX IS WHEN I’M RIDING,” SAYS CLAIRE, WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. “I FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE WHEN I’M ON HER.” MYERSCOUGH INTERNATIONAL ARENA HOSTED THE EQUISSAGE PULSE PARA WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE FIFTH YEAR WITH RIDERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY MAKING THE JOURNEY TO THE LANCASHIRE VENUE.

LEFT: ASHLEIGH-ROSE TURNER AND SOENSMINDES SYLVESTER, WINNERS OFTHE GRADE II SILVER AND BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH SCORES OF 74.51% AND 70.87% RESPECTIVELY. RIGHT: LAURA GULLIVER RODE THE WOODCROFT STUD’S FORMER GRAND PRIX STALLION, WOODCROFT GARUDA K, TO A WIN IN THE GRADE IV GOLD.

RIGHT: SIR LEE PEARSON AND HIS TALENTED HOMEBRED BREEZER III DULY WON THE GRADE II GOLD WITH 75.39%.

BELOW: MYERSCOUGH REGULAR, CHARLOTTE CUNDALL, FINISHED FIRST AND SECOND IN THE GRADE V GOLD WITH THE LADY JOSEPH TRUST’S LJT SIMPLY RED (PICTURED) AND FJ VEYRON. DELIGHTED WITH HER WINNING SCORE OF 72.86%, SHE SAID, “TO GET A MARK LIKE THAT FROM THAT LEVEL OF JUDGE WAS VERY SATISFYING, THERE’S NOWHERE TO HIDE IN THOSE TESTS!” ABOVE: GRADE II GOLD WINNERS BERT SHEFFIELD AND FAIRUZA. BERT, WHO RIDES FOR CANADA, SAYS, “FOR ALL THAT SHE’S DONE INTERNATIONALLY, FAIRUZA IS NOT THAT EXPERIENCED BETWEEN THE BOARDS. SHE’S GROWING UP WITH EVERY OUTING.”

LEFT: NOVICE GRADE V WINNERS JULIE FRIZZELL AND NAMIBIAN. ROYAL ASCOT WINNER NAMIBIAN WON OVER £100,000 ON THE FLAT BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE REHOMING ARM OF GODOLPHIN RACING AND INTO JULIE’S LIFE.

RIGHT: HOPE HAYWARD AND ET L’AMOUR: THIRD IN THE GRADE V INDIVIDUAL.

RIGHT: LAURA SCOTT WITH FORMER POINT TO POINTER WINGED ACTION TRIUMPHED IN THE GRADE IV BRONZE WITH A SUPER SCORE OF 72.75%. BELOW: THE TALENTED PARTNERSHIP OF GABRIELLA BLAKE AND STRONG BEAU PUT AN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY SPOOKY FREESTYLE BEHIND THEM TO TAKE TOP HONOURS IN THE GRADE I GOLD WITH 70.95%.

BELOW: SARAH ORAM AND TAMRIK CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW, WHO HAIL FROM THE SUSSEX COAST, CELEBRATE THEIR GRADE V INTRO BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP WIN. RIGHT: GRADE III NOVICE SILVER VICTORS KATIE REILLY AND HER CASHMIR-SIRED MARE HADENA.