Sadie Smith and Times Rococo performing victorious freestyle dressage at NAF Five Star Winter Championships.
Sadie Smith and Times Rococo performing victorious freestyle dressage at NAF Five Star Winter Championships.
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Sadie Smith vinner öppningsklassen vid NAF Five Star Winter Dressage

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Sadie Smith red Times Rococo till seger i Baileys Horse Feeds novice freestyle gold under öppningsmorgonen av NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships i Addington. Eli Lovell tog hem titeln i HorseHage Preliminary Gold med Parchioness G, medan Alice Begg segrade i Petplan Medium Silver Area Festival Championship på Noraly. Evenemanget den 15 april bjöd på starka prestationer från unga hästar och nya ekipage.

Onsdagen den 15 april inleddes NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships i Addington med imponerande segrar i viktiga klasser. Sadie Smith, 2025 års nationella mästare, nådde 76,95 % med det femåriga stoet Times Rococo, som ägs och är uppfött av Peter Belshaw. Denna poäng placerade henne nästan två procentenheter före Alice Oppenheimer, som tog andraplatsen med Headmore So Sapphire på 75 % och tredjeplatsen med Headmore Forever Ruby på 74,45 % – samtliga topplaceringar togs av ston. Sadie hyllade sin häst, som kallas Coco: ”Hon tar allt med ro. Jag har en väldigt fin relation till henne; jag har ridit och utbildat henne från början, och hon anstränger sig verkligen.”

Vad folk säger

De inledande reaktionerna på X kring NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships kommer främst från officiella konton som British Dressage och Horse & Hound, där Sadie Smiths seger med Times Rococo i Baileys novice freestyle gold med 76,94 % och Alice Beggs vinst med Noraly i Petplan Medium Silver med 70,22 % uppmärksammas. Inläggen lyfter fram starka insatser från unga hästar och nya ekipage med positiv entusiasm. Inga negativa eller skeptiska tongångar kunde observeras.

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