KATIE STEPHENS GRANDY and Jess Johnson had an exciting time at Port Royal’s unaffiliated dressage day, in preparation for the British Riding Club’s dressage winter championships next week at Hartpury College, in Gloucester.

Jess, riding the ever-consistent Mr Boyze, will be having her final outing riding on the junior teams as she now moves up to the senior rankings with Katie and Trendy Magic Touch will be making their debut as a new riding club member.

The pair managed a neck-and-neck in the Prelim 7 class to finish in equal third, and Katie just managing to pip Jess to the post in the Novice 27. The pair hope to be crowned part of a junior and senior national riding club champion.

Helen Bosanquet, from Flaxton, took the stunning bay gelding, Handsome Will to contest in the affiliated elementary sections.

His big floating paces once again caught the judges eye just very narrowly being beaten into top slot in the elementary 42 by less than one per cent and then going one better to storm into the lead in the elementary 49 with a two percent lead over Andrea Peel on the gorgeous, This Time Next Year. Sadly Handsome Will, who has just over 100 British dressage points is now up for sale, as Helen wants to concentrate on her youngsters in the British Eventing circuit, which is where her heart lies.

The results were:

Prelim 7 – 1 Hannah Atkinson & Murphy, 2 Oliver Kent & Jubilation, =3 Jess Johnson & Mr Boyze and Katie Stephens Grandy & Trendy Magic Touch.

Prelim 7 junior – 1 Hannah Marley & Booty.

Novice 27 – 1 Hannah Atkinson & Murphy, 2 Katie Stephens Grandy & Trendy Magic Touch, 3 Jess Johnson & Mr Boyze, 4 Christopher Whittle & Millan, 5 Emily Cotton & Ferdinand II, Liz Fisher & Bo Jak W.

Novice 30 – 1 Charlotte Milnes & Forinth, 2 Liz Fisher & Bo Jak W, 3 Emily Cotton & Ferdinand II.

Elementary 42 – 1 Charlotte Milnes & Forinth, 2 Sarah Williams & Iggy.

 

The results from the British Dressage:

Prelim 12 – 1 Amy French & Fusion Zee, 2 Helen Taylor & Saint George II, 3 Kimberley Ainsworth & Boltby Riverdance, 4 Nicola Nisbet & Raincheck, =5 Sue Hirst & Foxtrot RR and Rachel Barker & Jerseys Dark Knight.

Prelim 13 Q – 1 Rachel Barker & Jerseys Dark Knight, 2 Kimberley Ainsworth & Boltby Riverdance, 3 Amy French & Fusion Zee, 4 Jan Elsworth & Zefir, 5 Sue Hirst & Foxtrot RR, 6 Helen Taylor & Saint George II.

Elementary 42 R – 1 Amy French & Seablues Athenry, 2 Helen Bosanquet & Handsome Will, 3 Karen Eckstein & Coquet Wagtail, 4 Jayne Rothery & Don Iphito, 5 Andrea Peel & This Time Next Year.

Elementary 42 O – 1 Harriette Howard & Starholme Amberleigh, 2 Michael Hutchinson & Sunrise Farm Othello, 3 Karen Farnsworth & Lowmoor Sandyman.

Elementary 49 R – 1 Helen Bosanquet & Handsome Will, =2 Andrea Peel & This Time Next Year and Lauren Ringrose & Mr Malakai, 4 Janye Rothery & Don Iphito, 5 Kimberley Emsley & Riverhead Outlaw, 6 Karen Eckstein & Coquet Wagtail.

Elementary 49 O – 1 Harriette Howard & Starholme Amberleigh, 2 Harriet Howard & Odwyn Maganwy, 3 Karen Farnsworth & Lowmoor Sandyman, 4 Michael Hutchinson & Sunrise Farm Othello.

Novice 38 R – 1 Lucy Jordan & Strinesdale Romeo, 2 Susan Van Hout & Rascalini II.

Novice 38 O – 1 Emma Richardson & Cookie Rich, 2 Natalie Widdowson & Hester Majestic, 3 Julie Blanchard & Dark Mohito.

Novice 39 R – 1 Lucy Jordan & Strinesdale Romeo, 2 Kimberley Emsley & Riverhead Outlaw, 3 Susan Van Hout & Rascalini II.

Novice 39 – 1 Emma Richardson & Cookie Rich, 2 Natalie widdowson & Hester Majestic, 3 Harriette Howard & Ambrosiano, 4 Harriette Howard & Odwyn Meganwy, =5 Julie Blanchard & Dark Mohito and Amy French & Seablues Athenry.