Another wonderful Wodehouse Reference, ‘Elstar STM Z’, doing great things at the Sunshine Tour!
We have loved watching this new partnership go from strength to strength, jumping 9 clear rounds at 1m30 and 1m35 level across the tour with 8 placings! What a perfect team they make; the future looks bright for these two!
Small, but mighty. Wodehouse Reference ‘Billy Colman’ is nothing but. Together with young rider Summer Tanner, Colman delivered no less than 5 wins and 10 top 10 placings over the course of their time in the Sunshine Tour.
They concluded their time in the Spanish sunshine with Colman taking Summer to new heights jumping her first ever 1m45 LR class! It was great to be able to visit and watch them in action live! Congratulations team on a fantastic tour! We predict an exciting year ahead for this combination.
2020 155cm gelding by 1m55 show jumper Escape Z with Quidam on the motherline
Uno has been in our stable since we acquired him as a yearling and has truly been a pleasure to do in all ways. He has a lovely sweet nature and has answered every question asked of him and more in his education so far.
He began his competitive career at the tail end of this year, doing a handful of shows before having a winter holiday. In that short period, he has already been a winner in the British Novice class and jumped double clear in his first Discovery (1m) class.
Uno is a super jumper with a textbook technique and great respect for the fences, but is also very brave and forward thinking. He is very elastic and athletic in the body and light & uphill in his ride and way of going. He would be the perfect ladies horse or first horse off ponies for a young rider.
Uno also has the WOW factor when it comes to looks. He is a super flashy model and looks just like his father, Escape Z!
Uno rides beautifully on the flat also, including clean lead changes both ways.
We are so proud to see Wodehouse Reference ‘Elstar STM Z’ already doing great things together with his new rider Camilla Siekman at their first show together with already lots of clear rounds and placings in Oliva Nova MET I! Looking forward to following them competing at the Sunshine Tour in the coming weeks!
Emotional week as we waved goodbye to a firm favourite in the Wodehouse family. Wishing the best of luck to Elvis in his new home!
A very sad goodbye after 4 years under the saddle of @atiya.bussey He will be greatly missed, but we are excited to watch him go on to do great things with his new rider! Watch this spaceβ¦
We have lost count of the amount of victories and top placings that Summer & Colman have accumulated over the past year. A true match made in heaven! They topped off a fantastic week at Hickstead with a top 10 placing in the Douglas Bunn Challenge taking on some of the iconic derby fences with ease. Congratulations to everyone involved in this success story!
2018 163cm gelding by Justice HL out of a mare by the 1m55 jumper I’m Special de Muze
Nic Nac is the dream horse. He is a super commercial type in being a beautiful model, paired with a flashy, careful jumper! He has a great mentality and is a really lovely horse to work with.
Nic Nac started his year jumping the 6 year old classes at the AndalucΓa Sunshine Tour in Spain with great success, showcasing his great athletic ability and promise for the sport. After a well deserved summer holiday, he has picked up right where he left off jumping almost always clear rounds at Newcomers & Foxhunter level in the UK.
Nic Nac is very easy to ride so would equally as well suit an amateur rider. He has established flatwork, including clean lead changes both ways. He has been with us since the beginning of his 3 year old year and has been a pleasure to produce and very straight forward with all questions asked. A really lovely genuine horse who would make a great addition to any riders string!
2019 167cm homebred gelding by Cevin Z out of our previous 1m50 jumping mare Billy Comme Ca, by Billy Congo
Eli is the sweetest horse with a lovely kind nature, truly anyone could ride him. For this reason, he would be a great horse for an amateur to develop with, but equally he shows the potential for a professional stable to take on to produce in the sport.
Eli has lightly competed at the tail end of this year, to start his competitive career with great success. In his first three competitions he jumped 3/3 Discovery (1m) double clears & also stepped up to jump a Newcomers (1m10) double clear.
Eli is super brave, always wants to be careful on the fences and has a great mentality. He loves showing and has great enthusiasm in the ring! He really loves his job and would be a really lovely genuine horse for someone to grow with and have a lot of fun on!
Eli is lovely to ride on the flat, including clean lead changes both ways. He is a pleasure to do in everyday life and a lovely person to have on the yard.
Bittersweet day for us as we announce the sale of Florida VDL.
Rosso has been a huge part of our stable for the past 5 years. He came to us as a gangly 7-year-old jumping 90cm, but by the end of that first year he was jumping already 1m40 classes with ease. Since then he has taken both India & Atiya around their first 2* Grand Prixs, won Puissances at some of the biggest shows and got India selected for her first Young Riders Nations Cup team.
His big personality will be greatly missed on the yard, but we are really looking forward to seeing him campaigning across the pond with his new rider and wish them the very best of luck!