The summer holiday break just went too fast! We hope you all had some super family entertainment and rest, as we did! For us owning a property there is not a lot of time to relax! The horses had a few weeks off, we don’t like to leave them too long as they take longer to bring back up to competition-ready. (3 weeks is our minimum)
The team is now back in full swing, it is just awesome to attend Wallaby Hill Extravaganza – Taking a full truck all horses were just exceptional! Placings in the 1.25m 1.30m and 1.05m 🙂 Never a dull moment!!!! With Camden Hunter Trails 2 weeks later, again a full truck- 1*, 2* 3* and 4* runs in showjumping and XC- Camden looking exceptional after the rain and new XC jumps! All horses were again looking ready for the season to follow:)
Oceania AUS team goes to Hastings -NZ with Stuart as the chef d’équipe
We are delighted that the Australian senior team will have Stuart as the ‘team leader’ (English translation for chef d’équipe) 7th-10th March. With Stuart’s knowledge, and years in the sport, he can offer expertise and his mastery. The team has some new contenders from our ‘next generation’ which is exciting. Kenya Wilson (WA) Oliver Barrett (NSW) Olivia Barton (NSW) and Andrew Barnett (NSW) RES: Sophia Hill (VIC)
All will travel in the following week to Hastings to compete on
Chris Ross’s 4* course. Good Luck to all the team, their horses, and
grooms:)
Combining Stuart’s WA clinics, he was delighted to be invited to the EWA AWARDS night to present some awards in Eventing- Thanks for the invite EWA!! It is always lovely to see our Olympians still in the sport and giving back 🙂
APRIL- The Australian 3DE : Stuart assistant CD 5* and Gemma rides 3*
APRIL is going to be a big month for The Tinney family- Being involved in The Australian 3DE in Adelaide is always a privilege and we love it! 18th-21st – This year Stuart will continue his education and be assistant 5* designer to Mike Ethrington- Smith. (His plan is to ride 4* on
Kerry Blair and Alice Weller’s ‘Viennese’ at The Melbourne International 3de June 7th-10th). Gemma will take ‘PHS Hilton’ (hopefully) 3* AUS3de. Gemma has also made the decision to go to the UK for 18 months+ which every young ambitious Event rider tends to do- it has the events, the competitions and she wants the experience. Of course, we will sooooo miss her 🙁 but a few trips to see her will break it up no doubt!
Can we just take a moment to thank our amazing sponsors: BATES Saddles, CopRice, Horseland plus CEVA Equine, including ECOMIST, HIDEZ and PROTEQ equine bedding.
CALENDAR
MARCH: 3/4th Stuart WA Course Design at CAPEL.
MARCH: 4th-10th Stuart Chef d’équipe HASTINGS NZ Oceania Australian Team
MARCH 9th/10th Sydney @SIEC: Gemma 3* Hilton, 1* Fernhill Aisling Star
MARCH 16th/17th Canberra: Stuart: 2* Caruso, 95cm Catsh -Gemma 3* Hilton, 2* Fernhill Aisling Star
MARCH 23/24th TIE (FEI) Stuart Viennese 4* (Back up for Gemma as above)
APRIL 6th/7th SCONE @Elliston ALL horses and riders!
Cheers from TE