Spillers Trade Sales Manager places at Badminton
Nikki Collins , Trade Sales Manager for SPILLERS ® had the ride of her life to take 5th place at the prestigious Mitsubishi Motors Cup ( formerly Badminton Grassroots Championships ) earlier this month .
Riding her homebred mare Jumbo ’ s Rose II the pair were joint leaders after the first day of dressage on a score of 25.9 . They jumped clear show jumping and went on to jump a clear cross country round , coming home 13 seconds inside the optimum time . She has dedicated her win to her inspiring , horse loving Mum , who sadly lost her battle against bowel cancer in 2014 .
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NEW COURSE DESIGNER FOR BADMINTON
Eric Winter has been appointed to take over from Giuseppe Della Chiesa as course designer for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials . After three years in which he successfully brought a fresh eye to Badminton Park Giuseppe did not feel able to accept the invitation to continue for a further period .
Eric , 53 , who lives with his wife and family near Chepstow , only some 30 miles from Badminton , has designed the course at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials for the last 10 years and during that time he has also designed for the Asian Games , 2 European Pony Championships , a European Junior and a European Young Rider Championship . He was Technical Delegate at Badminton 2011-2014 and as a rider completed the event in 1991 .
Badminton team for their trust and support through this challenging and rewarding journey . Last but not least a very special thank you goes to James Willis and all the Willis Bros without whom nothing would have been possible . It has been a real pleasure to work with all of them ”.
Eric said : “ It is a great honour to be asked to design the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton course – it is such an iconic event . I first visited Badminton in 1974 – that was my first ever taste of eventing . In recent years I have been involved in several different roles and have got to know the team behind the scenes very well . To be asked to design here is truly a dream come true and I am extremely thankful to all those involved for giving me this opportunity . I am really looking forward to the challenges ahead .”
Giuseppe said : “ After having had the privilege of designing Badminton for three years it has been a true honour to have been offered the possibility to continue but , sadly , I am not able to go on due to shifting life priorities and new personal commitments . Being also a true believer in the benefits of changing course designers from time to time I wish Eric all success .
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Duke of Beaufort , Hugh Thomas and all the very special
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