Wallaby Hill- Sydney Ode- Awards plus Stuarts big announcement

We always LOVE going to Wallaby Hill. There is nothing like the first event of the season to be fun, fabulous and totally ridiculous! It is an event where you can get your ponies out after the holidays, jump some great courses on great ground, plus best of all get dressed up and get  primed with champs in the VIP tent 🙂

We took some of our lovely new imports to Wallaby Hill. We took Wasabi, Daisy, Daydream, Leo, Diabolo and Celebration. All of them were magnificent- so happy to have such a great team plus Alex and Derek opening their amazing property run by them plus their amazing team.

We took Celebration (Elisabeth Brinton’s) and Diabolo (Tim Games) to Sydney CIC with great results Dab winning the CIC* and Celebration winning the CIC**. With Stuart taking the ride of Dab while Gemma is out- obviously well-trained Gemma 🙂

Great start to the month too with accolades and awards, With War Hawk NSW horse of the year, Stuart event rider of the year, plus the announcement that Stuart will be Chef D’Équipe for the Australian event team at WEG 2018 (in USA). We just love this beautiful photo of The Huskinson family, owners of War Hawk. Also, Neil Lavis presenting the awards.

Great new look for CopRice feeds, fabulous bags plus Performer replacing Show and Comp 🙂

Calendar: March

10/11 Canberra: Sir Pepper, Leporis, Diabolo, Wasabi

24/25 Berima (same as above)

Firstly Happy New Year to you all – ALREADY 2018 with a full year planned here at  TE. With a group of super young imports we hope to have them out and about early in the season. War Hawk will be pressing on to try and gain selection for WEG  which is being held in Tryon North Carolina USA . September 13th start. If successful both horse and rider will be leaving our shores August 2018 .

We are also very pleased to announce that our very own WANDA has been recognised for her fabulous performances in 2017. She joins the National ‘Recognition Squad’ alongside WAR HAWK and Gemma with ANNAPURNA. We are also proud of our groom/rider Tara Rogers who has also gained qualification for the ‘Recognition Squad’ on her horse HUNTER BALLIMORE. Congratulations 🙂

To top a great 2017 eventing season -we are thrilled that Corinna and Darren Huskinson’s WAR HAWK wins NSW Horse of the Year ( Eventing)- May be a rowdy Awards night ! Come join us at The Inglis’s new venue ‘The Big Bran’ William Inglis Hotel Warwick Farm- WED 21st Feb, tickets on sale now- Contact Andrea@ensw.org.au

Both Karen and Gemma upgrade their NCAS coaching accreditation. Gemma now a LEVEL 1 General and Karen now a LEVEL 2 Eventing. With Stuart as a LEVEL 3 Eventing we can offer ALL levels of riding lessons from pony club, Interschools and above.

We will be holding ‘day clinics’ for those who would like to join us . With a show jumping session in the morning and a Cross Country session after lunch. Keep an eye on nominate and our fb page for dates and venues.

Gemma especially is keen to coach  and will travel to you 🙂

Calendar for FEB:

11th FEB:  Wallaby Hill Extravaganza: Wasabi, Daisy and Dalenna Daydream.

17/18th FEB : Sydney @SIEC

Gemma – Anna and Diabolo- Stuart – Celebration and Leporis

Cheers, Tinney Eventing

As its only a few weeks before Christmas we would like to do a quick news before our Christmas collage – running a little late, however we have had a massive few weeks with a trip to Adelaide 4* where Corinna and Darren Huskinson’s ‘War Hawk’ sat on the podium with a very proud 3rd. Off the back of Adelaide was Wallaby Hill 3* where our own ‘Wanda’ also got on the podium in the 2* with a 2nd. Adelaide was as always an amazing event, but saddened with the passing of its founder Gill Rolton who had been battling cancer and passed away aptly on CC day. We have such fond memories of times with Gill and she will be deeply missed.

In respect Stuart wore Gill’s memorial band in his show jump round.

As our year draws to a close, another big one for TE  some changes plus new imports. We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors Bates, CopRice, Horseland and Ceva, all have been with us for almost 18 years ( feeling old!) Plus Ecomist and Proteq, both products can be found in our yard and we would struggle without them.

Owners- John and Jane Pittard ( Pluto and Anna) Corinna and Darren Huskinson ( War Hawk) Tim Game ( Diabolo and Medusa who is now jumping with Jess Brown) plus ‘Celebration’ and his owner Elisabeth Brinton- You guys are all awesome and

WE LOVE AND THANK YOU ALL

Since we last wrote we have been to 2 events- Goulburn CIC and the weekend passed Sydney @ SIEC fundraiser. In between preparing for these events we have enjoyed introducing our three new German imports to Australia- however they all think its winter here- so 3 clips coming up !!

It was fabulous to have an event of such calibre in the lead up to Adelaide 4*- War Hawk certainly looking great all weekend taking the win in the 3 * – Not far behind (3rd) was Gemma on John and Jane Pittards Annapurna followed by our own Wanda 4th- Wanda stepping up to 3*.

We were recently sent some facts from the committee of Sydney @ SIEC event ( hence the fundraiser)- What we all take for granted is that we all have the unique opportunity to ride at an existing Olympic Games venue – maybe one of the only purpose built equestrian Olympic venues that still operate. It is always going to be costly to have such an incredible facility with very high rental due to resources and upkeep. We here at TE are always thankful we can continue to have these events with great patronage we can all enjoy our eventing for many years to follow- Keep the support up- we love SIEC.

We were recently invited to give a talk for the Youth Squad for Dressage conducted by DNSW. Great few days, engaging these very enthusiastic dressage riders- well done to the organizers  (thanks Mandy !) Introducing them all to the holistic side- as well as training there was horse management. We spoke about ‘how to run a successful horse business’ which included horse welfare , plus alot of medal holding, photos SPONSOR poster signing!! Great night, we all had fun.

SPONSOR endorsement for October is ECOMIST insect repellent. We are just such supporters of ECOMIST- as well as our farrier, vet, staff and riders ! With 3 ECOMIST in our stable block we can swear that the flies are not at all interested in hanging around us ! PLUS we always take one in our truck for events – PLUS in our entertaining area ( not that we entertain much !) but we do have many family dinners outside- As its just comfortable with NO insects – also it keeps the spider webs away too ! WE JUST LOVE ECOMIST – www.ecomist.com.au

Well you know when you have a bad to average event it makes you more determined for the next ! It must be why we just love this sport as there is always room for improvement, horse and rider- plus we are always trying to understand our horses ! Goulburn was certainly an fabulously organized event as always- but a couple of our horse, rider were not ‘on their game’ ! However Elisabeth Brinton’s ‘Celebration’ and our ‘Wanda’ both performed exceptionally for their level 🙂

We have some super news from Horseland with the addition of Gemma to their team of sponsored riders. ‘ I was very excited to join the Horseland team of sponsored riders, I know I have big shoes to fill alongside dad and the rest of their sponsored riders, but I will try to represent the brand as best I can ‘ Gemma said

http://www.horseland.com.au/blog/making-it-a-family-affair-welcome-gemma-tinney/

September saw us go to Waratah Show jumping @ SIEC with our team. War Hawk  and Wanda just jumped fabulously placing in their respective classes with ribbons in the 1.25 and 1.30m- The younger horses, Celebration, Leporis and Diabolo (with Gemma) all jumped well, looking very special for the future.

SYDNEY @ SIEC Eventing

Finally we had an event. It was perfect that our horses had been out jumping the weeks prior, they were all settled and worked beautifully. Stuart nearly claimed the Tri Fecta- however it was not to be in the 1 star on Darlis Reen’s Roskymar Prince Noreah (FOR SALE) , unfortunately Stuart got an error in the dressage when the boots did not come off before he trotted into the arena- A lesson to all ! ( sorry to dob you in Darlis!) Winning the 3 star on War Hawk  (owners Corinna and Darren Huskinson) plus winning the 2 star on our own Wanda. Both young imports Leporis and Celebration doing their 1st 1 star – Celebration ( owner Elisabeth Brinton) running 6th and Leo 14th. Both these 2 horses have taken to Eventing like ducks to water ! We are so pleased with their progress and attitude.

Our cute new imports and ‘Medusa’ jumps into mini prix’s with Jess Brown in the saddle

Some good news for us is that the 3 girls from Germany have all settled into their new lives in Australia. All have super brains and appear to have the talent to go with it- The 4 year old ‘Wasabi’  (Stuart is on) The 5 year old ‘Daleena Daydream’ ( Karen is on) and the 6 year old ‘Be my Daisy’ ( Gemma is on) YES that’s truly their names and we are sticking with them 🙂

We have also partnered with Equus Australia ( Rod, Cathy and Jess Brown) with ‘Medusa’ We are all very excited that ‘Dusa’ will be doing what she is very good at show jumping 🙂

SPONSORS

Every month we will feature products or information from two of our most loyal sponsors . This month we are going with Horseland and Bates saddles. Firstly it is so awesome to see Horseland sell such an amazing product range now, the choice of horse rugs, tack and the apparel and crash caps ! Plus one of our favourites Free Jump stirrups. It’s always an exciting going into a store ! We recently went to our local store  (DURAL) to attend their VIPizza night ! Great fun:) BATES saddles are the only saddles we choose to use on our horses, their range and fit is extensive, they are AUSTRALIAN made and they continue to evolve. We are so happy with their range. We can help you with your choice ( if you are local).. Our preferred dressage saddles are the Innova mono LUX , The Dressage LUX and for jumping the Elevation LUX. ( see picture on Elisabeth Brinton’s ‘Celebration’

Calendar:

Oct 14/15- Goulburn: War Hawk (3*) Wanda(2*) Leo, Celebration. (1*) Gemma: Anna (3*) Dab (105)

Nov 11/12th ( as above)

NOV 17-19th-ADELAIDE 3DE- War Hawk 4*

Dec 1-3rd Wallaby Hill 3DE (TBC)

Cheers, TE