All the latest from the stables
MARCH 2016
HORSE AND PEOPLE NEWS
There’s a slight nip in the air - winter is on
it’s way! Remember to make sure all your
horse blankets are washed, repaired and
ready for the first cold snap.
Our condolences go out to Andy on the
passing of his father.
We have lots of new faces (human and
equine) at the stables. Welcome to Tiffany
and her Boerperd, Conjo; Anne-marie and
her horse, Gypsy Honour and to Paige with
her horse, Woody. We wish you all many
happy riding days ahead with us.
Congratulations to Sugar who has bought a
new horse, a Warmblood called Rutum. As
a family, they have also taken over Noma
for Kiera to ride.
KEP EASTER FESTIVAL
1st Mariska on Dollar’s Power, 2nd
Courtney on Jungle Call, 3rd Rebecca on
Orion, 4th Elizabeth on Eagle’s Gold, 5th
Mariska on Winter Sport, 6th Rebecca on
Top Cat, 7th Lucy on Vivienne, 8th Gordon
on Clover, 9th Cameron on Orion, 10th
Zoya on Kammi, 11th Sonja on Percy, 12th
Dushanka on Asterix, 13th Dushanka on
Asterix
Mariska on Cisco in 1m jumping were 4th,
9th and 7th. Mariska also rode Celine’s
Hello Sailor in 1m jumping. Natalie on
Lauren’s Ferdinand were 4th and 7th
in Prelim dressage. Natalie on Celine’s
Hello Sailor were 6th and 7th in Novice
dressage. Natalie on Gillian’s Mailon
won Working Hunter and Working Riding
Horse Championship. Natalie on Wendy’s
Dollar’s Power were 2nd and 4th in Prelim
dressage. On Antoinette, Natalie placed
4th in Elementary dressage. And on her
own Clearwater Bay she place 4th in
Show Hack. Tammy rode Lunar in Novice
dressage.
CLASS 4A Speed & Precision 80-90cm
1st Mariska on Hello Sailor, 2nd Anka on
Golden Preach, 3rd Babette on Gigolo,
4th Cameron on Orion, 5th Elizabeth on
Eagle’s Gold, 6th Lara on Twelfth Night, 7th
Cameron on Orion, 8th Gillian on Mailon,
9th Gillian on Mailon, 10th Courtney on
Jungle Call, 11th Lucy on Vivienne
CLASS 4B Speed & Precision 90-1m
FLOODLIGHTS
Vee has installed floodlights over the
jumping arena, which means more riding
time, especially during the shorter winter
days.
SHOW RESULTS
PHAETON PARK TRAINING SHOW
We had another fantastic show on 28
February. Thanks to Natalie for putting it
all together and for the course building;
to Cameron for the commentary and to
Larissa for acting as show secretary.
Mikhail also took some great photos which
are up on our Facebook page. Results as
follow:
CLASS 2 Competition
1st Jess on Spanish Eyes, 2nd Chase on
Kibo, 3rd Jess on Spanish Eyes, 4th Lisa
on Cavallo, 5th Anne on Count the Dice,
6th Silvana on Kammi, 7th Lisa on Cavallo,
8th Anne on Count the Dice, 9th Ewa on
Bon Aqua, 10th Gabriella on Bellina Boy,
11th Silvana on Kammi, 12th Rohan on
Toby, 13th Alex on Spanish Eyes, 14h
Rohan on Toby
ESTABLISHED 1970
CLASS 3 Accumulator
1st Stephanie on Roman Affair, 2nd Anka
on Golden Preach, 3rd Stephanie on
Roman Affair, 4th Babette on Gigolo, 5th
Nickaela on Gold Leader, 6th Luka on
Lagos, 7th Mariska on Hello Sailor, 8th
Lara on Twelfth Night, 9th Elizabeth on
Eagle’s Gold
INTERSCHOOLS
Babette placed 6th and 3rd in jumping on
Gigolo. Zoya and Kammi placed 7th in
jumping. Lara on Twelfth Night were 3rd
and 6th in jumping. Courtney rode Jungle
Call in jumping and equitation. Ava and
Bon Aqua were 4th in equitation. Issabella
placed 7th in jumping on Spirit. Carli and
Trot Along placed 2nd in equitation. Chase
placed 4th and 3rd in dressage. They also
placed 4th in Working Hunter. Alex placed
9th and 12th in dressage on Spanish Eyes.
Julia rode Legacy. Silvana rode Kammi
in equitation and jumping. Gabrielle rode
Bellini Boy. Saskia placed 4th and 1st on
Cross My Heart in jumping. Sygil on Toy
Town placed 2nd in Utility.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Our annual Easter Egg hunt was very
well attended by around 40 Phaeton
Parkers and their horses. Our head Easter
Bunnies, Cameron & Johan, headed out
with their little helpers Matthew, Abigail,
Gabriel, Caitlyn, Mila and Jamie, to hide
all the Easter Eggs. Eggs were hidden
in trees, on walls and fences around two
blocks in Glenferness for the Phaeton
Parkers on horseback to hunt down.
Over 820 eggs were hidden. Thank you
Gordon for sponsoring some eggs. After
the outride, we all arrived back at the yard
for some delicious pizza. Everyone tucked
in and spent some time relaxing at the
yard. Thank you to Natalie for organising
an extremely fun day out! Mikhail also took
some photos. They can be viewed on our
Facebook page. There are some images
from the day overleaf.
CAKES/PIZZA
Jenna, Melissa, Zoya, Jess x 2, Jade
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to Courtney, Silvana,
Wendy, Stephanie
NORTHERN FARMS EVENTING
Charles rode Exocet in 90cm.
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BLONDES OF THE MONTH
PHAETON PARK EASTER EGG HUNT
Sandra together with her child, au pair
and a groom were running around the
yard in a state. Between them all, they
couldn’t find their palomino pony, Toy
Town, anywhere. They checked all the
paddocks and stables. Convinced the
pony had escaped the property, Sandra
went all the way down to Natalie’s gate
to look for the pony. She then called
him, and in the distance, in the big pony
paddock next to the jumping arena
where all the ponies go out everyday,
she saw Toy Town lift his head and
prick his ears. He had been standing in
the bottom of the manure pit which had
recently been emptied, so no-one could
see him!
After a good ride on Sailor, a fat, dark
bay TB mare, Celine washed Sailor’s
legs down and put her in a paddock.
After letting her cool down, Celine
fetched her and put her back in her
stable. She was a little concerned
because Sailor wasn’t her usual herself.
One of the things Celine noticed was
that Sailor didn’t drop her head when
Celine wanted to put the fly mask on
like she normally would. So she fed this
fat, dark bay TB mare copious amounts
of carrots anyway and went home.
The next morning, Calvin went up to
Celine to tell her she had actually taken
Jenna’s Garnish Girl and put her in
Sailor’s stable. No wonder Sailor didn’t
seem like herself, it wasn’t Sailor!
ESTABLISHED 1970
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