Sotterley Show Weekend
Well what a week end for the branch, firstly the gales took the marquee for a
walk round the park and thanks to the attentions of Miles Barne who helped
Tim and Judy to rescue the tents and their contents disaster was averted!
Then Saturday saw the very happy news of several members getting married;
Natalie Whyte married Ben Myhill, Natalie was a member for many years and
we wish them much happiness.
The hunt and the branch joined in the celebrations of Billie Smith and Sam
Fobbester who also were married on Saturday both Billie and Sam were
members and we have continued to see them not least Sam in his task of
whipper-in for the Harriers, again we wish them every happiness.
How lucky we were with the weather on Sunday ‘perfect’ was how several
competitors described it the show ground looked magnificent.
Ring One Sponsored by St Felix School and Judged by Christine Williams
Classes one to three all went to member Imogen Sheldrake on Pocket Rocket
on the back of a seasons hunting Imogen gave ‘Toffee’ a lovely ride.
Class four the much coveted claret jug ‘Bram Valley Trophy 14.2hh’ was hotly
contested with Lydia Sida-Page and the experienced Idole Des Chouans
(causing the commentator some problems in pronunciation) running out the
winners so good to see many of our younger members really ‘going for it’ in
the jump off.
Charlotte Cattermole battled it out with her little sister Georgia for class 5 with
experience triumphant and Georgia having to settle for second place.
Class 5 went to Amy Kemp with team trainer Mike Hallows on his lovely mare
coming third behind Flynn Regan.
The open went to member Ellie Peel on Cruising Ghost the only clear round,
looking at the trophy it really is a “who’s who” of the branch well done Ellie.
Ring Two our second jumping ring run by Gillian Bennett
Members picked up several placings in a well run ring with lots of
encouragement from Gillian, and several inexperienced combinations having a
go for the first time, Paula Block wrapping up the day on her young horse who
was out for a ‘look-see’ and jumped clear to take the last class.
Ring Three working Hunters Judged by International Showing Star Wendy
King
Numbers in the first two classes were limited with Otterley Mitchell on her
sisters horse being the only open class competitor forward however Mrs King
gave them their full run of experience for this promising young horse, Alexa
Regis took the championship with her lovely all round pony club pony
Steehorse Elegance who we will see in action at the areas later in the summer.
Ring Four Judged by Mrs J Kilbey
Ring four hosted the Best Turned Out/Marriages/Pony Club Pony and
Mountain and Moorland classes and was busy all day.
Ring Five Judged by Mr N Birkenhead
With no entries forward in the lead rein or large riding pony it was left to the
small riding pony and the winner of the riding horse and ridden hunter to
battle it out for the championship with dressage team regular Imogen SidaPage standing top with Inform to Alice Able and ‘Billy’
Ring Six Judged by Kate Kincaid
Again Imogen and the 23 year old Inform battled out the championship
standing behind Martha Craggs and Pebbly Outback who gave a flawless
performance in the small coloured class to take the championship in this ring,
another combination who we will see at the areas later this summer.
The ring then hosted the TARRA classes for thoroughbreds who have finished
their racing career and are being retrained for another job.
Ring Seven was where the real action took place Judged by an ‘Old Girl’ of the
branch Mrs Sarah Hancock this proved the most competitive of the day with
wild athleticism in the Horse and Hound; the members were cut-throat in their
ambition to take the H&H title with Victoria Burgess triumphant the smallest
dog as usual was Lydia’s Clara who improved her form to fourth! Clara has
contested this event for the last six years never managing higher than seventh!
She was pipped to a top three place by Alice Able who runs like the wind and
Amy Graham! Sarah then had the difficult task of deciding which pony she
wanted to take home choosing Hettie’s dear little grey who later wizzed off to
the gymkhana ring.
Principal Winners were:Class 1- Any/Any 60cm Imogen Sheldrake
Class 2- 12.2 Imogen Sheldrake
Class 3 – 12.2 Imogen Sheldrake
Class 4- 14.2 Lydia Sida Page
Class 5 – 90 cm Charlotte Cattermole
Class 6 – 1m Amy Kemp
Class 7 – 1.05m Ellie Peel
Class 8 -Any/Any 85cm Davina Cattermole
Class 9 -75cm Chloe Galdwell
Class 10- 65 cm Gussy Terry and Rose Winter
Class 11 -Novice 65cm Sharon Hobbs
Class 12 -Novice 55cm Holly Woolnough
Class 13 – Novice 45 cm Paula Block
Class 14 – Open Working Hunter Ottilie Mitchell
Class 15- 15hh WHP Tilly Knowles
Class 16 -14hh WHP Martha Craggs
Class 17 – 13hh WHP Alexa Regis (Champion)
Class 18- M&M WHP Gussy Terry
Class 19 – Novice WHP Holly Able
Class 20- Best turned out Joe Maquire
Class 21- Marriages Pony Club Pony Sharnah Lee
Class 22- Pony Club Pony Florence Congdon
Class 23- Pony Club Horse Georgia Cattermole
Class 24- In Hand M&M Hannah Ellis
Class 25- Ridden M&M Georgia Crouchman
Class 26- Lead Rein M&M Hettie-May Ogborne Rich
Class 27-LeadRein Show Pony –none forward
Class 28- First Ridded Violet Congdon
Class 29 – 13.2 Riding Pony Alice Abel (Reserve Ch)
C lass 30 – 14.2 Riding Pony –none forward
Class 31- Riding Horse Imogen Sida-Page (Ch)
Class 32- Show Hunter Pony Megan Batchelor
Class 33- Show Hunter Imogen Sida-Page
Class 34- Ridden Cob Hannah Spence
Class 35- Ridden Coloured (Large) Megan Batchelor
Class 36- Ridden Coloured (small) Martha Craggs (Ch)
Class 37- Ridden Veteran Imogen Sida-Page (Reserve Ch)
Class 38- In-hand Veteran Davina Cattermole
Class 39- TARRA In-hand Jamie Phillips
Class 40 – TARRA ridden Amy Clarke-Partington
Class 41- Horse and Hound Victoria Burgess
Class 42 – Pony Judge Would Like to Take Home Hettie-May Ogbourn Rich
Class 43- Handsomest Gelding Gracie Weymouth
Class 44- Prettiest Mare Joe Maquire
Gymkhana-no results available
There are so many people to thank many of whom were mentioned on the day
but a special thank you must go to Judy and her ‘general’ Tim who have
practically lived at Sotterley this week.
Helen Sida-Page