The BRC NAF National Horse Trials Championships ran at Swalcliffe from 6th - 8th August 2023. Further to winning the Area 7 qualifier, we sent our 70cm team and an 90cm individual up to Swalcliffe to contest the championships!
Sadly Rachel Dyke & Stacey Shedrick could not make it, so Karen Chamberain & SallyAnn De La Sayette joined Kate Lonnen & Jo Braybrooke to make up the 70cm team along with Polly Taylor on her home-bred White Tiger AKA Chip in the 90cm class. Friday saw the 70 team strut their stuff, and WOW they only went and WON the team event, with Jo Braybrooke and SallyAnn De Ly Sayette coming 3rd, with Karen coming 4th and Kate coming 7th. Such an achievement to be the BEST team in the country! Karen said about the event 'A combined age of 200+ years, everything aches but boy did we have fun' We want to send massive congratulations to Jo, Kate, Karen and SallyAnn who have proved that Cambridge & District Riding Club have the top BRC 70cm eventers in the country!! The weather Gods were not kind to Polly & Chip, when it rained and rained and rained some more on Friday night & Saturday. The 90cm is run as a 3 day event, so Dressage Friday, XC day Saturday (including steeplechase & road & tracks) and SJ on Sunday. They manged a super dressage score of 33.5, just a unfortunate run-out on the XC in quite literally appalling conditions, and poor Chip just couldn't jump out of the incredibly holding, muddy ground in the SJ. But what an experience for 6 YO Chip! Who did just amazingly. We are already looking forward to what 2024 brings the club, and we are hoping to hold onto the title of 70cm team champions!!
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