Ten Midlands’ competitors vie for Championship honours
Ten Midlands Carriagedriving competitors travelled to Ashfields Carriage and Polo Club for the 2024 British Carriagedriving National Championships (13 – 15 September). While Peter Young (Pony Fours) was the only driver to take a National title, successfully defending his 2023 win, Peter Bennett (Advanced Horse Pair), Mary Fuller (Novice Horse) and Sue Mart (Open Horse) were all Reserve Champions. Megan Wheeldon repeated her performance of last year, pulling herself up from ninth after dressage in the very competitive Open Pony championship to complete in third place thanks to a superb double clear in the cones. Also achieving a double clear in cones was Sandra White in the Small Equine section. Karen Bassett was third in the Horse Fours, which produced an extremely tight contest at the top, Karen only missing out on the Reserve Championship when one of her team kicked off a ball in the first cone. Other Midlands’ drivers taking part were Sandra’s husband Jon, Rosemary Armstrong (both