Midlands Carriagedriving News

 Midlands Carriagedriving has three great Two-Day-Events coming up, one an old favourite, one a new venue and one with a new organising team! First up will be the Midlands’s Regional and Club event running alongside the British Young Drivers (BYD) National Championships at Onley Grounds near Rugby in Warwickshire on 29 and 30 July. Entries have been pouring in and are now closed; however, the club is running a waiting list, contact Ruth Auton on entriesmc@gmail.com or telephone (evenings only) 07785 542500 for club classes and BC for the Regional and BYD classes. Onley is a popular venue with lovely flat grassed dressage and cones arenas and eight well-built obstacles. There is permanent catering on-site with an optional hot meal available on Saturday evening (extra charges apply). Harriett McEntee performing dressage at Onley Grounds August 19 and 20 sees the club at its new venue, Brailsford Wild Park Farm. Very easily accessed direct off the A52 between Derby and Ashbourne, there is

  The fourth, and final Midlands Carriagedriving One-Day-Event, held on Sunday 16 July at Anslow in South Derbyshire, saw some new faces in the competition line-up.   Alice Lockett’s diminutive Shetland mare belied her 16 years and fair rocketed round the cones and obstacles, having first ‘endured’ the dressage.    Alice Lockett Laura Wray was driving a pair of Shetlands who were also keen to get on with the fun side of driving trials while Jeannie Jordan, driving an eye-catching chestnut pony, was attempting outdoor trials for the first time, having previously competed indoors. All was going well as Jeannie led both the dressage and cones phases in the Novice Pony class but was caught out in Obstacle 1 when missing a gate, leading to an unfortunate elimination. Mike Rhodes and his wife normally enjoy just driving round the lanes with their pair of cobs and this was Mike’s first attempt at any dressage and cones, this time driving a single, in Novice Pony. It was a great learning e