Kate Healey

SWINDON Riding Club had double cause for celebration as both their junior and senior teams won at the Area 9 BRC (British Riding Clubs) novice dressage qualifiers, at Longney near Gloucester.

PEWSEY rider Fiona Hobby has won the Lincoln JumpCross Eventer’s Challenge, a prestigious national competition held at Wittering near Peterborough.

LOWER Stanton St Quinton international Kitty King kept up her fine recent strike rate with a double win at the Stonar School BE (British Eventing) one day event at Atworth. Riders starved of competition runs due to the wet summer turned out in force for the event, which ran sections from BE90 to Novice level.

WILTSHIRE riders won four sections between them at the Salperton Park BE one day event near Northleach, where the last day of action had to be cancelled due to persistent rain.

LUCINDA Fredericks put herself in line to join husband Clayton Fredericks on the 2012 Australian Olympic eventing team, after a fine performance at the Luhmuhlen CCI**** event in Germany at the weekend.

AUSTRALIAN Olympic hopeful Clayton Fredericks proved he was back on top form after his recent injury problems, when he took the top two spots in the Renswoude CIC*** in Holland.

MARLBOROUGH'S Andrew Nicholson, who is expected to spearhead New Zealand’s Olympic challenge filled second spot in the CIC*** (international one day three star event) at Bramham Nicholson, already a veteran of five Olympic Games and a past team world champion, finished just over three marks behind Britain’s Fox-Pitt on Nereo, thanks to faultless show jumping and cross country performances.

BROMHAM'S Libby Seed had every reason to be delighted with her performance in the 2012 Charles Owen British Pony three-day event Championships, held at Brand Hall in Shropshire.

COUNTY riders Tim Price and Chris King both finished in the money at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials in Ireland.

WILTSHIRE riders Tom McEwen and Lucinda Fredericks finished in the money at the Subaru UK Houghton Hall International Horse Trials in Norfolk.