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LeMieux National Dressage Championships 2024

  • by Lily Carson
  • 16 Sept, 2024

We were delighted to see many of our customers had qualified for this prestigious event and were in with a chance to contest many of the titles on offer. Despite experiencing every season across the four days of competition spirits were not dampened at this years championships.

With four seasons experienced in the equivalent number of days, the rain and hail did not dampen the spirits at the Lemieux National Dressage Championships at Somerford Park, Cheshire. With 32 national titles in contention, from Prelim to Grand Prix, including music and young horse classes, it was a busy four days with over 650 tests ridden across three arenas. 

We were delighted to see many of our customers had qualified for this prestigious event and were in with a chance to contest many of the titles on offer. 

Results

Prelim Silver

Everleigh Sinfield Day Benmore’s Pot Luck

Peter Keenan Killea Diamond View

Maddie Wilson Hawksmoor


Novice Silver

Leah Roberts Micro Man

Jennifer Blunt Fergus IX


Elementary Silver

6th - Jennifer Blunt Dondolini 68.71%


Elementary Gold

Jessie Clarke Mount St John Doornroos II


Medium Silver

Demi Howard-Cartwright Newton Astro Nascente


Medium Gold 

Rebecca McNair Lolalinja US


Advanced Medium Gold

5th - Claire Abel GF Sezuki 70.52% 

Joanna Thurman-Baker Sol Invictus X 

Ben James Camarilla-Calimero 


Prix St George Silver

5th - Evelina Shrieve Insist TC 67.35%

Sofia Jankiewicz Boularouz


PSG Gold 

Joanna Thurman-Baker Sol Invictus X 

Congratulations to all those who took part, you should all be very proud of your hard work, to qualify for this event is an achievement in itself! We wish everyone the best of luck moving forward to the Winter season for whatever challenges or journeys you make embark on. We hope to see many of you returning to competition and out and about very soon!

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