Too Hot To Trot

TWIN Palms Riding Centre (TPRC) geared itself up in style for last weekend’s mammoth event bonanza.
First on the agenda was the infamous (in-house) Twixstead, a combination of Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country, with two levels of entry. 

On Thursday the dressage and show jumping events were held. The winners were determined by a points system with the champions being crowned with the least amount of points.

For the show jumping it was imperative to obtain a clear round due to the risk of facing penalty points. These were added for disobedience, refusals, knock downs and eliminations. 

Inherently, with Twixstead, the winners of the dressage maintain their placings unless, of course, there was a catastrophe in the show jumping or cross country (always possible – unpredictable animals!).

In strong leads after the first day was Imogen Nell and Mojito in Class A and Aimee Keen with DJ Fleur for Class B.
At the cross country on Friday, Class A got a choice of obstacles, some higher some lower, with some way less scary than others.

Riders got to choose … but for Class B there were no choices plus a few new surprises to encounter, such as a complete halt after the first four fences, not easy when your horse is primed and in full throttle! 

Penalties were awarded for failing to hit the optimum time, elimination and missing a fence and, of course, refusals added time!

Fabulously, Imogen and Aimee maintained their previous day’s top form and kept their poll positions to emerge triumphant.

The event held over two days was as usual immensely popular and a huge amount of fun, so till next season farewell to Twixstead, you will be missed.

Thanks have to be extended to all the helpers - without them these events could not take place - and the judges, ground crew, sponsors and organisers, as well as competitors and their support teams.

Twixstead was followed on Saturday by an open show jumping event. There were four classes held and these were split and run simultaneously in two jumping arenas to enable the event to start later in the day and still finish before darkness fell.

This system worked very well, although as in all all pilots, there were a few finite tweaks to be made but the whole afternoon was a huge success. 

All classes were mixed and winning Class 1 and 2 was that dynamic teenager Aimee Keen riding Nemo. Class 3 was won by Basel Al Dossari astride Dilmun Cortez and Abbas Yousif aboard Argentini clinched the podium position in the final class.

Sunday brought another in-house show for TPRC, aimed at some of the riders that had not been able to compete at Twixstead. There were three classes, a clear round which saw a host of entries, clear rounds and lots of fun, followed by a one round with jump off class which was won by Keshia Smith with her new horse Gardian. The final class, a two phase, was won by Jamiela Haseid riding the lovely Nafa.

RESULTS

Twin Palms Riding Centre
In-House Twixstead
Class A
1st Imogen Nell/Mojito, 2nd Audrey Mangot/Onyx, 3rd Kat Rushton/Duke, 4th Pippa Fourie/Soda, 5th Yara Al Khalifa/Eid
Class B
1st Aimee Keen/DJ Fleur,
2nd Mariella Forward/No Trix, 3rd Helen Blake/Loki, 4th Anne Dunlop/Darius, 5th Lucy Lunt Bell/Rakard, 6th Luna Dreyer/Athos

Twin Palms Riding Centre & Al Jazeera Stable Open Show Jumping
Class 1
1st Aimee Keen/Nemo, 2nd  Helen Blake/Loki, 3rd Gina Fourie/Mojito, 4th Bella Rushton/Milo, 5th Fuad Rayad/TK, 6th Kristen Rogers/Loretto Class 2
1st Aimee Keen/Nemo, 2nd Kat Rushton/Sirocco, 3rd Bella Rushton/Milo, 4th Helen Blake/Loki, 5th Luna Dreyer/Calypso, 6th Saif Dwyk/Mobiley Class 3
1st Basel Al Dossari/Dilmun Cortez, 2nd Coco De Souza/Tayar, 3rd Hussain Dadalla/Winning Mood, 4th Stephane Dreyer/Angel, 5th Aimee Keen/DJ Fleur, 6th Abbas Yousif/Argentini Class 4
1st Abbas Yousif/Argentini, 2nd Basel Al Dossari /Dilmun Airforce One, 3rd Kristen Rogers /Loretto, 4th Sayed Mohammed/ Denver, 5th Luna Dreyer/Calypso, 6th Aimee Keen/DJ Fleur

Twin Palms Riding Centre
In-House Show Jumping
Class 2
1st Keshia Smith/Gardian, 2nd Audrey Mangot/Onyx, 3rd Jamiela Haseid/Nafa, 4th Lucy Lunt Bell/Rakard, 5th Pippa Fourie/Soda, 6th Kia Jarnfelt/Joker
Class 3
1st Jamiela Haseid/Nafa, 2nd Lucy Lunt Bell/Rakard, 3rd Pippa Fourie/Bingo, 4thMaryam Al Khalifa/The Chief, 5th Audrey Mangot/Onyx, 6th Kia Jarnfelt/Joker, 7th Maisie Brandreth/Murphy

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
BREEF Bahrain Royal Equestrian &  Endurance Federation’s

Summer Training Show Jumping Championshi starts at 5.30pm on Friday.
Two Mixed Classes, both special Two Phase classes, include Class 1 Fences 85 – 100 cms and Class 2 Fences 105 – 120 cms.
Entries close today at 6pm.

Al Alwane Bahrain & Al Ammer Stables will hold their Cross-Country Events on Friday for junior and adult ladies only starting at 4.30pm.

For registration, contact Fareed Madan on 33717888, Ali Altabal on 33127207 or Mohammed Aljufferi on 39991044.
Dilmun Stables has scheduled two events prior to the end of the season. First will be an Open Show Jumping on May 29, and then an Open Dressage on June 12.