May saw the coronation of King Charles !!!.
We had some changes with the horses - Vegas was sold to one of our lovely clients who had fallen in love with her. She has now left the yard here for her new home and has settled in well and is having a great time with her new owner.
A new pony, “Pixie” was purchased for the school and after initial settling in and assessment she is now a popular pony in the lessons.
Our wonderful Ceasar is now retired and we are so happy that he has now moved to one of our friends where he has been reunited with former Witham horse Ben. They were so happy to see each other and are now just enoying the best time. So well deserved for them both.
A new Irish horse, “Callen” was purchased and is now settling in and being assessed before he will become available for lessons.
June
We held a BHS Stage 2 exam day and are delighted to report that Laura Adderley and Jessie Potter now has their Stage 2 Complete. Mia Osborne and Olivia Howe were both successful in the Care and Lunge Sections and will go on to take the riding section when we run our next exam here. Well done all.
Unaffiliated Dressage - June also saw the Championship decided for the Unaffilated Dressage Spring Series. Congratulations to the prize winners as follows:-
Intro - Open Section:- Chrissie Hale riding Goodbye Girl
Intro - Veteran Rider - Jackie Johnson riding Tommy
Prelim - Short Arena - Open Section - Deboran Cooper riding Cindy
Prelim - Short Arena - Veteran Rider - Stella Gittings riding Basil
Prelim - Short Arena - Veteran Horse - Joanne Scholes riding Bodey
Prelim - Long Arena - Open Section - Rebecca Wood riding On the Buzz
Prelim - Long Arena - Veteran Rider - Christine Hudson riding Darcy
Novice - Open Section - Alison North riding Fernie
Novice - Veteran Rider - Sara Helmer riding Castleview Dun
Elementary - Open Section - Rachel Greenhalgh riding Bruce Almighty
Elementary - Veteran Rider - Sara Helmer riding Castleview Dun
Elementary - Veteran Horse - Stephanie Allen riding Out of the Blue
Thank you to our judge on the day, Sandra Smith who presented the trophies to the winners.
The Autumn series of Witham Villa Unaffiliated Dressage commences with our show on Monday 3rd July and we are delighted to announce that Rowleys Accountants - www.rowleys.biz will be providing some sponsorship for this series, with trophy presentations scheduled for the December show.
Entries are made through My Riding Life and we look forward to welcoming all competitors.
International Dressage - India and Eddie (Escade) were selected to compete for Great Britain at Wellington CDI and produced a super performance in the Team Test for a score of 70.147% and 4th place.