There was Carol Bussey with her Coloured horse Max, at Pre - Level 1 they shone through with their horsemanship skills. A lovely surprise for Carol coming in with a score of 70 to finish in 2nd place. Using good judgement to tackle tasks at her level rather than try for the extra points and risk losing them all together.

Carole Ryan with Rocky, WOW!!!! I can't believe how much Carole has progressed with Rocky. He is like a different pony, where was the cheeky chap that reared and bucked and literally did as he pleased. Here instead Rocky is willing and playing and when Carole took him to do some liberty it was amazing to see him ears pricked trotting directly to Carole as she asked him to her.

Carole came in joint 4th place of the tournament along side Moira Dixon with scores of 50. Now Carole and Moira took on the tasks at the higher level and only things like touching the pole, not quite maintaining the pattern lost them points. However the skills displayed were clearly evident as their horses played along.

Ruth Cross with Sorcy did well coming in 3rd with 60 points, Sorcy just wasn't going to go sideways over the pole and found the yoyo through poles hard. The circling game went very well as did the tarp.

Maddie Gardener came in 1st with 80 points, scoring top marks in the first 2 games put her in a good lead but then dropped in her scores. With others catching up Maddie managed to stick in there and keep her place.

The prizes. the knowledge gained, the fun factor and the joys of being with others having a great time. It wasn't about the winning, it wasn't about prizes. No. it was being with your horse and communicating.

Many spectators came to watch and the words "I'm totally blown away with what I am seeing, it's amazing" was just one of the comments.