2009 Northern Winter Final: three titles for Brightman
last updated on March 02, 2009 15:34
Beverley Brightman’s winter training paid off handsomely when she won three titles on three different horses at the Northern Winter Final at Willerby Hill, North Yorkshire, 24-27 February 2009.
She headed the prix st georges freestyle with David and Catherine Witt’s Don Hill. Now for sale, Brightman has trained the 11-year-old stallion by Don Gregory for the past four years.
She took the medium freestyle with her mother Susan Watts’s De Delux (pictured). The 16.3hh nine-year-old bay Oldenburg gelding by De Niro is on the World Class Programme and Brightman has ridden him for two years.
Brightman rode another horse on the WC Programme to head the medium open, Gutsherr II. She has also had the ride on this 16.1hh nine-year-old Trakehner gelding by Oxford for two years.
“He is owned by the Leo syndicate and is known as ‘Leo’ because all three owners have their birthdays in August. He decided to grow up today and I could get stuck in and show off what he can do for the first time,” she said.
Brightman was particularly proud of her fourth place in the high-scoring elementary open freestyle with another 16.1hh nine-year-old bay gelding she has ridden for just three months. She scored 70% with Devil May Care, a full Thoroughbred who was hunting in Cornwall this time last year.
Horsesense-Elevator Prelim Champion:
Helen Coleman and Van Halen II, 67.26%
Blue Chip Novice Restricted Champion:
Rebecca Stephens and DHI Tarantella, 68.16
Blue Chip Novice Open Champion:
Victoria Glasow and Tayberry’s Willumeit, 70.12
South Essex Insurance Brokers Elementary Restricted Champion:
Callum Whitworth and Dangermouse, 67.93
South Essex Insurance Brokers Elementary Open Champion:
Hannah Esberger-Shepherd and Vanita, 71.55
Biotal Medium Restricted Champion:
Emma Jablonski and Tocelli, 67.82
Biotal Medium Open Champion:
Beverley Brightman and Gutsherr II, 68.83
British Horse Feeds Advanced Medium Restricted Champion:
Jess Parr and DHI Pierrot, 68.95
British Horse Feeds Advanced Medium Open Champion:
Darryl Thickitt and Strawinsky, 70.44
Baileys Horse Feeds Novice Restricted Freestyle Champion:
Amanda Barrett and Fine And Dandy, 71.94
Baileys Horse Feeds Novice Open Freestyle Champion:
Charlotte Fry and Ghandi, 70.46
Equissage Elementary Restricted Freestyle Champion:
Jayne Wilson and Vallentino, 73.82
Equissage Elementary Open Freestyle Champion:
Patsy Bartram and Broudein Al Capone, 74.65
Kieffer Medium Freestyle Champion:
Beverley Brightman and De Delux, 68.7
Nupafeed Advanced Medium Freestyle Champion:
Rebecca Lee and Mirette, 69.61
NAF Prix St Georges Freestyle Champion:
Beverley Brightman and Don Hill, 67.75
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