Too Hot To Trot

A spectacular farewell to end this season for the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF) was hosted last weekend with both dressage and show jumping for the equine community.

It started with dressage on Friday and witnessed a fantastic double win for Mariella Forward, who rode two exquisite and impressive dressage tests astride the hoof-perfect No Trix.

The pair won both the preliminary and the novice junior dressage and it proved to be a wonderful ending to the rider’s season as this summer she is off to the UK to study and will also be having a major operation that will put her out of any equestrian action for the next two years.

Another sterling performance came from Mustafa Dadulla, one of the youngest riders in only his second event, on Dilmun Cortez. Mustafa claimed a fourth position in the preliminary dressage and later sixth in the junior one show jumping class. I predict a future champion in the making.

The weekend saw many horse and rider combinations achieving multiple successes. Hussain Dadulla, riding Dilmun Arko, was runner-up in the preliminary dressage, and third in the junior one jumping.

Gabriella Scopes on holiday from her UK studies took Dilmun Porphyry through his paces, third in the preliminary and runner-up in the novice dressage.
 
Schoolgirl Aimee Keen had numerous placings on her horses, third in both the novice dressage and junior two jumping. 

Ahmed Essa had a great day with Bart, the pair third in junior one and runner-up in junior two jumping. Winning the first show jumping class of the day was Mayoof Al Rumaihi with the stunning Granus.

For the adults there were more double delights with Ali Essa taking the adult one class with Athletico and coming fourth on Lavino in the second class, plus Basel Al Dossari riding Loretto to clinch third spot in adult one and the runner-up place in adult two, which was won by Ahmed Akbar and F16.

Saturday adventures continued in similar style. The adult preliminary dressage was taken by Yasser Al Murkhi after a lovely performance by Amera, the pair third in the novice. Meghan Black won the novice dressage with Dilmun Boeing, after being placed fourth in the preliminary on Dilmun Cinzano. 

Kat Rushton was runner-up in the preliminary and placed in the novice. The show jumping was mixed first up with an accumulator and won by Yahya Ahmed aboard Horse Pride I Trust You, runner-up was Sadiq Abbas with Well Kept Secrets and Salman Faraj claimed third on My Precious.

Ali Essa was once again on top winning form to claim first with Lavino in the second jumping class, and was runner-up with F16, Sami Ghazwan was third and fifth in the final class. 

Basel Al Dossari was back on the podium with Dilmun Dory. They won the final coveted 6 Bar class - the only one clear after the four rounds, pipping Ali Essa at the post with F16. Third place went to Ahmed Mansoor and Edward Du Sud.

A fantastic final to what has been an exciting and extremely enjoyable season, a huge thank you to all involved.

Breef Final Dressage & Show Jumping results
Class 1 Dressage Junior Preliminary BD Test 7: 1st Mariella Forward/ No Trix, 2nd Hussain Dadulla/ Dilmun Arko, 3rd Gabriella Scopes/ Dilmun Porphyry, 4th Mustafa Dadulla/ Dilmun Cortez, 5th Aimee Keen/ Rio, 6th Aimee Keen/ DJ Fleur.

Class Two Dressage Junior Novice BD Test 27: 1st Mariella Forward/ No Trix, 2nd Gabriella Scopes/ Dilmun Porphyry, 3rd Aimee Keen/ DJ Fleur, 4th Bella Rushton/ Fine Art, 5th Aimee Keen/ Rio, 6th Fabiola Mattias/ Dilmun Times.

Class Three Show Jumping Junior One – One round with Jump Off: 1st Mayoof Al Rumaihi/ Granus, 2nd Ali Hani Al Yabis/ Ajzal, 3rd Ahmed Essa/ Bart, 4th Ebrahim Nader/ I Trust You, 5th Gabriella Scopes/ Dilmun Porphyry, 6th Mustafa Dadulla/ Dilmun Cortez.

Class Four Show Jumping Junior Two – Two Phase: 1st Hussain Dadulla/ Dilmun Arko, 2nd Ahmed Essa/ Bart, 3rd Aimee Keen/ DJ Fleur, 4th Nedhal A Nabi/ Lucito Fool, 5th Ali Hani Al Yabis/ Ajzal, 6th Mayoof Al Rumaihi/ Granus.

Class Five Show Jumping Adult One – One round with Jump Off: 1st Ali Essa/ Athletico, 2nd Ahmed Mansoor/ Edward Du Sud, 3rd Basel Al Dossari/ Loretto, 4th Ammar Mohammed/ Colin, 5th Yahya Ahmed/ HorsePride I Trust You, 6th Muslim Ali/ Emily.

Class Six Show Jumping Adult Two – Two Phase: 1st Ahmed Akbar/ F16, 2nd Basel Al Dossari/ Loretto, 3rd Bassim Mahdi/ Estrealla, 4th Ali Essa/ Lavino, 5th Mahmood Nawrooz/ UUP, 6th Sami Ghazwan/ Fairooz.

Class Seven Dressage Adult Preliminary BD Test 7: 1st Yasser Al Murkhi/ Amera, 2nd Kat Rushton/ Duke, 3rd Nadya Tsvetskova/ Dilmun Mano Kinsky, 4th Meghan Black/ Dilmun Cinzano, 5th Keshia Smith/ Nevado, 6th Ali Nomdar/ Great Hawk.

Class Eight Dressage Adult Novice BD Test 27: 1st Meghan Black/ Dilmun Boeing, 2nd Kia Jarnfelt/ Fine Art, 3rd Yasser Al Murkhi/ Amera, 4th Ali Nomdar/ Great Hawk, 5th Jerri Taylor/ Dilmun Cortez, 6th Kat Rushton/ Duke.

Class Nine Show Jumping Mixed Junior/Adult – Accumulator: 1st Yahya Ahmed/ Horse Pride I Trust You, 2nd Sadiq Abbas/ Well Kept Secrets, 3rd Salman Faraj/ My Precious, 4th Abbas Yousif/ Indurado, 5th Sami Ghazwan/ Raheeb, 6th Muslim Ali/ Emily.

Class Ten Show Jumping Mixed Junior/Adult – One Round with Jump Off: 1st Ali Essa/ Lavino, 2nd Ali Essa/ F16, 3rd Sami Ghazwan/ Fairooz, 4th Basel Al Dossari/ Dilmun Airforce One, 5th Ahmed Mansoor/ Edward Du Sud, 6th Bassim Mahdi/ Estrella.

Class Eleven Show Jumping Mixed Junior/Adult - 6 Bars: 1st Basel Al Dossari/ Dilmun Dory, 2nd Ali Essa/ F16, 3rd Ahmed Mansoor/ Edward Du Sud, 4th Ahmed Mansoor/ BDF Noor, 5th Sami Ghazwan/ Raheeb, Joint 6th, Sami Ghazwan/ Fairooz,  Ahmed Al Jahromi/ Evelyn AKJC.

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* This Friday the Bahrain Horseman Committee has organised a Cowboy Games Event, sponsored by the Muharraq Horse Riding School on Malkiya Beach at Malkiya Village starting at 3.30pm.

Entry fee for riders is BD3. Call Yones Khawajah on 34414494 or Husain Fateel on 38377775 for more details.