Derbyshire’s Young Showjumper Charlotte Goodwin wins the Dodson & Horrell National Amateur 0.95m Championship

Tuesday 24 November 2015

 

Teen showjumper Charlotte Goodwin (aged 16) from Foston, Derbyshire made her Championship debut in style beating fifty-eight other riders on Sunday to take home the fiercely contested Dodson & Horrell National Amateur 0.95m Championship title as her own.

The Dodson & Horrell National Amateur & Veteran Championships (18th – 22nd November) held at Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool are a pinnacle of the showjumping calendar and with six National Championship titles up for grabs; spectators were treated to five days of thrilling competition.

The Championships proved as popular as ever, with over 1,500 entries being taken. Over 200 riders competed on more than 300 horses and the Championships followed a successful National Amateur Second Round period in which around 1,500 combinations started out.

The National Amateur Championships gave amateur riders and horses the opportunity to contest an end of year final across four different heights of fences – 0.85cm, 0.95cm, 1.05m and 1.10m and the Championships also played host to the National Veteran Riders Championships, which are spilt into minor and major categories.

Charlotte rode her mother Julie’s 17 year-old bay mare Regal Clover to victory and she was yet another rider who had to handle a nervous wait before the class finally finished.

 

Charlotte and Regal Clover were fourth to go in the jump off and with eighteen double clears coming from twenty-seven combinations, both Charlotte and Julie’s eyes were trained on the clock for the remainder of the class.

 

No-one else was able to better Charlotte and Regal Clover’s time of 28.46 seconds and a thrilled Charlotte commented “This is my first season on horses and this has been brilliant end to the year. Regal Clover has jumped fantastically all week and we came ninth in the first qualifier before going on to win the second qualifier.

 

“We went into the Championship aiming to just give it a good go and after securing a clear in the first round, we went for it in the jump off. The jump off track suited her well as it was quite twisty and she’s good against the clock anyway as she covers a lot of ground. Regal Clover will have a bit of a holiday now before we aim for the 1.05m Championship next year.”

 

For a full list of results and further information about the Dodson & Horrell National Amateur & Veteran Championships, please visit www.aintreeequestriancentre.co.uk.

 

Photo: Credit Majestic Photography

 

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