THE THREE RIVERS RIDE at Salisbury, Wiltshire Sunday 20th September 2009 

Pauline Beach has taken on the organisation of this ride for 2009 together with Caroline Bennetts, who will also be the Ride Secretary - please support them and let’s have plenty of entries! 

When making your entry, please ensure that you have completed the entry form fully and have enclosed an up-to-date copy of your flu vaccination certificate that shows inoculations back to the two primaries and an indication of the horse to which it refers!  As for all EGB Rides, entry forms must be signed at the foot of the page by the rider and must show Horse Registration number, Rider Membership number and standard of both horse and rider – cheques should be made payable to Endurance GB.  It would be appreciated if you could ensure that the stamped, self-addressed envelope for returning your ride details is at least A5 size (but preferably A4) and you are reminded that, if you are expecting to be sent details for more than one rider, you might be wise to add extra postage!
The venue at Salisbury Racecourse has excellent facilities and is close to the mediaeval Cathedral City whilst also being in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside.  There is a good choice of restaurants within the City Centre and, of course, many very good country pubs close by.  However, why not take the easy way out and join us for an informal supper in the Jockeys’ Dining Room at 7.15pm on Saturday night, 19th September 2009 - there will be wine, beer and soft drinks on sale and the following menu at £14 per head.  Places are limited, so please send your booking with your entry and include the cost with your entry cheque.

Homemade Vegetable Soup

served with roll and butter

**Homemade Lasagne

served with new potatoes and side salad

Homemade Apple Crumble

served with custard

Tea and coffee is also included

**Please state if vegetarian option is required when booking.

 

A delightful letter of appreciation sent to former organisers, Val Cooper, Sue Varnals and Liz Hinings, that just says it all!

Dear Liz, Sue and Val

This is a special thank you to you all for putting on what has become a favourite ride of mine over the years.  It didn’t matter whether it was a training ride, a set speed ride or a race, it was always the same well-organised experience from a rider’s point of view.

I love Salisbury Plain and have always felt it’s a proper old-fashioned endurance course.  Maybe that’s because I ride a proper old-fashioned endurance horse – whatever that is!  The changes in going command respect and you ignore them at your peril.  More of our routes should be like that.

But as much as Wiltshire offers great terrain, what you have given us over the years is something quite precious.  Riders knew they could always rely on a fairly run event and that is terribly important.

Best wishes

Pam

Pam Jordan and Fire (who appreciates these things as much as I do)

 

As you will probably remember, our 2007 event had to be cancelled at the very last minute (the Wednesday before it was due to take place!) due to Foot and Mouth, so there are no photos or results to show you from 2007!

The following shots are some of Liz Hinings’ photos taken during Three Rivers 2006 ….

Some of the Anniversary Supper guests

 

Jo Holman and Jo Chisholm wait to start Loop 2 watched by Jenny Hinings

 

Louise Holliday (farrier's wife) catching up on some reading

 

Lorna Kidson and crew two minutes after finishing

 

Jill Kent and Bitterwell Spirit, winners of the Opal Dash

 

Sue Speed, Yakamin and Janthea Newman (crew) - winners of the Veterans' Challenge

 

Nicky Sherry & Lisa Robertson, SW Morris Team members with Ride Organiser Sue Varnals

 

Wessex Morris Team members Dean and Laura Brown and Catherine Tomlinson

 

Laura Short and Summer's Place Jumanjii - 3rd in the Smokey Challenge

 

Winner of the Smokey Challenge, Chris Yeoman, with crew Isobel du Toit and Ride Organiser Valerie Cooper

 

RESULTS FROM 2008 IN THE ER CLASSES

Class 2 – The Smokey Challenge

Jill	Kent	Bitterwell Spirit		Retired
Natasha	Sainsbury	Kofi		Fail lame VG3
Joanne	Wallis Baga	Magic Fire		Fail lame VG3
Charlotte	Robinson	Puleski	Winner of Best Presented Award	Fail lame VG2
Anthony	Sargent	Ell Kaleefa Rose		Fail lame at start

 

Class 3 – The Opal Dash

 

Rider	Horse	Average Speed	Heart Rate	Result	Notes
Nicky Sherry	Silver Zourra	12.03	52	4th
Chris Yeoman	L M Midday	12.03	52	3rd
Heather Whiteley	Shahfabah	11.62	52	5th
Claire Bruce	Ah Diba			Fail lame VG2	Winner of Best Presented
Emma Sparks	Corot	14.04	52	1st
Anne Walton	Heathdan Cziqita	13.86	48	2nd	Best Condition

 

Class 4 – the Veterans’ Challenge

 

		Horse	Finish Order	Riding Time	Average Speed	Result	Notes
Pam	Ritchie	Last Flight (18 yrs)	4	7:24:35	12.93	3rd	Best Condition
Claudia	Christopher	Cobwebb (20yrs)	3	7:33:16	12.68	4th
Pam	Jordan	Appalousie Firefly (26yrs)	5	7:53:54	12.19	5th	Best Presented
Pauline	Higgs	Dainty Dancer (18yrs)	1	7.22.02	13.00	2nd
Sue	Speed	Yakamin (18yrs)	2	5:51:42	14.22	1st	Farrier's Award & PF ER Award

 

 

In 2007 the ride was cancelled just 4 days before it was due to take place, due to Foot and Mouth complications – so no results at all for that year!

 

RESULTS FROM 2006

THE SMOKEY CHALLENGE - 113 km ER

1^st        Christine Yeoman on Farouk de Lozelle at 15.88kph

2^nd       Alice Beet on Burfield Ruby Tricks at 12.44kph

3^rd        Laura Short on Summers Place Jumanji at 11.89kph

Best Condition trophy to Farouk de Lozelle

THE OPAL DASH - 90km ER (Amended results 11 Sep 06 - typographical error on first publication)

1^st        Jill Kent and Bitterwell Spirit at 16.67kph

2^nd       Gill Talbot and Malabar Storm at 15.74kph

3^rd        Tristan Bishop and Dubai Valentino at 15.74kph

4^th        Liz Taylor and Karaanza at 15.74kph

5^th        Nicky Sherry and Shimmering Blue Jasmine at 15.52kph

6^th        Jo Holman and The Silver Gambler at 14.84kph

7^th        Nicky Ghetler and Sundance II at 14.67kph

8^th        Maria Lamin-Hourd and Oshi Dashi at 12.33kph

9^th        Frankie Turley and Ijaaz at 10.8kph

10^th      Catherine Woodford and Dennis II at 10.8kph

Best Condition trophy to Karaanza

THE VETERANS’ CHALLENGE - 78km ER

1^st        Sue Speed and Yakamin (age 16) at 16.14kph

2^nd       Margaret McKiddie and Bonnie Anne (age 16) at 15.39kph

3^rd        Sue Box and Robbie (age 17) at 12.48kph

4^th        Pam Jordan and Appalousie Firefly (age 24) at 11.44kph

5^th        Jane Greatorex and Barnabas (age 19) at 10.76kph

Best Condition trophy to Yakamin

THE MORRIS TEAM TROPHY (competition between the South West Group and the Wessex Group)

South West - 789 points

Wessex - 695 points

The South West therefore won both the second leg of the competition and, having also won the first leg at Boconnoc, won the annual competition by a total of 1760 points to 1526 points.  Congratulations to the South West !

(Many of the photos on this website have been taken by and are the property of Eric Jones, a professional photographer and artist who may be contacted on 01747 860625 - we are most grateful to Jan Clark for searching through Eric’s archive files to find old records from Three Rivers.  You might like to check out Eric’s website at www.ericgjones.com   There are also photos taken by Mike Cooper, Liz Hinings and Kate Ross - please contact Liz on 01985 840155 if you wish to have copies of any of the pictures displayed.)