Clifford owned by Lizzie and James Saunders Watson gave a great account of himself at Gatcombe. Having won a competitive regional final at Little Downham I was looking forward to competing at the championship. Clifford posted a score of 30 which left us in the top 10, but unfortunately rolled two poles due to the undulations, which had been very …
Codebreaker qualifies for Burghley at Field House.
Codebreaker owned jointly by Susie Brankin Frisby and myself, finished 2nd at Field House to qualify for the 5yo BYEH final. He scored 29/30 for dressage, 36/40 for jumping and high conformation marks to finish on equal top marks with the winner.
Kraziano and Ramonda qualify for the Burghley Young Event Horse Finals 2019
Kraziano finished 2nd at Keysoe BYEH qualifier in a big class with the best jumping mark of the day 34/40. I was so pleased for his owner Tommy Harris who has trusted me to produce him since we found him at the Brightwells auction last December as an unbroken 3yo. Ramonda (owned by Ruth McMullen and me) finished 2nd at …
Luhmuhlen International – CCI5*L
Early June continued to move at a fast pace with a trip to Longines Luhmuhlen, Germany to compete at the CCI5*L with the amazing Dick O Malley owned by the Flint Syndicate. Despite being very green at the higher level test movements, it was still all to play for with a very tough XC to come. Flint gave me in …
Top 20 result at Bramham International CCI4*L
Priorspark Opposition Free finished a very respectable 20th place at Bramham CCI4*L. He showed a little tension in the dressage, scoring 36, but an amazing clear in the time XC (just one frustrating frangible pin collecting 11 pens) and one unlucky pole down on the final day SJ. These penalties just preventing us from a top 10 finish. I am …
CLIFFORD wins Little Downham and CODEBREAKER second.
Great weekend at Little Downham for Lizzie and James’ Saunders-Watson’s Clifford who won the Novice Regional Final qualifying for Gatcombe British Novice Championships. Susie Brankin- Frisby’s and my own Codebreaker, finished 2nd in the 5yo section of the BE100 – getting the golden ticket to Osberton 5yo Championships in the Autumn.
3rd in the first leg of the Nations Cup for Team GBR
I was incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to represent team GBR in the first leg of the Nations Cup at Houghton Hall International CCI4*O. The team finished 3rd and all of the team members jumped double clear. Dick O Malley was unbelievable in the jumping phases and I am very excited that we now head to Luhmuhlen for our …
Dick O Malley gets Senior GBR Team call up for Nations Cup
NATIONS CUP SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR HOME LEG OF 2019 SERIES The Saracen Horse Feeds Houghton International Horse Trials, on 23 – 26 May, will kick off the 2019 FEI Nations Cup series with a British team of up and coming talent. The selected squad, in alphabetical order, are: Richard Coney (20) riding his own and Wendy Coney’s 11 year old …
Clifford 5th in the CCI2* at Rockingham International
A fabulous result for Clifford and all the Rockingham team. Clifford finished on his dressage score of 32 to finish 5th in a big CCI2* International class. He jumped out of his skin and made the time feel easy. Really excited for his future.
De Pleasure wins Rockingham BYEH Qualifier
4yo De Pleasure had a great win in the Burghley Young Event Horse at Rockingham, for owners Susie Brankin Frisby and Heather Sandell. So he will now have a holiday with his elusive ticket for the final at Burghley secured.