so horse of the year has been and gone. a couple of people and horses i knew from pony club did well ( yeah i stalked the results). of course i still believe that one day i will get to horse of the year competitively. i quite fancy the eventing challeng or even showing, something i hated with a passion when i had my pony. but he was grey and liked to roll mud into his plaits. im sure a nice bay or dark brown would be much easier.
i've just got the new issue of horse and pony and had a look at jody hartstone's new ride WHISPER V. he looks lovely and its great to have some quality dressage stock in nz. i've always felt that new zealand bred horses are like the new zealand people, they like the high adreneiein sports, hunting, eventing etc.
i kind of resent the hold that the fancy european warmbloods are developing over many of the equestrian discaplines. lots of top riders who had previously ridden the good old NZ thoroughbred with grat success are now finding that with the short format adopted in most 3DEs, dressage scores are becoming increasingly important, and new zealand dessage just doesnt stack up.
it would be great if more grass roots levels could get access to these high quality horses and their tariners without having to be gazzillionaires and ship their horses all over the country. then again that is the nature of the sport
anyway, congrats to jody for not only her convincing victories but also her WEG qualification. i hope she makes it over this september. congratulastions also to vanessa way and KH Arvan for what i hear was a close second.
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