Friday at Rockingham International 2022

   BE100 Section D winners – Holly Woodhead and Guatavita

 

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This weekend not only sees the return of the Fairfax & Favor Rockingham International into the eventing calendar after two years lost during the pandemic but also celebrates two great milestones – the team’s tenth season of hosting the Horse Trials in the Great Park and 950 years of living history at the castle. 

Rockingham Castle has borne witness to plenty of entertainment on horseback throughout the many centuries of its history, from Knights meeting at the tilt to Medieval Kings heading out to hunt in the surrounding forest, but this week it is horses of a different kind at the heart of the 950th anniversary celebrations. 

The first day of competition is now done with the National classes completing and the International competitors having taken to the dressage arenas

The National class winners included some of the biggest names in the business riding their up and coming horses – keep an eye out for some of these in the future

BE100 Section C – William Fox-Pitt and Papillon Noir

BE100 Section D – Holly Woodhead and Guatavita

BE100 Section E – Laura Collett and Nalle Puh SG

BE100 Section G – Izzy Taylor and Underdog Z

BE100 Open Section F - Gillian Mason and Trinity O Really

Novice Section H - Yasmin Ingham and Gypsie Du Loir

Novice Section I – Holly Woodhead and Guns N Roses

Novice Section J – Ros Canter and Destiny

 

   Novice Section H winners - Yasmin Ingham and Gypsie Du Loir

 

And talking of young horses, the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse classes took place on Friday with Broadstone First Class ridden by Michael Jackson winning the Four-Year-Old qualifier and Morgund ridden by Willa Newton raking the Five-Year-Old

The International classes are also led by some big names, including Australia’s Sammi Birch currently third in the CCI2*-S and Bill Levett in fourth riding Brideview Master George

CCI3*-S Leaders

  1. Tom McEwen riding Brookfield Braveheart (23)
  2. Piggy March riding Halo (23.8)
  3. Tom McEwen riding Brookfield Benjamin Bounce

CCI2*-S Leaders

  1. Sarah Bullimore and Coromiro
  2. Izzy Taylor and Bayaanaat
  3. Sammi Birch and D’Alme D’Or

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