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HORSEWEEK
FARMWEEK
DECEMBER 09 2021
Rachel and ‘Alghan Nipper’ out
on top at Hagans Croft dressage
S
UNNY
intervals
and a high of six
degrees was forecast
for the third week
of Hagans Croft’s
dressage league on Saturday,
December 4, however, the
weatherman certainly got it
wrong! Competitors did well
to brave the wind, rain and
more like a high of one degree
throughout the day, as they
rode up the centre line.
The day started out with a
British Dressage Intro B test,
where only six competitors
decided to ride this walk-trot
test. This meant that all six
competitors went home with
a ribbon, but the one who
took home the red ribbon
was Hannah Anderson and
‘Jorange’ with 66.52%; the
blue ribbon went to Kristina
Hayes and ‘Ruby’ with 62.61%.
Well done!
Mary Hamill and ‘Franc’
certainly
impressed
the
judge in the Newcomers
class. The pair saluted to a
score of 76.32%, which was
points ahead of the rest and
there was no denying that
they were sure to claim first
place and the red ribbon.
Mary was overjoyed with
their performance and was
delighted to read the lovely
comments from the judge on
their score sheet: ‘Excellent!
Rhythmical,
relaxed,
connected, consistent. Well
done!’
Once
again,
Hannah
Anderson and ‘Jorange’ were
in the ribbons - this time it
was a score of 69.47% and
second place for the pair in
this Newcomers Prelim test.
‘Jorange’ is showing great
potential for only being four
years old and organisers look
forward to see how the pair
finish out the league.
After a week of sickness,
Rachel Freil was unsure
whether a day of dressage
was the right move for
‘Alghan Nipper’ and herself,
but her entry into the Prelim
and Novice classes was
ON FORM: Hannah Anderson and ‘Jorange’ won the Intro class and came second in the
Newcomers Prelim class at week three of the Hagans Croft dressage league. (FW49-531NN)
WELL DONE: Rachel Freil and ‘Alghan Nipper’ won both the
Prelim and Novice classes at week three of the Hagans Croft
dressage league. (FW49-533NN)
certainly worth it, as not
only did the pair finish in
the top six, but they did the
double to win both classes!
Finishing in first place in the
Prelim class with a score of
78.28% and first place in the
Novice with another fantastic
score of 76.15%. Again, judge
on the day Janice Campbell,
left some very encouraging
words on Rachel’s score
sheet: ‘Beautiful. Loved every
step. Harmonious, happy,
rhythmical, fluid transitions,
well balanced. Well ridden!’.
This is just what the pair
needed to hear after a week
of sickness.
It was then on to the
Elementary class, where
the total percentage scores
could not have been any
closer, with only 0.4 of a
percentage separating the
two
competitors.
Chloe
Rooney took the red ribbon
on ‘Paddington’ with a
score of 74.4%, while Mandy
Blakely
and
‘Clerkson’
claimed the blue ribbon with
a score of 74%. Well done to
NEWCOMERS: Mary Booth and ‘Franc’ won the Newcomers Prelim class at week three of the
Hagans Croft dressage league. (FW49-532NN)
both competitors on their
impressive scores and for
their great sportsmanship!
Hagans Croft would like to
thank their judge on the day
Janice Campbell and scribes/
stewards Lindsey and Harriett
for making the event run
so smoothly. The dressage
league
continues
every
Saturday until December
18. This event is pre-entry
only, with entries taken
via Hagans Croft’s website:
www.haganscroftequestrian.
co.uk or you can download
and enter through the
Hagans Croft App. Entries
close each Thursday at
8pm prior to Saturday’s
event and start times are
posted online on Thursday
evenings. Photographs can
be purchased online from
Black Horse Photography.
The final of this dressage
league is on Saturday,
December 18, which sees
a special Christmas Finale.
Two extra classes will take
place for one day only Individual freestyle and Pairs
freestyle, both of which are
to Christmas Music.
To find out more about
the league, please contact
Gillian on 07849 106453
or go to the website: www.
haganscroftequestrian.co.uk
RESULTS
Saturday, December 4
Dressage League - week
three
Class 1: INTRO - British
Dressage, Introductory B,
2009:
1)
Hannah
Anderson,
Jorange 66.52%; 2) Kristina
Hayes, Ruby 62.61%; 3) Chloe
Rooney, Dee Dee 59.57%; 4)
Hannah Morrison, Orlando
Sandstone 58.26%; 5) Dee
Murphy,
Prince
57.83%;
6) Catherine Moore, Flora
52.17%.
Class
2:
NEWCOMERS
PRELIM - British Dressage
Prelim 1, 2006:
1) Mary Hamill, Franc
76.32%; 2) Hannah Anderson,
Jorange 69.47%; 3) Casey
Duckett, Rossco 68.42%; 4)
Delilah Dillon, Tara 61.05%;
5) Louise Reid, Norris 61.05%;
6) Valerie McCracken, Big
Promise 60.53%.
Class 3: PRELIM - British
Dressage, Prelim 2, 2016:
1) Rachel Freil, Alghan
Nipper 78.28%; 2) Susan
Scott, Moher Made 74.83%; 3)
Kaiti McCann, Cookie 71.72%;
4) Hazel Hilland, November
Kate 66.55%; 5) Keva Milligan,
Bannon Storyteller 64.14%.
Class 4: NOVICE - British
Dressage, Novice 24, 2010:
1) Rachel Freil, Alghan
Nipper 76.15%; 2) Laura
Napier, Maggy 72.69%; 3)
Harriett Hogan, Tilly 72.31%;
4)
Kathryn
McCaughan,
Monsoon 65.38%; 5) Kerry
Parkhill, Ted 64.62%.
Class 5: ELEMENTARY
British
Dressage,
Elementary 44, 2002:
1)
Chloe
Rooney,
Paddington 74.4%; 2) Mandy
Blakely, Clerkson 74%.
ELEMENTARY: Chloe Rooney and ‘Paddington’ won the Elementary class at week three of the
Hagans Croft dressage league. (FW49-534NN)