Carnmore Equestrian

We had a great day at the Dressage Canterbury Tournament last Sunday with 5 combinations competing.

~ Iris and Freddie had their first show together - they won the Introductory 0B with 67%🥇and were 3rd in the pony Preliminary 1B with 65% 🥉

~ Zara and Pixie had their first show together too (Zara's second ever comp) - they won the pony Preliminary 1B with 69% 🥇 and were 4th in the Introductory 0B with 61% 👏

~ Piper and Sam did their first Novice starts together for 60% in 2A and 66% in 2B 🥇🤩

~ Duke made the step up to Medium and Denzel to Elementary - they both did really well despite being quite distracted by each other 🙈 they haven't had much mileage yet so these Dressage Canterbury days are perfect for them 😍

Another amazing cake made by Bridget Morriss for Lydia's 5th Birthday 😍❄️

We had a fantastic day at the Scandal Trophy Dressage and Jumping Day yesterday with six combinations competing. We were thrilled to win the team event and bring home the Huntly Cup again 🥳🏆

~Bridget & Whisper: 2nd in the Howell Cup and 2nd in the Scandal Trophy 🏆
~Bridget & Leo: 1st in the Howell Cup and 3rd in the Scandal Trophy 🥇
~Iris & Pixie: 1st in the Kendall Cup and 3rd in 1A 🏆
~Zara & Missy: 2nd in BG-1 and 2nd in BG-2. They did two lovely clear rounds in the show jumping to win both combined training classes 🥇
~Piper & Sam: 4th in the Withell Cup 🏅
~Zoe & Sarge: 5th in 1B 🎖

A huge thank you to Emma Champ and Marion for running this iconic day again. It is such an important event for pony club kids and we are really grateful to you, the judges, writers and stewards for giving up your time 🙏

We couldn't be more proud of our special Nicau at the New Zealand Dressage Championships in Taupo. Such a big trip and he tried his heart out. The first day we won the CDN Grand Prix 🥹 we finished 2nd overall in the Grand Prix Championship and we won the Vanessa Way Dressage Pro Am Grand Prix award ❤️ full report to come as we are still traveling home, but we wanted to let everyone know. The biggest thank you to Bridget for keeping everything running at Carnmore 😍

We had a busy 3 days at the PGG Wrightson Retail and Water South Island Dressage Championships with 5 combinations competing. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to organise this big event, the amazing sponsors & to the stewards, judges, writers & volunteers for giving up your long weekend 🙏
Our highlights:

*Amelia & Nicau: Champion Grand Prix
*Amelia Ashby & Sarge: Champion Para
*Bridget & Whisper: 4th overall non-graded Novice
*Piper & Sam: Res. Champion non-graded Prelim pony
*Iris & Pixie: 3rd overall non-graded Prelim pony

Well done Piper & Iris 👏

We had a great day at the North Canterbury Dressage Summer Day 2 on Sunday. Thank you Ken and Karen for these fantastic days and to the judges and writers 🙏

~ Bridget and Whisper: 1st & 2nd in the non-graded Novice classes (they also had a 1st & a 2nd at the Day 1 show)
~ Amelia Ashby and Sarge: 4th & 6th in the non-graded Novice classes
~ Iris and Pixie: 1st & 2nd in the Under 16 Introductory classes

📷 Kristal Merry Photography

We had a great day at the NZPCA SI Championship Week on Tuesday with 5 riders competing in the extra dressage classes. They were big classes with lots of champs riders in them; we were very proud of our team 😍

Bridget & Whisper: 🥇2A & 4th 3A
Maggie & Leo: 5th 2A & 7th 1A
Sofia & Sarge: 🥇0D & 17th 1A
Iris & Pixie: 🥇0A & 🥈0D
Lydia & Pixie: 🥈= Lead Rein 🥳
📷 Sarah Robotham Photography

If anyone needs help with hay carting, we had a great group of guys today raising money for their cricket team. I can pass on their details 😊