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22nd June 2010     stalked & stolen?

In the early hours of this morning Gill Anslow in Farnham Surrey had her Kuhnle pairs vehicle together with trailer and Zilco cob sized pairs harness stolen from her home. This was all the more distressing as her husband John was away  at the time. Anyone who sees or hears of harness or vehicle/trailer being offerred for sale please contact their local police or phone Gill on 07989 321618

TO ALL PLEASE BE VIGILANT  as we believe that the carriage was stolen to order, and the thieves could have followed Gill back from an event.

New  inside out event for drivers in the South West

On the 19th September 2010 the Indoor driving South West region are holding a one day inside out competition at Stretcholt Farm Bridgewater, open to all indoor members and members of an affiliated club.  Dressage in a 50metre by 20metre arena, cones and a 3 - 4 k marathon with 4 obstacles.

for more information phone Barbara on 01823 332222 or email barbara@equifor.com  

17th May. The International driving  event took place within Windsor International horse show again last weekend. Boys Excel won the horse team class, leading from start to finish from Tucker Johnson of the USA.  The best placed British competitor was Wilf Bowman Ripley who finished a very creditable  5th in  such strong class.  Jan De Boer of the Netherlands won the pony team class with Sara Howe being the highest placed brit, In 6th place. Barry Capstick (our very own yorkshireman now driving for Ireland) was 2nd in the horse pairs class which was won by Francios Dutilloy of France. David Matthews Jnr was 3rd, having won the dressage phase with a score of 45.31

It is obvious when looking at the results , that if you don't do a good dressage and get a score within 2 or 3 points of the leader, that at this level of competition, you really don't stand a chance of being in the rosettes.  Dressage is key. This should be remembered by all competitive drivers who are striving to improve.

14th May. Not horsey news, but doggy news! Jaxon our apricot standard poodle, has become a daddy again. His latest bride is Peggy a lovely black labrador, who is owned by Vicky Irwin, another carriage driver who lives in Basingstoke.

Peggy had 9 puppies five bitches and 4 dogs. All the dogs are black, but two of the bitches are apricot / cream and one we believe will turn out to be silver. Early days yet but we'll put some pictures up soon. Anyone interested in having a labradoodle, please phone Vicky direct on 07779 003636