Red for Liberty Blue at Laurel View
On the last Sunday of January at Laurel View walk/trot competitors tackled BD Intro B in front of Martina McKinley; her scoring placed Leah Knight and Liberty Blue in the top spot earning them a red ribbon, with Alfie and Santiago Guieirrez a shade behind in second.
Zoe Briggs and Oscar topped the Newcomers riding Prelim 7 under the watchful eye of Geraldine Lowry. Laurel View Barney and Christine Smyth were pleased as punch with their second place spot.
Class 3 competitors riding Prelim 13 saw Ivor Harper in the Judges seat and when the points were added up the red rosette went home with Penny Murphy and Tick It, while the blue rosette was earned by Domino and Jacqui Lewis
Vanda Robinson was the judge for classes 4, 5 and 6, so she was kept very busy. The best performance of Prelim 14 was given by Leah Knight and Gibbs, narrowly ahead of Lucy Hanna riding Rock Black & Blue.
In the Novice class it was Claire Sedgeman and Silken Art that stepped into first place, while Joanne Jarden and Red Ruby Rouge took home the blue ribbon.
Joanne Jarden picked up a red rosette for riding an elementary test on MJI Wendy in the Open Class. Second to them on the day were Silken Art and Claire Sedgeman also riding the elementary test.
Grateful thanks are extended to each and every individual who helped to make the day run smoothly and to all the competitors for coming along to make it all worthwhile, hopefully you have had the chance to order an Equi-Tog photograph to remember the competition.
The Laurel View Winter Dressage League continues apace with the next leg on the 23rd February and the final set for Sunday 30th March. Entries as always need to reach Laurel View on the Thursday before the competition to make it onto the running order. All competitors welcome, whether qualified or not, with a warm welcome assured. A full list of tests can be found at www.laurelview.co.uk
Results
Dressage League (4 of 6)
26.1.14
Class 1 – BD Intro B (walk/trot)
Judge – Martina McKinley
1st Liberty Blue, Leah Knight, 73.04; 2nd Alfie, Santiago Guieirrez, 72.61; 3rd No Shenanigans, Marian Millar, 72.61; 4th Zebedee, Leah Knight, 67.83; 5th Laurel View Johnny, Gillian Orr, 66.09; 6th Grace, Leah Knight, 66.09.
Class 2 – Prelim 7 (Newcomers)
Judge – Geraldine Lowry
1st Oscar, Zoe Briggs, 73.00; 2nd Laurel View Barney, Christine Smyth, 71.50; 3rd Gem, Bree Rutledge, 71.50; 4th Banner, Melanie Ward, 68.50; 5th William, Shelley McFarlane, 67.50; 6th Laurel View Sparky, Holly McKeown, 65.00.
Class 3 – Prelim 13
Judge – Ivor Harper
1st Tick It, Penny Murphy, 74.17; 2nd Domino, Jacqui Lewis, 72.29; 3rd Beechmount Baxter, Linda McIlwaine, 70.83; 4th Gibbs, Leah Knight, 70.21; 5th Red Ruby Rouge, Joanne Jarden, 69.38; 6th Magic, Claire Robinson, 69.17.
Class 4 – Prelim 14
Judge – Vanda Robinson
1st Gibbs, Leah Knight, 72.50; 2nd Rock Black & Blue, Lucy Hanna, 72.50; 3rd Greannanstown Cougar, Lucy Hanna, 66.67; 4th MJI Invinsible, Joanne Jarden, 65.83; 5th Laurel View Cherry, Katie Watt, 65.42; 6th Silly Sally, Katie Watt, 65.00.
Class 5 – Novice 27
Judge – Vanda Robinson
1st Silken Art, Claire Sedgeman, 70.71; 2nd Red Ruby Rouge, Joanne Jarden, 64.29; 3rd Silly Sally, Katie Watt, 63.57; 4th Melinet, Oliver Edwards, 61.79; 5th Cooper, Louise Craig, 56.79.
Class 6 – Open
Judge – Vanda Robinson
1st MJI Wendy (Elem), Joanne Jarden, 66.56; 2nd Silken Art (Elem), Claire Sedgeman, 61.88; 3rd Duke (Adv Med), Jennifer Howes, 61.17; 4th Duke (Med), Jennifer Howes, 58.97; 5th Tifftarney Clyde (Nov), Wendy Forsythe, 58.54; 6th Tifftarney Clyde (Elem), Wendy Forsythe, 57.50.