Equestrian Life Magazine September Issue 220 | Page 68

2013 Seib Search For A
Star And Racehorse To
Riding Horse – Vale View
Continued
unaffiliated working hunter
classes and Notts County show
which I like to support”, said
Natasha, who works as a groom
on a private family yard. “She is
fab and I can do anything with
her. She is my best friend”,
she said. “I decided to have a
go at showing and I saw SFAS
on the internet”. The pair went
to the qualifiers at Osbaldeston
and Bury Farm but needed to
improve. “I have worked on
what the judges suggested
and it seems to have worked!
I was determined to give it a
good try”, said Natasha, who
has lessons with Ann and Alwyn
Varley.
Second place went to Brookpark
Sovereign, known as ‘Corky’ at
home by owner and rider, Tanya
Norlander, 53, from Martin,
Cheshire. Tanya bought the
6-year-old chestnut gelding
12 months ago when she was
looking for a heavyweight show
horse. This year the pair have
competed at Cheshire Show and
the Aintree Festival, where they
stood second in the heavyweight
hunter class and qualified for the
Royal International Horse Show
and also won the amateur class.
They were second at Nantwich
and then won at Bakewell, also
earning a place at HOYS in the
open hunter class. “I will only
do the Search For A Star class
at HOYS. He still needs some
time to mature and I think this
will be better for him. We have
done lots of work at home, as he
could be a bit tricky, but Danny
Carrol has given us lots of help”,
said Tanya, who planned to take
him to Anglesey and Ashbourne
shows before heading to HOYS.
“Then he might do a bit of
Autumn hunting and go hunting
a couple of times. He is full
of character and he has done
very well to get here. This is
unbelievable”, said Tanya, who is
a full time dairy farmer’s wife.

Cobs
Another good entry for the Cob
class saw 10 entries forward.
Amanda Dale’s Rocket Ronnie
headed the class, ridden by
Sammy Crowe, 23 from Market
Rasen. Sammy took on the
ride from Amanda 2 years ago
to help out. “Amanda bought
him to show and hack out, but
he can get quite full of himself
and I helped Amanda to sort

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him out”, explained Sammy,
who runs an eventing yard and
brings on young event horses.
“We did SFAS 2 years ago and
the judges liked him a lot, but
they did not like the ride, so
it is really nice to be pulled in
top today – all the hard work
has paid off”, said Sammy, who
also competes Ronnie in pure
dressage at elementary level.
They have had several wins both
showing and dressage, and this
year they won the cob class at
Revesby Show for the 4th year
running. “He likes to try it on a
bit, but this suits him very well.
He can be a bit spooky, but the
judges seem to like him when
he is like that – he always gets
the best marks in dressage
when he is a bit full of himself”,
added Sammy. “Amanda is keen
for him to do showing, and likes
being there as his owner, and it
is a really nice change for me. I
can’t believe we have qualified
for HOYS, its just not something I
had thought about!”
Second place went to Melanie
Lawless with her 6-year-old,
coloured gelding, Fosters Boy.
This is the second time Melanie
has attended a SFAS qualifier,
having already qualified with
her riding horse, Donna Duero,
at Bury Farm. “I never thought
he would qualify, I just came
along for some experience.
Now I have a difficult decision
to make”, she said, as the SFAS
rules only allow one HOYS entry
per competitor. Melanie, from
Beanacre, Wiltshire, has owned
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