‘HOT GERMAN HORSES’

With a huge gap in the calendar, what else would you do but take yourselves off to the European summer and ride horses in their heat wave ! Great introduction for a move to Australia we hope. With all that sorted, which takes some organizing, we have made some lovely purchases.

The trip started in Germany where we saw some nice horses,  some average ones and 3 SUPER ones!! Which of course we bought.

Three mares,  4yo Hanoverian Decurio/Wanderfurst (Diarado line) 5yo Oldenburg Darkdream/Saint Cloud (Donnerhall line) and 6yo Hanoverian Barclay/Davignon 1 ( Belissimo M line)

All 3 have now landed in Australia and will be with us end of their quarantine late August. (pictures next news) With our horses also having a midyear break, we have had them all back in work for 5 weeks and took them off to THE RIDERS SERIES  first show for 2 months- It was windy and bitter,  however the horses did not seem to care! Stuart took 4 ( War Hawk, Wanda, Leporis and Celebration) Gemma riding Diabolo. Saturday saw War Hawk 5th -1.20m, all the younger horses jumping super without a place. Sunday War Hawk came 3rd in the 1.30m and Wanda 5th in the 1.20m. Big classes so very happy with them all. We are taking the team show jumping for the next few weekends before we get back into our Eventing Season finally 🙂

FUN, FAMILY , PASTIES and some work:) in  CORNWALL and UK

We had a lovely few days with family, visiting old pubs, wine bars and yes Cornish pasties ( sorry no pics, sad face)

While Karen came back to Australia to get the yard ready for the coming events plus settle Steph into her new business- (quietly wanted to get the garage sale sorted 🙂 Stuart head off to Aachen to support the AUS team- which was an amazing event by all accounts.  Aachen or Garage sale- priorities may be somewhat front to back !

JUST A SHORT MESSAGE TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS- AGAIN WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT: Corinna and Darren Huskinson, John and Jane Pittard, Tim Game, Elisabeth Brinton and SPONSORS: Bates, Horseland, CopRice and Ceva. With Gratitude to Proteq and Ecomist

CALENDAR:

WARATAH : Show Jumping @ SIEC 25/26th AUG: War Hawk, Wanda, Leporis, Celebration and Gemma Diabolo.

SYDNEY SPIRING Champs Show jumping @ Clarendon 1-3rd SEPT ( all of the above)

SYDNEY @ SIEC 9/10th SEPT: War Hawk 3*, Wanda 2*, Celebration 1* Leporis Ev105- Gemma Annapurna 3*

CANBERRA : TBA ( possibly the same as above depending on ground)

We are finally excited to announce that Steph Bender Equestrian will partner Tinney Eventing from 1st August 2017. Steph has spent the last 4 years in Germany and has returned to Australia to run her business out of Tinney Eventing. Steph will be offering affordable agistment and training packages plus lessons. For information call Steph 0411 093 651 or email steph_bender@live.com

Stuart, Karen and Gemma will be concentrating on producing quality horses for Olympics, World Championships and for sale.  We will also be offering more time for coaching on and off site. Alongside Steph, Tinney Eventing can offer 4 tiers of coaching  from the inexperienced/novice to the elite levels. Teaching all 3 Olympic disciplines, dressage, show jumping and Cross Country.

A BIT ABOUT STEPH

Steph is a 4 star event rider, Advanced dressage rider and high level showjumper. Steph is a Level 1 NCAS general (training for her level 2 ) plus German trainer B (Level 2) eventing coach, plus she has over 15 years coaching experience. We are very excited about our restructure here at Tinney Eventing. Steph ‘s aim is to run a very professional yard and will be offering the following here in Maraylya

Affordable AGISTMENT/TRAINING packages and LESSONS – top training at your finger tips. There will be spots for riders and their horses. Steph can offer all aspects of horse management in a peaceful environment with expert advice. The facilities has consistently produced horses from novice level to Olympic and World Class.

Stuart, Karen and Gemma will remain at the property with their many top and up and coming horses

Here at Tinney Eventing we will be working together so we can offer guidance/mentoring/ advice at all levels- For  example, Interschool students with parents that feel totally ‘lost’ we can introduce you to the system and make the transition from training to the competition less stressful. We can even help you find the right horse, which can be also very dramatic for the rider and purchaser.

FOR enquires regarding coaching/clinics/ mentoring with Tinney Eventing- info@tinneyeventing.com

MELBOURNE Oceania Championships

WOW its midyear already! 2 major 3 day events within a month of each other- Firstly, deserving of the front page was Melbourne’s International Oceania Champs. What a great event all round for its 60th Year celebration.  Great weather and fabulous crowds- You have to give it to Melbourne for the crowds-it was packed!!

Both Stuart and Gemma competing in the AUSTRALIAN Team. Stuart in the Senior team on Corinna and Darren Huskinson’ WAR HAWK and Gemma on John and Jane Pittars’s ANNAPURNA   Young Rider team. Well Gemma stole the limelight ( again) with a fabulous individual 2nd in the CCI** plus AUSTRALIA winning 🙂 Stuart on War Hawk a credible 5th in the CCI*** but AUSTRALIA letting the win go to NEW ZEALAND- This time!  JUST LOVE the picture of Gemma with her team mates-  Tayah Andrew, Olivia Barton, Shanae Lowing and coach Will Enzinger.

Gemma was also very privileged to receive the Caitlyn Fischer Memorial award (best performed young rider in the CCI**) which was presented by her mother Ailsa and father Mark. What an honour and a lovely way to keep Caitlyn’s memories.  We are so proud of the Fischer family and their strength plus proud of Gemma earning this trophy.

Channel 9 also took full advantage of the Father /Daughter team selection airing a great piece on the event.

August is a ‘changing’ month for us, with Stephanie Bender now starting her business alongside Tinney Eventing.  We are excited for the change of direction and hope to have more time to train our great team of horses.

‘Celebration’ wins the Young Event Horse.

SYDNEY International 3DE

Sydney International saw Stuart and Gemma run round the CIC*** in their prep for Melbourne. A lovely event for the horses, Stuart coming in 3rd and Gemma taking it quietly to come 8th. However the focus was on The Young Event horse for Stuart and Elisabeth Brinton’s ‘Celebration’ known as Charlie.  He is a super horse with loads of potential for the future.

The Event calendar slows up now, so quiet times for a few weeks at TE. Looking forward to a trip to Europe. Again we want to do a shout out to our loyal sponsors : COPRICE feeds, BATES saddles, HORSELAND and CEVA. Plus PROTEQ and ECOMIST. We and our horses love being part of your team. Plus our owners, thank you for all your continued support.  TE

Not sure where the past 8 weeks have gone, but we normally knuckle down and have enough news monthly, but a slow start to the season with the inclement weather, cancelled/postponed events we started to get used to the slower pace!  With a trip to Brisbane for the EA National awards, where Stuart was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his contribution to the GOLD medal at the SYDNEY OLYMPICS-  It was lovely to have the family together at the NSW Sports Awards, especially Jaymee who is busy finishing her double degree at Macquarie Uni, plus working full time 🙂  March too saw both Stuart and Gemma long listed for the OCEANIA Australian team, Stuart for the senior squad and Gemma for the Young Rider. ( Melbourne 3DE )

March was a busy month for awards plus nominations. Stuart being nominated for NSW Sports person 2016. We were honoured to receive Stuart’s induction into the EA Sports Hall of fame.

It was lovely to get out to a competition after so many delays- Equestriad certainly know how to do an event ! Great OC /volunteers and super vibe all round.

TE took out a full truck- We celebrated Stuart’s win on Elizabeth Brinton’s ‘Celebration’ and again with Gemma’ s win in her first CIC***.  Alice Wheeler’s ‘Sir Pepper’ 4th- Corinna and Darren Huskinson’ s ‘War Hawk’ 12th- With Wanda coming in 9th. Gemma and Anna, owned by John and Jane Pittard coped with the down pour during her CC round like a real pro ! We are all so proud of Gemma and her growing partnership with Anna, we are looking forward to watching their journey.

Briefly, we just took a sneaky trip down to Tasmania, with brother Dave ! Great place, totally loved it, every bit of it ! Thank you Tasmania for such a fabulous eye opener on how amazing you are with so many things to do !

Calendar

MAY 13/14th

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL:

WAR HAWK : CIC***,CELEBRATION- Young Event horse and 105m, LEPORIS : Ev105m

WANDA : CIC*

ANNA: CIC*** Gemma

MAY 27th/28th

BERRIMA:  TBA

JUNE 9-12th

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL 3DE

( Oceania Challenge) WAR HAWK CCI*** -ANNA: CCI** or CCI***

February started with Trump, Mexicans,  show jumping in the cool mist-VIP, new ponies an exciting day at Wallaby Hill Extravaganza. What could top that ? Alas normality came all too soon with mainstream eventing at Sydney ODE the following weekend. Capped with the NSW Sports awards where Stuart had been nominated for NSW Athlete of the year with 4 other finalists.

Wallaby Hill Extravaganza’s Eventers verse Show jumpers- The Mexicans, Gemma and Kenya holding up Donald-only to make a quick getaway on Wanda! Chased closely by Gemma on Medusa  jumping the wall- opps fence !

SYDNEY Eventing at SIEC

Sydney at SIEC is always a great event to start the year, however this one was plagued with severe thunderstorms with many holds during Friday and Saturday. Sunday was super, ground fabulous and all our new Germans taking to their new job superbly. After a quick exhausting trip to Germany we chose some super new horses for our team.

Wanda wins the EvA105, Elisabeth Brinton’s Celebration 3rd in the 95cm

3 Germans are introduced to Australia’s summer!!

We are excited to introduce to you. “Leporis” owned by TE,  “Celebration” owned by Elisabeth Brinton and a super 4 year old ” Diabolo” owned by Tim Game and Karen Tinney. “Diabolo” will have some time in the dressage ring (hopefully!) with Karen and competed by Gemma.

Topping our month was the NSW Sports awards, Stuart was nominated alongside some of the best athletes in NSW. An honour to be nominated, however not the winner (sad face)

Just a reminder that CopRice have brand new packaging for their NutriRice range, same great product with a new look. Also a reminder that ALL our horses are fed CopRice feeds.

Calendar: MARCH/APRIL

4/5th SCONE State Champs- Leporis, Celebration and Gemma on Annapurna.

25th- HRC Dressage: DIABOLO Karen

1/2 April- ALBURY CIC- War Hawk, Leporis, Celebration and Gemma on Annapurna

22/23rd April- EQUESTRIAD CIC- War Hawk, Leporis, Celebration and Gemma on Annapurna.