Anslow’s ODE dodges wet weather

The third Midlands Carriagedriving One-Day-Event, held on Sunday 18 June at
Anslow in South Derbyshire, successfully dodged the wet weather and
thunderstorms following the recent heatwave.



Proving once again that this event is fully inclusive, Margaret Warmsby (left) and her
pony, put to a two-wheeler, thoroughly enjoyed themselves to complete in the Novice
Pony class.

Chris Patrick, sole competitor in Intermediate Horse, produced the only double clear
of the day in the cones following a decent dressage before putting in second-fastest
obstacle times. He could well have provided the fastest times but for an ambitious
turn in Obstacle 2 that didn’t quite come off.

The Open Horse class is proving competitive, with Chris Ainscough (left) and Mark Riley (centre)
bringing on promising seven-year-olds while Rachel Riley (right) continues to drive her
veteran grey. Chris achieved the best dressage score of the day (50.56) ahead of
Mark on 55.12, keeping his lead with better cones and marginally faster obstacle
times. Rachel clocked up the fastest obstacle times of the day but was unable to
catch the boys, finishing third.



Midlands has one more ODE at Anslow on Sunday 16 July before moving on to host
three Two-Day events; Onley Grounds on 29 to 30 July (incorporating Regional and
Club classes as well as the British Young Drivers’ Championships), the new venue of
Brailsford in Derbyshire on








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