WORTON PARK SHOW REPORT 6th and 7th MARCH 2010
This was my first ever attempt at organising an Isis Dressage competition since joining the committee last year and Wow what a way to start!!!! Not only was this show run over 2 days but also included a Royal Windsor Horse Show qualifier on the Saturday and Cricklands qualifiers over both days. With only 4 weeks notice to plan, prepare and get together an army of helpers for this show, I knew it was not going to be a walk in the park.
A slow start with entries turned out into a positively jam packed weekend. Entries flooded in and my organisational skills were put to the test to say the least. Staying up until 11 o clock in the evening trying to juggle dressage times to suit everyone was a mean task itself and not one to be under estimated. With judges booked in advance by Hala Bentley and dressage times uploaded onto the website. I was ready for the Saturday competition to start.
Saturday 6th March
This show started promptly and finished exactly on time. There were some beautiful tests produced on the day reaching winning scores of 70% on more than one occasion.
This show also attracted lots of non Isis members who were quickly indentified and commandeered by myself and Anne Luce; they were swiftly given membership application forms and Schedules for the next Isis competition at Crown Farm. It really was great fun to chat to our members and have a good old fashioned gossip while watching some amazing dressage.
Many thanks go to Penny Gill who relentlessly scored for me all day, not to mention managing to keep all the sheets together due to the side wind running through her lorry. I would also like to say a special thanks to the following for their help, without it I could not have possibly run this show: Our judges Mrs Clow and Michelle Carman, Lauren Basson for writing, Anne Luce, Catarina Erikkson and Karen Nunwick. Despite the bitter cold wind everyone had a fabulous day and really enjoyed themselves.
At the end of a long but productive day Penny and I had a closing memory of trying to dismantle Anne Luce’s borrowed table, our hands were so numb and cold we were both unable to pull the legs off it so I could pack it into my car, this resulted in fits of laughter which didn’t help the situation at all.
Sunday 7th March
I had a slightly earlier starting time on Sunday, due to deciding to take my horse Miss Marple with me to the show in the morning and letting her camp in one of Worton Park’s beautiful stables for the day. Needless to say, she loved all the attention from anyone who stopped to say said hello.
Once again this show started on time and with my Army of helpers, it ran just fabulously. Prelim 18 attracted many riders and produced the best test of the day, Sarah Hazell riding the very elegant Pramie (72.50%); in this class at one point in the morning we had 4 riders on exactly the same %, only to be split by collectives. Except for the Open section in Novice 28 all of the classes were won by Isis members.
Prelim 18 and Novice 28 took a mammoth two hours each to judge, which showed huge support for our opening show of the year. Catarina Eriksson riding her beautiful Braveheart won the open section of Novice 38 and tied equal 1st place with Tammy Norton on the 19 year old Ballymax in the elementary class, giving Catarina yet another consistently foot perfect performance. A special well done goes to Anne Luce who came a very creditable 4th place riding Wunderwelt in her first elementary class, especially since she told me she had only started leg yielding earlier that week. Well Done!
Due to another bitterly cold yet dry day, the back of my lorry gave many members a much needed wind break as they gathered in the sun trap it provided. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed my first and by no means last Isis Dressage Show. It really was worth the late nights and last minute panic attacks (honestly) to see how much our members and non members enjoyed themselves and those who thanked me personally for a wonderful day. All I can say is “You were all very welcome”.
Special thanks go to my long suffering husband Colin, who has developed a new found skill, also known as scoring all day and Anne Luce and her wonderful team, without them, I could not have competed in the afternoon. Jill Smith
CLASS 1
INTRO A JUDGE: Mrs L Clow WRITER: Lauren Basson
PLACE RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Maria Snelling Busy Backchat YES 168 73.04%
2nd Laura Street Firenze YES 163 71.73%
3rd = Isabel Stubbs Mayfair YES 157 68.26% BEST JUNIOR
3rd = Jamie Leigh Coggins Lleidi Ifan NO 157 68.26%
5th = Pam Bartrip Hilin Dewi My Friend YES 149 64.78%
5th = Laura Street Dagono Roshoeve YES 149 64.78%
CLASS 2
PRELIM 1 JUDGE: Michelle Carman WRITER: Lauren Basson
ROYAL WINDSOR QUALIFIER ROUND 1
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Leah Griggs Broadstone Wappassionta NO 140 73.68%
2nd Katie Midgley Miss Callywag NO 139 73.15%
3rd Linda Lovell Lakestreet Crunchie NO 138 71.57%
4th Joy Smart Peaches Blue Boy NO 130 68.42%
5th Sam Kandiyali Handy Mobile NO 129 67.89%
6th Amy Ferris Dajazar NO 128 67.36%
CLASS 3
RIDING TEST 6 JUDGE: Michelle Carman WRITER: Karen Nunwick
ROYAL WINDSOR QUALIFIER ROUND 2
Senior Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Leah Griggs Broadstone Wappassionta NO 147 73.50%
2nd Amy Ferris Dajazar NO 145 72.50%
3rd Katie Midgley Miss Callywag NO 143 71.50%
4th Amy Ferris Sand Martin NO 143 71.50%
5th Joy Smart Peaches Blue Boy NO 135 67.50%
6th Claudine Gerhard Peter Pan (16yrs) YES 134 67.00%
Junior Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Camille Smith Master Ploy NO 138 69.00%
2nd Jenny Lithgow Sky YES 134 67.00%
CLASS 1
PRELIM 18 JUDGE: Mrs C Clarke
OPEN Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Sarah Hazell Pramie YES 174 72.50%
2nd Mez Gale Minnie NO 170 70.83%
3rd Karon Whenmouth Rockmoor Pond YES 154 64.17%
4th Helen Merrills Mr Bright Side NO 153 63.75%
5th Sarah Hill Taffy YES 127 52.92
RESTRICTED Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Claire Matheson Jaegar YES 165 68.75%
2nd Ally Edwards Alf NO 162 67.50%
3rd Sue Newman Davina YES 162 67.50%
4th Cat Tyack Raine NO 161 67.08%
5th Lindsey Stribling Jackaroo YES 160 66.67%
6th = Isabel Stubbs Mayfair YES 160 66.67%
6th = Martina Compton Carnffio Morris YES 160 66.67%
CLASS 2
NOVICE 28 JUDGE: Mrs L Kerrison
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Mez Gale Minnie NO 167 69.58%
2nd Elizabeth Hamilton Manhals Diamond NO 155 64.58%
3rd Sally Anne Barton Berliner YES 132 55.00%
RESTRICTED Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Claire Matheson Jaegar YES 162 67.50%
2nd Sarah Hazell Pramie YES 156 65.00%
3rd Claire Matheson Simba YES 155 64.58%
4th Laura Stewart Ruby Tuesday YES 152 63.33%
5th Ally Edwards Alf NO 149 62.08%
6th Claire Matheson Bebop YES 143 59.58%
CLASS 3
NOVICE 38 JUDGE: Mrs L Kerrison
OPEN Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Catarina Eriksson Braveheart YES 208 67.09%
2nd Elizabeth Hamilton Manhals Diamond NO 181 58.39%
3rd Sally Anne Barton Berliner YES 176 56.77%
RESTRICTED Section
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Karen Nunwick Urioso YES 202 65.16%
2nd Anne Luce Wunderwelt YES 199 64.19%
3rd Alison Rivers Tango YES 188 60.65%
4th Chloe Pickford Udensie NO 186 60.00%
CLASS 4
ELEMENTARY 43 / M 61 JUDGE: Mrs L Kerrison
M61
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st Sheena Grierson Windrushweirs Celosia YES 207 71.38%
2nd Jill Smith Miss Marple YES 180 62.07%
E43
RIDER HORSE MBR SCORE
1st = Catarina Eriksson Braveheart YES 194 66.89%
1st = Tammie Norton Ballymax (19yrs) YES 194 66.89%
3rd Sue Odom Waterboatman YES 183 63.10%
4th Anne Luce Wunderwelt (18yrs) YES 172 59.31%
5th Karen Nunwick Urioso YES 168 57.93%
6th Jill Smith Miss Marple YES 165 56.89%
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