Too hot to trot

Beautiful warm weather welcomed the start of the Dilmun Riding Stables Equestrian weekend.
First on Friday’s agenda was the Working Equitation which is an extremely popular and fun class to kickstart a dressage career.

Doing exceptionally well were Ella and Freya Nicklin, along with Anya Shaw and Coco De Souza, certainly names to look out for in the coming years. However, it was Danielle Shaw, astride her new mount Oscar, that claimed victory, gallantly followed into second place by Clare Walsh riding Jandool, with Maud Tinsley and BamBam clinching third position.

Preliminary 7 class followed with Clare and Jandool coming into their own performing a lovely round to claim the top prize. Hot on their hooves were Lisa Powick and Tayar in runner-up position with Anne Dunlop steering Darius into third place.

Novice 21, the final class of the morning, saw Anne riding Darius take top position. Lisa and Tayar claimed the runner-up slot and taking third prize was Sam Bayliss, on her second mount of the day, the stunning Shummar.
 
Having their work cut out for them were judges Carina Abdulrahman and Abigail Peck.

Everyone was back to the Dilmun Stables on Saturday, eager and champing at the bit for a show jumping morning. 

Proceedings started with the hugely popular Treasure Hunt where riders cleared as many jumps as they could in one minute, each fence worth a secret amount. Winning this class with style and aplomb was Gabby Scopes riding Inca.

In joint second place came Georgia Sim on Nelson and Salina Williams with Inca.

Bringing the weekend to a close, the final mixed show jumping class was a tricky course, and certainly tested both horse and rider skills and dexterity.

Georgia, riding the talented Tess, claimed the top position and took home the trophy. Clinching runners-up spot was Dawood Salman, astride his lovely horse Sky.
 
The day saw six of the Dilmun Stables riders take their first steps into show jumping. Salina, taking part after just one jumping lesson the previous week, certainly has the bug.

Also taking the plunge were Kristen Rogers, Julia and Coco De Souza alongside Ruth Teague and Lizzie Caine, all had a fantastic first show with all the riders eagerly looking forward to the next event. The Dilmun Stables thanked visiting riders, Dawood, Ulrika, Emilie and Sam for attending over the weekend.

Dilmun Club Stables Equestrian Weekend
DRESSAGE
Working Equitation
1 Danielle Shaw Oscar
2 Clare Walsh Jandool
3 Maud Tinsley BamBam
4 Coco DeSouza Jellaby
5 Julia DeSouza Leon
6 Lisa Powick Tayar
British Dressage Preliminary 7
1 Clare Walsh Jandool
2 Lisa Powick Tayar
3 Anne Dunlop Darius
4 Maud Tinsley BamBam
5 Sam Bayliss Twice As Nice
British Dressage Novice 21
1 Anne Dunlop Darius
2 Lisa Powick Tayar
3 Sam Bayliss Shummar

SHOW JUMPING
Class 1 Treasure Hunt
1 Gabby Scopes Inca
Joint 2 Georgia Sim Nelson
 Salina Williams  Inca
4 Ulrika Niedermeier Skinny
5 Emilie Pearman-Wright Phantom
Joint 6 Anne Dunlop Darius
 Maud Tinsley Darius

Class Two
1 Georgia Sim Tess
2 Dawood Salman Sky

RIDING EVENTS COMING UP...
* The BREEF will host the Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Championships on Saturday.
The classes differ slightly from previous competitions; as does the running order of the adult classes. The first class for juniors is one round with timed jump off, fences 90/100cm. The second class for juniors is an Accumulator with Joker with fences at 100/110cm.

The adult classes will start with an Accumulator with Joker, fences 90/105cm. This class will be followed by the Grand Prix Class, with fences at 130/140cm. 

The Grand Prix will be followed by a Six Bar Class. Six obstacles are placed in a line approximately  11 metres apart from each other, all fences can be the same height,  they can be progressive e.g. 100cm, 105cm, 110cm etc., or the fences could be the same height for the first two, same for the second two and so on. Fences will be 110/125cm in this class and the event will be the final class of the day. Entries must be submitted to BREEF by 6pm today.

* Twin Palms Riding Centre Show Jumping:
Friday, March 7, Open Show Jumping Event.

Saturday, March 8, Fun Show Jumping open to horse/rider combinations that have not previously competed at BREEF competitions.
 
For full schedule information contact Twin Palms Riding Centre on 39566809/ 29687755, Email:Twin.Palms.Riding.Centre@hotmail.com or check out the website: www.twinpalmsridingcentre.com