20th/21st April Spring Event and
National Novice Qualifier was held at Ashfields enjoying the amazing
Easter weekend sunshine,
Thursday and Friday were training days with trainers Anna
Grayston, Minta Winn, Sara Howe and Sonny Hillier, with 54 training sessions
booked and some drivers using the opportunity of both days. More training days
were requested last season so it’s been brilliant to see the uptake. If you’re
interested in booking for the future please see additional dates on our events
page.
We had 55 entries for the 2 day event with 8
novice drivers entering for the National Qualifier, NQ Novice Horse Malcolm
Brown scored 52.14 and NQ Novice Pony Christine McLeod scored 50.26 both
achieving first place in their dressage class, Novice Pony Lucy Scott achieved
the best dressage of the day with an amazing score of 30.52,
Fiona Powell’s cones course drove nicely seeing 17 drivers
achieving a double clear.
Sunday brought the extreme warm weather forecast, so a
decision was made to reduce section A of the marathon from 5 to 4 kilometres
with no time change, enabling drivers a slower start reserving their energy for
the obstacles. Section B was 6.1
kilometres. The ground conditions were reasonably hard with the bridge obstacle
displaying a slippery surface, studs certainly played a role.
A handful of people worked unbelievably hard to complete the
new EACDG North American obstacle, which was introduced for the
weekend. General comments
indicated the obstacle drove smoothly although the squares seemed to come
extremely fast, watch out for the arrival of the totem poles to complete the
theme.
The horse teams gave the spectators a great competition with
Wilf Bowman Ripley winning the dressage, followed my all teams going double
clear in the cones, with Dan Naprous having the slight advantage in the
marathon giving him overall first place. Please view full event outcome on our
result page.
Congratulations to Sally Bullar and Malcolm Brown, both qualifying
for the Nationals in their class.
An enormous thank you to everybody who made the event
possible,
Please remember with kind permission of Louise the next 2 day
event is at Blandings on May the 25th and 26th, be great to see you there
whether you’re a spectator/volunteer/ driving, you’re all welcome to join us
for another opportunity of a great weekend.
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