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Performance Awards 2009/10
Winners
Here we go again, doesn’t seem like 5 minutes since I was preparing this
for last year. Sadly, although we had over 20 horses enter, only 12
returned their cards for this season. I am aware that a couple of horses
where out of action through injury, but it is such a shame each year
that a small minority don’t send them back.
I would love to see some new faces and I am aware that a couple of
people have asked for other sections, sadly until we have the entries
overall we cannot go down this avenue. It doesn’t cost much to enter -
£10 for members and £15 for non members, for further information
download an entry form or send a SAE to Liz Langford, Coldnose Farm,
Dewsall, Hereford, HR2 8DD.
Overall & Unaffiliated Champion Miss By A Whisker & Jayne Roberts
Photo
© Real Time Imaging
It has been great to do so well in the performance awards again.
Unfortunately at the end of 2009 we started to go backwards having
serious problems with the canter. Missy also suffered three bouts of
illness throughout the year, just as we were getting back on track she'd
fall ill again. This meant we not only missed competitions but also
lessons and training sessions. My aim for the year was to do some
affiliated dressage and hopefully we will be competing in our first
affiliated dressage event on 19th December 2010.
Aims for next year are more affiliated dressage and more show jumping /
arena eventing which Missy does seem to enjoy. Also we are looking
forward to the IDHS breed show as we will be aiming to do more classes.
I know I say this every year but she really is one in a million and I
can’t imagine life without her.
RID Champion: Grin “N” Bear It & Ann Harrison
Grin ‘n’ Bear It. 7 yrs, by Roma Diamond Skip out of Lennox Charlotte.
Ben has been such a good boy this year, demonstrating the versatility
of our wonderful breed.
The highlights of his Dressage were BD wins at Novice and Elementary
level with scores hitting the 70% mark. At the end of the year he
qualified for the Petplan Open Novice Championships and then won the
Elementary Open Area Festival at Hargate Arena, so has qualified for two
classes at the BD Winter Championships at Hartpury next spring. He was
also a member of the winning team at the Riding Club Senior Open
Dressage Championships at Lincoln, coming third individually – and he
won both his classes at the Breed Show, including the new Elementary,
winning a lovely rug.
During the summer he enjoyed some Showing, and was placed in a couple of
strong Open Working Hunter classes, including 2nd at the Breed Show.
He did nine BE Events during the season, and won three of them. Firstly
at Brand Hall BE90, where he finished on his dressage score of 18, then
he went up a level and won the BE100 at Cumwhinton, (got his ‘photo in
Horse and Hound for that one!), and finished the season by winning the
BE90RF at Bishop Burton, qualifying
for the Grassroots Championships at Badminton 2011.
Having qualified for two National Championships next April our aim for
the coming winter is for both of us to stay in one piece!
Ann Harrison.
Junior Champion: Littlehill Flynn & Kirsty Finnie
What a year it has been! I am delighted that Flynn has done so well
again this year. He has been fantastic from the start until the end. We
had a trip down to Lincoln this year for the British Riding Club
National Championships as Flynn qualified for both the Showjumping &
Dressage back in June. I couldn’t have asked from anymore from him at
the Championships as he took everything in his stride and was very well
placed in the Dressage considering our 12 hour journey to get there.
Flynn is also successfully progressing at Novice level at Dressage at
the moment and we are both enjoying it very much. Flynn also did his
first Riding Club camp this year which he behaved impeccably and enjoyed
very much. As well as having a lot of fun this year we also still worked
very hard throughout the summer which is reflected in our success in the
show ring this season. This has been an overall brilliant year for Flynn
and I but would not have been possible without the help of my
instructor, Fiona MacKinnon, a previous winner of the Performance
Awards. I have enjoyed this season very much as Flynn has been a
pleasure to compete and own once again and I’m thoroughly looking
forward to taking part in the Performance awards next year.
Kirsty Finnie
Veteran Champion: Chance Cove & Liz Langford
Chance Cove 18 year old by Knock Boy Hero
Usually on the sidelines and enjoying semi-retirement Chance has this
season been back in the showjumping arena, proving she can still do it.
One moment which will stick in my mind was when we where coming out of
the arena after jumping clear against the clock, and the gate man was
saying to a lady “I can assure you madam she has jumped the proper
course, she is just fast”. On that occasion Chance had knocked 10
seconds off the time to take the class. Also, been back in the dressage
arena, proving again she still knows the business.
Still thinking of whether to send her back to stud one more time, but I
will decide that in the Spring, in the meantime we are just going to
enjoy our winter hacks.
In-Hand Champion Bannvalley Pride of Midnight & Jo Ayroyd
3yr old colt owned by Pride of Meath ex Carrickrock Midnight Dancer.
2010 has been another successful year for Elvis and I am delighted that
he has won this award for the second year running. We have shown him in
youngstock, hunter and pure-bred classes where he has won or been placed
every time out as well as winning several championships, the most
memorable being winning the 'Champion Heavy Horse of Great Britain' at
the Royal London Show. Everyone who meets him comment on his good
manners and gentle nature, he likes nothing better than to be surrounded
by people making a fuss of him, he certainly has been flying the Irish
Draught flag and even has his own fan club!
A new chapter in his life has just started, having been lightly backed
in the autumn I am hoping to have him ready for some ridden shows and
maybe even some dressage in 2011, which will give him a good grounding
for what I really want to do showjumping and hunting. Here’s to hoping
his ridden career is as successful as his in-hand one.
Overall placings:
1st Miss By A Whisker Jayne Roberts
2nd Grin “N” Bear it Ann Harrison
3rd Littlehill Flynn Kirsty Finnie
4th Moher Diamond Hero Janice Blakiston
5th Bannvalley Pride of Midnight Jo Aykroyd
6th Crimson Sapphire Carole Stead
7th Tyson’s Diamond Cove Liz Langford
8th Chance Cove Liz Langford
9th Milady’s Pride Lindsey Millar
10th Claverleys Taimara Mr & Mrs T Shenton
RID Section
1st Grin “N” Bear it Ann Harrison
2nd Moher Diamond Hero Janice Blakiston
3rd Bannvalley Pride of Midnight Jo Aykroyd
4th Milady’s Pride Lindsey Millar
5th Crimson Sapphire Carole Stead
6th Claverleys Taimara Mr & Mrs T Shenton
Unaffiliated Section:
1st Miss By A Whisker Jayne Roberts
2nd Littlehill Flynn Kirsty Finnie
3rd Grin “N” Bear it Ann Harrison
4th Bannvalley Pride of Midnight Jo Aykroyd
5th Moher Diamond Hero Janice Blakiston
6th Crimson Sapphire Carole Stead
In-hand Section:
1st Bannvalley Pride of Midnight Jo Aykroyd
2nd Littlehill Flynn Kirsty Finnie
3rd Miss By A Whisker Jayne Roberts
4th Milady’s Pride Lindsey Millar
5th Claverleys Taimara Mr & Mrs T Shenton
6th Truly Exclusive Jayne Roberts
Veteran Section:
1st Chance Cove Liz Langford
2nd Milady’s Pride Lindsey Millar
Junior:
1st Littlehill Flynn Kirsty Finnie
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