The Turville Team Training and Samantha on Apollo make front cover of Dressage Magazine!
Inside there is a five page Masterclass on our Ground work and how it is used for todays competition horse. Showing lunging, equipment used, inhand work and how it makes the horse supple and athletic.
ALSO OUT TODAY A REPORT ON :
THIS INCLUDED A VERY NICE PIECE ON SAMANTHA (more…)
GOOD LUCK SAMANTHA – OFF TO THE EUROPEANS – DENMARK.  They leave home today Thursday – sail from Dover to Calais Friday – and arrive in Denmark Sunday. (more…)
Samantha has just heard that she has been selected for The World Class Development Programme following the recent selection trials. The selectors felt she rode well and was an exciting future for dressage.  Her training starts in January. This is a fantastic achievement for Samantha especially as she is still only seventeen! Well done.
Also both Pascal and Apollo have been selected for British Team Trianing which , again starts in January (weather permitting!)
Samantha, Diane and Bernadette were among the spectators at The Albion National Convention 2010 at Hartpury College on 27-28 November. They enjoyed a two day training convention by Klaus Balkenhol and Dr Wilfried Bechtolsheimer where Laura Bechtolsheimer demonstrated grand prix training on her leading horses.
Made our way home from the Scope Showjumping Championships today. Had a great week but sadly Lauren and John Boy didn’t qualify for HOYS in the Newcomers Masters. However they jumped some super rounds, coming 2nd out of 140 in the Foxhunter/Blue Riband and made it to the Champonship arena three times. This must be the nearest thing to Horse of the Year Show, huge arena, big crowds and even bigger atmosphere. John Boys eyes were on stalks as he entered the arena but he focused his hardest on the fences and jumped beautifully but those toes just touched a pole 🙁 A great experience all round.
On returning home we discovered Bernadette with her lovely Ravels Bolero won her Petplan (more to follow). Also Samantha had a half page write up and photo in Horse and Hound in addition to photos in Dressage Magazine. Also Melanie Murray and Uccello, her Andalusian x Lusitano (by Don Diego), entered their first ‘online’ dressage competition. Having no horsebox they thought they would have a go, do the test and send the video in. They won on a score of over 70%. Well done to all!
Samantha and Spring Pascal have made their second trip abroad. This time they are competing in the junior British Team and as an individual in the CDI, Compiegne, France.
Their journey out was uneventful this time and all is running smoothly with Pascal taking it all in his stride.
Today, Friday, Samantha came 3rd as an individual in the CDI Junior and was the highest placed British rider. Pascal went beautifully, but the pair made one small mistake and had one canter stride on a trot circle, this finished them on 66%. A fantastic result, we are all so pleased back home!