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HORSEWEEK
FARMWEEK
AUGUST 20 2020
Super turnout for Connell
Hill SJI Horse Show
80CM: Liam McGarry and ‘HVL Lucky Strike’ jumped double
clear in the 80cm class at the SJI Horse League at Connell
Hill. (FW34-534NN)
CLEAR: Suzanne Posnett and ‘Rose of Gethsemane’ jumped
double clear in the 90cm class at the SJI Horse League at
Connell Hill. (FW34-536NN)
PICTURES: courtesy of Lyndon McKee
W
ITH sun shining
on
Thursday,
August 13, Connell
Hill
Equestrian
Centre
hosted
another SJI League for
horses and was pleased
to see a super turnout.
This league will continue
every Thursday throughout
August, with the nal on
August
27.
Unregistered
shows will also continue on
Saturdays and all details
and entries can be found
online on the website: www.
connellhillequestriancentre.
com.
90CM: Martin Mellet and ‘Rock Hill Girl’ jumped double clear
in the 90cm class at the SJI Horse League at Connell Hill.
(FW34-535NN)
RESULTS
Thursday, August 13
Horses - 80cm - Double
clear:
George
Newton,
Squeak’s
Bubble;
Liam
McGarry, HVL Lucky Strike.
90cm - Double clear:
Suzanne Posnett, DSL Lola;
Martin Mellett, Rock Hill Girl;
Alana Roulston, Dignied Van
T Dharma; Grace McGarry,
Imanthos; Grace Cornyn,
Kec Grucy Too; Noel McKee,
Lagans Starstruck; Suzanne
Posnett, Rose of Gethsemane;
George Newton, Squeak’s
Bubble; Jonathan Smyth,
Hazels Joy; Eve O’Neill,
Beechmount Champ; Lisa
Allen,
Fanadwest
Brave
Heart.
1m - Double Clear: Rebecca
Strule Valley Riding Club back in action
CONCENTRATION: Alan Gilchrist on ‘Indi’
during the Strule Valley Riding Club training at
the Ecclesville Centre, Fintona. (FW34-529JA)
ALL SMILES: Charlene Little on ‘Sapphie’ and Jenna Coote on ‘Riley’
have pictures taken with BHSI Mark Robinson from Saintfield, Co. Down
during the Strule Valley Riding Club Training evening at the Ecclesville
Centre, Fintona. (FW34-526JA)
PICTURES: Jay McGaghran
S
TRULE Valley
Riding Club
have recently
returned to training
after a long break
due to Covid-19.
Members enjoyed
atwork training
with Linda McKinney
at the end of July
INSTRUCTION: BHSI Mark Robinson instructs
Heather McCrea, the current chair of Strule
Valley Riding Club, on ‘Poppy’ during the Club
training at the Ecclesville Centre, Fintona.
(FW34-527JA)
and, last Wednesday
evening, the club
welcomed back
Mark Robinson for
atwork training
at the Ecclesville
Centre, Fintona.
Members were
delighted to be back
in action again and
to be enjoying the
beautiful evening in
the outdoor arena.
Mark worked on
the riders’ awareness
of how the horses
were responding to
their leg aids and
then developing
that response to
increase suppleness,
straightness and
connection to the
contact.
Kyle Hayes will
take members for
polework training,
followed by gridwork
training this month.
The Autumn
Schedule then
commences in
September, with
show jumping
training with
William Anderson. A
pleasure ride is also
being organised to
take place at Castle
Leslie.
In October, Kyle
Hayes will return to
the club for gridwork
training and in
November members
look forward to
atwork lessons with
Yvonne Chisholm
and Mandi King.
TAKING PART: Sonya Boyd and ‘Shadow’
taking part in the Strule Valley training at the
Ecclesville Centre, Fintona. (FW34-528JA)
McParland, Drennans Lady
Lauren; Keith McDonald,
Springburn Shuttery; Martin
Mellett, GoGo; Lisa Allen,
Diamond Dollie; Richard J
W Smyth, Mulvin Cllodam;
Nicky Nesbitt, Carrickview
Saratogo;
Rebecca
McParland, Drennans Irish
Legacy; Robert Newell, Black
Tolan Beauty; Grace McGarry,
Just Because D&M; Rachel
Brown, Oldoaks Montoya;
Kevin
Mackey,
Lyleview
Heres, Doc; Brendan Doherty,
Springhill Casanova; Barry
McCormack, Moveen Sibon.
1.10m:
1)
Hannah
Thompson, Ballylurgan What
Lux; 2) Craig Carson, Touche
Alley Cat; 3) Karen Fleck,
Franko; 4) Keith McDonald,
Springburn Shuttery; 5)
Grace McGarry, Just Because
D&M; 6) Robert Newell, Black
Tolan Beauty.
1.20m: 1) Liam McGarry,
DSH
Good
Feeling;
2)
Jonathan Smyth, Premier
Spirit; 3) Aine McPeake, In
to the morning; 4) Robert
Newell, Louis the Thirteen; 5)
Gary Martin Close, Brooklyn
(FEI);
Robbie
Topping,
Captain Cashell.
1.30m: 1) Edward Little,
HSC Sunny Little; 2) Liam
McGarry,
DSH
Good
Feeling; 3) Owen McCamley,
Roxborough Euphoria; 4)
Alana Roulston, Boher Clover
Flight; = 5) Richard J W
Smith, Crystal Ben Magna;
=5) Gareth Saunderson, GTA
Barocco Blue.
Author receives rave reviews
for racy debut novel
SAMANTHA Mattocks, editor
and owner of the awardwinning publication The Arabian
Magazine, has published her
debut novel, Sandstorm.
Set in the exciting and
mysterious world of the Arabian
horse, against the heady
backdrop of the mystical Middle
East, Sandstorm is a racy read
that grips the reader from the
very first page galloping, as it
does, through the Arabian horse
show circuit.
Even if Arabian horses are
not your thing, the characters
have more than enough going
on outside the show-ring to
keep you turning the page,
following them as they travel
across Europe and the Middle
East all after the same thing championship glory, sex, and,
ultimately, love.
With twists and turns aplenty,
Sandstorm will thrill those who
love the books of Jilly Cooper.
“Sandstorm has been a long
time in the making,” says
Samantha Mattocks of her debut
novel. “To me, the characters
remain as engaging as they first
did when I wrote the scenes a
few years ago, but I guess we
all need something to push us
into doing something outside
DEBUT NOVEL: Samantha
Mattocks has published her
debut novel. (FW34-538NN)
PICTURE: courtesy of
Richard T Byrant
FRONT COVER: Sandstorm is
set in the exciting and mysterious world of the Arabian horse,
against the heady backdrop
of the mystical Middle East.
(FW34-537NN)
our comfort zone. For me, it
was Lockdown, which presented
an unavoidable opportunity to
finish my novel and finally get it
published. I have had so many
requests from friends wanting to
read it during these challenging
times, so it is lovely to be able
finally put it out there.”
Based in Norfolk, Samantha
has bred Arabian horses with
her family all her life and she
first began work on Sandstorm
in the 2000s, during her own
travels around the world for
her specialist award-winning
publication, The Arabian
Magazine. Her unique insights
into this world are now shared
through the pages of Sandstorm.
You can buy Sandstorm from
www.samanthamattocks.com,
www.thearabianmagazineshop.
com, or www.amazon.co.uk.
