British riders kick off in style in Spain
Monday 27 February 2012
The Spanish Sunshine Tour has got under way in Vejer De La Frontera with British riders picking up results across the board at this CSI 3* competition. With tours ranging from 1.35m up to 1.40m there was a total of 8 Grand Prix’s across the weekend where British Riders picked up top 2 places in 7.
Friday’s four Grand Prix’s saw Laura Renwick from Essex pick up three wins, the first coming in the 1.35m Grand Prix Tour A2 where she was partnering Julia Biddle’s 9 year old bay mare Parvati de Breve. Laura’s second win came in the 1.40m Grand Prix Tour B riding John and Marian Renwick’s 11 year old bay mare Beluga II. Also picking up results in this class was Harriet Nuttall riding her father Rupert’s 11 year old brown gelding Highland Cruiser II coming home in 3rd. Coming home closely behind Harriett in 4th place was Essex based Jo Pay partnering Goodman Equine Ltd’s 10 year old chestnut mare Randi’s Gold.
Laura’s 3rd win came in the 1.40m Grand Prix Tour C where she partnered Marian and John Renwick’s 11 year old dark bay gelding Roller Coaster III. Third place in this class went to Germany based Guy Goosen riding Dolce Vita Crosby.
The 1.35m Grand Prix Tour A1 was won by Nottingham based Daniel Moseley riding Katinka Traaseth’s 11 year old bay gelding Constant Surprise. Coming home in third pace was Hampshire based Mark Armstrong partnering Susan Welch’s 8 year old bay gelding Zagahorn.
Saturday saw another win for Laura and Beluga II this time in the 1.45m Grand Prix Tour C. Picking up 3rd place was Huddersfield based Louise Whitaker riding Mandy Hall and John Whitaker’s 9 year old brown mare Blush II and 4th went to Robert Bevis from Wrexham riding his own 11 year old chestnut mare U Kitty.
Robert also picked up 2nd place in the 1.35m Grand Prix Tour A riding his own 11 year old bay gelding Upperten II.
Robert finished his week off in style on Sunday when he picked up 2nd place in the 1.50m Grand Prix. Partnering the 11 year old grey gelding Courtney 6 Robert jumped a double clear in a jump off time of 46.82 seconds.
Also picking up results aboard this weekend were Peter Charles riding Murka’s Vindicat W and Geoff Billington riding Uppercut II. These combinations came 2nd and 5th respectively in Oliva, Spain in the CSI 2* Grand Prix.
Picking up a win in Comporta, Portugal at the CSI 2* in the Grand Prix was George Whitaker riding Tubana.
For full results from the Spanish Sunshine Tour please visit; http://www.sunshinetour.net/en/results
