CAFRE student takes Champion Working Hunter title at Strule Valley
Nadia Donnelly on ‘Tim’ named Champion, ahead of Reserve, Nadine Arthur on ‘NLA Black Velvet’
Strule Valley Riding Club held their Annual Working Hunter Show, which included Northern Ireland Festival Qualifiers, on Sunday, March 2 at Ecclesville, Fintona.
The club would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along to compete and support their working hunter show and very well done to each and every partnership that entered the arena to take on Seamus McCaffrey’s course.
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Thank you to Seamus McCaffrey for course building, assisted by Alison Donnell. Special thanks go to Patrick McCready, who travelled from Newtownards to judge for the day and to Gillian Hynes, scribe. Thanks to Victoria Graham, entries and Alison Donnell, call up and also to Signature Event Catering.
Special mention must go to the eight students from CAFRE and their beautifully turned out horses.
Congratulations to the winners of each class and to Champion Working Hunter, CAFRE student Nadia Donnelly and ‘Tim’ and Reserve, Nadine Arthur and ‘NLA Black Velvet’.
Congratulations also to the top four in the qualifying classes that qualified for the Northern Ireland Festival at Cavan Equestrian Centre in the Four-year-old class, 80cm, 90cm, 1 metre and 1.10m.
Congratulations to Eimear Watson and ‘Gaurlin Lady’ on winning The Rosie O’Grady Perpetual Cup for being the highest placed Strule Valley Riding Club member.
The club’s next show, which is open to everyone, is their Annual Dressage Show to celebrate 28 years; on Sunday, March 23 at the RDA, Omagh. The show is pre-entry and everyone is very welcome.
RESULTS
Sunday, March 2
Working Hunter Show
70cm:
1) Gaurlin Lady, Eimear Watson; 2) Cooper, Chloe Gannon; 3) Lady, Victoria Graham; 4) Sadie, Lynne Russell; 5) Brookeborough Prince George, Louise Presho; 6) Misty, Bethany Roche.
Four-year-old:
1) NLA Black Velvet, Nadine Arthur; 2) Brookeborough Prince George, Louise Presho; 3) Cooper, Chloe Gannon; 4) Kildress Forget Me Not, Katie Sweetman; 5) Splash, Bethany Roche.
80cm:
1) Redparke Clover, Sam O’Sullivan; 2) Tim, Nadia Donnelly; 3) Fleet, Chloe Gannon; 4) Paddy, Roisin Moore; 5) Sadie, Lynne Russell; 6) Gaurlin Lady, Eimear Watson.
90cm:
1) High Flying Hughie, Lucy Corrie; 2) Ted, Emma Brown; 3) Freepark, Jay Watson; 4) Our Father, Corey Maguire; 5) Paddy, Maddison McAfee; =6) Tek Time Captain Cruise, Ailish McBride; Tim, Millie Morrison.
1 metre:
1) Tek Time Captain Cruise, Ailish McBride; 2) Our Father, Jay Watson; 3) Yorkie, Bethany Roche.
1.10m:
1) Luidan Prince, Bethany Roche.
Champion:
Tim, Nadia Donnelly; Reserve Champion: NLA Black Velvet, Nadine Arthur.
