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Several equestrian events were planed for last weekend, however, torrential downpours on Friday put paid to Sahara Riding Centre’s event on Saturday morning, leaving some very disappointed riders.
Organisers say the show will be re-scheduled and details will be advised as soon as a new date is confirmed.
Friday morning, however, dawned clear and sunny, to herald Shakhoora Riding Centre’s first in-house dressage competition of the year. The first class saw the juniors perform British Dressage Introductory A and did so beautifully, Fabiola Mattias on her lovely horse Times Review clinched first place, but hot on her heels was Sonny Stephenson riding Shakhoora Cassi.
The adults were next up and, keeping it in the family, Cara Mattias manoeuvred her beautiful new steed Boeing into a flying first place, which put Melanie Spinks and the talented chestnut champion Billy into runner-up position.
The second test of the morning was the Preliminary; British Dressage number 13. This was the biggest class of the morning and Manni, ridden expertly by Liz Sinclair, took home the coveted winner’s prize, though it was certainly a winning day for the Mattias clan, Cara riding Times Review took runner-up position beating some very stiff competition. Jerri Taylor rode beautifully with Airforce One, and took the first of their day’s prizes home with a fabulous third placing.
The final class of the morning was the Novice, using the British Dressage Novice 32 test. This time, Airforce One did more than just dazzle the judges he put his wow factor into top gear and performed an exquisite test taking him into a well-deserved first place. Sara Al Mutawa astride Bart claimed second place and Liz Sinclair claimed her second prize of the day with Manni, taking third place. Yulia Frolova was fourth in this class but she was awarded the Best Turned Out prize of the day with her immaculately presented horse Dream.
The show was sponsored by Petrolink, who provided trophies for the winners.
Shakhoora Riding Centre – Dressage results
Class 1 British Dressage Introductory A Juniors:
1 Fabiola Mattias & Times Review
2 Sonny Stephenson & Shakhoora Cassi
Class 2 British Dressage Introductory A Adults:
1 Cara Mattias & Boeing, 2 Melanie Spinks & Billy
Class 3 British Dressage Prelminary 13
1 Liz Sinclair & Manni, 2 Cara Mattias & Times Review, 3 Jerri Taylor & Airforce One, 4 Aisling Donnally & Shiraz, 5 Nadya Tsveko & Bella, 6 Yulia Frolova & Dream, 7 Cara Mattias & Boeing, 8 Cally Stephenson & Luna, 9 Melanie Spinks & Billy, Joint 10 Esmak Fakhro & King Johannas and Cally Stephenson & Shakhoora Soho.
Class 4 British Dressage Novice 32
1 Jerri Taylor & Airforce One, 2 Sara Al Mutawa & Bart, 3 Liz Sinclair & Manni, 4 Yulia Frolova & Dream
Best Turned Out – Yulia Frolova & Dream.
Dilmun Riding Stables – Clear Round Show Jumping results
Clear Rounds by:
Clare Walsh & Inca, Sharon Nicklin & Mia Vita, Sharon Nicklin & Tayar, Jawad Madan & Fire, Ameeer Madan & Fire, Maud Tinsley & Darius, Georgia Sims & Laddie
THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:
Twin Palms Riding Centre – Friday, starting at 10am.
Friday will see the first of this year’s Open Show Jumping Events for Twin Palms Riding Centre. The show, sponsored by AMA Motors, will have some stunning trophies up for grabs, all classes will be awarded with rosettes, trophies or medals and prizes.
There will be four classes.
In addition there will be refreshments for everyone, as well as other equine and alternative entertainment, the show is open to all. The final day for submission of entries is today, to obtain a schedule call the stable on 3968 7755 or email twin.palm.riding.centre@hotmail.com.
Dilmun Riding Stables – Friday, starting at 2.30pm.
The Dilmun Riding Stables will be holding the first of their dressage events for this year, this is an open show and entry forms can be obtained from the stables or by calling 17693766 or 33921632. There will be two classes British Dressage Preliminary Number 7 and British Dressage Novice Number 21.
Genevive Amy Joyce – Equine Manual Therapist (Chiropractor for horses)
Also back in Bahrain is the talented Genevive Amy Joyce who will be in the kingdom until February 2, if you would like to get your horse treated by a top chiropractor give Jerri Taylor a call on 33309972 or email her at jerritaylor72@yahoo.com. Check out Genevive’s talents on her Facebook page Equine Manual Therapy or her website www.equinemanualtherapy.co.uk
