news New venue hosts RoR Grassroots Eventing Championship 2018

Last weekend saw the Championships for the BE90 and BE100 Grassroots eventing at Tweseldown, Hampshire. This was the first year that the Championships have been held here and there was a lot of positive feedback for this fantastically well organised event.

Saturday was the day for the BE90’s and despite the most horrendous weather, there were still 15 horse and rider combinations that braved the elements to take part. All combinations had previously qualified to take part by completing a BE event throughout the year, the criteria for this is no more than 12 show jumping penalties and clear across country. They must also finish within the top 50% of the section on the day.

The winner was Alisha Coombes riding her own Green Millionaire, the pair finishing on a score of 30.30. Green Millionaire was formerly trained by Jeremy Gask on the flat, he ran in 10 races and was placed on one occasion. They were closely followed by Hannah Cox riding her own Al Alfa, finishing on a final score of 30.50.

Green Millionaire ridden by Alisha Coombes

There was a total of 11 finishers for the day and the full results are

1^st Green Millionaire – Alisha Coombes
2^nd Al Alfa – Hannah Cox
3^rd Pay Or Pay – Nikki Devulder
4^th Strawberry Hill – Megan Harper
5^th Genes Of A Dancer – Rachel Wood
6^th Potters Grenadier – Sophie Heatley
7^th Mickeysmatedusty – Joe Roome
8^th Bob Emmet – Becky Thomson
9^th Fruity O Rooney – Becky Green
10^th Crownitall – Mitty Hardy

Sunday it was the day for the BE100 finalists to line up and this saw 11 entries come forward in what were somewhat different weather conditions as the sun shone down on the Hampshire countryside.

Again, all combinations had qualified to take part in this class and it saw some great competition. The winner Annabelle Jay, riding her own Storm Blue, jumped clear in both the cross country and showjumping, picking up just 0.8 of a time fault to finish on a score of 33.60. Storm Blue is a 10 year old who was formerly trained by Ollie Pears and after just one run it was clear that racing wasn’t for him!

In second place was Harriet Dickin riding Custer Of The West, the pair finished on a score of 36.30. Custer Of The West was formerly trained by Alan King and owned by Mrs Prowting, he last ran in May 2013 after just 8 races.

Full results for BE100:

1^st Storm Blue – Annabelle Jay
2^nd Custer Of The West – Harriet Dickin
3^rd Dette De Jeu – Alyssa Yallop
4^th Lady Cavendish – Alix Plamer
5^th Kikos – Amy Morgan
6^th Persistently – Philippa Clarke
7^th Roman Eglenovich – Aimee Godbold
8^th Nettis – Charlotte Mitchell

For further information on the BE Grassroots Championships, click here