Stuart and Be My Daisy
I’m not sure we were all prepared for the freeze of ‘Quirindi, brrr!’ at Quirindi 3 Day Event however, the horses did not appear to notice, and all performed well for Stuart.
Alice Wheller's Sir Pepper plus our own DD (Dalenna Daydream) were stepping up to LONG format and both completed with Pepper in third place and DD in fourth. Be My Daisy came second in the CCN3*-S and Gemma riding Tim Game’s Diabolo was third. The event well run as always and great to have a long format competition to get our horses qualified for the next level, which we achieved.
Gemma and Diabolo (above) and Stuart with Sir Pepper (below)
We have finally got around to having the Tinney truck wrapped. We are very excited about the new look, it is outstanding with the colours plus the sponsor logos, very eye-catching! You won’t miss us at an event, we will be easy to find …..
A couple of weeks after Quirindi we took a small team to Equestriad. With Pepper now qualified he had his debut at 4 Star level and he was fabulous all weekend with a 31 in the dressage, putting him in second place at that stage. He jumped so well on cross country despite a flag issue to finish in fourth while Daisy stepped up and won the CCN2*; she is certainly turning the corner and looking fabulous
Gemma rode The Barkers’ Sphinx in the CCN2* to place seventh at a pleasing event where we’re always happy to compete.
Stuart had the pleasure of riding in the brand-new BATES VICTRIX saddle at the Melbourne International 3 Day Event (watch the little interview with Stuart saddling up in a Bates Victrix here) and he has been sold on this new design ever since. With impressive innovative colour trims not only is it fabulous to ride in, it’s beautiful and Gemma has also been very taken with the design
Wonderful news from Bates Saddles is that it can be ordered from any Horseland store in Australia and lots of places in the UK/USA/NZ. The VICTRIX certainly suits any rider that wants a classy well-designed jump saddle. Bates have numerous dressage and jump saddles to suit any rider and horse; our team are prepared and competed in a range of Bates saddles and we are always appreciative of Bates support as well as that of Horseland.
CALENDAR
7th/8th SEPT: SYDNEY CCN with Leporis, Pepper, Daisy, DD- 4* and Wasabi 3* PLUS Gemma Diabolo 3*
21/22nd SEPT: CANBERRA CCI - same horses as Sydney + TBA ……
5th/6th OCT - LYNTON CCI (Goulburn) - Celebration, Wanda, Leporis 4*
