THE sun has shone again for the latest dressage competition at Thornthorpe equestrian.

There were seven classes on the day, from the junior intro to the pick-a-test. The first winner of the day was William McCarthy, who took the junior intro class with his grey pony Rainbow. The senior equivalent was won by the on-form Megan Bell on Frank. Ms Bell also won the first section of the prelim 14 with Octavia Howard's Scrumpy Jack.

Double wins were a popular theme as local eventer Georgia Dukes also took two classes with her ex-racehorse Dessie, the second senior section of the prelim 14 and the second section of the prelim 7. Junior rider Sophie Milestone and Belindene Norman also had an excellent day, taking both the junior prelim 7 and 14.

Sophie Wenyon was the clear winner of the first section of the prelim 7 on Colin.

The final class of the day, the Pick-a-Test, was won by Rebecca Hornsey on Logan's Legend, at her first competition of the year.

The results were:

Junior intro: 1 William McCarthy - Rainbow; 2 Jane Hamilton - Chester; 3 Ria Denney - Tommy; =4 Sam Brown - Tommy; =4 Erin Chan - Bailey; =4 Katie Cockshot - Spot; 5 Hermione Anderson - Knowles Sunrise.

Senior intro: 1 Megan Bell - Frank; 2 Sophie Wenyon - Colin; 3 Amy Clark - Ben; 4 Michaela Raines - Wanders;

5 Sally Marsden - Brodie; 6 Rebecca Stafford - Midnight.

Junior prelim 7: 1 Sophie Milestone - Belindene Norman; 2 Sam Brown - Tommy;3 Iris Foster - Mockachino; 4 Erin Chan - Bailey; 5 Ria Denney - Tommy; 6 Holly Shepherdson - Polly Mixtures.

Senior prelim 7 - Section 1

1 Sophie Wenyon - Colin; 2 Megan Bell - Scrumpy Jack; 3 Deb Boyes - Charlie; 4 Megan Bell - Frank;

5 Bridie Holowkiewicz - JD; 6 Donna Gardner - Jemoon Music Man.

Senior prelim 7 - Section 2: 1 Georgia Dukes - Dessie; 2 Sally Warters - New Tricks; 3 Tessa Nelson - Greenforth Lily; 4 Jayne Wooding - Ruby; 5 Kath Hammerton - Fennel; 6 Vicci Smith - Crackerjack.

Junior prelim 14: 1 Sophie Milestone - Belindene Norman; 2 Erin Chan - Louie; 3 Holly Shepherdson - Polly Mixtures.

Senior prelim 14 - Section 1: 1 Megan Bell - Scrumpy Jack; 2 Bridie Holowkiewicz - JD; 3 Sarah Beal - Merlin; 4 Deb Boyes - Charlie; 5 Donna Gardner - Jemoon Music Man; 6 Alicia Farey - Bailey.

Senior prelim 14 - Section 2: 1 Georgia Dukes - Dessie; 2 Wendy Midgley - Amber; 3 Jayne Wooding - Ruby; 4 Tessa Nelson - Greenforth Lily; 5 Sally Warters - New Tricks; 6 Kath Hammerton - Fennel.

Pick-a-Test novice 27/Elem 44: 1 Rebecca Hornsey - Logan's Legend; =2 Katherine Rayment - Chapelhill Zak; =2 Wendy Midgley - Amber; 3 Alicia Farey - Bailey; 4 Georgia Dukes - Bouncer; 5 Rebecca Hornsey - Logan's Legend.