Pop-Up ODE at Anslow
Sunday 20 August saw a Pop-Up ODE held at Anslow, Derbyshire, to replace the sadly cancelled 2DE at Brailsford. Midlands Carriagedriving’s (MC) chairman Paul Hart and his wife Ann kindly organised the event at short notice, enjoyed by several competitors, stewards and volunteers in glorious weather. Cath Brockie kept herself busy, giving her victorious pony pair from Onley an outing to sharpen up their dressage as well as driving a single pony in the Open class. Here she notched up the Best Dressage of the day and had just one cone down in the second phase. She was well on target to produce the fastest obstacle times until running foul of Gate F in the third obstacle, driving it backwards, to complete with a big ‘E’. Steve Trebble made the most of her error to take the class. Cath Brockie Steve Trebble Sandra White turned the tables on husband Jon, driving her own pony at its first competition. She took the striking, forward-going, black gelding very carefully to win the Novice Pony c