The Virtual Equestrian - Hidden Valley Equestrian Championships 2003 - Galloways - Preliminary Round

DAVIS SANDERS HOMES HIDDEN VALLEY EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Northern Highway, Wallan Sat. 25th & Sun. 26th January, 2003 Open Galloways - Preliminary Round Highlights - Page 2
The Open Galloway Preliminary round continues and each of the entries so far would have been capable of winning. It is very nice to see the standard of education so much better than a few years ago. Most of these horses appeared to be happy and calm and accepting the riders' influence without any problems.

Commonella Folk Dance a very nice jet black mare ridden by L Niewland. They put in a very nice performance and looked striking against the greenery of Hidden Valley.
A keen crowd gathered to watch the Galloway Preliminaries	There were a few omissions in the program and one was the name of Sheree Lee's lovely bay
	Next out was Michael Christie on his galloway partner Highrove Mitsouko. Mitsouko was not as settled and polished as I have seen at other shows and he showed his bright character with a few unwanted surges of energy in his canter work.

Dooley Park Childsplay follows on from Highrove Mitsouko and rider A Gall runs through the workout with Michael Christie. Childsplay worked kindly and his black coat was without flaw.

Kirreway Zaradine was not always 100% happy with his bit and bridle. This slightly spoilt the overall appearance, but this was a small consideration. He was well presented and had nice manners and the work was well executed.

Chelsea Carbury on Port Wine (Tiffany) get the final look over from judge Melissa Ovens. It was great to see this lovely galloway out in the show ring as she spent almost a year of her early life with me at Hollybrook Stud. She has matured into a lovely horse, but I felt that she needed to go a little more forward today. Congratulations Chelsea.
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