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British Reining Championship Show was held at Sovereign Quarter Horses in March, Cambridgeshire on 6th and 7th October 2007. Thanks to David & Sarah Deptford and their team, we had a really warm welcome, a constant supply of good food, a great arena and some brilliant commentating from David Deptford. We will be updating you on our client news shortly, as they did pretty darn good too.... |
David Gray and his horses, Animal Magnitism and Hangten Lena, (both owned by Chris Neeld Leslie), did pretty well over the weekend. They won the following titles over the weekend: BR Ltd Open Reining Champion 2007 BR Intermediate Reining Champion 2007 BR Year End Hi-point Open Reining Champion 2007 They also marked the top two highest scores of the whole show. |
BR Ltd Open
Reining: BR Intermediate
Open Reining: BR Open Reining: BR Ltd Open
Reining Championship: BR Intermediate
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The Breed Show at the Hand Centre in Clevedon was held on the last weekend of September. As the Reining Arena isn't quite ready yet, we all decided to try something different and have a go at Pleasure!! |
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Breed Show DAVID GRAY & KIT KAT RADICAL owned by Bonnie Grover came 3rd in the Junior Pleasure at the Breed Show September 2007. |
CAT GRAY AND KING COYS COMMAND came 4th in the Novice Amateur Pleasure at the 2007 Breed Show at the Hand Centre.
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DAISY GRAY AND BUTTONED won the Novice Youth Pleasure at the Breed Show at the end of September 2007. She also won the Youth Pleasure and the Youth Horsemanship riding Cat Gray's King Coys Command. |
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BEST SCORE
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ANIMAL MAGNITISM TOOK A TUMBLE On the second day of the Garden of England Show, David and Animal Magnitism came a cropper when the horse slipped on a fast circle, landing on David's leg. He 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 show boots all the way down the back to get it on. He is strapped up and on the mend. |
DOTS STAR JOE WON THE NRHA Intermediate Open and the NRHA Ltd Open at the West Coast Circuit Premier Show in July 2007. This beautiful palamino stallion, owned by Hollie Storey is proving to be a really consistent little horse. He started his show career relatively late but he is catching up fast. HANGTEN LENA came second in the NRHA Open and the BR Open at the West Coast Circuit Premier Show in July 2007. |
WESTERN RIDING PART 2: Training the Horse to be Light & Supple You can now buy it online or via a printable order form
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DEMO AT HORSEWORLD David and Buttoned (owned by Chris Neeld Leslie) did another demonstraion at Horseworld on Saturday 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 when David took it off and did spins, side-passes and stops without it. What a super horse Buttoned is.
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Major's Smokin is a Daddy. His filly foal "Chic" was born 28th April 2007 out of Lenas Smokin Snip, who is by Spratalena Smoke. Both mother and daughter are doing really well. Click here for more on Majors Smokin (AKA Willy).
Major's Smokin wins Junior Reining David's 5 year old stallion Major's Smokin (known to his friends as "Willy") went to the QH2000 show at Sovereign Quarter Horses in May 2007 where he won the Junior Reining. |
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HORSEWORLD OPEN DAY Thousands of people turned up at Horseworld for their Open Day on Sunday 20th May. The proceedings kicked of with the Mayor opening the event, followed by demonstrations from Filton College, a dressage to music demonstration and then David riding Buttoned, where they demonstrated various trail obstacles, lead changes and the western horse doing his stuff. After that there was a team pegging demonstration. It was so busy that there was traffic chaos and the Scurry Drivers who were due on next were stuck in the tail-back. David therefore did his second demonstration earlier than planned and stepped it up a little, showing just what a well trained western horse can do. Buttoned lapped up the attention and performed like a star, posing for photographs afterwards. There then followed a parade with the horses from Horseworld. We were told a little history about each horse and how they came to the centre. Some of the stories were appalling, but illustrated the brilliant work that they do at Horseworld in the rehabilitation of these horses. Finally, there was a demonstration by AD - woodcarving with chainsaws, which was very entertaining. |
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 of 2007.
DAVID IS NOW A WES JUDGE David is now a listed Western Equestrian Society Judge. Approval was formalised by WES Council in April 2007. |
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April 2007 - Tantramar Spring Show The Tantramar Spring Show was busier than ever this year with plenty of competitors and lots of spectators. The trade stands were Dale Western, Hooves Equestrian, Western Boots & Saddle Co and Sequoia Western. The weather was fantastic, the atmosphere was great and everyone did brilliantly. Daisy Gray showed Buttoned and came 1st in the Open Pleasure, 1st in the Youth Pleasure and 2nd in the Open Showmanship. David took his stallion Major's Smoking in the Open Reining and came 1st scoring a 71. For more, see Client News. For full results go to Tantramar Show. The "Judge's Future Prospect" award went to Ginny Jones and her pony Titch in the Forest. She was presented with a sash by David Gray and a buckle by Dale Western. Many thanks to all our sponsors who generously donated trophies and prizes: Blaze 4x4s, Western Boots & Saddles Co, Dale Western, Sequoia Western, CU Training. Pictures from the show can now be seen on the Spring Show Page |
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PHOTOGRAPHY The photography at the show was done by Steve Mills. Photographs are now uploaded onto his website where you can view and purchase them. www.horses-in-motion.com
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