National Holiday: National Repeat Day. Poplar Place Farm June H. IEA H. Colorado Horse Park H. Waredaca H. Ocala Summer I H. Six of the fourteen horses presented were sold and Oliver Townend bought two. Today in random celebrity equestrian news, Wayne Newton offered to give Lady Gaga a horse. This is not a question. This is a cold, hard fact. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
He has jolly good reason to worry β the eleven-year-old Ascona M Cassaro x Naomi IV has gone from strength to strength over the last eighteen months, choosing more and more frequently to use her formidable talent for good, rather than evil. In doing so, she makes herself almost unbeatable, and she was just that this week, leading throughout to take the win in her final run before the German five-star.
Tim Price and Ascona M make light work of the final water combination. For example, with the flying changes, she can claim that she never saw that aid coming, and what the hell were you thinking?! I have to be the diplomat in the relationship! But a few sassy head-tosses notwithstanding, she picked her way over the twisty course, never threatening to touch a rail. Although her exuberant jumping style meant that she and Tim added 1. Photo courtesy of Tatts. If there was a question mark hanging over her as she left the start box, it had been well and truly dissipated by the time she crossed the finish, three seconds under the optimum time of Her exuberant, attacking style had been her downfall last autumn, when she took an enormous leap over a log drop into the water at Pau and consequently stumbled upon landing but today, she looked confident and calculated as she tackled the final water on course.
From there, she was home free, and Tim was able to enjoy a fitting conclusion to a busy week in Ireland. In the beginning [of our careers], when we were really struggling, Tattersalls was so kind to us and really helped us to keep the show on the road.
Between them, Tim and wife Jonelle had five horses to manage throughout the week β and they also had their young son, Otis, along for the ride. Otis Price stands to attention for the national anthem of New Zealand. Vinci de la Vigne and Kazuma Tomoto: fast, economical, and enormously determined to the end. This week has been a crucial fact-finding mission for the Japanese rider, and an exciting prospect for committed followers of JapanWatch. Those watching in suspense will have been gratified to see that the partnership between man and horse already looks well-established, with Kazu taking calculated risks and riding seamlessly at speed throughout the tricky combinations on course.
