2010 RESULTS & NEWS

13th June 2010

23rd May 2010

Snowberry Swan & Julie Thickpenny are Royal international bound!!!!! The BSPA Eastern Star show RIHS qualifiers saw Julie & her pony blue qualify for the prestigious finals. Very well done to them both - all the hard work has paid off. We now have 2 ponies off the team going to Royal International in July.

9th May 2010

Chaps south East Regional show was a very successful day for the whole Top Class Ponies Team. Snowberry Swan Headed the sports pony class with a win & also qualified for the style & performance finals. Peaches & Cream Was Reserve Chamion in the style & performance qualifiers, Nortonhall Smooth Criminal had a massive result gaining a 1st premium youngstock evaluation & was evaluations champion. Travellers Fortune won his in hand class and then went on to go in hand reserve chamion & then reserve supreme champion- this sees him qualify for the prestigious King of the Ring championship at the Chaps summer Champs!! Thankyou to everyone that heped throughout the day!

2nd may 2010

NPS Area 14 spring show saw Natalie Bell & Mister Fahreinheit win their first ever CHAPS ridden qualifier together. Onwards & upwards for this partnership it looks promising!

25th April 2010

Fantastic results allround today.Peaches & Cream headed the Coloured Royal International Qualifier & also went champion of all the qualifiers, this is her first qualifier of the season!! This means she has qualified for RIHS in the coloured Tradional pony class. Travellers Fortune had a fantastic first outing of the season winning his coloured Tradtional class & also went Champion of the open classes both ponies were ridden by Sarah Fortt. Mr Fahreinheit & Natalie Bell had their debut appearance in the show ring coming 2nd in their BSPA qualifier class - so well done Nat you rode fantastic!! All 3 ponies also qualified for the Traditional Gypsy cob Society Champs & Equifest. Thank you to everyone that helped up achieve these fantastic results.

Happy New Year to all of my clients old & new!

CHAPS UK Judging Assessment, Cheshire 17th January 2010

Sarah & James made a long journey all the way to Cheshire to attend the CHAPS uk Judging Assessment..hoping to pass!!! it was a very tiring day with lots of practical, ridden & conformation tests. But to their delight they both passed.

Sarah has been put on the B panel for both ridden, conformation & In hand classes, and after a couple of shows she can be upgraded to the A panel!

James has also been put straight on the B panel for in hand & conformation. The accessors requested he does 2 probationary Judgings in ridden classes and he can join the Ridden panel too!

Overall a very successful day where a lot was learnt & both are very keen to get out judging.

GREAT CHART SHOW 3RD JANUARY

The first outing for 2010 was at Blue Barn EC, Kent. We took Atinas Chase the Ace, Mr Fahreinheit & Mr Brightside all ridden by Sarah Fortt.

Mr Fahreinheit & Mr Brightside entered the CHAPS Winter Restricted Qualifiers, they both won & qualified.

Mr Brightside also won & qualified in the Equifest Q.

Chase the Ace was entered in the Ponies Uk M&M large novice & open qualifiers where he gained a 1st & 2nd place & qualified for both!

A very good start to the season for a group of 4year olds and we left with 3 tired ponies & 3 very cold owners with big smiles!!!!!

2009 RESULTS & NEWS

**NEWS UPDATE*

The CHAPS Championship schedule has now been published and it has been confirmed that TOPCLASS PONIES is the proud sponsor of the Grading & Evaluation ring on Friday, 4th September and the In-hand finals on Sunday, 6th September!

GREAT CHART SHOW - 8TH MARCH

We took Minty & Peaches out for an early outing and it ended up a very successful day with both ponies being exceptionally well behaved! Peaches won & qualified in both the CHAPS Winter restricted & CHAPS junior ridden final; she also came 2nd in the in-hand class, qualifying for the summer champs. Minty was also very successful attaining a 1st & 2 2nds qualifying for 3 classes at the Ponies UK Summer Champs! .....not a bad day out for 2 4year olds at their first ridden show! Thanks to the owners, Denise & Margaret, for giving us the opportunity to work with two such beautiful ponies.

BSHA SOUTHERN SPRING SHOW - 21ST MARCH

Great day had by all! Janus finished a respectable 2nd in the RIHS H/W Cob qualifier; he qualified for the Irish Draught Challenge & BSHA National Champs. Teleman won his Maxi Cob class, qualifying for RIHS 2009 & BSHA National Champs. Blueprint was a good boy but was unplaced in the RHIS L/W Cob qualifier, although this was a huge class with some very strong contenders!

THANKS TO LISHA, RICH & JANAY LEEMAN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE SOME FAB HORSES. ONWARDS & UPWARDS FOR 2009 WITH SOME EARLY TICKETS IN HAND.

MULBERRY PARK SHOW 29TH MARCH.

Had a lovely day in the sunshine; we took Peaches & Cream, Floreat Melissa, Janus & Blueprint lll.

Peaches had a good day doing 2 CHAPS UK Affiliated classes, gaining a 3rd & 4th; considering her age and depth of the competition, this was exceptionally good!! In the afternoon, Blueprint lll, ridden by Sarah, gained a creditable 4th in the L/W Cob RIHS qualifier (he was slightly on his toes on the fresh grass!). He then went on to win the afternoon Open Cob class - and went Champion!!

Janus & Lisha were up next and, as always, gave a foot perfect performance finishing 3rd behind Lynn Russell & Jayne Webber, in a very strong class. Janus then did a class in the afternoon with Janay on board and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves finishing in 2nd place.

Janay's Maxi Cob, Telemann, then gave a superb performance with Lynn Russell on board and finished in 1st place.

Floreat Melissa competed in the NPS M&M class with her new jockey on board and gave good performance to finish 4th; an excellent result considering this was their first outing together.

OVERALL A FANTASTIC TIME & SOME FAB RESULTS WERE HAD BY ALL. MANY THANKS TO SUE & CHLOE JENKINS FOR ALL THEIR HELP!!!!!

WRITTLE COLLEGE SHOWING SHOW 5TH APRIL

Took Tiger Tim & Snowberry Swan out for a little outing today; this was Timmy's first show with us and he went really well, getting pulled in 2nd initially although eventually moving down to 4th (he was very tired!). Snowberry Swan went well for Julie and finished 5th.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND SPRING SHOW 7TH-8TH APRIL.

Blueprint lll was first up in the L/W Cobs, finishing 4th with Sarah on board; Janus and Lisha finished 5th in the H/W Cobs and Teleman finished 2nd in the Maxi's class with Lynn Russell.

BSPS WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 10TH-12TH APRIL

Floreat Melissa had a good result in the Heritage B&C Final gaining her place in the evening performance and going on to get 5th place in a class of 19.

Peaches & Cream and Snowberry Swan made their visit on the Sunday with Snowberry Swan achieving 9th place - an amazing result for Julie, as this was her first affiliated show! Peaches went really well and behaved impeccably but didn't get a placing.

CHAPS UK STALLION & MARE GRADING

Finally - D Day arrived! All the weeks of hard work and preparation came into play......it was a very tense day for all involved but finished with tears of joy from both owners.Tiger Tim, owned by Theresa Dibble, shone when it mattered most; he sailed through the 5 stage vetting and then, after strutting his stuff in front of the grading panel, fininshed with a 1st Stage Approval. The panel commented that, when mature, he will be superb!

Peaches & Cream also had a great day and ended as the highest scoring mare of the day; Denise Kersley her owner, was ecstatic particularly as Peaches is home bred by Denise's Elite Graded Stallion, Bashful Bobby Dazzler!

Here at Top Class Ponies, we are very proud of Sarah who produced both ponies for the grading; Sarah worked incredibly hard and had to remain extremely focused throughout the day, although all her dedication proved worthwhile when both passed. it was especially pleasing that the panel commented on how well produced and turned out both Tiger Tim and Peaches were; they also noted the amazing bond Sarah had with both ponies.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT ON THE DAY(JULIE!) AND THE HELP I HAD AT HOME WITH THE PONIES FROM THE START ( SUE!!!) I COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALL.

PONIES UK SOUTH SHOW 2ND MAY

We headed off to Newbury today with Peaches & Janus for the RIHS BSPA qualifier; Janus has already qualified but this was Peaches' first attempt.

Peaches went perfectly and finished 4th behind 3 plaited ponies!

Janus then went on to do the Heavyweight Cob RIHS qualifier with Lisha and - to our amazement - they finished in 3rd place behind Lynn Russell & Jayne Webber. This means that Lisha and Janus already have their RIHS qualifier in the bag!!

CHAPS SOUTH EAST REGIONAL. 3RD MAY

A VERY BUSY DAY TO SAY THE LEAST , WITH 10 PONIES TO SHOW BETWEEN US ALL! SO I'LL JUST LIST TO SAVE CONFUSION!!!!

JUST TO SAY THANK-YOU TO ALL THE OWNERS, HELPERS, DRIVERS, GROOMS & CATERING - WE REALLY COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU ALL:

CHLOE, VINCE & SUE JENKINS, LISHA, RICH & JANAY LEEMAN, FIONA & MARK LODSKI, JULIE THICKPENNY, LIZ PROWSE, DENISE & ANDY KERSLEY BURKS. THERESA DIBBLE, MARK & KAREN BARDWELL

THE PONIES THAT PARTICIPATED WERE:

RINGMASTERS LEGACY, MILLIES MIRACLE, CHIEFTAN CHEROKEE, SHANTAINE JOSEPH, MONA LISA, PEACHES & CREAM, TIGER TIM, JANUS , RED RIBBONS, SNOWBERRY SWAN,

RESULTS AS FOLLOWS:

RINGMASTERS LEGACY, HANDLED BY JAMES BARDWELL, OWNED CHLOE JENKINS - OPEN YEARLINGS 2ND PLACE

MILLIES MIRACLE, HANDLED BY SARAH FORTT, OWNED BY MARK & FIONA - 5TH 2YO CLASS, 1ST WARMBLOOD IN HAND.

CHIEFTAN CHEROKEE, HANDLED BY JAMES BARDWELL, OWNED BY ANGELA TURPIN - 2ND 2YO CLASS.

SHANTAINE JOSEPH, HANDLED BY SARAH FORTT, OWNED BY LIZ PROWSE - 5TH 3YO CLASS.

MONA LISA, HANDLED BY JAMES BARDWELL, OWNED BY LISHA LEEMAN - 4TH 3YO CLASS, 4TH NATIVE IN HAND.

PEACHES & CREAM, RIDDEN BY CHLOE JENKINS, OWNED BY DENISE KERSLEY- 2ND NCT RIDDEN, 1ST IN HAND

TIGER TIM, RIDDEN BY SARAH FORTT, OWNED BY THERESA DIBBLE - 3RD NCT RIDDEN, 1ST IN HAND

SNOWBERRY SWAN, RIDDEN & OWNED BY JULIE THICKPENNY - 5TH RIDDEN NNP, 5TH IN HAND NNP

RED RIBBONS, RIDDEN BY SARAH FORTT, OWNED BY LISHA LEEMAN - 4TH NNH RIDDEN, 2ND STYLE & PERFORMANCE, 1ST HUNTER TYPE IN HAND

JANUS, OWNER/RIDER LISHA LEEMAN - 3RD CHAPS NCT HOYS QUALIFIER.

SOUTH SUFFOLK AG SHOW 10TH MAY.

Peaches & Janus were in together in the RIHS BSPA qualifier in a class of 13. First pull in saw Lisha & Jay in first place and Sarah on Peaches in third; Sarah needed at least a 3rd place to qualify and fortunately managed a foot perfect show to finish 2nd behind a plaited pony. Lisha finished 3rd. Sarah then went on to take Reserve Champion! As ever, thanks to Lisha, Rich & Janay for all your help - couldn't have done it without you!

ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW

Coloured day was our first visit to Windsor this year and a very successful day it was too! Peaches & Janus competed in the In-Hand and Ridden; Janus finished 6th In-Hand and 4th in the ridden.

Peaches finished 3rd in her Ridden class of 19! She was also the highest placed traditional. This was probably her best result yet under saddle as there was some serious competition in her class.

Next up were the Cobs; Sarah on Blueprint competed in the L/W Cob class and got soaked for her efforts! No placing this time but an enjoyable ride given by Blueprint.

Lisha & Janus were up next in a large H/W Cob class; the sun was shining and they performed great, gaining 6th place!

OVERALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME & A GOOD WALK ROUND THE STALLS. WILL DEFINITELTY BE BACK NEXT YEAR!!!

HERTS COUNTY SHOW

Peaches & Cream has another fantastic day out, starting off with winning the In-Hand class with Sarah, beating a Graded stallion plus some other worthy competition!

And so on to the ridden class.......it was a RIHS qualifier so mixed native and non-native. We finished a creditable 4th behind 3 plaited HoYS ponies so was fairly pleased. Peaches, as always, went like a dream.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A HUGE WELL DONE TO ONE OF MY PUPILS WHO WON THE OPEN RIDDEN CLASS & WENT RESERVE RIDDEN CHAMPION. WELL DONE THRESEA & 'QUITE BY CHANCE'. XX

BATH & WEST SHOW

We took the long drive over to Somerset with Peaches & Janus on board.

Janus & Lisha gained a 3rd place in the H/W Cob class on the Wednesday and finished 9th in the Coloured HoYS qualifier on the Thursday.

In the CHAPS NCT Pony class we had 2 ponies representing Top Class Ponies, both belonging to Denise Kersley. Sarah rode the Elite Graded Stallion & sire of Peaches, Bashful Bobby Dazzler, to 6th place gaining the 2nd highest ride mark of the class. Chloe Jenkins rode Peaches & Cream to perfection, gaining the 3rd highest ride mark in the class and finishing 7th overall.

On to the In-Hand Coloured class with Bobby finishing 2nd and Peaches 5th.

Daddy & Daughter

WILLOWS SHOW

GREAT OUTING HAD TODAY BY ALL, WE TOOK SNOWBERRY SWAN WITH NEW OWNER JULIE THICKPENNY, LADDY OWNED/RIDDEN BY CHLOE JENKINS & SHANTAINE JOSEPH OWNED BY LIZ PROWSE HANDLED BY SARAH FORTT.

IT WAS A REALLY HOT DAY & A GOOD MOOD WAS SET WITH ALL 3 PONIES BEING EXEPTIONALLY WELL BEHAVED & LOOKING IMMACULATE. JULIE & BLUE ENDED UP WINNING 3 RIDDEN CLASSES GETTING RIDDEN CHAMPION & RESERVE SUPREME.

CHLOE HAD A FAB TIME DOING 2 CLASSES, SHE WON 1 & WAS 2ND TO JULIE IN ANOTHER THEN WENT ON TO TAKE RESERVE CHAMPION TO JULIE.

JOSEPH WAS A VERY GOOD BOY CONSIDERING THIS WAS HIS SECOND EVER OUTING. HE WAS 1ST IN THE IN HAND COLOUREDS & 3RD IN YOUNGSTOCK CLASS.

SO A HUGE CONGRATULAIONS TO JULIE AS THIS WAS HER FIRST WIN WITH BLUE & A BIG PAT ON THE BACK FOR CHLOE & LADDY WITH THEIR FIRST WIN UNDER SADDLE, CHLOE HAS WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THIS PONY & NOW IT IS ALL PAYING OFF.

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY

Well what more could we have asked for....Bluprint III collected his HOYS ticket in the lightweight cobs with sarah by winning their class, and then was 5th in a very strong irish draught class. Lisha & Janus were very close in their HOYS qualifiers... the Heavyweight cob & the coloureds. Jay went really well & lisha is improving all the time.

HICKSTEAD DERBY MEETING

Well we had 5 at hickstead on coloured day, and what a successful day it was in classes of over 30....in the non native class we had Kellys Dream with sarah & snowberry swan with julie. On the first pull in snowberry swan was pulled in 6th and kellys dream was quite low. Things changed after the individual shows and kellys dream finished in 2nd place gaining her a place in the main ring championship, snowberry swan was not placed in the top 6 but julie was pleased with her initial pull in.

The NCT class saw Janus, Tiger Tim and peaches & cream. The first pull in was great lisha was pulled in 2nd, Timmy 5th & peaches 7th. But unfortunately after our shows things changed and none of them got into the top 6 to parade in the main ring.

The afternoon was the in hand classes and we hit the top!!!! after the nct boys had some good placings it was the non native class for Kellys dream, well...she won her class of over 20 horses. Then went in hand coloured champion!!

thanks for everones help at this show, it was an amazing day and we all had a fabulous time...topped off with a lovely lunch outside the lorries!

THE ROYAL SHOW

Kellys dream & Bluprint III went to the royal, The classes were absolutely huge but kellys dream was 9th in her HOYS qualifier.

KENT COUNTY

Coloured day was a success with kellys dream, she won her ridden class and was reserve champion, then won her in hand class and was reserve again! what an achivement for this fab little mare in her first season. Blueprint III then went on cob day to his HOYS qualifier and came a very respectable 3rd in a good class.

ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW

On the first day at RIHS was coloureds day, we had 3 ponies competing the classes were massive....over 40 ponies in some classes!!! peaches & cream was first in she went really well and was pulled in about 10th to begin with but was unplaced. Kellys dream was up next she went ok but was slightly unsettled at times but it still saw her with a 9th place. Then it was janus turn, again he went amazingly well but didnt see a placing! we had a fab day anyway.

Next up was cob day, Lisha & janus finished 5th in the amateurs which she was over the moon with.

NEW FOREST SHOW

This is one of my favourite shows of the season, we were competing in the coloured HOYS & cob HOYS qualifiers. Cobs were first....Blueprint III had a good pull in the LW then finished 6th, in the coloureds Kellys dream finished 5th, Travellers Fortune finished 4th on his first outing this season and janus was 6th! no tickets to take home but a great day had by all.

WINCANTON HORSE SHOW

My first visit to this show and i enjoyed it, cobs were first up. Blueprint III won his lightweight class, and janus was a very close 2nd place in the heavyweights..so close to qualyfing!!!!! Kellys dream was next in the coloureds she won her in hand sports pony class and was in hand coloured champion with lisha, then she won her ridden with sarah

PONIES UK

Peaches & cream and tiger tim were competing, in the my little nutmeg novice pony, peaches was 2nd and timmy finished 3rd. then peaches went on to take 1st reserve champion. The restricted coloureds saw timmy finish in 2nd place this was brilliant for him in such a big class. We also done the pairs class with brother & sister! They went really well together and being the only coloured hairy ponies competing we finished 4th in the evening performance.

BUCKS COUNTY

Janus, Blueprint III & kellys dream had a day at bucks county in the cob & coloured RIHS 2010 qualifiers. Blueprint III finished 5th in the lightweights. Janus was 2nd in his coloured class & qualified for 2010 RIHS with lisha & kellys dream was 4th.

EDENBRIDGE & OXSTED

Travellers Fortune had a good day here winning his in hand class of 38! he was then 2nd in the ridden again the class was huge of nearly 40! he went so well considering this is only his 2nd outing this season. Janus & lisha were in the heavyweight cobs they were initially pulled 4th and thats where they stayed again missing out on their HOYS qualifier.....

BSPA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Janus & Kellys dream were our contenders for this show. To start the day Kellys dream was in the Brightwells sports pony of the year, we had to do a dressage test, jump a workers course & do an individual show after the marks were put together she won! then went on to take reserve champion. she also finished 2nd with 70% in her dressage test. Janus had a good day winning his HW cob class, and gaining some good placings over the day. Lisha & sarah got into the evening performance with both ponies and had a great day with lots of laughs and plenty of rose!

CHAPS UK SUMER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Well where shall i start.....in all the team 11 ponies competing. It was a great weekend with lots of partying & tears of happiness. A great job was done by our grooms, drivers & helpers....you know who you are, and even when the going gets tough you all are still there with your help and support. id just like to say a HUGE THANKYOU xxxxx

Overall we took home in hand & ridden finals winners, a HOYS ticket, passed a mare grading, sack loads of rosettes and a stack of photos treasuring those speacial moments.

ill list some of the results.........

Peaches & cream.....1st nct ridden final, 1st & reserve champion junior ridden and lots of various placings.

Travellers fortune...1st HOYS qualifier & collected his ticket to birmingham....HOYS HERE WE COME

Snowberry swan....passed mare grading, 1st nn pony in hand final and other various placings.

Nortonhall smooth criminal....3rd nct foal class, 4th Foal futurity final

janus....2nd show cob in hand final, 5th show cob ridden final and various other placings.

dax....winner 2yo class.

mona lisa...winner best piebald

i will update more results of this show later when i have gathered them all up!!!!!