Northside
10th February 2013
It was a relaxed day at Northside showjumping today, where Brooke rode 4-year-old Voltage (Visage-Holland Rose) double-clear in his first 90cm class. Also in the class were Carlotta and Vail for their first outing together, and Luke riding Grid who has not been out for several months. There are a...
Nowra Grand Prix
9th February 2013
It was the who's who of showjumping this evening in the Grand Prix at Nowra, and Andrew Inglis won on Twins Quantam with a blistering jump-off round. George Johnson and Wondaree Sprite were miliseconds slower to finish 2nd, closely followed by Tom McDermott riding Rolex, Vicki Roycroft and then...
Nowra Show
8th February 2013
It's a busy weekend of competition for Copabella and Bangalow. Brooke has Visage and Adonis, along with a few students at Nowra Show today and tomorrow, and then a different set at Northside on Sunday. She reports being delighted with Visage today, commenting that he feels unreal if not...
Cyrano Stars at DC
8th February 2013
Our old flagship dressage horse has pulled off a convincing 3rd place in the Intermediate 1 at Dressage NSW today, on a score of 64.3%, less than 2 points behind the winner Roger Fitzhardinge. And that was with a bit of a glitch in the 2-time tempi changes. Visiting German rider Max Pankn in, was...
Euro Blog
7th February 2013
So not a lot has happened since my last outing to Leipzig. Went to a national show in Munster (my local dig) with Vedor and Vegas. Vegas was good! He has improved a lot in the last few months, I feel a very big difference from when I last sat on him (before the Olympics). Denis and his...
Layla Elmare
6th February 2013
Originally purchased from Copabella by Elmare Warmbloods, Layla is currently in training with Raquel Corbett in Victoria. She's a lovely mare with a lot of talent and Raquel is looking to market her as a competitive eventer. Anyone interested should get in touch either with Raquel or Stephen Smith....
Pony Champion
5th February 2013
Our beautiful Welsh pony Esmeralda, owned and competed by the Verners, has had an exciting win at the Australian Sports Pony Registry 2013 Challenge at SIEC over the weekend. She won the hotly contested Newcomer class.The other star of the show was Kristen Lyon's stallion, Black Charming (Imp), who...
Berry Show
1st February 2013
Brooke managed good rounds on both young Vindication aka Adonis and his father at Berry today before the weather made conditions untenable. Adonis finished double-clear and 2nd in the Maiden D Grade this morning, while Visage went round clear in the A & B Grade this afternoon but with a time...
Supreme Champion
31st January 2013
Freyr Colvin has reported in with another major win for her Viage filly Maisy. She has been awarded Supreme Champion for the second year in a row at the State Pinto Championships in Tasmania. Freyr assures us she is looking forward to some showjumping instead of showing now Maisy is reaching...
Europe News
21st January 2013
Leipzig was a great return to competition for Julia, who had two horses there in the Medium and Big Tours, while Denis rode Vedor in the top classes. Denis's horse Kavanagh, ridden by Julia in the Medium Tour on day one, finished 3rd, while Vegas had a rusty one down.Both horses then did the Big...
