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DURRIS LORD BRETT – 1996 Royal Highland Show Reserve Champion In-Hand. 2004 Royal Highland Champion Under Saddle. In between many champion and reserve championships both In-Hand and Under Saddle. 2003, 2nd to Llanarth British Lion in the Picton Final. Also qualified in 2004 for the 2005 Scottish Farmer Prelim. Finals at Rowallan.
In 2006, Brett made a successful return to showing taking several Championships including the Large M&M Championship at Turriff and Reserve Supreme of Show at ILPH, Brechin. Brett also managed to finish a creditable 5th and 6th in the only two Olympia qualifiers he contested.
In November, 2006 Brett competed at the SWPCA Winter Show where he took the Members' Ridden Championship and the Open M&M Ridden Championship. He then went on to take the Supreme Ridden Championship before retiring permanently from the show ring which had seen him successful In-Hand, Under Saddle and in M&M WHP.

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• OAK BRONWEN – Competing in her first year at Novice, Bronwen, who is on loan to us from Les Anderson’s Cwmythan Stud, had a very successful season. At the NPS Scotland Summer Show, she won her class and qualified for the Picton Final at Malvern. She then went on to win the Scottish Novice ridden class and take the Reserve Championship. At both the ADWPCEG Summer and Winter Shows she again won her Novice classes and took the overall Welsh Ridden Reserve Championships. At the Scottish and northern Show, she went one better and having won the Novice Ridden class, took the Novice Championship. At the Royal Highland she won her In-hand class and was 3rd in the ridden whilst at the Royal Welsh, she managed a very creditable 11th.

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DURRIS FREE SPIRIT – 2000 M&M In-Hand Champion and Red Rose Qualifier at the Royal Highland Show. 2002 M&M In-Hand Champion at the Royal Highland Show. WPCS Bronze Medal winner and NPS Silver Medal winner.

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DURRIS HIGH SPIRITS – Heather competed her first season at Open level having been placed at many shows including 1sts at Bridgenorth and Aberystwyth where she also took the Reserve Championship. She was also 2nd at the Welsh National Show and took two 4ths at Lampeter.
In 2007, her first year under saddle, Heather qualified for the Picton final, ridden by Philippa James, at Swansea Counnty, where she also took the Picton Championship. Attempting her first open class at Glanusk, she came 2nd and at her first Olympia qualifier at Bath and West, came 6th.
She took the Open Ridden Championship at NPS Area 28 and finished 3rd in the Junior Ridden Mare class at the Royal Welsh in 2007.
Many successes In-Hand in 2003, culminating in the Scottish Elite In-Hand Supreme Championship in it’s inaugural year.

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SYDENHAM TEAZLE – 2000 Qualified for Olympia and HOYS. Also took the Ponies UK Ferndale Championship and was an NPS Silver Medal Rosette winner. Also during 2000 took the M&M Under Saddle Championship at both the Royal Highland Show and The Royal International.

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SYDENHAM CATMINT – 1998 Royal Highland Show M&M In-Hand Champion. A winner of 1 silver and 2 bronze WPCS Medals and several NPS Silver Medal Rosettes.

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SYDENHAM ELDERBERRY – 2002 Qualified for Olympia. 2003, 1st at the Royal Welsh Show, 1st United Counties and 1st and Reserve Champion Junior Riders at NPS Area 29. 2004 1st Junior Ridden Mare class and Reserve Mare Champion at the Royal Welsh Show. Qualified for Olympia 2005. At the 2005 Royal Welsh Show, Elderberry finished fourth in the Senior Ridden Mare class, whilst at Northleach, Deri took the NPS Open Ridden Championship.
To start her 2006 campaign, Deri, ridden by her usual partner Philippa James, took the Supreme Ridden Championship at the Carmarthenshire WPCA Show in May, also winning a WPCS Performance Medal. Whilst failing to qualify for HOYS or Olympia in 2006, Elderberry has achieved several good results, including, 2nd at Swansea City, 6th at Bath and West, 1st at Three Counties, 3rd at Northleach and 4th at the Royal Welsh.

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JANTON DICTATOR – The SWPCA awarded Dickie the Veteran Points Trophy at their 2008 AGM for his continuing placements in dressage at the age of 20!
2002 Welsh Performance Medal winner. Supreme Champion Under Saddle and WPCS Display Team. International Four InHand wheeler. NPS Silver Medal Rosette winner.

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BROUGHTON BLACK PRINCE – 2003 1st Junior Ridden Stallion class at the Royal Welsh Show and Members Ridden Champion at the SWPCA Winter Show. And to start 2005, BSPS Heritage Champion at Myerscroft and Ingleston House Stud.
Prince has only been lightly shown during 2006 but has still managed to take three BSPS Heritage Championships at Myerscough, Ingleston House and Mundole whilst during the summer, he was M&M Large Breeds Champion at Keith. He also finished 2nd twice and 4th once in his Olympia qualifiers.

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NIRVANNA TWYSOG - 2005 Reserve Supreme Champion at Ponies UK DABBS Show and the SWPCA Spring Show. At the 2005 Royal Welsh Show, Pie finished second in the Junior Ridden Gelding Class.

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PENTRECOED PRINCE CHARMING – In 2005, Prince won the Junior Ridden Stallion class at the Royal Welsh whilst at Glanusk, he was Ridden Reserve Champion.

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SYDENHAM GEORGE – Champion M&M In-Hand at BSPS Show at Goval on his first outing in 2006. At his second show in 2006, The Davida Show, George took the NPS M&M Reserve Championship. During 2006, George went on to be placed in the top two at each outing In-Hand, with a Reserve M&M Championship at NERC and a Reserve Supreme In-Hand at ADWPCEG Summer Show.
George started 2007, his first year under saddle, by taking the M&M WHP Championship at the NPS Scotland Spring Show. Since then he has had placings at many of the large county shows.
He has also won a couple of Olympia qualifying classes, but has not yet managed to take the Championship necessary to qualify!

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Durris GaleforceDURRIS GALEFORCE –  Following a successful season in Dressage despite missing the last part of it through an injury, Greg was awarded the Mountain and Moorland Dressage Trophy at the North East of Scotland Riding Club’s recent AGM

2006 Scottish Farmers Prelim. Dressage Champion ridden by his owner, Jo Jack from Fife. He was also his Riding Club’s Points Champion in 2005.

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BLAENTAWE THE CHARMER - Alfie started the 2007 season as he meant to go on, by taking the Reserve Ridden M&M Championship at the NPS Scotland Spring Show. He followed this up by qualifying for the RIHS Heritige M&M Ridden at Stafford County and for the RIHS M&M WHP at Bath and West where he also took the WHP Championship.
At the Royal International, Alfie finished in 5th place in the Heritage M&M Ridden, and at his final show at Blair in August, he won his NPS Scottish Open Finals class and went Reserve Champion under saddle.

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DURRIS HOPSCOTCH -During 2008, Huey had a very successful season with his owner, Lisa Taylor. He won the prelim Warm Up at the British Dressage Winter Regional's at Gleneagles.
He won the Gordon Dressage Group Prelim. League and the North East Prelim Championship.
 In his first year under saddle in 2007, Huey, owned and ridden by my Head Girl, Lisa Taylor, Durris Hopscotch Durris Hopscotch has taken two Novice Championships at his first two outings to Fife and NPS Scotland Summer Show. She also qualified him for the Picton final at the NPS Scotland show. He has also had his first outing to a Dressage competition and won 2 firsts.
Having finished the 2007 Showing season, Huey has made his first forays into dressage and has qualified for the Regional Finals at Preliminary level.

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Durris Lasting SpiritDURRIS LASTING SPIRIT - 2007 is Luke's first year out In-Hand with his new owner and he has never been placed lower than third, At ADWPCEG Summer Show he was also Section D Youngstock Reserve Champion.
He has since gone on to win several Championships and Reserve Championships, including the Reserve Supreme Youngstock Championship at the ADWPCEG Winter Show.

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DURRIS GOLDEN SOVEREIGN – Gus qualified for both the Winter and Summer British Dressage Regional Finals and finished 9th at the later. He was also 3rd in the Warm Up class. He also finished 5th in both the Scottish Farmer Prelim. Finals and in the North East Prelim Championship. He was 2nd to his stable mate, Hopscotch, in the |Gordon Dressage Group Prelim. League and having qualified for the British Riding Club Championships, Finished 5th individually in one of the Novice classes and 3rd in the Team Dressage Test.
Gus became affectionately known as ‘’Mr. 4th’’ during 2007 as he always seemed to finish in 4th place! However, with the showing season now at an end for 2007, he has now moved on to Dressage and in his first four tests, achieved scores of over 70%, the highest being 77%. He has already qualified for the Regional Finals at Preliminary level and for the Scottish Farmer Preliminary Finals

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WYNBROOK SOUCEROR – Saucy was only shown twice during 2007 winning his class on the first occasion. However at the SWPCA Winter Show, he went one better and was the Reserve Supreme Youngstock Champion.

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DURRIS THE MAVERICK – Sold early in 2007, Maverick took the Supreme Youngstock Championship at the ADWPCEG Winter Show before going on to take the Reserve Supreme In-Hand of Show. Congratulations to his new owner Aina Brooker, who’s grandmother, Marie, was the founder of the famous Clothie Shetland Stud.

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DURRIS KEEPSAKE – was sold in January, 2005 and has been shown lightly, each year since. Durris KeepsakeDurris KeepsakeIn 2005 he went to 5 shows gaining 1st each time out. In 2006 after taking a 3rd on his first outing, he was first on every other outing and took 3 M&M Championships along the way. In the ADWPCEG Annual Awards, he won the Large M&M Championship, was Reserve Points Champion and Best 2 year old. Again in 2007, he was very lightly shown, gaining either 1st or 2nd each time out and a reserve Championship.



 

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