NATIONAL CAPITAL HORSE SHOW

27-28/11/09

This weekend I helped out Jill and Robert from Bamborough Pony Stud with their team of 7 ponies. Bamborough Sara-Dane was my project for the weekend, but I also led Bamborough Laughter and Bamborough Julienne in their Welsh Filly classes!

BAMBOROUGH SARA-DANE

• Reserve Champ Led Australian
• Reserve Champ Open Large Pony
• Reserve Champ Ridden Part Welsh
• 1st Led Australian Pony Mare
• 1st Ridden ASP ne 13h
• 1st Ridden Part Welsh ne 13h
• 1st Ridden Open Adult's Pony 12.2-14h

BAMBOROUGH JULIENNE (her first ever outing!)

• 1st Led Welsh B Filly
• Champion Led Welsh Filly
• Supreme Welsh Exhibit!

BAMBOROUGH LAUGHTER

• 1st Led Welsh Mountain Filly

Other results for BPS...

Bamborough Jacobite:

• Champion Led Welsh Colt
• Champion Ridden Welsh

Sara-Dane

Sara-Dane

Julienne

MACQUARIE BANK HACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (EPIC)

13-15/11/09

Wow! And I thought things couldn't get any better!!! Song made her Show Hunter Pony debut, and came away with Champion Small Show Hunter Pony! So off to Grand National we go! All our horses did very well, and Charm went Top 7 Open Feature Hack on Saturday night (we even received quite a few comments she should have won!). This was our last show for the year... went out with a bang!

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG

• Champion Small Show Hunter Pony (!!!)
• 1st Preliminary Show Hunter Pony ne 13h
• Reserve Champion Preliminary Show Hunter Pony

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM

• Top 7 Open Feature Hack
• Top 8 Open Small Galloway
• 2nd Preliminary HW Galloway

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE

• 3rd Preliminary Pony
• 3rd Newcomer Pony

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD

• Top 8 Show Hunter Hack (placed 4th overall, and one judge gave him a 2nd!)
• 3rd Preliminary Show Hunter Hack

ME

• Top 5 Adult Rider 21yrs and over

RODE SWANREACH SIGNATURE (D& C McCLELLAND) FOR...

• Top 8 Open Large Galloway

Signature

Song's Ribbon/Garland/Rug!

Song

Charm

Mem

Jack

APSB NATIONAL HORSE & PONY SHOW (SIEC)

7-8/11/09

What an amazing show we had! Despite the crazy weather (hot one minute, raining the next) and lots of running around (rings far apart), we managed to not miss a class! Charm had an amazing show being unbeaten, whilst Song capped it off with Supreme Ridden Pony! My mother and I also presented the Marnic Merrymaid Memorial Trophy to the winner of Champion Ridden Australian Pony 12.2-14h... The Wilson Family and Koorana Gucci received a beautiful engraved silver plate (perpetual) and special sash. We were certainly holding back the tears! But they all flooded out when Song got Supreme; I even made one of the judges cry!

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM

• Supreme Led APSB/RP (won a rug!)
• Champion Led APSB/RP Mare
• Champion Led Part Welsh Mare
• Champion Led ASP Mare
• Champion Ridden APSB/RP
• Champion Ridden Part Welsh
• Champion Ridden ASP

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• Supreme Ridden Pony of the Show (won a beautiful painting donated by the Foster family, and which Jill and Robert have let me keep... Thank you!)
• Champion Ridden Australian Pony n/ex. 12.2h
• Reserve Champion Led Australian Pony Mare n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Led Part Welsh Mare n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Led ASP Mare n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Ridden Part Welsh n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Ridden ASP n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Intermediate Australian Pony n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Open Australian Pony 12-12.2h
• 1st Adult's Australian Pony n/ex. 12.2h
• 2nd Led Australian Pony Mare 12-12.2h

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE

• Reserve Champion Led Part Welsh Gelding
• Reserve Champion Led APSB/RP Gelding
• 1st Led Part Welsh Gelding n/ex. 13.2h
• 2nd Led APSB/RP Gelding n/ex. 13.2h
• 2nd Led ASP Gelding 12.2-13.2h
• 3rd Ridden Part Welsh 12.2-13.2h
• 3rd Ridden APSB/RP
• 3rd Ridden ASP 12.2-13.2h (out of 15 ponies!)

BAMBOROUGH GOLLY GOSH

• 1st Led Part Welsh Gelding under 4yrs
• 1st Led ASP Gelding under 4yrs
• 2nd Led Part Welsh Gelding under 4yrs (out of 9 ponies!)

Koorana Gucci (Wilson Family) pictured with (L-R) me, Mum and judge Melissa Denereaz

Song

Charm

Mem

Olly

NSW COUNTRY SHOW HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (DUBBO)

31/10-1/11/09

We had a great time at our first NSW Country Show Horse Championships! (As it normally clashes with the APSB National Horse & Pony Show.) The facilities were excellent and the committee very helpful! Kirreway Hickstead also had an excellent show!

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD

• 1st Preliminary Show Hunter Hack 15-16h
• Champion Preliminary Show Hunter Hack (won a rug!)
• Placed 4th in the Top 10 Open Show Hunter Hack (and one judge even gave him 2nd!)

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM

• 3rd Preliminary Galloway 14-14.2h
• Placed 6th in the Top 10 Open Small Galloway

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG

• 4th Preliminary Pony Hack n/ex. 13h
• Worked extremely well in Open Small Pony

Song

Jack winning his Prelim

Jack after Top 10

Charm after Top 10

NSW ALL WELSH SHOW

and

NSW ALL WELSH GELDING & NEWCOMER SHOW

23-25/10/09

Officially the Bridesmaid... 6 RESERVE CHAMPIONS! But what a fabulous weekend we had! All the ponies worked well, despite the hot weather on Friday. We had great success, but we also had a nice, fun show for our first NSW All Welsh!

NSW ALL WELSH SHOW

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG

• 1st Led Part Welsh Mare 12-12.2h
• Reserve Champion Led Part Welsh n/ex. 12.2h
• 3rd Ridden Part Welsh 12-12.2h
• 4th Part Welsh Preliminary 1A

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM

• 1st Led Part Welsh Mare 14-14.2h
• Reserve Champion Led Part Welsh 13.2h & over
• 1st Ridden Part Welsh 14-14.2h
• Reserve Champion Ridden Part Welsh 13.2h & over
• 5th Part Welsh Preliminary 1A
• 5th Part Welsh Novice 2A

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE

• 1st Led Part Welsh Gelding 12.2-13.2h
• 6th Part Welsh Preliminary 1A

BAMBOROUGH GOLLY GOSH

• 2nd Led Part Welsh Gelding 3yrs

Also led BAMBOROUGH JASILLA at her first ever show for Jill and Robert Grant..

• 1st Led Welsh B Filly 2yrs
• Reserve Champion Led Welsh B Filly

NSW ALL WELSH GELDING & NEWCOMER SHOW

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE

• Reserve Champion Ridden Part Welsh Newcomer

BAMBOROUGH GOLLY GOSH

• 1st Led Part Welsh Gelding 3yrs
• Reserve Champion Led Part Welsh Junior Gelding

Jasilla

Memorize

Charm after her Dressage tests

Song

Charm

Memorize

Golly Gosh

Golly Gosh

Song

Charm

SHC NSW HOTY

16-17/10/09

We arrived at HOTY to be welcomed by dreadful winds! Luckily, the weather eased for a lovely show. All of our ponies worked great, and we couldn't ask more of them. Song and Charm didn't make Top 10 in their Open sections, although both went well especially Charm who felt just amazing to ride. Memorize attended his fifth show to compete in the Newcomer Large Pony (a very big class) and managed to do a very nice workout! Video footage should be uploaded soon...

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG

• 2nd Preliminary Pony Hack 12-12.2h

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM

• 2nd Preliminary Heavyweight Galloway 14-14.2h

I also rode Lyenda Realm (Belinda Williams) for Top 10 Newcomer Galloway, and Fairleigh Blackwatch (Michelle Harpley) for Top 10 Newcomer Show Hunter Pony.

Memorize

Frank (Lyenda Realm)

Charm

Charm

Song

Song

Bribbaree and Morongla Shows

3-5/10/09

Crazy weather didn't stop us from attending these shows on the long weekend! Bribbaree threatened us with looming clouds, whilst Morongla featured four seaons in one day!

BRIBBAREE

Bamborough September Song

• Champion Small Pony Hack (round 1)
• Champion Led APSB

Bamborough Country Charm

• Champion Galloway (round 1)
• Champion Led ASP
• Champion Ridden RP
• Res Champion Led RP
• Res Champion Ridden ASP

Kirreway Hickstead

• 1st Open Show Hunter Hack 15-16h

Brooke Stevenson

• 1st Lady Rider 21yrs and over
• Champion Lady Rider

MORONGLA

Bamborough Memorize

• 1st Open Pony Hack 12.2-13h
• Res Champion Large Pony Hack (round 1) this was Mem's 4th show!

Bamborough Country Charm

• Champion Galloway
• Champion Ridden Breed any height
• Champion Led ASP

Kirreway Hickstead

• Champion AHHA Show Hunter
• Champion Led Partbred Arabian
• 1st Open Show Hunter Hack 15-15.2h(round 1)
• 1st Ridden Arab Derivative over 15h

Jack at Morongla winning Champion AHHA Show Hunter, with judge Samantha Watson (Photo- Jacqui Langfield)

Jack at Morongla in Champion AHHA Show Hunter (Photo- Jacqui Langfield)

Charm at Bribbaree

Charm at Bribbaree

Charm at Morongla

Memorize at Morongla

Memorize at Morongla

Eugowra and Molong Shows

19-20/9/09

Another great weekend! Charm stayed at home on a well deserved weekend off, so we took the opportunity to take our super newcomer pony Memorize for some much needed experience. Once he got used to the sights and sounds of the side shows, Mem was such a good boy, and we received alot of comments about him. We are very excited about his future!

EUGOWRA

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• 1st Intermediate PH
• 1st Open PH 12-12.2h
• Res Champ Pony Hack n/ex. 14h
• Champ Led ASP

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE:

• 1st Novice PH
• 2nd Open PH 12.2-13h
• 2nd Adult's PH

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD:

• 1st Led Arabian Gelding
• Res Champ Led Arabian
• 1st Ridden Arabian Gelding
• Res Champ Ridden Arabian (did not compete in open events that day)

MOLONG

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• 1st Open PH 12-12.2h
• Res Champ Small Pony Hack (round 1)

BAMBOROUGH MEMORIZE:

• 1st Open PH 12.2-13h
• Res Champ Large Pony Hack (ring 1)

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD:

• Res Champ Show Hunter Hack

BROOKE STEVENSON:

• 1st Adult Rider 21 yrs and over
• Champion Adult Rider

Jack at Molong

Jack at Molong

Song at Eugowra

Memorize at Eugowra

Memorize at Eugowra

Memorize at Eugowra

Mem at Molong (in the rain!)

Corvan Park Miss Attitude- Supreme Hack of Molong

Harden and Cowra Shows

11-12/9/09 & 15/9/09

We had a fantastic few days at Harden and Cowra shows; the new 2 day program at Harden was really great and very well supported. And even though the morning was absolutely freezing (as usual), we were blessed with sunny weather at Cowra show!

HARDEN

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM:

• Supreme Hack of the Show!
• Supreme Led ASP (missed ridden because of classes clashing!)
• Champion Galloway Hack (round 1)
• Champion Ridden APSB/RP
• Champion Ridden Part Welsh
• Res Champ Led APSB/RP
• Res Champ Led Part Welsh

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• Champion Small Pony Hack (round 1)
• Champion Led Australian Pony
• Champion Ridden Australian Pony
• Res Champ Led ASP Mare (to Charm)
• 1st Led Part Welsh Mare n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Ridden ASP 12-12.2h
• 1st Ridden Part Welsh n/ex. 12.2h

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD:

• Champion Led Arabian Derivative
• Res Champ Ridden Arabian Derivative
• Res Champ Show Hunter Hack (round 1)

BROOKE STEVENSON:

• 1st Lady Rider 21yrs and over
• Champion Adult Rider

COWRA

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM:

• 1st Heavyweight Galloway 14-14.2h
• Champion Galloway Hack (round 1)

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• Res Champ Pony Hack (ring 1)
• Champion Ridden Australian Pony
• 1st Ridden ASP n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Ridden Part Welsh n/ex. 12.2h

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD:

• 1st Open Show Hunter Hack 15-15.2h
• Res Champ Led Arabian

Charm with Jill and Rob Grant at Cowra

Charm- Supreme Hack at Harden with judge Jacqui Knobel

Charm at Harden

Song at Harden

Jack at Harden

Charm at Cowra

Grenfell and Woodstock Shows

5-6/9/09

Lovely weather made for a successful weekend for our show team! Kirreway Hickstead (Jack) competed at his first shows since East Coast in February, which happened to be the last time that he was ridden!

GRENFELL

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• 1st Open PH 12-12.2h
• Champion Small Pony Hack
• 1st Led APSB Mare
• Champion Led APSB
• 1st Ridden APSB Mare
• Champion Ridden APSB
• 1st Ridden ASP n/ex. 12.2h
• Champion Ridden ASP

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM:

• 1st Adult's Galloway
• Champion Galloway

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD

• 1st Show Hunter Hack 15-16h
• Champion Show Hunter Hack

WOODSTOCK

BAMBOROUGH SEPTEMBER SONG:

• 1st Open PH 12-12.2h

BAMBOROUGH COUNTRY CHARM:

• 1st HW Galloway 14-14.2h
• Champion Galloway

KIRREWAY HICKSTEAD:

• 1st Show Hunter Hack 15-15.2h
• Champion Show Hunter Hack

BROOKE STEVENSON:

• 1st Lady/Gent Rider 21 yrs and over
• Champion Adult Rider

Charm at Woodstock

Hickstead at Woodstock

Charm at Grenfell

Charm at Grenfell

Charm at Grenfell

Song at Grenfell

Hickstead at Woodstock

  Australian Saddle Pony Country Championships

30th August

We had a successful day at the Country Championships, held at Parkes, taking a team of four ponies!

Bamborough September Song

• 1st Led ASP Mare 12-12.2h
• Champion Led ASP Mare n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Intermediate ASP n/ex. 12.2h
• 1st Open ASP 12-12.2h
• 1st Adult's ASP n/ex. 12.2h

Bamborough Country Charm

• 1st Led ASP Mare 14-14.2h
• Champion Led ASP Mare 13.2-14.2h

Bamborough Golly Gosh

• 1st Led ASP Colt/Gelding 3 yrs
• Champion Led ASP Colt/Gelding Youngstock
• 1st Led ASP Stud Book under 4 yrs
• Reserve Champion Led ASP Stud Book n/ex. 14.2h

Bamborough Memorize

• 2nd Led ASP Gelding 12.2-13h (too busy with the others for ridden classes)

This year was also the first time we presented the "Marnic Merrymaid" Memorial Award for Champion Ridden ASP 12.2-13.2h. The winner was "Cool Breeze Charm" and Kristian Akehurst, who was very pleased to receive the Perpetual Trophy and an engraved trophy to take home. Congratulations! Thanks to the ASP committee, especially Nerida and Melissa Corbett, for a well run show.

Golly Gosh

Golly Gosh

Song

Song

Charm

Song and Charm sparkling in their Champions Choice Browbands!

Song

Song

Sydney Regional APSB Show

(Luddenham Showgrounds)

23rd August

My mother Christinne and I had the pleasure of judging at the Sydney Regional APSB Show, with lovely ponies, pleasant competitors and good weather making the day enjoyable. (Mum- Part Welsh, Arabian Ponies, Child's PH. Me- APSB, Open PH, SH PH, ASP.) Thanks to the Sydney Regional Sub-Group for looking after us; Melissa McVeagh was lovely, her mother made us a beautiful lunch, and Fred Riley was plesant as always as the Ringmaster. Results can be viewed on Emma's Show Horses.

Champ Pony Hack over 13H-       Supreme Led Partbred APSB-   Robbanie Mr Squiggles              Paulgreen Park Pheonix

         Grand Champion Australian Pony-              Koora-Lyn Acclaim

Supreme Led ASP- Westlake National Anthem

SWHA Show

9th August

Today we stepped out our newcomer, Bamborough Memorize, at his first ever show. He was such a good boy all day! We just wanted him to enjoy his day, but a bonus was that he won his Novice PH and Open PH 12.2-13h classes! We are very excited about Mem's future, as he shows as much potential as his full sister B. Mannequin.

We also took B. September Song, and she did well, winning Champion Small PH, Champion Led ASP, Champion Led APSB and Reserve Champion Led Part Welsh.

It was such a lovely sunny day, compared to last year! Thanks to the South West Hack Association for a very well run event!

September Song

Memorize

Memorize

  Winter woolies!

 Winter is the perfect time for the babies to learn and for the "oldies" to have some fun!

Bamborough Memorize (Mem)... Newcomer

Mem

Mem

Mem

Bamborough September Song

Bamborough Country Charm having fun!

Charm

Charm

Bamborough Golly Gosh (Olly)... 3rd ride!

Olly (just turned 3yrs)

Bathurst Foal and Youngstock Show-

6th June 2009

On Sunday 6th of June we attended the rainy and cold Bathurst Foal and Youngstock show! Nonetheless, we braved the weather and had a great show!

Bamborough Golly Gosh had an extremely successful day, winning:

• Grand Champion Youngstock of the Show (with all three experienced judges agreeing that he had wonderful movement and temperament)
• Supreme Pony Breed Youngstock
• Supreme Part Welsh Youngstock
• Champion RP Gelding Youngstock
• Champion ASP Gelding Youngstock
• Champion Partbred Gelding Youngstock
• Champion Part Welsh Gelding Youngstock

   Marbuck Just Peepin' also had a great day, winning:

• Champion Partbred APSB Filly Youngstock

• Reserve Champion ASP Filly Youngstock

  I'd just like to thank the Western Promotional Group of the WP&CS committee and Carol Sharwood for organising a great show; I'm sure that they would love foal and youngstock exhibitors' support for next year too! Also thanks to Amie Harrison, whose lovely Champion Choice Browbands sparkled on the ponies even in the cloudy weather!

Morongla All Breeds Foal and Youngstock Show- 24th May 2009

Well what a way to spend my birthday! :) It was great weather for a great show, even if the it did go bit longer than expected! We took along Bamborough Golly Gosh (the "veteran" of the team!) and Marbuck Just Peepin' for her first outing! "Mia" is by Boston Bittermint and out of our very successful mare Bamborough Peep'n'Seek. Thanks to Jill Grant for her lovely birthday lunch that she prepared for me and the whole gang at the show!

Bamborough Golly Gosh (Olly)

...out of a very strong field...

• 1st ABSP/RP 2/3yr old Gelding
• Champion ABSP/RP Youngstock
• 1st ASP 2/3yr old Gelding
• Champion ASP Youngstock
• 1st RP 2/3yr old Gelding
• Reserve Champion RP Youngstock
• 1st PW 2/3yr old Gelding
• Reserve Champion PW Youngstock

Marbuck Just Peepin' (Mia)

...all strong classes...

• 1st APSB/RP Yearling Filly
• 2nd ASP Yearling Colt/Filly/Gelding
• 2nd PW Yearling Filly

This year was also the first year of the Marnic Merrymaid Memorial Award and Perpetual Trophy for Supreme Pony Youngstock. My mother Christinne and I presented the award to the deserving winner; Glenian Park Rare Delight, owned and led by Glenda Lovell (Raymond Terrace). The lovely thing about Glenda winning this award was that she told us that she remembered our pony Marnic Merrymaid (Mardi)! It really made the trophy worthwhile! Congratulations Glenda and Rare Delight!

Thanks to Jacqui Langfield who worked tirelessly to organise this wonderful show! We look forward to attending the Morongla All Breeds Foal and Youngstock Show next year!

Brooke Stevenson.

B. Golly Gosh (Photo Credit: Nicole Hewitt)

M. Just Peepin' (Photo Credit: Nicole Hewitt)

Marnica Merrymaid Memorial Award winner "Glenian Park Rare Delight" and handler Glenda Lovell, with Brooke and Christinne Stevenson. (Photo Credit: Nicole Hewitt)