At last the pictures and video are available from the UK Stallion Expo, follow the links below
For Kevin Sparrow's amazing pictures of the Gala Evening performance:
http://www.kevinsparrow.co.uk/UKSTEX10_FULMINANTE-.aspx
For Facebook page of Horse and Country Tv, follow link, then go to their page on the UK Stallion Expo and click on Fulminante-Cen
http://www.horseandcountry.tv/expo
Fulminante-Cen is attracting some interest, so he may have a busy summer ahead!
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Fulminante-Cen stars at UK Stallion Expo!
We had a great weekend at the inaugural UK Stallion Expo at Keysoe on the weekend of 13-14 Feb. After a dreadful journey up on the Friday night, we settled in and Fulminante had a comfortable night. There were about 70 or so stallions there, but he was chilled as ever.
On the Saturday, we did the trot up, Pippa led him for it and had him beautifully presented, he looked stunning and moved superbly.
The ridden presentation went very well, he felt very forward, loose and elastic. He was not fazed at all by the atmosphere, or the decoration and ignored the crowd, giving me a great ride.
In the evening, we had been asked to do a display in Spanish dress, he looked stunning in the full Spanish tack, and we took a risk and put Connie "a la gruppa" (on his haunches) hehind me, she was dressed in a flamenco dress and it was awesome! My two friends Rose and Sarh came also in flamenco costume and we did a colourful and energetic display which was very well received.
On the Sunday another trot up and ridden presentation, he was tired but pulled out all the stops for me again and showed off superbly. I am delighted with him, his behaviour throughout the entire weekend was impeccable, he really showed the best of the Pura Raza Espanola, we are all very proud of him. Best of all, he carried me and found his own energy, which is a huge improvement from this time last year when I felt I had to carry him.
Hopefully I will soon have some photos to post of the weekend.
On the Saturday, we did the trot up, Pippa led him for it and had him beautifully presented, he looked stunning and moved superbly.
The ridden presentation went very well, he felt very forward, loose and elastic. He was not fazed at all by the atmosphere, or the decoration and ignored the crowd, giving me a great ride.
In the evening, we had been asked to do a display in Spanish dress, he looked stunning in the full Spanish tack, and we took a risk and put Connie "a la gruppa" (on his haunches) hehind me, she was dressed in a flamenco dress and it was awesome! My two friends Rose and Sarh came also in flamenco costume and we did a colourful and energetic display which was very well received.
On the Sunday another trot up and ridden presentation, he was tired but pulled out all the stops for me again and showed off superbly. I am delighted with him, his behaviour throughout the entire weekend was impeccable, he really showed the best of the Pura Raza Espanola, we are all very proud of him. Best of all, he carried me and found his own energy, which is a huge improvement from this time last year when I felt I had to carry him.
Hopefully I will soon have some photos to post of the weekend.
Fulminante-Cen wins Medium at WWEC
Fulminante-Cen had an outing to West Wilts EC on 4 Feb as a warmup for the Regionals. Contesting both Mediums, he won the Medium 61 on 64.8% which counts as a part qualification to the Summer Regionals. I was really pleased with his work and the judge made positive comments about our harmonious partnership, the only weak point was mine, in the setting up, and my excuse is that we are a bit ring rusty! He seems to have found his forward button and the half passes had more exprexxion and bend than they did at Christmas at Sparsholt. He has now done only 5 medium tests and has won three of them, so it looks like he is finding his comfort zone at last.
His next competition will be the Regionals, but he goes to the UK Stallion Expo on the weekend of 13th-14th Feb before that.
His next competition will be the Regionals, but he goes to the UK Stallion Expo on the weekend of 13th-14th Feb before that.
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