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BRITISH
RIDERS
AT THE
JUNIOR
EUROPEAN
WORKING
EQUITATION
CHAMPIONSHIPS,
ORISTANO,
SARDINIA
10th –
12th
September
2006
The 2006
Junior
European
Working
Equitation
Championships
took
place in
Oristano,
Sardinia
on 10th
– 12th
September
as part
of the
“Sardegna
Cavalli”
Horse
Show.
Riders
from
Portugal,
Italy
and the
UK
competed
for the
individual
title
which
was won
by
Portuguese
rider
David
Gomes on
his
purebred
Lusitano,
Rafa. In
second
place
was
Francisco
Silva,
also
Portuguese,
riding
his
Portuguese
cruzado
Ortega,
and in
third
place
was
Mattu
Giovanni
from
Italy.
Portugal
won the
team
gold
medal
and
Italy
won the
team
silver
medal.
The
riders
from
Great
Britain
were 16
year old
Holly
Barber,
with her
partbred
“cruzado”
Galan,
and 11
year old
Charlotte
Lee with
her
young
Lusitano
mare
Vingadora.
Holly
gave
solid
performances
in the
dressage
test and
obstacle
course,
and
excelled
herself
in the
cattle
penning
test
with the
5th
fastest
time.
Charlotte
was
competing
for the
first
time in
a
working
equitation
championship;
back
home she
is
experienced
in
showing
working
hunter
ponies.
Her
determination
and
single
mindedness
throughout
the
competition
attracted
many
admirers.
Congratulations
to Sue
Barber,
proprietor
of Pine
Lodge
School
of
Equitation
in
Norolk,
who put
forward
these 2
young
riders.
The
“Sardinia
experience”
was
thoroughly
enjoyed
by all
who took
part –
the
journey
was a
long one
for the
horses
(overland
to Genoa
and then
a 14
hour
ferry
journey
to Porto
Torres
in
Sardinia)
and also
for all
the
teams,
but well
worth
the
effort
involved.
The
accommodation
at the
Ala
Birdi
Horse
Country
holiday
complex
in
Arborea
was
excellent
and the
friendly
atmosphere
amongst
the
teams
and
competitors
will be
remembered
by
everyone
for a
very
long
time.
Our
grateful
thanks
are due
to Maria
Grazia
Sechi,
President
of the
Sardinia
branch
of FISE
(Federazione
Italiana
Sport
Equestri). |
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