What a fantastic 3 days we have had at Bury Farm! Our own โKrossanโ clear day 1 in the fox, 1 down day 2 & clear day 3. Our homebred 7yr old โBalou Tropicsโ is the hand that just keeps giving โค๏ธ 6th fox day 1, 4th in the B & C day 2 and 8th in the karma day 3, picking up 2 tickets to the national finals (video) ๐ Hannah Joy Warnett mare โVegas Zโ smashed it with a win ๐ in the B & C ๐คฉ๐คฉ couldnโt be happier ๐ฌ
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Quick trip down to the lovely Coombelands today with Katie & โWild Catโ for some jump training in preparation for some upcoming shows. She absolutely adores this pony and trusts him so much which is so lovely to see โค๏ธ Katie rides in Voltaire Design UK and โWild Catโ enjoys Baileys Horse Feeds lo-cal balancer
Toni Carter making light work round our derby track today for West Sussex Riding Club clinic. Well done to all combinations that attended today, I think most surprised themselves with how well it rode ๐ช๐ช
Our groom Lucy Parks enjoying a play on the derby bank with our 7yr โBalou Tropicsโ ๐คฉ
We headed to Chard over the weekend, never ventured there before, well worth a visit with lovely big arenas and great surfaces. Preparation for Hannah Joy Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ went well with her first CSI2* coming up, she jumped some great rounds in the 1.30โs. โBalou Tropicsโ had a good weekend with an unlucky pole in the fox each day.
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Quick trip down the road today with โKrossanโ jumping a double clear in the foxhunter along with Hannah Joy Warnett mare โVegas Zโ clear aswell ๐ looking forward to a few days away next week with these two at Chard Equestrian.
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Bit more foal spam!! Good luck keeping up with this one penny!! ๐๐ how brave is โMiss Chacflyโ!!!
Good day for Team Bates yesterday, we popped to Pyecombe with the jumpers for the fox, Hannah Joy Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ took 2nd place (video) and โBalou Tropicsโ and โKrossanโ jumped a lovely round each having just 1 down. All feeling great in their new Voltaire Design UK saddles. Julie Martin headed to Belmoredean with her own โFiorelloโ winning the silver section in the medium 75 ๐ in her new Voltaire Adelaide. Next week is a busy one with the jumpers heading to Windsor and โHuphillโ is off to Hickstead for the premier show.
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New saddles arrived from our sponsors Voltaire Design UK this week, looking forward to jumping in them this weekend at wales, & Mikes has arrived in time for the National Championships next week ๐
Back home after 3 days jumping at Addington and no Wi-Fi, our homebred mare โBalou Tropicsโ clear and placed day one newcomers, 1 down in fox day 2, a little tired and lack of focus on day 3 in the fox resulted in a couple down. We took the opportunity to jump some 1.30โs at this show with Hannah Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ who is making the step up to this level comfortably, showing braveness and scope for some really promising rounds with just the odd pole, it was great experience for her with some bigger tracks in mind for the summer ahead. Our own โKrossanโ was super consistent everyday, clear newcomers day 1 & 2 and 8th in the 1.15 day 3 ๐๐
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Happy horses munching in their stables ready to start jumping tomorrow for 3 days at Addington ๐ itโs good to be back here after so long away, the facilities are great ๐
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Yesterday we popped over to Felbridge with the jumpers, โBalou Tropicsโ was a little fresh running down the distances for a couple down but feeling good! Hannah Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ kept up her good form in the Fox for 4th place ๐ (video) โKrossanโ didnโt feel his usual self taking 4 faults in the newcomers, today he has come up some massive hives that are really sore, so feeling that explains his unusual performance yesterday. Looking forward to heading back to Addington next week, and we have a couple of horses heading to Wellington over the next few days for regionals so fingers crossed for them ๐ค๐ค
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After having a couple of months off over the winter due to the hideous weather we started Katie and her lovely pony โWild Catโ back up again 3 weeks ago and headed out yesterday to Hascombe for their first SJ training together away from home. Katie absolutely adores this little chap and we do too โค๏ธ #minibates #fedonbaileys
The girls having a grid session this morning on my jumpers โBalou Tropicsโ & โKrossanโ
Our work experience girl Abi Parks doing a great job on Krossan having never jumped him before and our super groom Lucy Parks doing an amazing job aboard Balou ๐ itโs great to be able to give the girls an opportunity to ride along with me having the chance to see them jump from the ground. #teambatesuk
Popped down to Coombelands today with a couple of the jumpers, first up was โKrossanโ who jumped a nice quiet clear in the newcomers (video) and just one down for Hannah Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ in the foxhunter
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Looking back on 2022, what a year we have had, mike gained another regional & national title, the young jumpers did their first international and had some great results throughout the year.
We want to say a huge thank you to our sponsors, Baileys Horse Feeds Stockley Outdoor & Equestrian Devoucoux Sussex Manures, their continuing support help us to fulfill our ambitions and allow us to fly the flag for their amazing products.
the team behind the scenes, our vet, farrier, physio & nutritionist, that are always on the end of the phone and are with us at the drop of a hat to keep us and our horses at the top of our game.
Our super grooms Lucy & Laura, who we literally couldnโt operate without, they have been fantastic, with their compassion, hard work and care for all our horses.
Our lovely liveries who keep us company at home with their encouragement, friendship and loyalty.
Our clients, riding clubs & pony clubs who we love coaching and fill our days with laughter and whom we share our passion.
Not forgetting our glue, our parents, who are unfaultering with their support and help. We thank you and wish you all a very happy new year.
Back home from Hartpury, I just jumped one this morning to get home in time to pick up my dad from hospital after having his second stent. We jumped โVegas Zโ in her first 1.30m and she just blew us away with a great double clear. I picked up the reins on her properly in April jumping a British novice and in just 8 months she jumps a 1.30 at a winter premier, she did her owner Hannah Warnett proud โญ๏ธ thank you Hannah for all your support and entrusting her with me, so excited for 2023!
Feeling very lucky to have 3 lovely young up and coming horses for next year, all finishing 2022 full of confidence and with the potential to continue moving up through the grades ๐ค
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Hannah Warnettโs 7yr old mare โVegas Zโ taking 4th in the foxhunter today at Hartpury Premier โญ๏ธ๐ต
Gosh, what a day we have had ๐ต we started with โKrossanโ in the newcomers who jumped a lovely round to take 8th place. Then we had our homebred 6yr old โBalou Tropicsโ in the winter novice qualifier, who jumped her socks off for me, so proud of her to finish in 3rd just missing out on a ticket to Hickstead, but what a โญ๏ธ she is. (Video) then we had Hannah Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ in the fox, who jumped class again today to take 4th place ๐
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Last show of 2022 and we have headed to Hartpury with the jumpers, braving the conditions!! We have had very little preparation running up to this show due to our arenas at home being frozen for the last 10 days ๐ฌ โKrossanโ had a minor blip in the newcomers for 4 faults, but felt great for his first show back since Hickstead. โBalou Tropicsโ again a small mistake in this class also for 4 faults. Hannah Warnettโs mare โVegas Zโ was rather fresh and pinged her way round the fox with a cracking round for 5th place ๐
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