Caroline Geary and Jaycourt undertook the long trip to Sands Farm, Warnham, nr Horsham on Sunday 19 October to take part in the London and South East
Dressage to Music Championship. They had qualified at the Area 6 competition in
the Novice Nil Points Section, but subsequent affiliated competition entries
and success resulted in them having to transfer to the Novice with Points
Section. It is a long trip and as it was a lovely warm day Caroline
was pleased she had recently clipped Jaycourt. She was undecided which routine
to use (her new Blues Brothers music had led to scores of 2 at 69% but also 1
at 63%), so she stuck with her original Tom Jones compilation. Jay behaved very well and was not at all spooky in spite of
scary arena boards and flowers and they scored 68.88%, which put them in 4th
place. The competition was won on 75% with 6th place earning 63.88%. Considering Jay is now 20 years old, and as Caroline
says ‘obviously not so smartly bred as some of the others’, she was very proud
of him. They have subsequently been placed in the Chiltern and
Thames Rider Magazine Championships, both in the Novice and Novice Music
classes and are qualified for the British Dressage Winter Regional
Championships. Currently both horse and rider are enjoying a rest!
Congratulations. |