Welcome to the latest newsletter. There are lots of things to report and lots of events coming up.
Autumn Showing Show
We couldn’t have asked for a better day for the weather the sun shone all day.
A massive thank you to our two lovely Judges Lindsay Opperman & Charlotte Warman.
It was great to see members dipping their toes in to the world of showing not technically a BRC event but great effort in turnout and presentation by all those taking part.
Kathryn Martin took the morning in hand championship with Samuel Jackson who looked superb in the autumn sun following his retirement from racing. Gail Rawlings & her little TGC type Sir Scoffalotte at Ombre taking reserve.
Morning Ridden championship was won by committee member Ros Whiskers and her lovely grey mare Willow (great to see them back out after minor injury) and reserve champion Chloe Fisher with her own Fleetwood Chance Encounter.
The afternoon finale was won by Chloe Fisher & Fleetwood Chance Encounter who managed to go 1 better than the morning session with TDRC member Celia Bellamy pulling in Reserve with committee favourite toptime Taliesin (Tally to his friends)
An update from Colleen
Congratulations to all our members who took part in the Area 12 Novice Qualifiers. We had 2 senior teams and a junior team, and there were lots of lovely rides and great scores across the board! Such a wonderful day and well-run competition – huge well done to everyone!
Saturday, 9th November 2024 – DTMusic Qualifiers at Bicton College
Upcoming this weekend DTMusic Qualifiers at Bicton College is all levels (Area 12 Dressage to Music Qualifiers). Intermediate Qualifiers, with levels from Prelim to Elementary, are Feb 2nd so please put it in your calendar!
Evenings at West Buckland Village Hall
We have some educational and fun Social Evenings upcoming at West Buckland village hall from 7pm – 9pm. They are £10 a head including nibbles and drinks, and a 2 hour lecture or discussion with different topics:
Tuesday, 19th November 2024 – Is My Horse Happy?
Popular and knowledgeable equine osteopath Bryony Burt will be giving a talk titled ‘Is My Horse Happy’. This hot topic is relevant to all horse owners as we navigate our social licence to operate within all equestrian disciplines. Discover what our horses need to live a happy life, how to recognise a happy horse, and an unhappy one, how posture is a key indicator of global wellbeing and how your horse’s happiness can affect its performance.
Ticket Link: Unmounted Social Evening – Bryony Burt, Equine Osteopath
Tuesday, 7th January 2025 – Evaluating Horses for Sport
Learn how to evaluate any horse for their potential in sport – Dressage, Eventing, and Showjumping. Looking at various aspects of conformation and movement to give you a “crystal ball” into their future and judge their likely ability at their chosen discipline.
Tuesday, 18th February 2025 – Breaking Down Test Movements
An in-depth look at the new BD tests at various levels, picking out specific movements to analyse their purpose – what they are testing for, what skills you need to perform them well, and what the judges would like to see. Knowing the purpose of the movements can help give your training direction and help raise your scores!
Upcoming Training:
Jump training available in November (Both with Gaynor Lomas).
Saturday, 9th November 2024 – Showjumping – TDRC Training Day
Sunday, 17th November 2024 – Showjumping &/XC Technical – TDRC Training Day
We know there are some members with new and young horses if you would like a polework/cross pole lesson please do enter the above and add in the notes POLES.
Friday, 22nd November 2024 – Evening Dressage Training at Conquest (pairs) – TDRC Evening Dressage Training @Conquest EC- Members only
Friday, 13th December 2024 – Dressage Training at Cordings Farm
Saturday, 21st December 2024 – Christmas Themed Pole Clinic at Conquest – Fun Xmas Indoor Pole Clinic w Colleen Knox
We have 2 competitions left for 2024
Sunday, 1st December 2024 – Dressage Championship (including open classes) – Unaffilated Dressage
This dressage competition comes with a HUGE incentive; you could win £50 per Championship class!!
Any rider who has gained 64% or higher in any TDRC dressage competition throughout 2024 is eligible to enter this Amazing event.
Just head on over to Equoevents.co.uk and scroll down to this unaffiliated dressage competition and ENTER; it’s as easy as that!
There are also warm up classes to enter which can help get you and your horses movements just right for the grand finale. And it’s all at Stockland Lovell EC.
What a great way to start the Christmas season.
Jane, Ros and the rest of the TDRC committee look forward to seeing you there.
Sunday, 15th December 2024 – Xmas SJ (Xmas Jumpers encouraged) – TDRC Xmas Showjumping
Both held at Stockland Lovell Equestrian
TDRC Socials
We ran Halloween Bingo – thank you to all those who made the evening spooktacular !!
Amazing Fancy Dress on show and brilliant big beefy burgers.
Our next social evening is Xmas Party/Quiz – look out on Equo soon for tickets.
Wednesday, 18th December 2024 – Bishop Hull Hub.
Hopefully we will see you there.
The next newsletter will be at the start of December. Where has the year gone!