News

November

25th November : Crofton manor Thor Hero 1st in 1.25m About Time 2nd in the 1.35m Pro-set legacy 1st in the 1.15m

16th-19th at Addington Premier show: Kannan Ball 3rd in the Speed classic Valentino 1st in the 1.25 and 1st in the Winter B+C RIHS qualifier.

November 5th Crofton manor About Time won the Stanley Powell Memorial Trophy at the Hampshire area show.

November 4th Thor hero 2nd in 1.25 , Another time 3rd in Newcomers and Pro-set Legacy 3rd in the 1.20

October

2nd About time won the 1.40m at Crofton Manor jumped really well at first indoor show October

9th HOYS About time jumped very well in grade C final just had unlucky 4 flts but pleased at the way he jumped

13th October Another time double clear and 3rd in Newcomers at Bury Farm and at Merrist wood

22nd Valentino 3rd In the 1.30m at Merrist Wood. At the ALL stars show at Bury Farm he was again 3rd out of a class of 90 in a speed class

24th October another Junior Academy day at Amners farm again 20 juniors attended and we also had riders from other academies attending for the first time. the next date will be in the Christmas holidays

September

good come back at Moreton in marsh show Kannan ball won the 6 Bar class clearing 1.78m in final round

10th September Henley show 1st, 2nd and 5th in the accumulator on Cavanna, Valentino and Kannan ball very happy with all three.

Newbury show 17th 18th Last outdoor show a bit unlucky all round About time jumped very well in the Area trial had the last fence down! Valentino clear and 4flts in both his classes, Another time was very green the first day but came out and jumped double clear in the Newcomers on the second day.

August

Very frustrating month Hope to be riding by end of the month

July

Good start to July with the arrival of a new 5yrs old ANOTHER TIME (SYDNEY) by Quidam de Revel out of a Berggreaf mare he has jumped double clear in his first three newcomers at Addington Crofton and Blewbury.

Another junior academy day on the 19th at home this time 3 groups all went well.

Cavanna 2nd in a1.40m class at New Forest show

Unfortunately bad end to July had a fall of a young horse at home and ruptured my Spleen had to endure 5 days in hospital out of action now till end of August!

June

About Time qualified for the HOYS Grade C final at Herts County Valentino was un lucky to miss out by one place.

Kannan Ball 2nd and 3rd at Bath West show his first big county show Thor hero also 2nd in a good class.

Royal Cornwall a big success Cavanna 3rd in three classes Kannan ball 2nd in a class and Valentino 6th in his first Area Trial

Cavanna won the Oxfordshire Grade C championship at the Area show on the 19th June

Very successful Hickstead About time placed in his first 1.60m international class and just the last fence down In the Masters challenge

Kannan Ball 2nd and Valentino 3rd in the 1.35 class on Saturday both horses placed in two more classes.

May

Royal Windsor was a great success for us with Kannan Ball being placed in both his B+C Classes, About Time had 4flts in two 1.50m classes a step up for him so very pleased.

March

13th March was not unlucky for us has Kannan Ball won the 1.20 and About time and Thor hero were 1st and second in the B+C
We have an exiting new arrival a 4 yrs old coloured stallion by O’combo de leu has a lovely temperament and very east to handle watch this space!

February

6th February at Hartbury college About Time was 2nd and Kannan Ball 7th in the blue chip 1.25 qualifier
18th February at Crofton Manor About time won the B+C
24th February at Berks College Kannan Ball won the 1.25 Blue Chip , Thor Hero and About time were 1st and 2nd in the 1.30m.
All in all February was a good start to the new year.
The junior academy was very busy and well attended with 20 members involved in the jumping clinic at Home on the 25th

December 2010/ January 2011:

All the horses had a well deserved holiday in December and came back into work the beginning of January the first show will be 30th.

Coaching picking up again now after Christmas Junior academy date on the 25th February and we are running a level 2 UKCC cause on the 31stJanuary and 1st February (2nd two days on 7th 8th March).

 

October 2010

Paul is lead coach of The Berkshire Junior academy  and we had a very successful day on the 25th with 25 junior riders attending. The day consisted of a lecture on Stable management by Karen and a  lecture by local vets McConnell and Gillett. Two coaching sessions (one on the flat and one jumping) were taken by Paul and Warren Lampard. Anybody interested in joining the academy can contact Paul for more detail.

29th October Valentino won the B and C at Crofton Manor and Thor Hero was 2nd in the Foxhunter Kannan Ball was 2nd in the Foxhunter on the 31st October

Cavanna went a lot better than expected at HOYS considering his lack of experience indoors. He was unlucky to have a fence down but jumped very well over a 1.40m track. This was only his 9th show indoors ever!

September

The indoors season has got of to a good start with Valentino 3rd in the 1.35 at Crofton Manor and about time 5th in the yorkshire grace C qualifier at Solihull over a very big track, both horses jumping a double clear. Thor Hero was 2nd in the Foxhunter at Crofton in his first show after a month long rest.