Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show
5*
5 th
The Great Wall Puissance
01. Gemma Stevens
on16. Envoy Merelsnest Z (Dime Bar)
SIRE
DAM
SIRE OF DAM
5*
5 th
The Great Wall Puissance
01. Gemma Stevens
on16. Envoy Merelsnest Z (Dime Bar)
5*
= 1st
The Kowloon Six Bar
01. Gemma Stevens
on16. Envoy Merelsnest Z (Dime Bar)
5*
= 4th
The Hong Kong High Bar
01. Gemma Stevens
on16. Envoy Merelsnest Z (Dime Bar)
5*
1 st
The Cavago Six Bar
01. Gemma Stevens
onEnvoy Merelsnest Z
HONG KONG 🇭🇰 genuinely feels like this big puff of the most amazingly cool dream cloud!! ☁️
What a week. What a horse. What a team we have.
We went at 100mph the first few days, seeing as much as we could of the incredible country, it’s like living in the future, we loved every minute of it!
From cable cars, to the races, to Chinese food in the city, to boat rides, to more cable cars, to Pandas. All shared with the most crazy but brilliant humans!! It was AWESOME!
Then the competition, well Dime was just unbelievable all 3 days!
Day 1 - was our first 6 bar class out there and we made it to round 4 of 5 with just one tiny mistake, but we still managed a super 4th place finish, in the money and prize giving!
The second of the two 6 bar classes came and he was simply unbelievable! We made it through to the 5th round and only went and WON it.
I thought London was maybe a fluke but Dime says no way Mum I’m good at this! I was beyond chuffed and seriously, seriously proud of our boy 🖤
The last and final day was The Puissance 😱 (it really isn’t my favourite!) But I pulled on the big girl pants and again made it to round 4 and finished a creditable 5th, in the prize giving and money again!
What a horse, so consistent and he really did give his absolute all. I’m so unbelievably grateful to him for taking us all to these unreal shows and smashing it!!
I cannot thank all the people around me enough, physically and at home… it’s been an absolute blast and you were all awesome support!
So much fun and sooooo much banter! It really was a dream week.
We headed off to Tweseldown today to XC school 10 horses! Straight back to it 😴
Envoy Merelsnest Z (Dime) was on fire today at The London International Horse Show, winning The Cavago Six Bar, jumping 1.95m!!
I don’t think it was a dream? Was it?! Genuinely cannot believe it…
Thank you to our wonderful Horse, Dime you’re my hero. Thank you to all the Dime syndicate what a day we had! It’s a bit of a blur!
Thank you to Shirley Light and Gary Stevens for everything and keeping me on track.
Charlotte Overton for having Dime looking unbelievable.
We WON in LONDON!!!!!!!
You can read the full Horse&Hound article here: https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/gemma-stevens-pips-john-whitaker-london-six-bar-880914
Photo Credit: London International Horse Show / Peter Nixon
Nina and her team really do put on a fantastic show we absolutely love going! I just wish they could run more! 🤩
Dime Bar owned by the Dime Bar Syndicate had two great rounds in the 3* 1.50m World Ranking classes to set him up for this week’s The Hickstead Derby!
We did manage to qualify for the Grand Prix we decided to save his legs and set him up for Hickstead instead. We jumped some seriously big tracks which definitely kept us both on our toes!!
Our amazing Johan-Some (YoYo) owned by Linda Allen really is enjoying his new career! He WON the Eventers’ Grand Prix and then was placed the next day in a 3* 1.40m! What a horse - he is a complete freak of nature and I am absolutely loving being back in his saddle!!
Klent Spot On owned by Shirley Light at the BRENDON STUD is really starting to show just how talented he is with a clear and placing everyday in the 1.30m. He’s really consolidating at this level and it won’t be long before he steps up!
My brand new ride, 7yo Warrior Special owned by Nadia AL - Mutawa, was also absolutely brilliant. We have gelled so quickly! He was also clear everyday and we really went for it in the 7yo Grand Prix final but he just touched the last fence in what was a very fast time! You win some, you lose some! I have no doubts whatsoever that he will be super competitive in the very near future!
I’m so grateful to all my team and my owners and so excited to be building a small but perfectly formed string of “proper” jumpers to go with my world class Event horses!
Busy busy!
Now onto Hickstead! Wish us luck! 🖤