
Jalapeno III (Jala)
Birth year: 2008
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
Genuinely cannot believe that we are 7yr old WORLD CHAMPIONS! 🌶️🧡🏆
Thank you so much Quattro 🫶🧡 for trying so hard all week, and especially in the showjumping, leaving all the poles up!
What a feeling! Mondial du Lion really do put on a fantastic show and make it feel like a proper world championship.
I could not be more chuffed and thank god I’ve remembered how to win. Pretty awesome way to finish the season!
I cannot thank Chris and Lisa enough for all their support, I’ve been riding for them for 18 years and these sort of weekends are what we work so so hard for.
Thank you my whole team, this win is for you!