ETTINGTON PARK AND KINETON RIDING CLUB
TEAM RESULTS 2026
British Riding Clubs Arena Eventing Qualifier:
Dallas Burston Polo Club. 21st February 2026
Team: 1st (Qualified for Championships)
Individual: 4th
After what has been the wettest February going, the rain decided to give it a miss as the club ventured off to Dallas Burston for the Arena Eventing qualifier. We had two teams entered, one in the 70cm and one in the 80cm. With Katie and Beauty School Drop Out (Frenchie), Kerrie and Minstral XXVI (Mini), Julie and Stonewalls Bessie (Betty) and Tracey and Dora in the 70cm, and Julie and Betty, Mike and Lady Caoimhe and Jules and The Renegade in the 80cm. Katie and Frenchie were first of the team to go in the 70cm, they popped around the SJ a little ring rusty and had a very unfortunate tap of a pole going into the double. As they went into the XC, they found their rhythm, going clear and cleared the Joker fence too, just picking up 2.4 time faults. Next up was Kerrie and Mini. They absolutely smashed it, going clear in both the SJ and XC, including the Joker. Kerrie was shocked to hear they got 3.2 time faults for being too speedy!!! Tracey and Dora were then off, and Dora was back to her old whizzy self, coming home clear across the board, and also being within the optimum time, finishing on zero. Lastly, Julie and Betty were up, again they both stormed around the course, taking lots of wide lines to try and be as close to the time as possible. Another one to finish clear but just getting an unfortunate 1.2 time faults, again for being speedy! Once all the horses were put away we looked at the scores to see that the team had taken the WIN and have qualified for the championships which are at the end of May! Also, Tracey finished 4th individually! We then moved onto the 80cm. Julie and Betty were on at the start of the class and were going really well, having gone clear SJ and just having an unfortunate run out in the XC before getting to the penultimate XC fence and Betty decided she’d done enough and Julie ended up seeing how soft the ground was! But everyone was ok which is the main thing. Mike and Caoimhe then went in, producing a fantastic round, going clear all the way until the Joker came down, leaving them with 6 faults. And they were a small fraction over the optimum time, so came away with 0.4 time faults. Lastly, Jules had rotten luck as her transport decided to misbehave when she was en route so unfortunately wasn’t able to make it.
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British Riding Clubs Area 5 Awards Evening:
30th January 2026
Horse Trials: Ind CHAMPION, Ind 2nd
Show Jumping: Ind 6th
Overall: Ind 6th
Each year Area 5 hosts an awards evening (and Quiz) for clubs to attend and celebrate their achievements over the past year. For a small club, we were over the moon to come away with multiple awards!! Tracey and Dora were CHAMPIONS in the Horse Trials category, with Julie and Betty in 2nd. Tracey was also awarded 6th place for Show Jumping and came away with 6th overall! What a fantastic result!! And if that wasn't enough prize winning for the night, the club also came 3rd in the quiz!!
British Riding Clubs Area 5 Points Show Jumping:
Moreton Morrell. 10th January 2026
Individual: 1st, 6th
Welcome to a new year of team news! And from one club event with horrible conditions, to another! The new year bought with it a lot of snow and ice and although the snow has gone, the icy weather remained. We only had Katie and Roisin Dun (Rosie) and Julie and Stonewalls Bessie (Betty) entered for this and they did both manage to make it in safely, although many others on the day couldn’t. Katie and Rosie were in the 60cm, and although this is the arena they went in for dressage back in November, when you add a load of fences into it, it feels and looks very different! The one bit of sunlight and the gallery of people did take Rosie’s attention, which resulted in two stops at fence one where they just couldn’t get themselves going. But by the third attempt they were off and looked to be gaining confidence. That was until the double at fence seven which was right by the gate. She popped in but couldn’t get out so that resulted in an elimination, but a lot of experience gained. Onto Julie and Betty who had entered both the 70cm and 80cm. They stormed round the 70cm clear and with the fastest time of the class (by nearly 5 seconds!) to take the WIN! They then went into the 80cm with the same can do attitude to have the unluckiest 4 faults, but still in a very speedy time (again, the quickest of the class) to come away with a 6th place! So well worth the trip out!
