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‘WHEN DRESSAGE MEETS EVENTING’ - RUTH EDGE AND JUDY HARVEY AT BLACKDYKE FARM (posted 20th May, 2008)

Some advance tickets are still available for this evening on Wednesday, May 28th- if you are intending to join the audience travelling from across the region, please do reserve your tickets as soon as possible to avoid possible disappointment..

Sponsors will be giving away lots of goodies to everyone with a ticket for the evening and there will be a fabulous special offer on the dust free bedding easibed plus, as used by Ruth Edge.

‘WHEN DRESSAGE MEETS EVENTING’ - RUTH EDGE AND JUDY HARVEY AT BLACKDYKE FARM (31st March, 2008)

Two of the UK’s leading competition riders – Ruth Edge and Judy Harvey – will be presenting a fabulous evening of information and entertainment at Blackdyke Farm in Cumbria on Wednesday May 28th, including a revealing insight into their training methods, the horses they ride and the meticulous attention to detail that has brought them both success at the highest levels.

Ruth Edge needs little introduction eventing enthusiasts, having risen through the ranks to become a leading international event rider, securing her first 4-star 3DE event win at Luhmuhlen last year with Two Thyme. The pair is now long-listed for the British team that will compete at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Equally well-known, Judy Harvey FBHS has an enviable wealth of dressage experience as she is a List I and international dressage judge, an international dressage trainer and is also very successful in the saddle, having won the 2007 National Intermediaire II Championship with Fitzcerraldo, now competing successfully at Grand Prix.

Judy and Ruth have worked together for a number of years, as Judy is Ruth’s dressage trainer, making it easy for them to present a really interesting programme looking at many different aspects of what goes into success in dressage and success in eventing. This is the only opportunity to see how they work together and what makes them both so successful.

Advance tickets are available now, priced at £20 with discounts for children, members of Blackdyke Farm Competition Club and groups. Telephone enquiries to 01228 674633 or 01228 675000 or visit www.blackdykefarm.info

A LIVELY EVENING WITH
4**** INTERNATIONAL EVENT RIDER RUTH EDGE,
NATIONAL INTERMEDIAIRE II DRESSAGE CHAMPION JUDY HARVEY
AND THEIR HORSES

'WHEN DRESSAGE MEETS EVENTING'

Posted January 16th, 2008, amended with changed date February 11th, 2008

7.00pm on Wednesday, May 28th, at Blackdyke Farm

Doors open 6.15pm

Advance Ticket Prices:
Adult - £20, Child (Aged 16 & under) £15
For current Members of Blackdyke Farm Competition Club: Adult - £18, Child (Aged 16 & Under) £12
Group Discount for 4 or more tickets bought at the same time - 10%

Tickets on the Door (only if available):
Adult - £25, Child (Aged 16 & Under) £20
No Membership or Group discounts are available for tickets bought on the Door

Tickets are available from Blackdyke Farm - cash or by cheque payable to Blackdyke Farm - or by post only from Expo Life, Howard House, Hethersgill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 6HW - payment by cheque payable to Expo Life or by debit/credit card. Postal applications should include an sae for return of tickets.

Telephone Enquiries to 01228 674633 or 01228 675000. Email Enquiries to: Ruth Edge - Judy Harvey Lecture Demonstration

JUDGE TRAINING  With Judy Harvey FBHS
List 1 judge

Posted - January 15th, 2008

Thursday March 27th at Blackdyke Farm

For full details, click Judge Training with Judy Harvey

BLACKDYKE FARM TO HOST TRAILBLAZERS DRESSAGE QUALIFIERS

October 1st, 2007

Adding to a very enthusiastic interest in Trailblazers showjumping competitions, Blackdyke Farm will be hosting Trailblazers dressage qualifiers for the first time starting with the fixture on November 11th 2007. Held monthly, the qualifiers will be at preliminary, novice and elementary levels and be 'mixed' - which means open to both junior and senior riders as defined in Trailblazers rules.

To qualify for the Second Rounds, combinations must achieve a score of 58% or over in a Trailblazers first round competition. To find out more about Trailblazers, visit the Trailblazers website.

CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT WCF easibed DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

WCF easibed Winter Novice Championship at Blackdyke Farm Right to Left - Ch, Vanity Fair V, Lisa Marriot, Res, Ten O May, Terri Graham, 3rd, Kerry Blue II, Katherine McKenna, pictured with WCF's Stuart Stamper and easibed's Jane Bell.

WCF easibed Winter Elementary Championship at Blackdyke Farm Right to Left - Ch, Brasingaman Boy, Heather Morgan Res, Marquis VI, Karen Jackson, 3rd, Bingham's Light Infantry, Chloe Harwood, pictured with Judge Lady Mary Hope and WCF's Stuart Stamper

WCF easibed Winter Unaffiliated Novice Ch at Blackdyke Farm Right to Left - Ch, Lowmoor Brooklyn, Anne Linton, Res, Fergal, Kim Nichols, 3rd, Freeway, Amanda Hatton, pictured with WCF's Stuart Stamper.

Cheshire-based Heather Morgan and Brasingaman Boy are the WCF Country Centres easibed Elementary Champions, scoring almost 69% at the Championship fixture to collect the richest affiliated prize on the northern dressage circuit.

The 9-year-old Anglo Dutch gelding, already successful at medium level, produced a level test showing good balance and engagement to finish just 3 marks ahead of Reserve Champions Karen Jackson and her 8-year-old Marquis VI, who had travelled from Lancashire.

Just 1 mark in arrears, Chloe Harwood and Bingham's Light Infantry took third place and the mare prize went to the Cumbrian combination of Susan Hinton-Smith and In The Pink VII, who were contesting only their third test at this level.

Hosted by Blackdyke Farm in Cumbria, these northern championships follow a series of qualifiers staged across the region and attract huge interest, so it was no surprise that 42 hopefuls started in the WCF Country Centres easibed Novice Championship.

With the two judges in agreement over their Champion, the very generous prizes went home to Lancashire with Lisa Marriot and Vanity Fair V, who deservedly scored more than 71% for a technically correct and very attractive performance, also claiming the mare prize at this level.

The Reserve Championship was claimed by Cumbrian instructor Terri Graham, who rode her home-bred and produced 6-year-old mare Ten ‘O May to produce a very ‘uphill’ picture with only occasional losses of balance, scoring over 69%. Katherine McKenna and Kerry Blue II took third with 68%

The addition of an unaffiliated novice championship to the series proved very popular and in addition to prizes from WCF Country Centres and easibed, British Dressage provided Annual memberships and horse registrations for the top three combinations, with a British Dressage Class ticket for all starters.

On home ground, Blackdyke Farm instructor Anne Linton rode owner John Collier’s event gelding Lowmoor Brooklyn to collect the Championship, having qualified him at the same venue earlier in the series.

Kim Nicols and Fergal took the Reserve Championship and Amanda Hatton finished third with Freeway.

(April 2007)

WINTER SHOWJUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS PRODUCE DESERVING WINNERS AT BLACKDYKE FARM

Blackdyke Farm Horse Winter Showjumping Champion Lisa Ritchie and Country Hope receive their awards from Stuart Stamper, Equestrian Advisor with WCF Country Centres.		Blackdyke Farm Pony Winter Showjumping Champions – l to r – Stephanie Foster from Ifor Williams Distributor Alan Tuer Ltd, Chrissie Cameron (Jack Be Nimble), Rebecca Ostle, Sales Assistant, WCF Wigton Country Centre, Helena Pedrosa (Just The 2 Of Us), Sarah Fell, Manager WCF Wigton Country Centre, Molly Waugh Black Abacus.

Chrissie Cameron and Jack Be Nimble are the 2007 WCF Country Centres Blackdyke Farm Showjumping Champions, needing to jump only one class at the final Good Friday fixture to end the season with a total of 97 points, 14 ahead of Reserve Champions Helena Pedrosa and Just The 2 Of Us.

Chrissie was delighted to take home a shield, a trophy, a sash and rosette, along with an Ifor Williams tack box sponsored by North Cumbria’s Ifor Williams distributor Alan Tuer Ltd.

Molly Waugh took third place with Black Abacus and Clare Donoghue fourth with Aero and WCF Country Centres provided generous prizes down to 10th place.

The equivalent Horse Championship went home with Lisa Ritchie and Country Hope, who really deserved their victory, as they ended the season with a mammoth 101 points, Reserve Champions Aimee Wardrope and Pennington Star on 66 points. WCF Country Centres again provided generous prizes down to 10th place and Lisa, the lucky winner of a fabulous Jeffries bridle in the Christmas Draw, ended a fabulous season with a super turnout rug, sash, trophy, shield and rosette.

Clare Garlick finished in third place with Biggles and Lauren Patterson took fourth with Flaming Katie.

These shows also included the second round Trailblazers qualifiers, offering four tickets to each of the 75cm, 85cm, 95cm and 105cm National Championships later this season. Pony winners were Laura Whitfield (Missy Elliott at both 75cm and 85cm), Helena Pedrosa (Just The Two Of Us at 95cm and 105cm) and the winners of the horse classes were Lucy Thomas (Ruby at 75cm), Aimee Wardrope (Pennington Star at 85cm), Julie Nuttall (Prince Phalian at 95cm and 105cm).

(April 2007)