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Reining Championship Show October 2007 Thanks to David and Sarah Deptford and their team for hosting the show. We got a really warm welcome, a constant supply of good food, a great arena and some brilliant commentating from David Deptford. |
David and the horses, Animal Magnitism and Hangten Lena did pretty well over the weekend, winning the following titles: British Reining Ltd Open Champion 2007 British Reining Intermediate Open Champion 2007 British ReiningYear End Hi-Point Open Champion 2007 They also marked the two highest scores of the whole show. |
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British Reining Championship Show October 2007 BR
Ltd Open Reining BR
Intermediate Open Reining BR
Open Reining |
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Ltd Open Reining Championship BR
Intermediate Open Reining |
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Western
Riding Part 2: Training the Horse to be Light & Supple The second in our Western Riding DVD series is out now and available to buy online. |
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The AQHA Breed Show at The Hand Centre in Clevedon was held on the last weekend of September. As the reining arena wasn't ready yet, we all decided to try something different and have a go at Pleasure!!! |
David Gray and Kit Kat Radical owned by Bonnie Grover came 3rd in the Junior Pleasure at the AQHA-UK Breed Show and the end of September 2007. |
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Cat
Gray and King Coys Command came 4th in the Novice Amateur Pleasure at the AQHA-UK Breed Show and the end of September 2007. |
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Daisy
Gray and Buttoned She also won the Youth Pleasure and the Youth Horsemanship riding Cat Gray's King Coys Command. |
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Garden
of England International Show On day four of the show Animal Magnitism, recovered from his fall came 2nd with David, scoring a 139.5 under two judges. |
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of England International Show July 2007 On the second day of the show, David and Animal Magnitism came a cropper when the horse slipped on a fast circle landing on David's leg. Thankfully the horse is fine. David however is very sore but he still managed to compete on days three and four of the show, in spite of having to cut one of his boots all the way down the back to get it on. He is strapped up and on the mend. |
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West
Coast Premier Show 2nd - NRHA Open Reining on Hangten Lena 2nd - BR Open Reining on Hangten Lena |
Demonstration
at Horseworld June 2007 David and Buttoned did another demo at Horseworld on 23rd June. As well as showing the crowd their trail and reining manouvres, they also demonstrated that you don't necessarily need a bridle on a well trained horse. David took the bridle off and did spins, side-passes and stops without it. What a super little horse Buttoned has proved to be. |
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Horseworld
Open Day May 2007 Thousands of people turned up at Horseworld for their Open Day and David and Buttoned had two slots where they demonstrated what a well trained western horse can do. Buttoned lapped all the attention and performed like a star, even posing for photographs afterwards. |
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Smokin wins the Junior Reining May 2007 David's five year old stallion Majors Smokin (known to his friends as "Willy") went to the QH2000 Show at Sovereign Quarter Horses where he won the Junior Reining. |
David
is now a Western Equestrian Society Judge Having done the judging seminar and completed the test paper and the live judging, David is now a Western Equestrian Society Judge. Approval was formalised by the WES Council in April 2007. |
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Majors
Smokin becomes a daddy April 2007 His filly foal "Chic" was born on 28th April out of Lenas Smokin Snip, who is by Spratalena Smoke. Chic is Cat's new horse. Both mother and daughter are doing really well. |
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Filming
Now Finished Filming has now finished on our second DVD in the series entitled "Western Riding Part 2: Training the Horse to be Light & Supple". It will be available to buy online in the Summer or 2007. |
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Tantramar
Spring Show April 2007 The show was busier than ever this year with plenty of competitors and lots of spectators. The trade stands were Hooves Equestrian, Dale Western, Western Boots & Saddles Co and Sequoia Western. The weather was fantastic, the atmosphere was great and everyone did brilliantly. Daisy
Gray showed Buttoned and got the following results: David took his stallion Majors Smokin in the Open Reining and won it with a 71.5 |
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The Judge's Future Prospect award went to Ginny Johnson and her pony Titch in the Forest. She was presented with a sash by David Gray and a buckle by Dale Western. |