& Meridian Sport Horses
Pickle pinged his way round his end of season event at Oasby. Putting in a lovely run round the OI to close out his season 
Kizzy joined Pickle on the long road trip to Lincolnshire. She also had a great end of season run. A gluey showjumping ground resulting in an uncharacteristic couple of rails but a super confident cross country despite being caught in a sharp shower! Now feeling well and truly established at Novice level. Also heading out on her holidays but looking forward to next season 
A super weekend with the team in the sunshine 
Timpex Karizma put in a great performance putting in a professional test and a upper double clear at Swalcliffe Park Equestrian on Saturday to come 
in her Novice section 
After a couple of unlucky blips this year it was lovely to have it all come together for her.
Meridianway Victory had a strong finale to his season at Tweseldown 100 yesterday to finish 
. He’s had consistent top placings in BYEH qualifiers this year, finishing 11th in the final at Burghley and now really finding his feet with a couple of successful BE100 outings. Lots of education done and now time for a well deserved holiday.
Global Typhoon really beginning to remember the Eventing job (he evented a bit as a 5 year old) with an assured double clear at Tweseldown 100 on Sunday to take the 
. Still a bit spooky at times, but overall really confident – so excited about his future next season.
A great team effort this weekend – thank you to everyone who made it happen
Smart new addition Global Typhoon (Ricky) went really well finishing just outside the top 10 at his second event with us 
Meridianway Victory (Victor) had a great outing for a 30 test, one down and a super clear XC for his second 100
FDA She is so Dignified (Ava) impressing with an assured clear round the 100 in only her second ever event
A great day of laying foundations for the future at The Cotswold Cup great end of season event in Cirencester park. Thanks to Alec Lochore and all the Cotswold Cup team for all their efforts over the season. Great series for our youngsters learning their trade 
A great outing at South of England yesterday
Kizzy put in a confident performance round the Novice. A super 29 test, followed by an uncharacteristic couple of poles but actually jumped really well round a decent track in the atmospheric main arena. Then a great cross country growing in confidence all the way round.
Pickle having a stellar outing. Also producing a 29 test, lovely clear show-jumping for 1 time fault and a faultless cross country round to finish 4th The pesky time fault costing us 3rd place!
Harry also had a great spin in the intermediate with Austin O’Connor Eventing. 31 dressage, like Kizzy a very unusual couple of poles but jumped really well overall and an awesome cross country to finish 6th.
A great job from the SofE team with super ground and the country fair running alongside giving a ‘big show’ atmosphere providing great experience for the horses – thank you
We headed to Little Gatcombe with four on board – so set to be a busy day.
First up was Ava, doing her first ever event. She was still a bit wobbly in some of the test -especially the canter (🙄) but the judge described the trot work as a ‘ joy to watch’!! This was followed up by a super clear SJ and a lovely XC with a minor blip at the log drop. So looking forward to cracking on with this mare and so grateful to have her out after a prolonged recovery from a freak stable accident.
I then had Kizzy doing a confident boosting run around the 100 – which went perfectly with a great double clear. 5YO Victor was doing his first 100 and was also brilliant, finishing on his dressage score of 34 for 10th place.
Last but by no means least, was newbie Ricky. Having spent the last couple of years showjumping he was little taken aback by doing everything in the mud, wind and rain. 31 test despite being a bit spooked by the conditions. Lovely SJ and a green wobble at a skinny XC. But delighted with his overall performance in what was a bit of a baptism by fire!
MBF Jackpot was the star of the show, posting two great jumping rounds in the National 5YO Championships to finish on his dressage score.
We bought Jack through Team Dumas last year as a 4YO and he’s now had his first full eventing season with us and he has not disappointed! We are thrilled with his progress – winning two events and stepping up to a meaty championship track and coping brilliantly with the atmosphere.
Hazard Z has been having a spell with Austin O’Connor Eventing recently and was also on great form at Cornbury to come in his intermediate section
Also, to add a huge thank you to the Cornbury Event team for their efforts in providing such a great cooling off area after the cross country 
Meridianway Victory (Vic) is one of our homebred horses, by the Billy Studs Cevin Z, and was the last foal out of our good mare Fernhill City Girl (by Ghareeb). We sadly lost his mother during the foaling, and luckily Vic was adopted by a cob, which we are sure has made him the very loving character he is today.
Vic was born during Badminton and named after the famous Vicarage Vee. It was also the same year that we competed there on the wonderful Fernhill Now or Never – a memorable week!
Considering everything that goes into breeding a horse, it’s even more special when you qualify for finals like the Burghley Young Event Horse class. Set in the beautiful park, with the house as a stunning backdrop, it is a special and prestigious final to be a part of.
We headed up with Vic, wanting to give him a positive experience. He sometimes lacks confidence, but we saw this as an opportunity to expose him to a bigger atmosphere and see how he went.
On arrival, the lorries were parked in a sectioned-off part of the famous Burghley Deer Park, with quite a few deer nearby (albeit fenced off) – making getting on quite interesting! We soon got over that hurdle and he settled during the walk down. He did need a fair bit of hand-holding during the warm-up, with so much happening around him. When it was time to go in, we were very much of the opinion to not put too much pressure on him and to see how he felt.
The format of the class is to do a dressage test in an arena before going straight onto showjumping and cross country, before stripping the horses off for the conformation judge.
Vic did a sweet dressage test, focusing well, but perhaps a tad rushed if we were being super critical.
Onto the jumping, and having walked the course and watched a couple, it was a good test. But Vic was on form: he wasn’t fazed by the crowds and delivered two great fault-free jumping rounds. We were absolutely over the moon with his performance and the judges liked him in both the jumping and the conformation phases.
He scored 70 overall for 11th place – just missing out on joining the top 10 final gallop. But we were delighted with him. It was by far the largest atmosphere and course he has tackled to date and he took it all in his stride!
He is creating a good story for himself already at only 5 years old, so fingers crossed there is much more to come…
A busy couple of days at @wellingtonhorsetrials with the team 🐴
✨Piccolo V jumped a brilliant clear SJ in the 3*, but had a cheeky glance off three from home XC to keep him out the top 15!
✨ Timpex Karizma put in a assured performance in the novice with confident jumping rounds
✨ 5YO MBF Jackpot went really well in the 100. Building more valuable miles and securing his qualification for Cornbury 5 year old championships 💪
We headed to Gatcombe on the Friday with the two 5YOs for the BYEH and KEC Delicate Girl (Delphi) starting her campaign in the National Novice Final, with her dressage phase.
Our homebred Meridianway Victory had a brilliant day, finishing in 3rd place, out of a strong field of 80, and a qualifying for the final at Burghley. MBF Jackpot finished close behind in 5th -just pipped for the final qualifying spot by the last but one horse. I felt very lucky to ride such lovely young horses and pleased they are getting the results they deserve.
Delphi produced a really solid test and I was really chuffed with how her flatwork has progressed. We then returned on Saturday in the most horrendous weather. The mare battled through the elements in the showjumping for just two unlucky rails on ground that wouldn’t suit her. Sadly the event was then left with no option but to abandon, the great British weather did not play ball!
The team at Dauntsey Park Horse Trials this weekend 
Timpex was the star of the show cruising to a win in the BE100 open
5YOs MBF Jackpot and Meridianway Victory both had really educational outings; producing lovely tests and good showjumping rounds, but each making a green error round challenging cross country tracks. But improving with every outing and will have learnt loads.
Thank you to Beanie and her team. Such a welcoming event and the ground was fabulous.