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Working Hunter League (1 of 5) – 9.10.11

Winter is here, but thanks to the Indoor Arenas the Laurel View Working Hunter League got off to a comfortable start on Sunday 9^th October.

The Ponies got the day going with an excellent turnout, boosted by an increase in participation from riding school entrants and young liveries.  The first red rosette of the day was proudly received by Noah Brown riding Dream Acres Splash Down, with Sophie Winn and The Ferryman equally proud of their blue rosette.

The Novice Pony was the next class to be judged by Emma Fleming, whose patience was greatly appreciated by many of the competitors at this level. The top two places went to Noah and Sophie again spurred on by their success in the Newcomer Class.

Intermediate Pony class came next with Cindy and Megan Davies performing best over the 75cm course, with Sparky and Sarah Brittain in the second place spot.

Last but by no means least in the Pony section was the Open class over a 90cm course, claiming the top spot was Pats Gold ridden by Rebecca Adams, with Cindy and Megan Davies gaining second.

Erin Faloona took over the judging in the afternoon for the horse classes.  The Warm Up Class over a 70cm course got things going nicely, with Anne Hill and Chestnutt Hill taking the 1^st place and Tippy ridden by Clare Kennedy taking second.

The 4 year olds were next over the 70cm course with Briony Hamilton and Jumpingdale Jazz jumping into first place and Emma Fleming on Marvin making it into second place.

Novice Horse next with the course up to 80cm, Lexi and Shane Doyle rode into first place, with Tippy and Claire Kennedy just a point or two behind in second.

The Small Horses had their turn over the 80cm next with the 1^st place rosette being won by Orion and Emma Fleming and 2^nd by Chance and Debbie Cherry.

Cobs were the next class also over the 80cm, leaping into the number 1 spot was Logans Leap ridden by Jamie-Lee Reid with Fitz and Christine Cuthbertson in the second place spot.

The course moved on up to 90cm for the Intermediate Horse class which was won by Goldmine and Amy Fekkes, with Contradiction and Kelly Gray taking second.

Quarry Man Lad and Brian Smyth took the last first of the day for the Open Horse class over the metre jumps.

With a strong competitive start to the Winter League everyone is looking forward to the next competition in the league on Sunday 20^th November, starting again with the ponies at 10am, with the horses after, no earlier than 1.30pm.

Before that folk have the chance to keep on jumping at the weekly Wednesday evening show jumping, starting at 6pm with 40cm, then going up through the classes, 60cm, 70cm, 80cm, 90cm and the metre.

Or if you fancy testing your course retention skills to the max, come and have a go at the Indoor Jumping Derby League which continues on Sundays 30^th October, 13^th and 27^th November with a 12 noon start for the 60cm class before moving onto the 70cm, 85cm and metre.

If you prefer to keep all four feet on the ground, never fear, the Winter Dressage League gets underway on Sunday 6^th November.  For more details on any of these events or any other Laurel View activities check out www.laurelview.co.uk or just give the office a ring on 028 9083 0649

Working Hunter Ponies

Class 1: Newcomer Class – 50cm

1^st Dream Acres Splash Down, Noah Brown; 2^nd The Ferryman, Sophie Winn; 3^rd Skye, Ellie Ross; 4^th Spud, Lauren Gordon; 5^th Mister Darcy, Amy Neill; 6^th Blue, Connie Jordan.

Class 2: Novice Pony – 60cm

1^st Dream Acres Splash Down, Noah Brown; 2^nd The Ferryman, Sophie Winn; 3^rd Sparky, Sarah Brittain; 4^th Skye, Ellie Ross; 5^th Spud, Lauren Gordon.

Class 3: Intermediate Pony – 75cm

1^st Cindy, Megan Davies; 2^nd Sparky, Sarah Brittain

Class 4: Open Pony – 90cm

1^st Pats Gold, Rebecca Adams; 2^nd Cindy, Megan Davies.

Working Hunter Horses start 1.30pm

Class 5: Warm up Class – 70cm

1^st Chestnutt Hill, Anne Hill; 2^nd Tippy, Clare Kennedy; 3^rd Chance, Debbie Cherry; 4^th Foxi, Paula McIlwrath; 5^th Abbey, Donna Creighton; 6^th Magic, Claire Robinson.

Class 6: 4 year old Horse – 70cm

1^st Jumpingdale Jazz, Briony Hamilton; 2^nd Marvin, Emma Fleming.

Class 7: Novice Horse – 80cm

1^st Lexi, Shane Doyle; 2^nd Tippy, Claire Kennedy; 3^rd Fitz, Christine Cuthbertson; 4^th Rangehill Llwynog, Simon Wylie; 5^th Quarry Diamond, Brian Smyth; 6^th The Castletown Lad, Miriam Wright.

Class 8: Small Horse – 80cm

1^st Orion, Emma Fleming; 2^nd Chance, Debbie Cherry; 3^rd Rangehill Llynog, Simon Wylie; 4^th Ella, Sarah Lusk; 5^th Indi, Victoria Laverty.

Class 9: Cobs – 80cm

1^st Logans Leap, Jamie-Lee Reid; 2^nd Fitz, Christine Cuthbertson; 3^rd Molly, Roberta Bradbury.

Class 10: Intermediate Horse – 90cm

1^st Goldmine, Amy Fekkes; 2^nd Contradiction, Kelly Gray; 3^rd Bugsy, Joan Adrain.

Class 11: Open Horse – 1m

1^st Quarry Man Lad – Brian Smyth