Shivers Event Team News
Times available for 5th November Clinic at Netherton Park
Posted on 31st October 2011
Clinic 5th Novemeber
FLATWORK
8.30am Andrew and Louise
9.30am Fiona Murray and Stephanie White
10.30am John Carr and Pat Hewitt
11.30 Christine Rogerson and Louise Fox
Jumping
12.30 pm
Christine Rogerson
Gemma Stonehouse
Adele Hewitt
Caroline Clark
1.30pm
Heather Vaulkhard
Alison Ainsley
Janice Barrow
Sonia Ramage
2.30pm
Jane Spraggon
Alex Doherty
Sarah Gannie
Vicky Hodge
3.30pm
Rachel Coulthard
Shannon Bates
Lisa Turnbull
Ben Spraggon
4.30pm
Sharon Waggot
Mandy Craig
Sarah (mandys Friend)
Caroline Howlett
Will and Manor finish 8th in Express Eventing Final at HOYS
Posted on 5th October 2011
Despite thinking you always have enough time to do things you always end up rushing about. The horses and Will arrived on Monday at HOYS and I travelled down Tuesday morning and after a quick shop it was time to get the horses ready for the dressage. With added splashes of sparkle and nerves kicking in everything was a bit of a blur! Manor kept his head very well for a very spooky horse and performed everything he had to, Buster with Flora did a bit of ad-libbing when he found it all very exciting in the canter work. The trot work to Wham was lovely though and he ended up being in front of Manor and Will. Time flew again and it was then time for xc. Manor was once again fantastic and jumped a brilliant clear with a couple of time penalties. It was then Busters turn, I thought his cheekiness might have have improved with age but it hasn't and he did not want to entertain the corner at 4! Manor then moved up to 9th going into the sj which was proving a challenge, however he once again proved his prowess at jumping jumping a lovely clear up until the joker fence. If you jump this clear you get 4 penalties taken off your score but if you have it down it adds 4 and unfortunately he tapped it off and added 3 time. Shari who went after him had 3 down so dropped below him moving Manor up to a final placing of 8th and getting to go in the prize giving. Express Eventing has been a wonderful opportunity for people often overlooked for these competitions giving them a chance to shine in the spotlight and we hope we can do it again next year.
Times available for Jumping Clinic 2nd October
Posted on 26th September 2011
Jumping Clinic 2nd October
Can everyone please park in the paddock above the arena. Any problems contact phone number is 07818085420.
9.30 am
Jennifer Jones
Diana Boyd
Alison Ainsley
Janice Barrow
10.45 am
Mandy Craig
Lisa Turnbull
Ashley Suddes
11.45am
Emily Armstrong
Ashley Suddes
Jane Spraggon
Abbey Cooks friend
1 pm
Ben Spraggon
Emily Armstrong
Frankie Pitt
2 pm
Julie Johnson
Stephanie Barrass
Adele Hewitt
Sharon Waggot
3.15 pm
Rachael mcvaey
Abbey Cook
Amelia Peverley
Taylor Jayne Johnson
The road to HOYS
Posted on 12th September 2011
It is now time to concentrate on Express Eventing at HOYS. It really is funny seeing our Welsh Section D doing Event Pony at Burghley and our event horses going to HOYS. Last years winner Flora Harris is a friend of Wills and had an automatic qualification to the final however she didn't have a horse so we have offered her Buster (Shiver St George). We have already had one get together at Ian Woodheads slightly changing the floorplan for Will and sorting a new one out for Flora. She is a lovely rider and we just hope he behaves himself for her, although the canter pirouettes are very exciting for him! We have decided to change Will's horse to Manor as he is much more capeable of doing the extra movements to get a better dressage to music mark and we just hope he stays as straight as clive on the xc. It's really exciting seeing Will perform his test again and the whole team are getting geared up for 3 days away. Follow news about Express eventing on the link below.
http://www.facebook.com/Expresseventing?ref=ts
Successful Blair for the team
Posted on 12th September 2011
We set off for Blair on quite a road trip. It involved taking 3 of the team horses Flyer (CCI3*) Clive (CCI3*) and Manor (CIC3*) and also our client Emma Hawksby with her 2* horse Brannas. Having so many horses, people and babies there was a need for a caravan and trailer to follow, as you can imagine there was an impressive camp when we were set up.
It was amazing to see such good going considering the rain that they had had on the run up to the event and it was such a shame that it rained once again on Thursday and turned rather wet and deep. After containing 3 very excited horses in the dressage it was time for xc, we decided not to run Clive xc as we were unsure if he would like the hill, mud and distance all at the same time. Flyer and Manor have both had successful trips to Blair in the 2* in the past so we decided to run them. They were both stars and recorded clears when many others didn't even complete, Manor was slightly miffed when he was pulled off his lines to go on long routes to ensure that all important clear. Will did a fantastic job taking flyer round his first CCI3* ending up 14th, something I never expected when I bought him, and in the process qualified him for Burghley next year. Manor's clear gave him his qualification for Bramham next year so we will have 2 4* horses, 2 3* star horses and 1 2* horse for next season when I'm back on board.
Flyer at Blair
Manor at Blair
It's now time to concentrate on the younsters and several clients and their horses with some BE100 runs. Will has also been competing Jamie Atkinson's younger horses while he has been out injured and still has a few more runs on them at the end of the season. Danielle has also had great fun eventing Buster but due to the rain causing event cancellations she has not managed to get her qualification to do an intermediate before the end of this season so she will finish off the season with a BE100 open.
We have also had a few changes to team horses with the sale of Dee (Wooleypark Destiny) to Frankie who has had her all season on loan, she couldn't resist her in the end so we wish her lots of luck in the future. We have replaced Dee with Buddy (Riverstown Tomboy) who is due to do his first few events this autumn, he has a lovely temperament and I don't think we have ever had such a laid back Irish horse! Mum has also been investing her pennies in 2 lovely Kings Composer foals she couldn't decide which one to have so she took both a filly and a gelding.
Glock and Arietta