Green Valley
1m15
1 st
National 1m15
Zoe Potter
onThor van de Vlasbloemhoeve
SIRE
DAM
SIRE OF DAM
We had an enjoyable week at Arena UK for their Major Show Jumping Championships. We took 9 horses over the 6 days and it was nice to make the short commute everyday, sometimes twice a day!
New recruits 🐴Aktion & 🐴Cordelia had their first trip out for the clear round and 🐴Rita had a nice trip out after her summer break too.
We made the most of the opportunity to contest the young horse classes with 5yo 🐴Tangeloma and our 6yos 🐴Thor, 🐴Kuyano & 🐴Comthago’s Jewel - where she picked up 6th place in the final.
🐴Cornet’s Ghost was happy to make the short journey and return home to his own bed 🛏️💤 every night after jumping clear in his 3 classes and just an unlucky fault at the end of the Grand Prix.
And after a last minute notification of an OC Wildcard for the 🌍World Breeding Championships in Lanaken, homebred 🐴Loma de Reve LH made a quick trip too after enjoying a little bit of downtime for the past three weeks. He didn’t disappoint with a clear in the 1m30 and the 7yo class.
A fantastic job 👏🏻 done by the whole team at Arena UK with fantastic courses all week and ground conditions, even whilst battling slightly inclement weather ☔️🌪️ at the beginning of the show! 😅
A quick turnaround to head to Belgium 🇧🇪 early on Tuesday morning! Wish us luck 🤞🏻🍀
💐March saw Zoë head to Italy to make the most of getting started for the outdoor season at the glorious ☀️ Equieffe Equestrian Centre in Gorla Minore 🇮🇹.
The 8️⃣yos really showed what great things are to come from them in the future with homebred 🐴Cornet’s Ghost stepping up to jump his first Ranking Classes and 2* & 3* Grand Prix in the two weeks. 🐴Mowgli C performed well in the 1m40 Finals and the 6️⃣yos 🐴Ofira Q & 🐴Thor van de Vlasbloemhoeve picked up numerous placings and gained lots of consistent clear rounds.
Michael’s goal for March was the British Show Jumping Spring Championships 💐 held at Arena UK to mark the end of the indoor season. After qualifying on the Wednesday for the 5️⃣yo Final - Michael and 🐴Doris V Z went on to 🥇win 🏆 on the Saturday night. This was a solid performance for a horse we have very high hopes for the future with 🤩.
👀🔙 We look back on our year with 15 outright wins 🥇 with our team of young horses. A total of 4 sales with the last one of the year completing a few days ago with 🐴Nobel Heart.
With our oldest horses this year only being 7 years of age we look forward to 🐴Mowgli C and 🐴Cornet’s Ghost turning 8yo tomorrow and moving up the ranks.
Highlights of our year include 🐴Thor’s 5yo Grand Prix win 🏆 in Sentower Park🇧🇪 in May, 🐴Ofira placing 5th in the Holger Hetzel🇩🇪 5yo Final and 🐴Mowgli nailing his first 1m45 also at this fantastic show. Van Mossel Cup🇳🇱 gave us 2 qualifications for the 🌍World Championship's in Lanaken🇧🇪 again and 🐴Doris showed us his potential placing 1st 🥇& 2nd 🥈in his first ever style competitions. It was a pleasure to be selected for the AES team once again in Valkenswaard🇳🇱 and 🐴Ofira ended the year with our last international win 🏆 at Azelhof🇧🇪.
And not forgetting Michael turning 4️⃣0️⃣ 🎁🪩 and ending the year with a fantastic party at Woodborough Hall.
👀⏩We look forward to starting the New Year at Addington EC🇬🇧 before heading to Azelhof🇧🇪 once again.
Thank you to everyone that has been part of our team this year and we look forward to 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ being even better. 🎉🥳🍾