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It was a glorious day at the BRC Combined Training Championships today with sunshine and blue skies. Our sole surviving team member Sharon Wood and Molly represented us in two classes.
In the Prelim/70cm class they scored 34.3 dressage and jumped clear to place 4th. Their’s was the 2nd fastest time in the class and they only missed out on 2nd place overall by 0.2 dressage points.
In the Novice/80cm class they scored 35 dressage and jumped a lovely round with just one unlucky pole to take 6th place. A super result for this fab partnership!
It was a fab day for Northwood at the Hickstead BRC Team Show Jumping event today. Our team came a fantastic 4th out of 38 teams, our best ever placing. Sara-Jane Larner and Thor got us off to a great start with a clear round in the 85cm. Noel Cochrane and Tricky, back competing for NRC after a break, put us in a strong position with another clear in the 95cm. Mikey Winn and Jackson sealed the deal with another good round and just one pole down. Great job Northwood Ninjas!!
No ribbons today for Tracey Bourne and Bob at the Horse Trials Champs but congratulations are still in order. They stood in 11th place out of 40 starters on a good dressage score of 32.5. Unfortunately Bob had a scare in the show jump warm up and went on to pick up penalties in the ring which put them out of contention. Nevertheless they made up for it today with a solid clear on the xc course finishing 22nd overall. They have two Combined Championships to look forward to in October.
It is now just under 4 weeks to the CHALFONT HEIGHTS OPEN SHOW ON SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER being held at Cheines Manor. This is a lovely family show with lots of classes for everyone and the opportunity to win beautiful sashes in our Championship Classes. Schedule attached and the link to online entry is here https://www.myridinglife.com/RemoteLocationEventList.aspx?secretaryID=4087
Not satisfied with a team win at last week’s Combined Training Qualifier, Tracey Bourne and Bob pulled off an Individual Win in the Area 6 80cm Horse Trials Qualifier today at Munstead. The pair scored fab 29.3 dressage and were in second place after a clear round in the show jumping. They stormed round the XC, to finish inside the time (the only pair to do so) and take the overall win.
They qualify for the National Championships at Swalcliffe in August.
Big thanks to Tessa Baylis (and Vic!) for being our volunteers for the event.
Well done Pennie Wickstead Denise Coles Sarah Jones and Claire Willetts Lottie for a fabulous Arena TREC training- develop your horse’s hacking skills today. Flags, low branches obstacles, and much more, all tackled calmly and successfully 🤩🤩🤩🤩 — at Piper’s Farm.
