Thoresbury Park
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01. Gemma Stevens
onJalapeno III (Jala)
Jalapeno III (Jala)
Eventing
- Studbook -
- SHBGB
- Gender -
- Mare
- Height -
- 171 cm
- Color -
- Chestnut
- Level -
- 4*
- Year of birth -
- 2008
Pedigree
- Jalapeno III (Jala)
- SHBGB
SIRE
- Chilli Morning
- SHBGB
DAM
- Maiden Voyage
- SHBGB
SIRE OF DAM
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A sunny start to 2025 with the eventers!
We’ve been out eventing for 4 out of the last 8 days and it’s been sunny on every single of them. In MARCH! I’ve been more grateful than anyone can imagine but I do feel like we are all going to be punished for it!!! 😬☀️
After our fantastic start to the season at Poplar, Chilli King and Cooley Park Muze made the trip to Oasby last Thursday for an Open Intermediate run each. Both went absolutely beautifully with an 8th and 2nd respectively. These two are the real deal no doubt about it. 🫶 what a future.
Then we headed to Costa Del Tweseldown at the weekend with Jalapeño and Flash Cooley in the Open Intermediate and Chilli’s Jester in the Open Novice.
Jala did a 26 dressage and a super steady double clear, and Flash Cooley smashed it for a 20.9 dressage and added nothing for a fab win🥇
Jester’s tiny touch of a showjump cost us the win but he was felt amazing and so much more grown up. A very exciting start with all our event horses.
We are now trucking to Belgium 🇧🇪 for two weeks showjumping with the jumpers - we’ll be back on 🇬🇧 soil in time for Thoresby - don’t worry!
Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials
In the grand scheme things, it’s not a huge deal, but to me, last week was rubbish and I’m still pretty gutted about it.
As professionals, we work tirelessly to get to compete at these big events and we had been aiming Jalapeño at Blenheim all year. We left no stone unturned in her prep and did everything we could to make sure she absolutely peaked at the right time, (which we think she did), we just didn’t pull it off 🏇🏿
After a superb dressage test, (it was just so lovely to ride), we had everything to play for and she was utterly brilliant around the xc all the way to the 2nd last fence that is.
We were 4 ish seconds up on the clock so I took my time to set up and she jumped in really well, I took another pull to say careful and to make sure she looked at the fence but she slightly misunderstood me and just ended up not quite getting to the second part.
Is it the end of the world? Absolutely not, but it’s bitterly disappointing especially as she finished full of running and completed the following day with a clear showjumping which means we would have won by 4 penalties!
I have been coming to Blenheim for years and years and it’s one of my absolute favourites, I’ve been placed in the top ten so many times and it’s always been a massive aim and dream to win, so I’m very cross with myself that I have let this win slip.
Huge doubts cross your mind…. Am I good enough, am I ever going to get it right?? As someone who has a huge will to win it’s so hard not to. BUT we have to pick ourselves up and train harder and be better, have a good cry and move forward, remind ourselves of perspective in life. (Sorry Gaz I’ve been beyond a grumpy cow bag for 3 days!!)
Huge well done to Tim Price, utter class as always (must be more like Tim!!) and also to Daisy Berkeley for her fantastic 2nd 🥈 what an absolute star and so good to see you back at the very top!
Chilli King also competed in the 8/9yo although on paper it wasn’t perfect, he was a very good boy and tried very hard, and the feeling he gives me XC is unbelievable. He’s waiting for the big time stuff!!
How smart does he look in his new Orange Horse Consultants bridle and breastplate?? 🧡🧡
Thank you so much to my owners for being so supportive and encouraging.
Also to my incredible support team for putting up with me.
➡️ Onto some jumping in Holland this week with an amazing bunch of stallions. I’m looking forward to a change of scenery! 🚚
Back with a bang after a few months off Eventing with an amazing few days at Aston!
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!!!