Michael Potter
- Role:
- Showjumping, Eventing
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 🤞🏻🍀
August is a time for end of summer young horse finals and we are pleased with the results of our homebreds.
Our stallion 🐴Tangeloma finished with a double clear and 4th place in the Weston Lawns 5yo Championship. 🇬🇧
🐴Comthago’s Jewel who was a new ride for Zoe at this show & 🐴Loma de Reve LH both made the finals of the 6&7yo classes at the Van Mossel Cup, Schijndel in NL. 🇳🇱With 🐴Loma de Reve LH picking up a fantastic podium result a few weeks before in the 2* 1m40 final in Ghlin in Belgium. 🇧🇪
Unfortunately we haven’t secured any tickets for the 🌍World Championships in Lanaken this year but look towards the development of the horses over the next 12 months.