Wellington International
3*
4 th
CCI-S
01. Gemma Stevens
onCooley Park Muze (Rex)
SIRE
DAM
SIRE OF DAM
3*
4 th
CCI-S
01. Gemma Stevens
onCooley Park Muze (Rex)
4 th
BC-N
01. Gemma Stevens
onCooley Park Muze (Rex)
1 st
Intermediate
01. Gemma Stevens
onCooley Park Muze (Rex)
2 nd
Intermediate
01. Gemma Stevens
on10. Cooley Park Muze
I let all the horses have a break after the spring season while we were doing some jumping and also having a short break ourselves.
7 horses 5 prizes and two just outside the top 10 with steadier xc rounds - not bad for a rusty first run back!
It was amazing to have Chilli Knight and Jalapeño out in the Advanced feeling absolutely incredible in all three phases for 3rd and 4th.
Cooley Park Muze was a WINNER 🥇 and utterly brilliant in his intermediate section and Cooley Couture was beautiful for 🥈 in hers.
Chilli Morning IV went beautifully in his intermediate section for one touch SJ and a steadier XC round.
Star of the day was Chilli King who did his first Advanced. He was so solid in all 3 phases and his XC round was really quite special. This horse reminds me of Arctic Soul, his gallop and jump is just ridiculous, exciting times!
Lastly Chilli’s Jester was 🥈 in his novice section, is feeling really established and now ready to move up.
Thank you to my whole team, it was a long few days but worth it when they all go so well and the jockey remembers what to do!!!
Photo credit: Hannah Cole 📸
Just when I thought last week was long!
Today my alarm went off at 1.10AM, again Charlotte Overton and April Kitchener were earlier!
5 horses, 4 humans 3 grown up dogs and 7 puppies to Osberton!
The horses all went super around some really tough courses today.
2x 🥈 places, the two 7yos both placed and one super but steady XC round.
These 5 young horses are probably the best I’ve ever had so it’s worth it for them. The rebuild is real!
I cannot thank my whole team enough, serious dedication.
Gary Stevens for driving both ways, we needed that today. 💙💙
Love these horses so much.
We managed to put the struggles of the last few weeks behind us and had some great runs on some very special horses!
First up was Cooley Park Muze owned by the Rex syndicate who had his first intermediate run and lead from start to finish with a super classy performance to take the WIN what a horse for the future 🥇
Then Chilli’s Jester owned by Chris and Lisa Stone and Chris and Chris and Clare Mathias, and Cooley Couture owned by Pru Dawes were in the Novice. Both horses gave me such beautiful rides and finished on their good dressage scores for 3rd and 8th - they are such classy young horses.
Chilli King, also owned by Chris and Lisa Stone and Chris and Clare Mathias, was up next in the 3* he produced a super test and finished on it with a beyond classy double clear for 5th out of well over 80 competitors. This horse reminds me of Spike, his gallop is unbelievable, with so much scope and bravery. So exciting 👀
Last but definitely not least was Chris and Lisa Stone’s Chilli Knight who was having a prep run in the 4*. He performed a lovely test and a foot perfect double clear with planned time faults to give him a nice fitness run, keep him in one piece and to keep our eye in ready for that “pony club” event next month!!
We could have been right up there with the leaders but I chose to keep it steady (much to Alfie’s disappointment!) and wait to unleash him in a few weeks time.
5 horses 5 double clears and 5 brilliant XC rounds, feel like I’ve retrieved my mojo and am so excited that the rebuild is starting to come good.
Thank you so much to Musketeer Events for putting on a brilliant event and organising such superb weather! It was like being in another country☀️
Huge thanks as always to all my team and my owners for being so very supportive - even through the rougher bits!
Thank god for some good results 🤪
📸 Hannah Cole Photography