Claudia Moore and Tabitha Kyle land the Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifiers at Arena UK
Monday 02 March 2020
The Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifiers took place at Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire over the weekend during their Pony Premier Show.
The qualifiers saw the top three combinations from each day claim a qualifying ticket for the Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Championship which will be held at SouthView Competition & Training Centre in April.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier – Saturday 29th February 2020
Six of the initial twenty-four starters successfully negotiated their way around Neil Foster’s 1.30m first round track but only four could pull another clear out of the bag in the second round. Claudia Moore from Brentwood, Essex clinched the top spot with an efficient third round clear. She steered Katrina Moore’s Elando Van De Roshoeve through the finish line in 39.18 seconds and in doing so, they were the only combination to break the 40 seconds barrier.
Tabitha Kyle was close behind with Claire Lockhead’s Gangnam Style II. They produced their third round clear in 40.43 seconds. Elissa Herrmann produced the third treble clear of the class with Edwina Herrmann’s Lapislazuli, they came home in 49.53 seconds.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier Results:
1st Claudia Moore & Elando Van De Roshoeve – 0/0/0 – 39.18 seconds
2nd Tabitha Kyle & Gangnam Style II - 0/0/0 – 40.43 seconds
3rd Elissa Herrmann & Lapislazuli - 0/0/0 – 49.53 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier – Sunday 1st March 2020
A smaller field stepped forward to take on Course Designer Neil Foster’s 1.30m first round track on the second day of the Pony Premier Show at Arena UK. Tabitha Kyle from Wymeswold, Leicestershire set out to go one better than the previous day and claimed a comfortable win with Claire Lockhead’s Gangnam Style II. The combination produced three foot-perfect clears for the second day running, this time stopping the clock with 3.56 seconds to spare.
Also pulling a treble clear out of the bag was Grace Shuddall Hughes. She piloted Jonathon Shuddall’s Whitehorn Girl to a time of 41.74 seconds which was good enough to take the runners up spot. Tabitha featured in the line up again, this time with Nightgirl Van Het Sonnishof Z, owned by Tanya Kyle. The combination produced a time of 47.41 seconds but a couple of early faults left them in third place.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier Results:
1st Tabitha Kyle & Gangnam Style II – 0/0/0 – 38.18 seconds
2nd Grace Shuddall Hughes & Whitehorn Girl – 0/0/0 – 41.74 seconds
3rd Tabitha Kyle & Nightgirl Van Het Sonnishof Z - 0/0/8 – 47.41 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction:
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction are hugely experienced in the design and construction of all equestrian exercise & housing facilities: indoor and outdoor arenas, tracks, walkers, lunge pens, traditional stable yards, American barns, storage facilities, complexes and so on. The hands-on family operation dates back to 1979 and the team provide a complete, turnkey and very personal service. They can handle all aspects of any equestrian build project, large or small, private or commercial, and everything is in house: from initial design and Local Authority planning applications all the way through to complete, on-site execution of every aspect of the build. For further information, please visit www.charlesbritton.com or call 01270 528797.
