Margaret Barry  & Rhianne

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Margaret Barry

Margaret partners Rhianne, and lives just on the outskirts of Cirencester Park – fabulous riding.

Jill Kent and Spirit photo by Eric G Jones

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Jill Kent

Jill, an advanced rider, partners Bitterwell Spirit (a crabbet arab), was egb 2006Supreme National Champion and now competes at FEI level

Helen Barrett and Monty

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Helen Barrett

Helen is also an advanced rider and rides Monty (Welsh cob - officially known as Coeonewydd Meteor) and Olive (Olive Medina- an arab).  Helen particularly enjoys the more technically challenging and hillier rides when riding Monty, and faster ERs with Olive.  Helen & Olive compete at FEI level

 

Carolyn Baxter & Nadezdha

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Carolyn Baxter

Owns Woolstone Farm livery yard at Uffington – the venue for the Cotswold training days

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Margaret Clarke

Margaret first sampled endurance over 20 years ago with an Exmoor x TB mare and with her ¾ TB offspring. This partnership competed up to Advanced level and was placed in several ERs. Margaret subsequently took a few years out, then started again with “Blue”.  After getting to Advanced level and starting to compete in race rides, Blue was taken ill in 2005 and nearly died, but recovered sufficiently to do a PR at Cirencester, before then injuring his suspensory ligament on his hind fetlock.  Blue is now semi-retired (until he annoys Margaret sufficiently for her to start riding him again). Margaret is now developing a new relationship with Doricina Sea Shanty - or Doris for short. Doris likes to live life in the fast lane, recently recording a speed of 44kph on training gallops. Margaret is hopeful of having something very special - time will tell.

 

Chris  Wensley & Zarzuela

Chris Wensley

Chris has just started out again in endurance after the sad loss of her advanced thoroughbred mare, Lady at the age of 19. She stables her 5 yr old arab filly, Zarzuela, at Westcott, between Wantage and Uffington.

Barbara Vardag  & Sahir photo by Eric G Jones

Barbara Vardag

A grandmother with a full-time job and 3 horses, I have been distance riding for 20 years beginning with my daughter's 14 hands Welsh  pony and then moving on to an arab when he reached 4 and then another arab, still having the other two;  we are both Advanced Level.  I would love to be competitive but just want to enjoy myself so much that competition could get in the way, but I always enter competitive rides and by sheer luck once got the Best Arab on the Day at Berkshire Downs. I enjoy myself vetwriting almost as much as riding, and it is a great way to know others in the sport and to learn a great deal about distance riding. After a personal slump in interest I have returned to distance riding bent on making the most of the next few years.