Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
Out and About Dressage
in the South
The online magazine for dressage riders and enthusiasts
The Medium 75 gold class served up a mouth-watering array of well-ridden equine talent. It was a ‘national’ quality class. The high quality was maintained in the lower level gold classes, but it was a more mixed experience for silver combinations.
Merrist Wood, Surrey, Winter Regionals 31 May-3 June 2021
This show report comes in two parts to enable as many of the exciting winners and high achievers to be included. The few spectators permitted access saw some of the best national talent performing.
The I.C.E Horseboxes All England Dressage Festival Premier League, 21-23 May 2021
The Hickstead showground deserves above the title star billing for its first Premier League dressage show. Out and About asked the organiser and some of the show’s successful riders for their thoughts about the show and its future
Image: Joanna Thurman-Baker rides Scirocco IV to score 67.97% in his first advanced medium qualifier
Image: Judge Sally Andrews awards Michael Bates’ Huphill 77.66% for his Elementary 59 and 78.97% for debut medium
Image: Beth Hardy riding judge Anne Brunton’s former showjumper Five Carat win the Medium 73 with 67.21% and bronze Advanced Medium 92 with 64.46%
BRENDON SHOW SECRETARY Caz Light in the middle of a busy showjumping competition today at Brendon Stud, West Sussex, would only say there were 'many different reasons' why they will not in future offer affiliated dressage at Pyecombe.
At the beginning of Andrew Gould's demo session with nine-year-old Zhivago stallion Genie, judge and trainer Clive Halsall notes: "The more supple and bendable a horse is, the easier it will be to make it straighter."
PRIX ST GEORGES is the first senior FEI test and also the FEI Young Rider test, comments formerly Surrey-based List 1 judge Mark Ruddock, at the beginning of his his latest test analysis. He adds: “It is also the only PSG in this country, so anticipation can become a problem. (This test analysis first published in May 2017.)
Sussex Equine Vet Natasha Jocelyn explains the various reasons why horse owners and carers must always be on the alert for the dangers of laminitis.
Douglas Hibbert inspires a great deal of affection among the people he trains — as well as a lot of respect. He boasts neither UKCC nor BHS certificates, jokingly instead offering to show you his Cycling Proficiency and 50m Backstroke ones. His name has cropped up a few times this week talking to riders out doing well at competitions.
