Hannah Barker and Elsie Jacques take the top spot in the Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifiers at Morris Equestrian Centre
Tuesday 18 February 2020
The Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifiers headed up to Scotland last weekend and ran at Morris Equestrian Centre in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.
The qualifiers saw the top three combinations from each day land a qualifying place 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 15th February 2020
A tough 1.30m first round track set by Course Designer Ian Clark whittled the initial starters down to three for the first jump-off on the first day of jumping and it was Hannah Barker from Northallerton, Yorkshire who emerged victorious.
Tabitha Kyle set a fast pace with Nightgirl Van Het Sonnishof but a pole down left the door open for the remaining two competitors. Hannah followed with the experienced 16 year-old gelding Ammanvalley Santino, owned by Lynn Barker. They produced a careful and precise round securing the all-important clear which put the pressure on last to go Jennifer Billington and Merlijn VD Bisschop. Hot off the back of their previous win in the Winter JA Classic at SouthView, Jennifer let off the handbrake but faulted mid-course leaving Hannah to claim the win without the need for a final jump-off.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier Results:
1st Hannah Barker & Ammanvalley Santino – 0/0 – 45.58 seconds
2nd Tabitha Kyle & Nightgirl Van Het Sonnishof - 0/4 – 43.11 seconds
3rd Jennifer Billington & Merlijn VD Bisschop - 0/4 – 43.13 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier – Sunday 16th February 2020
Course Designer Ian Clark built another challenging track on the second day of jumping and just three went through to the jump-off.
Tabitha Kyle and Jennifer Billington both featured again, this time on two different ponies. Tabitha steered Gangnam Style II into second place and Jennifer took third aboard Faith X. It was last-drawn Elsie Jacques from Loughborough, Leicestershire who stole the class with Danielle Piecha’s 13 year-old stallion Trevoulter Ladies Man. The pair kept a forward rhythm to cross the finish line in 34.15 seconds, 0.58 of a second quicker than second placed Tabitha.
Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifier Results:
1st Elsie Jacques & Trevoulter Ladies Man– 0/0/0 – 34.15 seconds
2nd Tabitha Kyle & Gangnam Style II – 0/0/0 – 34.73 seconds
3rd Jennifer Billington & Faith X - 0/0/0 – 36.33 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending official grading of results.
Images courtesy of Equiscot Photography
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, turn key 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.
