The county’s success continued in the three-week long National Pony Club Championships, which run at venues across England in a diverse range of disciplines.

Wiltshire’s latest success came at the five-day long Pony Club open and intermediate championships in Derbyshire, where the VWH Hunt club enhanced their excellent track record at national level.

They claimed the Champion Headwear Open Dressage team title, just seeing off a challenge from the Bucks based OBH Chilterns quartet by a one point margin.

“I was 16th on the day so it was a very nice birthday present,” said VWH’s Lydia Rogers, who finished second in her arena on 72.73 per cent.

“I went to the Championships last year and made the overall individual ride-off then too. I was ninth last year but this time I was delighted to finish second.”…

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Date: 8-25-2009
By: www.gazetteandherald.co.uk