Saturday 25th June at Lympsham Showground - Members Only Show

The morning was a nice dry one, which made a change as we had lots of rain over the past 72hours.
I arrived about 10 30 to find quite a few people already there, which was a great to see and about 20 members took part.
Rachel Frost had got the jumps out and we set about building a course, well building jumps for someone else to set the course, not my forte that area. Many helpers made it a fairly swift job, so I left them to course building and went to set up the arena for the dressage. I tried to get it even and to be generous with the dimensions, it's funny how making a 20 x 40 arena can be so difficult without a tape measure!

Rowena arrived with Judge, food, rosettes and for good measure wore her secretary hat, oh I think she also brought a dog! Well done Row X
We started more or less on time, about 12, with the  Best Turned Out, this was won by Sophie Bridges and Lapis Luzuli,

Sophie continued with a double by winning the 1,2, & 3 YO class. Becky Hall won class 3 Pony with Ringo, posh name Synod Ringmaster who has been to many a Brent Knoll event. I won class 4 with Tom, posh name Rainbow Faer, class 5 was won by Martine Hazelton & Infinite Risk. Class 6 Vetran was Ringo again, with Miss Bubble at the ripe old age of 25 & Sarah Small taking the rosette for the oldest. Class 7 was Martine who went for a hat trick with class 8 as well. Class 9 saw Carrie Cavill & Calypso take the coloured class. M & M was Ringo again, he's not finished yet. Family horse/pony went to Lou Smith with Top Gun, who I think she's only had for about a week, brave girl. Riding Club horse was won by our secretary Rachel Davis & Sim who then went on to win the worker class. Novice jumping saw Janie Spicer and Madam Minton take a cracking spin round the course to win the class. I was timing the sj and also acting as bell, shouting ding ding for people to start, we must invest in a proper bell for next year! Open jumping was won by a male riding club member, shock horror and he's only just joined, Roy Orme & Platinum Pride.

The dressage went quite well and we must say a big thank you to Celia Lewis who judged, as she stepped in at the last moment when our judge hurt herself, we wish Margaret a speedy recovery.
Prelim 4 only had 1 entry, yes it's that man again Ringo, collecting his penultimate rosette.
Prelim 10 saw, yes you guessed it Ringo, going for his final rosette of the day. Novice 21 was won by Bev Gore & George, can't remember what his posh name is!
The 1st of the combined training was won by Rachel & Sim.
The overall points Champion on the day was Ringo and Beck , well done you two. I have to say I did try to get Becky to go wrong in one of the tests as I was reading for her, but she carried on !

There were a few moments I remember, like seeing a loose horse moving well across the field, followed in hot pursuit by Rachel Frost, she had been talking to the dressage judge when her horse went walkabout, also Martines horse decided to do a bit of unaccompanied grazing. Tom, mine, took no notice of a big white plastic box, but thought a plie of grass cuttings were scary, who said horses don't have a sense of humour!! Sarah Longman had only just got to the dressage arena before she found herself in it, she had about 10 secs of working in, so well done Sarah and Jenny.

Results in full are on the results icon on the web.
I hope you all enjoyed it as it's a e low key show, no pressure a good place for new starters/combinations and nice to get to meet some other members. Thank you to all those of you who helped set up, sorry I can't remember all the names.
We have got a few things coming up, so please do try to come and join us and support the club, any suggestions welcome, of things you might fancy doing. Don't forget the web site www.bkrc.co.uk you can email us there.

If you do use the web site on a regular basis, please email me to let me know you use it, so we know how many people use it, as we want to use it as a away of getting in touch with people on a general basis, ie newsletter, but also for changes and last minute details.

The combined training still has 2 more to go, so if you fancy joining in it's not to late!

The next thing is the Open Show, so make sure you come, no horse, no problem come and help, please, we'll be setting up Friday night from 6.30, or help on the day would be great, just a couple of hours, honest and you get fed an watered.

See you there!

 

Hilary

 

 

Full Results

Best Turned Out

1st Sophie Bridges & Lapis Lazuli

2nd Martine Hazelton & Infinite Risk

3rd Janie Spicer & Diamond Puzzle

4th Lou Smith & Topgun

 

1,2,3 YO

1st Sophie Bridges & Lapis Lazuli

2nd Sarah Small & Tallulah

 

Best Pony

1st Becky Hall & Synod Ringmaster

 

Best Horse

1st Hilary Lewis & Rainbow Faer

2nd Beverly Gore & George

3rd Sophie  & Lapis Lazuli

4th Martine & Infinite Risk

5th Janie & Diamond Puzzle

6th Lou & Topgun

Best Condition

1st Martine & Infinite Risk

2nd Janie & Diamonds Jigsaw Puzzle

3rd Hilary & Rainbow Faer

4th Beverly & George

5th Lou & Topgun

6th Sophie & Lapis Lazuli

Veteran

1st Becky & Synod Ringmaster

2nd & oldest Sarah Small & Miss Bubbles

 

Best Turned Out Ridden

1st Becky & Synod Ringmaster

2nd Martine & Infinite Risk

Novice Ridden

1st Martine & Infinite Risk

2nd Janie & Diamonds Jigsaw Puzzle

Coloured

1st Carrie Cavill & Calypso

2nd Janie & Diamonds Jigsaw Puzzle

M & M

1st Becky & Synod Ringmaster

2nd Laura Cavill & Frankie

Family Horse/Pony

1st Lou & Top Gun

Riding club horse/pony

1st Rachel Davis & Sim

2nd Roy Orme & Platinum Pride

3rd Laura Cavill & Calypso

4th Janie & Madam Minton

5th Sarah Small & Horatio

Working Hunter Horse/Pony
1st Rachel Davis & Siri

2nd Roy Orme & Platinum Pride

3rd Laura Cavill & Calypso

4th Janie Spicer & Madam Minton

5th Sarah Small & Horatio

Very novice jumping

1st Janie & Madam Minton

2nd Carrie & Calypso

2'3" - 2'6" Jumping

1st Roy & Platinum Pride

2nd Rachel & Sim

3rd Carrie & Calypso

4th Carrie & Frankie

5th Bev & George

6th Janie & Madam Minton

Dressage

Prelim 4

1st Becky & Synod Ringmaster

Prelim 10

1st Becky & Synod Ringmaster

2nd Bev & George

3rd Rachel Davis & Sim

4th Sarah Longman & Jenny

Novice 21

1st Bev & George

2nd Rachel & Sim

3rd Sarah & Jenny

Overall points on the day  

Champion Becky Hall & Synod Ringmaster  

Joint 2nd  Rachel Davis & Sim

              Marine Hazelton & Inifinite Risk

1st Combined Training results

Prelim 10 + jumping  

1st Rachel Davis & Sim

2nd Bev Gore & George