Armada Donna Bella gave a great performance today to win the Novice Area Festival at Crofton Manor EC on just under 75%!! She goes through to the Championships at Hartpury in April along with Armada Dante and Armada Dyffryncothi Bridget!!
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Absolutely thrilled with Armada Dante at Allens Hill Area Festival as he wins the Inter 1 on just under 70% taking him through to,the Championships at Hartpury in April!! He gave me a fabulous ride with no mistakes and really, really enjoyed himself!!!
Absolutely over the moon for Lily as she qualifies for the Winter Champs at Hartpury in April! They scored 68% in Elementary Silver to take 2nd place at Moreton Morrell Area Festival and will now contest the Medium Bronze at Moreton in Dorset next month. Huge fingers crossed for them both!!!
I was absolutely thrilled with Armada Dante today at West Wilts where he scored a fantastic 67% in only our second Inter II! We made mistakes in the tempis but a lot of work was really pleasing and there is much to build on. So excited about progressing on up through the levels with this […]
Our fabulous Armada Great Gatsby contested his first affiliated BS show at Mendip Plains and did us proud! He had a pole in the British Novice and Discovery which was purely down to greenness but we were thrilled with his positive attitude and gives us great hope for his future!
After a very last minute decision, I decided to compete in our first Inter 2, albeit HC, on Armada Dante at West Wilts. We were a little underprepared but he coped brilliantly with the questions scoring just short of 65%. There were big mistakes in the 1’s and 2’s but his piaffe and passage were […]
Armada Floriana ridden by Junior Rider, Abbie Newbury, produced a lovely test at the Badminton Young Horse Championships finishing just outside the top 10 with a score of 7.8. She received very good marks for all her paces and the judges comments were just that she needed to develop more strength. She dealt with testing […]
Armada Donna Bella produced a lovely test in the 5 year old semi final of the Shearwater Potential International class at Hartpury Premier League. She scored 7.6 to come 8th in a very hot, tough class. She coped perfectly with the atmosphere and really enjoyed herself!
Lily had another trip to Burrows Court where they won both their Medium sections on 67% and 68%. Despite a torrential downpour, hail storm and thunder they performed really well and now have their qualification for two Area Festivals!
This was Dante’s first outing since the middle of March and he gave me a great ride to win the Inter 1 on 68%! He was so excited to be out and despite a couple of silly errors on my part he felt fantastic!