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Fun NRC camp from 17th to 19th July 2026 at Bucklebury
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Prix Caprilli competition today. It was lovely to see you all.
The results were:
Class 1
1st Michelle MacLean on Charlie
2nd Sarah Jones on Miley
3rd Orla Gorr Maria Gore on Ziggy
4th Tara Lyons on Sparkle
5th Michelle MacLean on Flash
6th Pennie Wickstead on Cecil
Class 2
1st Tracey Bourne on Bob
2nd Kayleigh Jayne on Thor
3rd Tara Lyons on Sparkle
4th Charlotte Moulson Rebecca Moulson on Miley
5th Juliet Messenger on Mac
6th Pennie Wickstead on Cecil
Top scores of the day were Michelle and Charlie with 70% in class 1, Tracey and Bob with 79.25% and Kayleigh and Thor with 75.18% in class 2.
Special thanks go to our organiser Tracey Bourne, Judge Jackie Barker, writer Sharon Wood, Refreshments Marion Barnaby, Pam Burch, Renita Brady. Camera woman Marion Barnaby, top setter-upper Gary and everyone who provided the yummy cakes.
Northwood’s dressage divas strutted their stuff in the rain at the BRC Grassroots Qualifier at Wellington today and pulled off a fab 3rd place out of 10 teams!
In Prelim A, Nichola Peace and Rory took 7th place out of 18 entries with 67.27%
In Prelim 3, Nichola and Rory again took 7th place out of 16 entries with 65.63% and Kayleigh Jayne and Thor took 10th with 64.38%. Were it not for a couple of course errors, Kayleigh would have placed 6th with 66.04%!
In Novice 2, Tracey Bourne and Bob took 1st place out of 16 with 68.46% and Sharon Wood and Molly placed 5th with 66.73%.
In Novice 3, Sara-Jane Larner and Thor were 2nd with 69% and Sharon and Molly 3rd with 68%.
In Elementary 1, Tracey Bourne and Bob (riding their 1st Ele test) placed 8th with 63.45%.
Huge thanks to Jennie Prest for being our volunteer so that our riders could compete.
Sharon Wood and Molly had a great day at the Combined Challenge National Champs riding in the Area6 Team. With 3 of the team having already jumped (one of whom was eliminated), Sharon and Molly were last to go and we needed a good round from them to secure 6th place. They didn’t disappoint, jumping a double clear round the 70cm course with just a handful of time faults on the super-twisty show jump section. The pair also finished 29th individually out of 70 starters.
Northwood had another successful day at Aston Le Walls, this time in the 60cm Novice Combined Training National Championships. Nichola Peace, riding Rory (who was standing in for the more experienced Inca) placed 6th in her section out of 16 starters. The pair were in 7th place after dressage with a super score of 32.2. The show jumping course, which many were finding testing, was Rory’s biggest to date. He finished with just the planks down and some time penalties to move up to 6th overall. Needless to say, Mum was delighted with her boy!
Huge congratulations to Nichola Peace and Rory, competing in the BRC 50cm Club Show Jumping Championships today at Bury Farm.
In the warm-up class, the pair jumped double-clear to take 1st place. In the Championship class, they again jumped double-clear and took 2nd place.
