Report from the Western Equestrian Society Show

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Tammy Greaves on her Championship winning American Quarter Horse Zip In Harmony after winning the open horsemanship class.

Karyn Kay on her Texas-bred Appaloosa Pecas Chili

Rebecca Holt and Jack Te Higgins, won Novice Rider Show, Open Show, Novice Rider Horsemanship and Novice Rider Ranch Horse

Kirsty Scott and Ima Smooth Leaguer, first Walk/Jog Pleasure, second in the Open Show and third in the Open Pleasure

Anita Bokisch on Burley Villa Riding School cob Lily, first in Walk/Trot Horsemanship and first in Walk/Trot Trail

Daryl Charlwood, Pippa Dempsey and Katie Dempsey, first, second and third in the Novice Rider Pleasure

Gill Mott and Kernow Goldrush, second in Open Horsemanship and first in the Open Pleasure class

Katie Willis and Chanel, fifth in Walk/ Trot Pleasure and Walk/Trot Horsemanship, and second in the Open Pleasure class

Katie Dempsey and Kings Reed Heir, second in Novice Rider Horsemanship

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Burley Villa School of Riding, New Forest • Sunday 12th October 2014

merican Quarter Horses and Texanbred Appaloosas were put through their paces at the Western Equestrian Society Area 13 Autumn Show hosted by Burley Villa School of Riding in the New Forest.

The stables is the base of BHS AI and Western riding expert Tammy Greaves, who has represented Great Britain three times in the discipline, including at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, and spectators and competitors were treated to some virtuoso displays as Tammy took part in a couple of the classes.

Western riding is as skilled and disciplined as English and showing classes are designed to test the horses’ ability to do its job in hand and under saddle. Riders have to apply precise aids to get their horse to perform each movement correctly and the more skilled and subtle the rider the more pleasing their show will be.

Western horses walk, jog and lope, the paces needed to allow them to cover vast distances, fulfilling their role as a ranch or tail horse, without using up all their energy.

The jog replaces the trot and the lope the canter.

Many of the riders at the show were Tammy’s pupils, with some competing for the first time.

The classes included novice rider showmanship, an in hand class where the handler is being judged; novice rider horsemanship, where riders are judged on seat, hands and the ability to control and show the horse; and novice rider reining, where each rider follows the same set pattern chosen beforehand, with grades of difficulty, just like dressage tests.

The horses were beautifully turned out in authentic Western saddles and bridles and decorated pads (numnahs) and the riders equally so in showing shirts, chaps, boots

and spurs. Stetsons were worn in the in hand class and hard hats for the ridden.

The competitors rode one-handed or two-handed depending on what type of bit was being used.

Watching the classes you really appreciate how the moves being shown - entering the arena at a lope, halting, backing up (rein back), and side passing, would be applied in the working environment.

In the open class pleasure riders and horses showed the jog, extended jog, regular jog, walk, walk to lope, walk, a reverse at the walk (change of rein) walk to lope, jog, halt and back up.

Judge David Lloyd gave lots of friendly and helpful feedback and with Country and Western music softly playing in the indoor arena and a barbecue going on outside the event was fun and a fascinating insight into this most skillful of riding disciplines.

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Jennifer Stockwell and Zip in Harmony, fourth in Walk/ Trot Pleasure and seventh in Walk/Trot Horsemanship

Daryl Charlwood and American Quarter Horse Jays Dolly Dene, third in Novice Rider Horsemanship, second in Prelim Pleasure, first in Novice Rider Pleasure and first in Novice Rider Trail

One of the beautifully turned out competitors For more on Western riding and how to get involved go to the Western Equestrian Society’s website www.wes-uk.com.

To see an awe-inspiring video of Tammy Greaves competing at the World Reining Championships in 2008 search on youtube.

Competitors in the Walk/Jog Horsemanship class

The line-up in the Walk/Jog Pleasure class

PART TIME WORK AT CRANLEIGH SCHOOL EQUESTRIAN CENTRE

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Cranleigh School Equestrian Centre is looking for part time yard staff.

The successful candidates will be reliable, hard-working and able to work as part of a team. Experience of working in a yard or with horses would be preferable but is not essential. Duties include general yard work and field management as well as dealing with Riding School clients.

All of our staff are actively involved in the School riding programme and training/riding opportunities are available. In addition we offer good rates of pay in a friendly, interesting and busy yard.

Candidates must be prepared to work at weekends on a regular basis.

For more information please contact Sophie Spear (Director of Riding) by emailing ss@cranleigh.org Positions to start immediately.

Cranleigh School is committed to the protection & safety of its pupils.

The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check.

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