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Summer regionals: Somerford Park

Somerford Park Farm hosted the first of this year’s seven regional championships (18 - 20 July) and saw massive entries in the BackinAction prelim classes which were split into two, with more than 40 entries in each section.

Forty-four-year-old Cerian Screen, who works full time as a pharmacist in Aberystwyth, Wales, and has a four-year-old daughter, conquered her competition nerves to ride her seven-year-old home-bred mare Donna Bella (by Donnersohn) into top spot in prelim section A.

“’Roxy’ can be a real dressage diva – the last time we went to a new venue, she threw a strop just before we started our test and had to be led past the judges and into the arena, so I was a bit apprehensive about what she might do at Somerford as neither of us had been there before,” said Cerian, who trains with Serina Pincus and gets up at 5.30am to ride before work. “We’ve only done four competitions this year and won three of them, but I was nervous because she can be quite naughty. With the flags, flowers and three judges’ boxes to contend with, I thought it might blow her mind, but on the day she was brilliant and didn’t bat an eyelid!”

Cerian, who hadn’t competed without a test caller before, had an early draw and held her nerve while waiting almost five hours until the end of the class to discover the final result: “I never imagined we would win – I was just delighted that Roxy behaved so well. . . now I’m already starting to get nervous about going to the nationals, but luckily my good friend Genette who comes with me to competitions is a brilliant support, and I’m going to practice breathing and focussing techniques!”

The prelim section B was also hotly contested, with 41-year-old Chrissy Leak and her 14hh seven-year-old traditional coloured cob mare, It's Just Rosie (pictured), clinching first place.

“I bought Rosie from a dealer as a four-year-old who’d got her from Appleby Fair,” explained Chrissie, who works full time for Northern Rail as a train conductor in Blackpool and keeps Rosie at DIY livery. “I’ve had horses all my life, but had huge gaps in my riding due to work and lack of finance, so I wanted a horse which was kind and gentle to bring on. My mum died of lung cancer nine years ago and left me some money which I used to buy Rosie, so I named Rosie after her - she’s kind, gentle and a real people person -- she’s my best buddy!

“I do suffer from competition nerves, but Rosie always looks after me and tries her best, “ said Chrissie, who celebrated her win by treating her two good friends and travel companions Rachel and Hayley with a trip to Burger King.

“I then came home and poured myself a vodka by which time my Facebook page was in meltdown! I can’t wait to go to the nationals now, I’ve only ever been as a spectator before, so to compete at Stoneleigh is a dream come true.”

The highest score of the three days, 76.53%, belonged to the phenomenal 16-year-old Phoebe Peters and St Lucci, who soared into the lead in the Top Spec Medium Open championship.

The combination, who are in their last year of ponies, were having their final competitive preparation ahead of their call up for their fourth consecutive FEI Pony European Championships in Malmo, Sweden, next month.

It was another “red -letter day” for Lucy Cartwright with Justin and Isobel Wessels’ fabulous five-year-old San Marco, high scoring winners of the Dodson & Horrell Novice Open title.

This in-form combination, who clocked up a mega score of 9.1 as the highest score of the Shearwater young horse championships at Hartpury’s Premier League just a week ago, proved outstanding once again.

“Marco’s only five, but he’s an amazing horse who is so willing and forward thinking - he just loves to work and has three fantastic paces which are all as good as each other,” said 27-year-old Lucy, who was previously based with her trainer Carl Hester for six years (during which time she also won the 2006 Badminton Young Horse finals with Valegro) before setting up DL Dressage with her partner Daniel Bremmer at Carole Felton’s stunning yard in the Cotswolds.

“Isobel, who also helps me with him and has been a fantastic support, bought Marco from Jayne Lancashire’s Dressage International as a three-year-old and rides him a couple of days a week. We’re hoping to do the six-year-old classes with him next year, as well as some novices and elementaries and see how it goes, but I feel incredibly lucky to ride him.”

DL Dressage had much to celebrate as Lucy was also runner up in the medium open with Niki and Mervyn Franklyn’s Leonello, as well as third in the Saracen Horse Feeds Intermediate I with Waterloo V, while the yard’s working pupil, 19-year-old Alex Chick, won the Equine Construction Advanced Medium Restricted title with SOS Montevideo.

Twenty-four-year-old Darcas Lever, a former junior and young rider team member from Warrington, was the winner of the Equine Construction Advanced Medium Open and runner-up in the Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges with her own Valentijn WG, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding by Cabochan.

“’Lewis’ [named after the Formula One racing driver] came to me originally to be sold, but although he can be quirky and sharp, we’ve formed a good relationship. He’s got a lot of potential and we bring out the best in each other,” said Darcas, who trains with Darryl Thickitt and is based at Cockshot Dressage, where she produces horses and ponies for showing and dressage.

After competing at Somerford Park for three days, Darcas, who also has an 18-month-old son Jacob, had a brief stopover at home with just three hours in bed before making a 2am start for the four-hour journey to the Scottish Horse Show at the Royal Highland showground where she was competing two horses in HOYS qualifiers.

“I divide my time between showing and dressage, which can be a bit hectic with show dates clashing, but dressage always takes the priority,” said Darcas.

For full results, visit the Somerford Regionals website

RESULTS

BackinAction Prelim

Section a – Cerian Screen with Donna Bella - 72.37%

Section b – Chrissy Leak with It's Just Rosie - 70.06%

Dodson & Horrell Novice Restricted

Section a – Cara Sweeney with Belissima - 72.07%

Section b – Freya Metters with Maesmynach Jester - 67.99%

Dodson & Horrell Novice Open

Lucy Cartwright with San Marco 75.23%

NETTEX Elementary Restricted

Section a – Rebecca Jackson with Blixem 71.46%

Section b - James McCullough with Diluvio 69.01%

NETTEX Elementary Elementary Open

Sarah Kingswell with The Contact People Destiny D 69.79%

Top Spec Medium Restricted

Georgie Wheeler with Don Camillo II 69.32%

Top Spec Medium Open

Phoebe Peters with St Lucci 76.53%

Equine Construction Advanced Medium Restricted

Alex Chick with SOS Montevideo 68.95%

Equine Construction Advanced Medium Open

Darcas Lever with Valentijn WG 71.36%

Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges

Tracey Tomlinson with Undercover 68.99%

Saracen Horse Feeds Intermediate I

Jenny Rose with Tabriz 67.32%

Qualification from regional championships

With a busy month of summer regional regional championships about to get underway, we'd like to make competitors aware of the following information. Also detailed is the number of combinations who qualify in each section. Good luck to all riding - be positive, ride like you own it and remember to smile up the final centre line, regardless of how the test went!

PLEASE NOTE:

1) Combinations scoring below 65% will not be eligible for qualification for the LeMieux National Dressage Championships as stated in the British Dressage Rule Book, UNLESS IT IS BY A WILD CARD.

2) The number qualifying from each Summer Regional class will depend on the number of starters in that particular class according to the conversion charts. The number of qualifications per level varies according to the total number of horses qualified for the Regionals and the number of spaces available at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships.

3) A ‘starter’ is a horse that actually enters the competition arena and goes down the centre line, even if it withdraws before finishing.

4) The number of starters will not be known until the class is finished after which the organiser will calculate how many have qualified and mark them on the scoreboard. The number of direct qualifications will be announced at the prize giving. Everyone who has qualified MUST collect a qualification pack from the secretary before leaving the showground.

NB: Entries for the LeMieux National Dressage Championships close on Tuesday 25 August 2015. No late entries will be accepted.

5) The last Summer Regional finishes on Tuesday 11 August and on this week the BD Office will calculate how many unfilled spaces there are in each class at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships. THESE SPACES WILL BE FILLED BY THE HIGHEST SCORING UNQUALIFIED COMBINATIONS FROM ALL THE REGIONALS, WHO WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A WILD CARD.

6) Entry packs will be sent from the BD Office no later than Friday 14 August to the registered owner of the horse. The entries should be sent immediately to the show secretary to arrive no later than Tuesday 25 August. You may wish to use next day delivery to ensure receipt by deadline.

7) The names of the combinations awarded wild cards will be put on the BD website on Monday 17 August. Please do not telephone the BD Office regarding wild card allocation before 2pm on this day.

Numbers to qualify

All scores must be over 65%

PRELIMINARY: 1 in 28 to qualify
1 – 28 = 1 qualifies
29 –56 = 2 qualify

NOVICE RESTRICTED: 1 in 25 qualify
1 – 25 = 1 qualifies
26– 50 = 2 qualify

NOVICE OPEN: 1 in 15 qualify
1 – 15 = 1 qualifies
16 – 30 = 2 qualify
31 – 45 = 3 qualify

ELEMENTARY RESTRICTED:
1 in 26 qualify
1 – 26 = 1 qualifies
27– 52 = 2 qualify

ELEMENTARY OPEN: 1 in 12 qualify
1 – 12 = 1 qualifies
13 – 24 = 2 qualify
25 – 36 = 3 qualify
37 – 48 = 4 qualify

MEDIUM RESTRICTED: 1 in 20 qualify
1 – 20 = 1 qualifies
21 –40 = 2 qualify

MEDIUM OPEN: 1 in 10 qualify
1 – 10 = 1 qualifies
11 – 20 = 2 qualify
21 – 30 = 3 qualify
31 – 40 = 4 qualify

ADVANCED MEDIUM RESTRICTED:
1 in 19 qualify
1 – 19 = 1 qualifies
20 –38 = 2 qualify
39 – 57 = 3 qualify

ADVANCED MEDIUM OPEN:
1 in 9 qualify
1 – 9 = 1 qualifies
10 – 18 = 2 qualify
19 – 27 = 3 qualify
28 – 36 = 4 qualify

PRIX ST GEORGES – Winner qualifies providing score over 65%

INTERMEDIATE I – Winner qualifies providing score over 65%

Hartpury Festival of Dressage celebrates all

Not only did Hartpury’s Festival of Dressage (8 – 12 July 2015) play host to a CDI3* and CPEDI3*, the Gloucestershire-based college also ensured their event was jam-packed full of dressage goodness with the BYRDS A-squad finals, the renowned Shearwater Young Horse Championships and final Premier League fixture of the 2015 season.

27-year-old, Lucy Cartwright set the standard in the first class of the Premier League. Split into two sections due to high entrant numbers (45 combinations!), both of the Fairfax Saddles PSG classes were taken by Lucy and her two rides. Riding Carole Fenton’s 11-year-old Fidermark mare, Fergana, she scored 69.69% to take the top spot, and it was her own athletic 12-year-old Negro-sired gelding, Waterloo V who topped section B with a solid 70.74%, securing two direct qualification passes through to the LeMieux National Dressage Championships, held at Stoneleigh Park, Warks (17 – 20 September 2015).

With just 0.6% separating the top four in the Baileys Horse Feeds inter II, it came down to collectives to decide the final places. Gareth Hughes and Kate Byrom’s 12-year-old Sandro Hit stallion, Samba Hit III came out of the fierce battle on top, as their score of 68.81% and collectives of 127.5 proved enough to reign supreme but just 3.5 collective marks behind was second placed Maria Eilberg with her own, Hermione Black and Penny Pollard’s striking 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Royal Concert (68.81%). Third place went to Alice Oppenheimer and her mother’s 11-year-old Belissimo M-sired mare, Headmore Boadicia with 68.15% (125.0), three collective marks above fourth’s Dan Watson and Nicola Naylor’s 10-year-old Dutch-bred gelding, Amadeus VI (68.15%).

Having almost tasted victory in their first ever inter II, Maria and Royal Concert – or Rico, as he’s fondly known as at home – returned to dominate the Zamar inter I with an impressive 73.94%, a personal best for the combination and topping the class by over three percent.

The start list for the LeMieux grand prix read like a who’s who of dressage; with stars such as Dan Watson, Alice Oppenheimer, Amy Woodhead, Steph Croxford and Isobel Wessels to name a few, it was always going to be stiff competition for the top spot. However, it was Charlotte Dujardin who was number one riding Anne Seifert-Cohn’s nine-year-old German-bred gelding, Barolo. The pair scored an impressive 73.12% in the chestnut gelding’s second ever grand prix, showing great scope for the future.

A first for the Festival of Dressage, Elite Stallions provided a new class for developing PSG horses. Consisting of two PSG rounds, combinations earned their place in the competition by scoring 65% or over in a PSG in 2015. The top eight from the qualifying round went through to the final, which took place during the gala evening over the weekend. Topping both the qualifying round and final was Michael Eilberg with his father and Alison Walton’s Woodlander Farouche (pictured). Achieving almost identical marks in the two rounds, Michael and the talented Furst Heinrich mare scored 77.85% and 77.80%, continuing their fantastic two-year run of good form and highlighting the mare’s exciting potential for big tour. You can catch Farouche’s 77.85% test via the Hartpury YouTube channel.

Michael also claimed first place in the inter II with his second ride of the competition, Julie Deverill’s 11-year-old Dimaggio mare, Half Moon Dynasty. In their first competition of 2015 and her first ever inter II, the pair scored a huge 71.62%, four percent above second placed Olivia Oakeley and Donna Summer (67.50%).

BYRDS A-Squad finals

Hartpury College also played host to the annual BYRDS A-squad finals. The nine highest placed A-squad riders (below) from this year’s BYRDS inter-regional competition at The College, Keysoe gathered at the Festival of Dressage to contest in the championship ride off on the Saturday (11 July 2015).

Emma Barnes with her own Korenbloem Uptimes

Emma Wood with Suzanne Wood’s Achilles

Emily Watts with her own Rascalini

Samantha Gualtieri with her own Sandro’s Dancer

Emily Blount with Amy Blount’s Gkar

Alice Beauchamp with her own Rayid Heart Breaker

Samantha Bloor with her own Elason

Holly Lucas with her own Abby

The morning saw the riders split into three groups with each rider starting out on their own horse. After ten minutes, the riders swapped horses for another ten minutes per horse to decide the top three riders who would go through to the final – one from each group – which took place during the evening performance.

Emily Watts, Samantha Gualtieri and Emily Blount were the three riders selected for the final, where they rode each other’s horse through a unique test, written specifically for the competition. Dan Watson judged the class, looking for the rider who showed the most effectiveness, tact, feel and empathy on all horses – and it was 24-year-old, Samantha Gualtieri who reigned supreme.

Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championships

Saturday witnessed a showcase of Britain’s finest young horses in the finals of the Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championships. Already winners from their qualifying rounds, the finalists rode the relevant test for their horse’s age category; four, five and six year olds.

29-year-old, Nicholas Lawson rode Hannah Dovey’s Dutch-bred stallion, Gladstone to victory in the four-year-old class. Scoring an impressive 8.56, the duo topped the 29-strong class after improving on their previous score when they qualified at Myerscough College with 7.62.

The five-year-old section of the prestigious championships went to Isobel Wessels’ Oldenburg gelding, San Marco. Ridden by Lucy Cartwright, the son of Status Quo scored a massive 9.10 to win their section, beating talented up-and-comers, Florentina VI ridden by Charlotte Dujardin (8.50) and Classic Flamboyant with Rebecca Hughes (8.34).

Emma Blundell’s Fidermark-sired mare, Mount St John Freestyle claimed the six-year-old Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championship with 8.86. Currently being ridden successfully at medium by Charlotte Dujardin, the pair are enjoying an unbeaten run, spanning almost two years!

For full results, please click here.

Results

Class 1: Fairfax Saddles PSG

Section A

1^st – Lucy Cartwright with Fergana, 69.69%

Section B

1^st Lucy Cartwright with Waterloo V, 70.74%

Class 2: Baileys Horse Feeds inter II

1^st – Gareth Hughes with Samba Hit III, 68.81%

Class 3: Tagg Equestrian advanced medium 92

Open

1^st – Lisa Hopkins with Cortez, 71.35%

Restricted

1^st – Nadine Gregory with Candover Dramatico, 69.45%

Class 4: NAF Five Star Optimum advanced medium 98

Open

1^st – Sonnar Murray-Brown with Erlentanz, 75.52%

Restricted

1^st – Nadine Gregory with Candover Dramatico, 68.68%

Class 5: Zamar inter I

1^st – Maria Eilberg with Royal Concert, 73.94%

Class 6: LeMieux grand prix

1^st – Charlotte Dujardin with Barolo, 73.12%

Class 7: Lovington Ice advanced 100

1^st – Kate Cowell with Dahling, 71.32%

Class 8: Elite Stallions Young Horse PSG

1^st – Michael Eilberg with Woodlander Farouche, 77.85%

Class 9: Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championship – 4YO

1^st – Nicholas Lawson with Gladstone, 85.6

Class 10: Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championship – 5YO

1^st – Lucy Cartwright with San Marco, 91.0

Class 11: Shearwater Young Dressage Horse Championship – 6YO

1^st – Charlotte Dujardin with Mount St John Freestyle, 88.6

Class 12: Elite Stallions British Young Horse PSG Championship

1^st – Michael Eilberg with Woodlander Farouche, 77.80%

Class 13: Corse Lawn Hotel PSG

1^st – Maya Goldburg with Torino, 70.17%

Class 14: Dawson Memorial FEI pony/junior/young rider team test

Pony

1^st – Thalia Turner with Kastanienhgts Vitus, 68.72%

Junior

1^st – Phoebe Peters with Denford Surprise, 74.32%

Young rider

1^st – Immogen Chant with World Dancer, 66.51%

Class 15: Monarch Equestrian inter II

1^st – Michael Eilberg with Half Moon Dynasty, 71.62%

Class 16: Speedskip medium 75

Open

1^st – Olivia Towers with Mercian Calisso, 70.95%

Restricted

1^st – Bridget Tate with Dyffryncothi Bridget, 63.51%

Class 17: Shearwater Potential International Dressage Horse – 4YO

1^st – Bryony Goodwin with Hawtins Fiorella, 83.0

Class 18: Shearwater Potential International Dressage Horse – 5YO

1^st – Becky Moody with Full Fusion, 86.6

Dressage stars flock to Hickstead CDIO3*

Today marks the start of this week’s international fixture at Hickstead (16 – 19 July 2015), with 57 riders from 14 countries with 65 horses flocking to West Sussex to compete in classes across small tour and big tour levels.

The event also plays host to the final leg of the FEI Nations Cup series (CDIO), with countries looking to grab some last minute points to boost their final placing. Germany is currently top of the table with 24 points, followed closely behind by the Netherlands with 22 and USA with 21. Although GBR aren’t in the race for the top spot – we’re currently lying in joint eighth with six points – a maximum ten points for winning the team competition at Hickstead could see us move up to fourth place.

The nominated British team consists of Henriette Andersen with Warlocks Charm, Alice Oppenheimer with Headmore Delegate (pictured), Hayley Watson-Greaves with WG Rubins Nite and Spencer Wilton with Numberto. As the competition is the final leg, there is a extraordinary twist, as both the grand prix and special count towards the final result.

Hickstead is also holding a CDI, featuring big and small tour levels, plus international competitions for pony (CDIP), junior (CDIJ) and young riders (CDIYR).

Tickets for the competition can be purchased on the gate. For more information and to keep up-to-date with results, click here.

British entries

CDIO3*

Henriette Andersen with her own Warlocks Charm

Alice Oppenheimer with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Delegate

Hayley Watson-Greaves with her own WG Rubins Nite

Spencer Wilton with Julian Cournane’s Numberto

CDI5*

Big tour

Nicola Buchanan with her own Don Corleone VH Scheefkasteel

Jonny Clarke-West with his own Khartoum

Emily Cousins with her own and Eliane Cousins’ Solo Bachelorette

Bobby Hayler with Paul Hayler’s Aldborough Rubenhall

Carl Hester with Coral Ingham’s Wanadoo

Jacky Stolper with her own Der Schufro

Dan Watson with Nicola Naylor’s Amadeus VI

CDI5*

Middle tour

Kate Cowell with Frances Meier’s Rockefeller 61

Maria Eilberg with her own, Hermione Black and Penny Pollard’s Royal Concert

Matt Hicks with Alison Hill’s Sheepcote Walnut

Charlie Hutton with Judy Peploe’s Super Blue

Kirsty Mepham with Rebecca Vinter and Anne Baldock’s Calderon I

Georgina Swinglehurst with Carol Parsons’ Giddy

CDI5*

Small tour

Nicolle Begovic with her own Waldessarini

Louise Bell with her own Into the Blue

Lucy Fallen with the Danewood Syndicate’s Cruise

Matt Frost with Dedi Leech’s AMD Don Rosso II

Andrew Gould with his own Cello II

Maria Griffin with Adrian Baker’s DJ

Julie Hugo with her own and Frances White’s Alivia II

Ben Martin with his own Dimaggik

Kirsty Mepham with Rebecca Vinter and Anne Baldock’s Minain

Mark Mills with David Patrick’s Zazou II

Becky Moody with her own Carinsio and Davina Parker’s Tirsa

Olivia Oakeley with Anne Keen’s Don Carissimo

Alice Oppenheimer with Georgina Pole-Carew’s Tantoni Sir Soccrates

Jacky Stolper with her own and Caroline Wheatley-Hubbard’s Luciano Pavarotti

Vicky Tompson Winfield with Kym Merritt’s Zindane VIII

Sophie Wells with her own Valerius

CDIYR

Young riders

Jessica Gale with her own Umbro S

Carmen Gammie with her own Amalia B

Lily Hewitt with Adam Hewitt's Zavier II

Anna Lawson with her own Bryan II

Gaby Lucas with her own Salo

Victoria Maw with her own Bon Rouge

Amy Nash with her own Half Moon Revelation

Lucy Pincus with David Pincus' Sheepcote Don Calisto

Amy Schiessl with her own Mr Mercury

Roxanne Shipley with Mark Ruddock and Sean Burgess's Headmore Dream On

Tamsin Vaughan with her own Casse-Cou

CDIJ

Juniors

Imogen Ablett with Nicola McGivern's Active S Express

Isobel Berrington with Sally Hoyle's Worldly Wise

Emily Bradshaw with Sue Bradshaw's Remarkable

Ella Cotterill with Claire Speer's Sheepcote Casablanca

Charlotte Dicker with Ian McRobbie's Sabatini

Ruth Hole with Rachel Murray's Winnetou GEP

Lil Latimer Smith with Louise Latimer Smith's Classic Vazire

CDIP

Ponies

Ottilie Bardsley with Sharon Bardsley's Dublin

Emma Bond with her own Rober

Ollie Booth with his own Classic's Charmeur

Angus Corrie-Deane with his own Hagelkruis Valentijn

Anna Johannson with her own Heiligenbergs Pushed Again

Pippa Kearns with Claire Kearns' Hesselteichs Desert Rose

Holly Kerslake with Amber Barton's Doctor Little

Lara Kuropatwa with Samantha Brown's Le Chiffre and Olivia Kuropatwa's Mister Snowman

Vicky Povey with her own Machno Rembrant

India Sheridan with Sian Sheridan's DHI Smart Move

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