2010 Season The summer show season is now well and truly underway and all us at BSPS Area 17 hope you are having an enjoyable and successful season, whatever the weather! The summer championships are just around the corner and we wish all members travelling there to compete, a safe journey and a successful champs - please take the time to come and say hello and tell us your results, good or not so good!! Most important of all ENJOY YOURSELVES and have fun - and make sure you tell our News Editor Amy Ravenscroft all about it when you get back! Royal International Horse Show 2010 Congratulations to everyone who competed at the 2010 Royal International Horse Show. Just to qualify is a great achievement in itself and well done to all of you who represented Area 17 so well, in particular those of you who came home with a placing!! Millfields Sonnet & Collette Green – 6th Intermediate Heritage Young Riders Mowcastle Mickey & Alex Bates – 3rd Heritage Welsh B/C, 5th Large Breeds Heritage Young Riders Bronheulog Harvey & Alex Bates – 5th Heritage Welsh B/C, 4th Intermediate Heritage Young Riders Morrington Cairn Hivan & Abigayle Gibbard – 5th small PBA Breamish Julian & Holly Simms – 2nd Heritage Lead Rein Tamevalley Black Jack & Jessica Read – 3rd Heritage Lead Rein Ardenhall Miss Moidore & Amelia Newby – 1st Pretty Polly First Ridden Also congratulations to the following combinations who all qualified and competed in the following sections: Hesket Willow & Amy Ravenscroft – Heritage Large Breeds Horningblow Derwent & Ellie Williams – Heritage First Ridden, HeritageYoung Riders Ffyonbach Sandstorm & Abbie Williams – Heritage Young Riders Rowfantina Llewellyn & Ellie Williams – LR SHP, 122cms SHP Telynau Zeffer & Abbie Williams –133cms SHP Millfields Sonnet & Collette Green – Heritage Connemara/New Forest Chinook Paprika & Kristie Short – 143cms SHP, Pretty Polly SHP, small PBA Grange Bobbing Surf & Emily Gibbard – 143cms WHP, Heritage exc. 138cms WHP Sarum Picasso & Abigayle Gibbard – Heritage Welsh B/C Morrington Cairn Hivan & Abigayle Gibbard – 148cms SP Briars Amarula & Kim Bates – Heritage First Ridden Sannan Valley Bobby Sox & Anneli Bletsoe-Brown – 143cms WHP Horse of the Year Show 2010 Congratulations to the following Area 17 members who have qualified for the 2010 Horse of the Year Show in the following sections: Hesket Willow & Amy Ravenscroft – M&M Highland, Fell & Dales Lychfields Scrumpy Jack & Amy Ravenscroft – M&M Welsh C Horningblow Derwent & Ellie Williams – M&M First Ridden Ffyonbach Sandstorm & Abbie Williams – M&M Welsh A, M&M First Ridden Mowcastle Mickey & Alex Bates – M&M Welsh C Bronheulog Harvey & Alex Bates – M&M Welsh B Grange Bobbing Surf & Emily Gibbard – 143cms WHP, M&M exc.138cms WHP Sannan Valley Bobby Sox & Anneli Bletsoe-Brown – 143cms WHP Rowfantina Llewellyn & Ellie Williams – 122cms SHP Briars Amarula & rider – M&M Lead Rein Breamish Julian & Holly Simms – M&M Lead Rein Whitsand Warrior & Amelia Newby – M&M First Ridden Morrington Cairn Hivan & Abigayle Gibbard – 148cms Show Pony Also a massive congratulations to Amy Ravenscroft’s Lychfields Scrumpy Jack, who qualified for the 2010 Olympia ridden M&M final with Katy Marriott-Payne at the Northleach welsh performance show. If you have qualified for the RIHS, HOYS or Olympia and have been missed off the list, please let Emily Ravenscroft (website co-ordinator) know so you can be added! Our 2010 News Review Editor is Amy Ravenscroft Please please please send any BSPS news or any other achievements to her for inclusion in the monthly BSPS news review. No news = no report and we know we have lots of successful and productive members in our area. We love to hear about what you have been getting up to so please make the effort to get your news in and see your name in print! Amy's details can be found on the Contacts Page. Spring Show 2010 Our Spring Show on 14th March 2010 was a great success, with many people coming out in the sunshine and collecting early RIHS tickets. A great day was had by all and the good turnout made for a friendly but competitive atmosphere. Congratulations to all who took part. Both Horse and Hound and Showing World magazines were in attendance so keep checking for reports! The photographer for the day was ImagePoint Events and the fabulous pictures are available to view online now at www.imagepointevents.co.uk. The results are also available to download HERE Winter Show 2010 Our Winter Show will be held on Sunday 31st October 2010 at Onley Grounds Equestrian Complex, Onley Grounds Farm, Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 8AJ - more details to follow. Amy Ravenscroft and Lychfields Scrumpy Jack Heritage Blue Division Champions 2008 © Equinational Photography