Category: My Competitions

Eastern Region Dressage Show 16th Nov’19

What a successful show today for myself and my riders, 5 wins and a 2nd out of 6 and nothing less than 65% across the board from trailblazers to PSG!   First up this morning was Marlton Enya, expertly ridden by Finn O’Gara in her first ever Elementary and a difficult one at that. However…
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Welcoming Enya & Lennox to the show circuit…

    Marlton Stud & Spruce Lodge       On the 2nd of November, Marlton Lennox and Marlton Enya made their competitive debuts. Both competing in their home environment in Marlton produced lovely quality in their tests and although at times nerves and stage fright got to them, they listened incredibly and accepted the…
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Never Lose Sight of your Dreams :)

It’s been a really tough month for me…. I broke my foot early in September, ruling me out of the final big show of the year for us and putting a sharp halt on are great training towards GP. Sadly while at the Nationals helping my students exceed expectations, including having one crowned national champion,…
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2019 Spring Update

It’s been a very busy start to 2019, and certainly a very exciting one… First off I’m super delighted, honoured and very proud to say that I am now sponsored by QHP-Quality Horse Products of The Netherlands. I am very excited to be able to represent their amazing products, they ensure I have utmost comfort…
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Bronze & Summer Music Championships, Bury Farm 24th-26th August 2018

Friday saw a totally different situation with a much calmer atmosphere as the High Profile was finished and it was a warm up day for the Bronze and Music National Championships. Happy to reorganise my floor plan to ride to my old music. I went in and raised my hand to start my music. My…
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High Profile Show, Bury Farm 21st-23rd Aug

It’s hard to sum up the last week! It’s been a very busy and successful number of days competing here in Bury Farm in the UK. Competition started on Tuesday at the High Profile show. After a good warm up, and full of confidence we went into the ring for the PSG. Unfortunately Let’s Go…
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High Profile Show, Bury Farm 21st-23rd Aug 2018

Fab few days for a number of my pupils and friends over in Bury Farm at the High Profile Show. Daphne Lush made her first adventures across the water with her own gorgeous Sammy (Millpoint Carnival). Competing in the Bronze section of the Novice, she clocked up a remarkable 4 wins from 4 in the…
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Spruce Lodge Classic 4th & 5th August 2018

Fresh from an amazing international debut last week with Let’s Go at Hickstead CDI we took on the Small Tour Championship at the SER Classic. An interesting warm up on Saturday with a few unrequired movements, (memories from previous years) led to a slightly tense start to the PSG, however as intelligent as ever Ludwig…
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Spruce Lodge Classic 4th & 5th August 2018

What an incredible weekend for JDD at the South East Region Classic in Spruce Lodge. A little over a year ago, I saw an ad on Facebook for a little black cob, started to be broken but turned away for the winter. Unsure of what to expect I bought her to have a bit of…
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Hickstead CDI** July 2018

Words fail to describe how incredibly proud I am of this little man. 18 months ago we thought we had lost him when strangles hit our yard and his body went into over drive. By the grace of God and an incredible veterinary team at Somerton Equine Hospital led by Heinrich Zieg, he recovered and…
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