A traditional coloured pony made use of the Lemieux National Dressage Championships as preparation for the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) next month, where he has qualified as a ridden coloured. Rebecca Lonk’s impressive gelding Brickell Mr Pickwick (George) was making his National Dressage Championships debut in two classes, the Mobiliser Preliminary Silver Championship […]
Twenty-four-year-old Belgian rider Gijs Van Vooren was hard pushed to say what was the best part of his day at the National Dressage Championships. Not only was he making his debut, but his parents also came to watch – the first time he has seen them in two years. Gils rode the Hawtins Stud’s Hawtins […]
Drawn last to go, Gareth Hughes scored 73.34% with Martin and Claudine Kroll’s KK Dominant to win the Lemieux Grand Prix at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships. The 12-year-old breeding stallion, Diamond Hit x Rubin Royal, has been with Gareth for three years. “I met his owners while teaching in Switzerland a good few years […]
It was no surprise to see Becky Moody’s Jagerbomb win the seven-year-old young horse championship at the National Dressage Championships. And it was deserved win for the huge Dante Weltino gelding, who is Becky’s homebred out of Udysee, a Jazz mare that Becky Moody had ready to go grand prix when a field injury retired […]
Riding only his fifth test at this level, Nick Lawson netted the Saracen Horse Feeds Intermediate I Silver Championship riding the magnificent black gelding IceBlue Valentino (Apollo) on day three of the Lemieux National Dressage Championships. 19-year-old Harlem gelding Apollo, who is out of Rimea, is a new ride for Nick this season. “This is […]
Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep made it not one, not two, but three wins in two days at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships. Having already won the prix st georges (PSG) and inter I straight classes, they became the first ever winners of the Fairfax Saddles PSG gold freestyle – the first time this class has […]
Jo Barry went into the Fairfax Saddles prix st georges silver at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships with Goofy La Perle hoping for a top five place and came out as champion. Drawn two from the end of the class, she overtook long-time leader Shelley Reeve-Smith and Sinderella to win on 70.684%. “We’ve had a […]
Charlotte Dujardin scored her second title of the 2021 Lemieux National Dressage Championships when topping the Saracen Horse Feeds inter I riding Imhotep. Charlotte and the eight-year-old Everdale son had already been crowned the Fairfax Saddles prix st georges champions at the National Dressage Championships and they now add inter I honours to their growing […]
Georgie Nicholls made the debut of all debuts at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships, taking the top two spots in the Equitop elementary silver. The win came with Katie Haigh’s Woodcroft Kika Quina, aka Luna, with Sarah Oppenheimer’s Headmore Figaro (Jack), winner of the novice freestyle silver title in July, taking the runner-spot. “It’s the […]
Sarah Rogers scored a resounding victory in the BETTALIFE novice gold at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships. Sarah rode the five-year-old Fürstenball x Gribaldi gelding Full Moon II to a chunky score of 77.85%, finishing 4% ahead of runner-up Alex Baker on Tiger. The tall youngster, known at home as Moony, was bred and is […]