News

April 2009

We have had a busy start to the year. All the hunters are now enjoying a well earned holiday and the event horses are fit and ready to go. We have a few additions to the yard in the form of a few new horses from Ireland.

Most importantly, I'd like to welcome to our team Jo, who is very experienced and will be a valuable asset to the horses and the running of the yard.

Dennis, Henry and Teddy Bear all qualified for the BE jump training finals at Moreton Morrel and all put in good solid performances at the finals.

Carly and Toska have both been placed every time out doing winter dressage and now have ODE and BE runs planned this spring.

Louis has returned home after a great educating winter at the Fairbanks' home where he has been hunting, doing PC rallies, hunter trials and PC S/J team with all the children. He now needs to go to a new home and is ready to sell.

Bailey has yet again been a superstar, having field mastered several days beautifully. He gained 68.4% first time out at dressage this spring (placed 2nd).

All the horses are fit and competing. They are enjoying various outings including dressage, ODEs / SJ / WHs & XC.

Forcoming Events

Northallerton ODE - Teddy and Boss.

Draycott Horse Trials - Bailey, Bumble Bee and Malaki.

Middleton Show - Story, Louis and Foxy.

August 2008

Our feet have hardly touched the floor and we are only half way through the month!

03/08 - Thornton Watlass Horse Trials - Both Bumble Bee and Jack did good dressage tests, 2 SJs down a piece and both stormed round the X/C with a good clear round each.

06/08 - Thornton-le-Dale Show - Topper came 5th in the ridden hunter. Story jumped a good round to come 3rd in the 15.0 hh WHP. Mr Maybe was beautifully behaved to win the hunter pony breeding yearlings.

09/08 - BSJA - Malarki jumped a beautiful double clear to win a large British novice class. Bailey jumped well in the 1.10 m but just dropped a rail.

13/08 - Port Royal ODE - Teddy Bear did his first ODE - he lead the dressage, had a rail down SJ and jumped clear X/C and was placed 3rd. He now has runs lined up and is a multi-talented horse. He is a huntsmans horse for his owner Major Tim Easby, who kindly allows me to compete me to compete him during the summer.

15/08 - Ponies UK - We made our forst trip to the very well known Summer Championships. Boss qualified for the Commanchee Piebald and Skewbald Ridden Championships. He behaved beautifully and did a pleasing show to be placed a creditable 4th.

17/08 - Richmond Horse Trials - I was honored to receive a call from British Eventing asking if I would be the Rider Representative at the event. However, just 10 minutes away from home I received a call to say the event was unfortunately cancelled due to heavy overnight rain. What a shame as the organisers put in so much hard work, but safety and ground conditions must come first.

June 2008

Our hunt show was victim to torrential rain. Despite this Topper came 5th in the ridden hunter. Our hunt relay team had a good warm up for the Yorkshire Show.

BSJA - Mr Marmalade and Jack both enjoyed good rounds and Marmalade came 3rd.

May 2008

It feels as though our feet have hardly touched the ground this month - its been flat out with events, youngsters and teaching.

Dressage - Boss and Misty had placings at Port Royal, both gaining the percentages in the high 60's. Marmalade enjoyed a win in a novice by over 10%.

S/J - We've made several trips to Port Royal. Topper, Oscar, Brownie, Smurf and Miller have all enjoyed successful outings.

Eventing

Richmond - As ever, Richmond is a friendly event and guarantees a confidence giving run for a youngster. Both Bailey (PN) and Bumble Bee (Intro) jumped double clears with room to work on the flat, but are full of confidence. We also saw Gypsy and Spot On who we sold to juniors paced 4th and 7th in the Intro and looking forward to more events.

Bishop Burton - If nothing else at Bishop Burton, the event guarantees a good fitness regime! We walked for miles to everywhere, and after 2 days competing, we were glad for a rest.

Bailey had a much better dressage and jumped a beautiful clear X/C. What a pity I enjoyed the good weather and beautifully presented fences instead of kicking on a little more, as time faults knocked us out of the placings.

Draycott - This is probably one of the most friendly events we've been to in a long time. Everything was beautifully presented and most efficiently run.

Bailey managed to contain himself in the dressage to gain a mid way mark, however he didn't contain himself so well in the S/J, knocked 2 rails but redeemed himself beautifully X/C and went clear inside the time.

Bumble Bee again did a mid way test, but jumped a neat double clear - his confidence is bubbling and came 8th.

April 2008

The effects of the weather cancelled events we were due to run at, so we've been S/J and dressage as much as possible.

BSJA - Katie was pleased with double clears with Jack, Bumble Bee, Summer and Marmalade, whilst Charlotte, our junior rider, won 2 classes on Smurf and had 2 double clears with Foxy.

Grasshoppers finals 2008

We travelled down to Moreton Morrell for a fantastic event run by Fiona Saxby. A great competition for a young horse and we'd recommend it for 2009.

Bumble Bee jumped clear in the first round and then grew in confidence and boldness in the 2nd, just clipping a rail, finishing just out of the placings.

Charlotte jumped Foxy and the pair got on very well, again clear in the 1st round and rode a text book round in the 2nd, but just caught the last rail.

Both horses were very pleasing and enjoyed the weekend away.

March 2008

Port Royal - The Bainbridges run a fantastic event centre at Port Royal. It provides a brilliant outing for all the horses and a great preparation for the event horses.

We took two lorry loads of horses to SJ at Port Royal. Katie jumped Oliver for his owner who is away in Canada. He jumped two double clears and was placed.

Sticky was very excited to be out competing - he did a great job jumping a beautiful double clear and was placed.

Margi, our junior rider based with us jumped Smurf beautifully and won her class with a text book double clear.

All the horses have been competing at dressage in preparation for the season at Port Royal and we had a run of results.

Jack won the elementary with 68% and won the novice with 70%.

Oliver enjoyed success with consistant placings and qualified for the winter championships.

Marmalade, Dennis and Bumble Bee have all enjoyed outings and have been placed consistently.

Oasby Horse Trials - The first event of the season has come around quickly. Our homebred youngster Bumble Bee did a good test and certainly enjoyed the jumping. He stormed round with a double clear and came 5th in the intro.

Bailey certainly seems to have benefitted from his season hunting and occasionally whipping in. He competed in his first ever intro, just had a rail down SJ, but flew round the X/C and came 10th!

Margi did well in her first run of the season with Summer Lovin - just a rail down and clear X/C and came 8th in the intro.

Now we can make a plan for all the horses for an exciting year!

February 2008

  Things are getting busier. We hosted the PC International Hunting Exchange 2008 and invited teams from the USA, Ireland and GBR to hunt in Yorkshire and Wiltshire. All went very well. Brownie, Smurf and Bailey took part in the exchange.

  Bumble Bee, Bailey and Foxy (ridden by Charlotte) all competed in the Grasshoppers BE SJ qualifier. All jumped very well, gained consistent marks and Bumble Bee qualified for the finals in Warwickshire in April!

January 2008

  The event horses are back in work.

  All the hunters have been busy.

December 2007

  All the hunters are having a busy season.

  Mac, Dennis and Bailey all travelled to Kingswood EC, Birmingham over New Year to compete in an International Student Riding Nations Cup, in dressage and SJ.

  All went well with pleasing resiults. Mac even got his photo in Horse & Hound!

September 2007

Winkburn - Bumble came 7th and Margi (our junior rider based with us) came 7th at her first BE run.

New Additions - We have bought Bailey, a 16.1hh Connemara x ID dun gelding to hunt and event next season. He won his first WH and went double clear, placed 2nd at his first ODE. We're all very excited about him for the future.

Matilda - a horse than recently came in from Ireland, has had a foal! A huge surprise to us all!!

August 2007

At last, we started eventing after a couple of injury setbacks. All the horses thought they were turning into dressage and SJ pros!

Richmond - Jack had a pleasing test, one down SJ and jumped well and clear XC. Bumble was a very star struck baby - good test, 1 down SJ and clear XC.

July 2007

Jack and Dennis competed at the Northern Dressage Championship

June 2007

Katie took the opportunity to teach PC camps in North Virginia, USA for 3 weeks.