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Jesse Campbell with KaapachinoKiwi event rider Jesse Campbell, who is based near Marlborough, will have his first ride next week at one of the sport’s top events, the famous Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (May 4-8), on his 13-year-old thoroughbred ex-racehorse Kaapachino.
Jesse missed the UK’s premier four-star competition last year when Kaapachino developed a bacterial infection. Instead they re-routed to Luhmuhlen in Germany, where they finished 16th at their first four-star in hot company.
This year preparations have gone much more smoothly in the lead up to Badminton and the 26-year-old New Zealander is looking forward to this prestigious competition: “Kaapy is a brilliant horse cross country and has all the credentials to tackle those famous fences." "We’ve had a good build up with clears in cross country at Great Witchingham and the CIC3* at Belton International where he gave me a really great feel. He was superb."
"He also produced very good dressage tests at both competitions. Riding at Badminton has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and to be riding there next week is brilliant.”
It’s an achievement in itself that Kaapachino is to contest Badminton. Prior to last year’s setback, he required a year off to recover from injury caused from his long haul flight from New Zealand: “It’s been a tough road for Kaapy, but we had a great season last year and with hindsight I think it was a good thing that we missed Badminton as it gave us more time to prepare for Luhmuhlen.
"After that he won the CIC3* at Millstreet in Ireland and we were also in the Nations Cup team that represented New Zealand at Boekelo and ensured qualification for the Rio Olympics.”
Jesse is based near Ramsbury where he trains and competes a dozen or so horses. He is one of nine riders on New Zealand's Eventing High Performance squad - vying for Rio Olympic selection.
He grew up in Cambridge, New Zealand in the heart of the horsey area of the Waikato - also home to Sir Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson and Vaughn Jefferis. As a boy he aspired to ride like Mark and Vaughn and moved to the UK in 2010 to work for Andrew Nicholson before setting up his own yard two years later.
“I’ve always had a passion for horses,” he said. “I’ve no idea where it came from, as no one else is horsey in my family. When I was a kid and we visited mum’s friend I got out of my stroller and they found me in the paddock under one of the horses.”
Next week’s Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials will be Jesse’s toughest test yet: “Yes there is pressure because you want to do well and its on a much bigger stage than I have competed on before, but in reality its just me and my horse and before a big competition I like to imagine I am competing against myself so that I go out and do the best I possibly can for Kaapy.”
Laura Collett and Grand Manoeuvre (photo by Adam Dale)The day’s last but one competitor in the dressage stage of the first section of the CIC3* competition at the St James's Place International Horse Trials dislodged Britain's Laura Collett from first place.
Italy's Stella Benatti riding Zaron narrowly leads the CIC 3* competition (section b) at the end of the first day of dressage at the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials.
Stella, the penultimate competitor on day one, had a dressage score of 42.2 to put her at the top of the overnight leader board.
However, British riders dominate the next four placings; Laura Collett and Grand Manoeuvre on 42.6, Tom McEwan and Staff Des Champs on 46.1, Paul Simms and Glengarnock 48.8.
In equal fifth place are Alexander Whewell riding Chakiris Star and Oliver Townend and Note Worthy (49.7). The second day of dressage for the CIC 3 star continues tomorrow.
Spectators welcomed back to Barbury the two top ranking riders who have spent time recovering from serious injuries received in very nasty falls: Andrew Nicholson (the New Zealand Olympian based in Lockeridge) and William Fox-Pitt (announced recently as a member of the British team for the Olympics with his horse Chilli Morning.)
William Fox-Pitt......and Secret NightAndrew Nicholson......and Urma BK
At the end of day one Fox-Pitt and Secret Night lead Section C of the CIC2* competition with a dressage score of 41.1.
Local New Zealanders (based in Minal) Jonelle and Tim Price will be competing - she has three entries and he has five entries. These trials really are international with competitors representing twenty-one nations - and Olympic prospects are one of the main topics of conversation.
The first day sees many riders walking the cross country course which this year has some changes. And everywhere you are reminded that the final day of the Trials will see the third leg of the inaugural Event Rider Masters competition.
The television cameras are being prepared to cover the event which will be streamed live around the world . And their name is prominent wherever you look around the wonderful Barbury site up on the Marlborough Downs.
And if you wonder what makes eventing so special - take a look at this video with Sir Mark Todd from Badgserstown - who at Rio will be New Zealand's oldest ever Olympic competitor.
Kelly Harrison and Daredevil Boy (Photo: Richard Weller-Poley)A former jockey and a former racehorse will be proving their eventing skills at the St James’s Place Barbury International Horse Trials this week (7-10 July).
Ex-professional jockey Kelly Harrison, who rode regularly for established trainers such as William Haggas before she retired in 2013, will be competing on her former racehorse Daredevil Boy in the Retraining of Racehorse (RoR) championship at Barbury.
Retraining of Racehorses is British horseracing’s official charity for the welfare of horses that have retired from racing.
Daredevil Boy failed to make an impression in his two starts as a racehorse. The only notable aspect of his short-lived racing career being that his finished behind a horse named Medinas - subsequent winner of the 2013 Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.
However, Daredevil Boy has found a new career in eventing and in doing so he has helped his owner after her retirement: "I got Daredevil Boy from Jo Hughes in Lambourn three and a half years ago. He really helped me with retiring from being a jockey, as I wanted to continue competing at something, so focusing on re-training and competing him helped fill the void of not race-riding”.
"He has taken a bit of time to adapt to his role as an eventing horse, as initially he had to learn to settle but he always showed promise, particularly in the cross-country."
"This season he has felt great and I have had my eye on the RoR class at Barbury for a while and I feel he is now ready. I have never been to Barbury before, I hear its stunning and it's really exciting to be competing at such a high profile event".
So on Friday, Kelly and Daredevil Boy will be lining up against sixteen other former racehorses and their riders with the top ten finishers returning for Sunday's showjumping in the RoR Eventing Championship.
The competitors for this RoR Championship include Kristina Cook, who has been named on Team GB’s long list for Rio. She is riding Watergate. Also entered is world class British squad member Harry Meade with Sparky’s Reflection.
The RoR Championship is just one the many attractions at the Barbury International Horse Trials this year. Another major attraction will be the third leg of the new addition to eventing in the United Kingdom, the Event Rider Masters (ERM).
The inaugural ERM is an exciting sporting series, showcasing the world’s best eventing riders with a total of £350,000 in prize money on offer with each leg promising a minimum of £50,000. And it will be televised worldwide.
For tickets to the Barbury International Horse Trials go to their website or call 01672 516125
Nicholson and Avebury clear one of the Olympic fences at BarburyFor the third day of the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials the weather stayed dry - and Avebury and Andrew Nicholson stayed top of the leader board in the feature competition.
Nicholson and Avebury were clear in the showjumping phase of the CIC*** competition. With the neatest of rounds, the little grey gelding showed the wisdom of his fifteen years.
Alex Hua Tian & Don GeniroChina's Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro are in second place - they also had a clear round. Nicholson and Avebury's stablemate Nereo are in third position and fellow New Zealander Sir Mark Todd on Leonidas II are fourth - they are based not far from Barbury at Badgerstwon, on the edge of the Marlborough Downs.
Francis Whittington & Easy TargetThen four British pairs - Sarah Bullimore & Lilly Corinne, Louise Harwood & Whitson, Francis Whittington & Easy Target (their four faults in Saturday's showjumping bumped then down from their overnight second place) and Laura Collett & Grand Manoeuvre.
There is keen competition amongst the British riders to gain a place in the British squad for the Longines FEI European Eventing Championship at Blair Castle in Scotland in September - as host nation the British team will have a twelve members team rather than the usual six.
A huge crowd assembled on the bank overlooking the main arena for the second running of the JCB Champions Challenge between teams of jockeys and eventers - and winners of the Inter Hunt Team Relay - in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund.
Captain of the EventersCaptain of the Jockeys The two teams were: for the jockeys - AP McCoy (back in the saddle for the first time in public since he retired in April), Sam Twiston-Davies, Richard Johnson and Wayne Hutchinson (who rides for Barbury trainer Alan King.) For the eventers - Andrew Nicholson, Sir Mark Todd, Harry Meade and Tina Cook. And it takes the vague form of a relay.
The two teams chose their horses from those which had previously run in the hunt relay races. There had to be a little manipulation of the results as, amidst the chaos, a hunt team won one of the heats - and the whole point was to have a ride-off between the jockeys and the eventers.
The races had rules and rule breakers all of their own - and Richard Johnson managed to plough his way through two of the jumps. But unlike one of the young hunt riders in the semi-finals, none of the jockeys or eventers ended up in the water.
If you believe social media, the eventers won. But if I was on the jockeys team I would ask for a review of the photo finish. Was there one? And see below for further photos...
Eventers make a successful handoverWas that a handover ...?Back to the serious competitions: locally based New Zealand riders swept the board in the three sections of the CIC** class with Andrew Nicholson, Tim Price and Jesse Campbell taking one apiece.
The in-form Andrew Nicholson was unstoppable in section B, winning on the Headley Stud’s Loughnatousa Joey on the first occasion he had ridden the horse. He was the only rider of the 93 cross-country starters in the section to achieve the optimum time.
It would take more than a spot of rain to dampen the crowd's enthusiasm if Nicholson and Avebury achieve a fourth CIC*** win in a row.
L-R: Tim Price, Astier Nicolas, Rebecca Howard, Sir Mark Todd, Flora Harris, Jonelle Price, Andrew Nicholson (Photo by Niels Van Gijn)The St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials held at the Barbury Castle Estate on the Marlborough Downs next week (July 7-10) are seen as a home fixture, a local event for the impressive clutch of eventers based in the surrounding area.
The organisers gathered together seven of the best for a 'photocall at the cross country obstacle named after four-times winner of the Barbury CIC3* event, the popular grey Avebury ridden by Andrew Nicholson.
The seven event riders at the photocall were Tim Price (New Zealand), Astier Nicolas (France), Rebecca Howard (Canada), Sir Mark Todd (New Zealand), Flora Harris (Great Britain), Jonelle Price (New Zealand) and Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand) - they are all based within a fifteen mile radius of Barbury - and will all be competing there.
All seven of them are either decorated Olympians, members of their country's high performance squads, already selected to represent or are long-listed for their country's team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Nigel Bunter, owner of the Barbury Castle Estate and the event's Chairman, expects a thousand and more horse and rider combinations - including Rio hopefuls - to be at Barbury: “Nowhere in the UK and probably the world compares with the number of world class event riders that are based within a 15 mile radius of Barbury Castle, Marlborough and we are really looking forward to welcoming them all here to their local event."
Apart from the extra interest added to the Barbury International Horse Trials' competitions by the Rio Games, there is a new addition to the programme this year. The third leg of the Event Rider Masters (ERM) will be held on Saturday and Sunday.
The introduction of the ERM is giving the sport of eventing an extra lift and making it the focus for a lot of public attention. Each leg is covered by television cameras and live streamed to a worldwide audience.
This new sporting series is showcasing the world’s best event riders with a total of £350,000 in prize money on offer with each leg promising a minimum of £50,000. It comes too with a touch of Formula One glamour - complete with generous spraying of champagne on the winners' podium.
Avebury & Andrew Nicholson on the way to their 2015 Barbury win Also based near to Barbury but not pictured are Team GB long-listed Rio hope Kitty King (Chippenham - 14 miles), Australia's former winner of the Badminton Horse Trials Paul Tapner (Blunsdon, Swindon - 9 miles), and New Zealand High Performance athlete Jesse Campbell (Ramsbury - 10 miles from Barbury).
Those three Wiltshire eventers and six of those featured in the group photo above will be taking part in the Barbury leg of the ERM competition.
There is going to be one noticeable absentee of the competitions at Barbury this year. Andrew Nicholson's sixteen-year-old grey gelding Avebury (owned by Mrs Rosemary Barlow and Mr Mark Barlow) has been retired. Avebury will be missed by many.
Tickets for the Barbury International Horse Trials start from £12 per person per day booked in advance. Children under 12 years go free. For information and tickets visit the Barbury website or call 01672 516125.
RIDER PROFILE’S Flora Harris (Great Britain), Uffcot, Wroughton (2 miles from Barbury) · Team GB high performance athlete · Winner of Bramham CIC 3* (2015) (Bayano) · Winner Barbury CIC2* 2013 (Amazing VIII) Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand - NZ), Lockeridge, Marlborough (4 miles from Barbury) · Barbury International Horse Trials CIC3* winner 2012-2015 (Avebury) · Selected to ride in seven Olympic Games · CCI 4 star wins: Burghley Horse Trials – 1995, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014 2012 Pau Horse Trials riding Nereo, 2013 Kentucky Horse Trials riding Quimbo 2013 Lumuhlen Horse Trials riding Mr Cruise Control Tim Price (NZ), Mildenhall, Marlborough (5.6 miles from Barbury) · Named as New Zealand's travelling reserve for Rio 2016 · Winner of 2014 Luhmullen 4* riding Wesko · Second 2015 Burghley Horse Trials with Ringwood Sky Boy · Member of Team NZ 2014 Word Equestrian Games (WEG) Jonelle Price (NZ), Mildenhall, Marlborough (5.6 miles from Barbury) · Named as a member of New Zealand’s Eventing team for Rio 2016 · Member of the bronze medal team 2012 London Olympics riding Flintstar · 4th WEG 2014 riding Classic Moet · Tim and Jonelle made history in 2014 when they became the first husband and wife team to represent New Zealand at the World Equestrian Games Sir Mark Todd (NZ), Badgerstown, Swindon (7 miles from Barbury) · Voted rider of the 20th Century · Competed in six Olympic games - Rio will be his seventh · Named as a member of New Zealand’s Eventing team for Rio 2016 · Olympic medals – 2 Olympic gold medals (84 & 88), team Bronze 88, Team Silver 92, Olympic bronze 2000, Olympic bronze 2012 · Winner of the Badminton Horse Trials titles – 1994, 1996, 2011 · Winner of the Burghley Horse Trials titles - 1987, 1990, 1997,1999 Astier Nicolas (France), Stockley, Calne, (9.9 miles from Barbury) · Current leader of the Event Rider Masters series · Winner of 2015 Pau CIC4* horse trials riding Piaf de B’neville · Long-listed for France's 2016 Olympic team in Rio Rebecca Howard (Canada), Little Cheverell, Devizes, (15 miles from Barbury) · Represented Canada at 2012 London Olympics and 2010 World Equestrian Games riding Riddlemaster · 2013 Canadian Equestrian of the year · Hotly tipped to represent Canada at the 2016 Olympics at Rio riding Riddlemaster
Gemma Tattersall & Quicklook VThe second day (July 8) of the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials was a good one for two members of the British Olympic squad, their eventing performance manager Yogi Breisner and his Team GB colleagues.
Team member Gemma Tattersall topped the dressage stage of the CIC3* competition with a score of 38.2. She was riding the eleven year-old grey mare Quicklook V.
Just behind her was Pippa Funnell, who has been selected as the team's travelling reserve. Riding the eleven year-old grey gelding Billy the Biz the judges gave her a score of 40.9.
On Saturday and Sunday (July 9 & 10) four of the five riders named for Britain's Rio eventing team will be taking part in the Event Rider Masters competition.
Gemma TattersallPippa FunnellYogi Breisner
Chelsea Pearce & Albert VMarlborough based rider Chelsea Pearce, who has been long listed for the British junior team for the European Championships later in the year, is taking part in the CIC2* competition. In the dressage stage she completed a very accomplished programme finishing with 53.7 points.
Riding Albert V, she was the 99th competitor to go into the dressage arena for this class - and her marks put her in 26th with only a few more competitors to come. Entering this class with riders such as Gemma Tattersall, other British Olympic team members Izzy Taylor and William Fox-Pitt, is part of Chelsea Pearce's bid for full junior team membership.
The large entry for the novice competition saw a stream of riders tested by Barbury's famous cross country course. These are novice horses and for the most part not novice riders.
Quite a number of entries made heavy weather of the St James's Place water obstacle on the course designed again by Captain Mark Phillips. Several riders nearly came to grief and some others got wet.
Alex Holman nearly wentMichelle Matthews held onElizabeth Abell's Glimavragh decided not to try the waterJessica Shopland (& Bond Girl) went through with a smile
Andrew Nicholson and NereoAfter the first day of the CIC** dressage competition at the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials, New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson tops the leader board on Nereo (with 38.3 penalties.)
Second is Britain's Louise Harwood on Whitson (39.6) and in third place is France's Mathieu Lemoine on Bart L (40.7.) British rider Nana Dalton and Abbeylara Prince are in fourth position - having led up to the lunch break (43.5.)
Nicholson and Nereo came sixth at this year's Badminton, won the CIC**** at Pau in 2012 and came fourth at the London Olympics. Nicholson has seven rides at the various competition levels. Nicholson and Avebury (who have won the Barbury CIC*** for last three years) will be in dressage ring just after three o'clock on Friday afternoon.
Nicholson, who is based in Lockeridge, is lying second equal in the CIC** - behind fellow New Zealander Sir Mark Todd on Brownsville Bertie (38.6). Nicholson and Loughnatousa Joey are in joint second place with Britain's Harry Meade on Vrolijk (38.7.)
Yogi Breisner & Nana Dalton and her assistantYogi Breisner, Louise Harwood & assistantThe dressage performances by both Louise Harwood and Nana Dalton caught the eye of Yogi Breisner - the British Eventing National Coach and World Class Performance Manager. And he took details of both riders and their assistants. Though as someone watching the dressage noted: "It is not quite a ticket to Rio, but it is certainly going in the right direction."
On Friday the novice competitors are first to take on the cross-country course. And it looks as though the weather will hold through Saturday - though the ground might get a soaking for the CIC*** cross-country on Sunday afternoon.
The competitions are being live streamed through the Barbury website.The Willis Brothers team 'greening' the cross-country's ReadySupp Owl Hole
Andrew Nicholson & Avebury (Photo: Katy Vincent)You could hardly ask for a better or more exciting way to end the first two days of the premier CIC*** competition at the St James's Place Barbury International Horse Trials: three times winners Andrew Nicholson and his amazing grey Avebury top the leader board with a dressage score of 33.9 penalty points.
The crowd was strangely silent as New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson and the fifteen year gelding performed a near perfect test - then came the applause. They have a two point lead over Britain's Francis Whittington on East Target (37.1.)
After their performance Nicholson said: "I don't warm Avebury up for too long, I trust him, he is fifteen now and knows his job. It's mission accomplished so far - it's only a starting number, but it's a good one. And it would be great to make history again by completing a four timer here at Barbury."
Avebury was bred by Nicholson and is co-owned by Mrs Rosemary Barlow. Last year Nicholson and Avebury went on from Barbury to win the Land Rover Burghley CIC**** competition.
Alex Hua Tian & Don GeniroFrancis Whittington & Easy TargetIn third place after the dressage are China's Alex Hia Tian and Don Geniro (37.3.) He is based in Britain and is China's only eventer competing internationally.
Andrew Nicholson and Nereo also hold fourth place at the end of the dressage. With 38.3 penalties they led after the first day. There are eleven Brfitish riders in the top twenty places.
Saturday morning sees the show jumping discipline of the CIC*** competition - with the cross-country to follow on Sunday. At lunchtime on Saturday the main ring sees the second running of the JCB Champions Challenge - a relay race between teams of jockeys (led this year by AP McCoy), eventers (led by that busy horseman Andrew Nicholson.) This event raises money for the Injured Jockeys Fund.
Friday saw the novice classes - novice horses with some very experienced riders - tackle a shortened (800 yard) version of Barbury's famous downland cross-country course, designed by Captain Mark Phillips.
Of the nineteen obstacles the St James's Place water and the steps at the Earthline Quarry seemed to giving riders and horses the most trouble.
Rory Bremner - Brighter Futures' patron The St. James’s Place Barbury International Horse Trials (July 7-10) have announced they will be supporting Great Western Hospital's Brighter Futures as their official charity at this year’s event on the Marlborough Downs. And a very special local participant hopes to be competing during the four-day event.
In addition to Brighter Futures fundraising activities across the horse trials for its radiotherapy appeal, they will be hosting a lunch on the Saturday (July 9) with the charity's patron Rory Bremner as guest speaker. The lunch is being supported by local Rotary Clubs.
Brighter Futures launched an appeal last May to raise the £2.9 million needed to make radiotherapy treatment available in Swindon - so that local cancer patients will no longer have to make the 70-mile round trip to Oxford.
This year the Barbury International Horse Trials and the Brighter Futures lunch will be particularly poignant for James Hussey - a local farmer and eventing competitor.
James Hussey with Kildare Kid - 'Tim' - training for the Barbury International Horse TrialsJames, who is 58 years old and has already raised a substantial amount for the appeal, hopes to compete at the horse trials in July on board his horse Tim.
He will be riding in memory of his wife Gill, who died from cancer: "Gill always had a very special love of horses and the local countryside, she was very involved with conservation projects both on the farm and the Marlborough Downs."
"She was always a great supporter of eventing, loving the sport, and always supporting myself and our daughter Julia."
"Barbury International Horse Trials is a pinnacle of the eventing calendar, and I am looking forward to being back there this year competing in memory of Gill, and supporting Brighter Futures, to help make life easier for those dealing with cancer."
“The Brighter Futures appeal is so important to raise funds for a new radiotherapy unit in Swindon. Gill and I would regularly make 70 mile round trip to Oxford for radiotherapy treatment, it was exhausting both mentally and physically. "
"Having a unit in Swindon will help patients and their families in the region face the challenge of cancer”.
Nigel Bunter, Chairman of the Barbury International Horse Trials added: “We are very proud to support Brighter Futures at this year’s horse trials, their radiotherapy unit appeal is very important for the Wiltshire region."
“The lunch is set to be very popular as the Barbury Club marquee offers fantastic viewing of the eventing competition whilst enjoying a delicious lunch."
Jennifer Green, Head of Fundraising for Brighter Futures, is delighted at the announcement: “So far we’ve raised nearly £700,000 towards the £2.9 million required to pay for the equipment for the new Radiotherapy unit. We hope that the people and businesses from the region will support this fabulous lunch and our appeal for this important cause."
Tickets to the lunch are just £80 and include VIP parking, champagne reception and a two course lunch with wine.
The St. James’s Place Barbury International Horse Trials host four days of awesome Eventing competition with over 1,000 horse and rider combinations poised to compete. This year they will be an important pre-cursor to the 2016 Olympics with many riders destined for Rio taking part.
New this year will be the third leg of the inaugural Event Rider Masters (ERM) - an exciting sporting series, showcasing the world’s best event riders with a total of £350,000 in prize money on offer with each leg promising a minimum of £50,000.
To buy tickets for the Brighter Futures lunch and to the horse trials, and also to follow James’s training progress via the Barbury Blog - visit the Barbury website. You can find out more about the radiotherapy appeal at the Brighter Futures website.
Jesse Campbell with KaapachinoKiwi event rider Jesse Campbell, who is based near Marlborough, will have his first ride next week at one of the sport’s top events, the famous Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (May 4-8), on his 13-year-old thoroughbred ex-racehorse Kaapachino.
