Spring Festival Arena Eventing Qualifier 2025

🎉 What a Weekend at Radley Green! 🎉
Essex Union hosted the Arena Eventing Area 8 Barrier Animal Health Spring Festival Qualifier, and wow—what a show!

Saturday Highlights:
We kicked things off with our fabulous 70 team of three stunning greys: Ivy Page-Baker, Jemima Rutland, and Poppy Anley. Extra cheers for Ivy, one of our youngest members, making her Branch debut at a qualifier—what a milestone! The course was tough and kept everyone on their toes, but our riders gave it their all.

After the excitement of the 70s, we moved on to the 80 class with Jemima Rutland and Martha Harty. Jemima, feeling under the weather, made the sensible decision to withdraw—saving her strength for future competitions. That left Martha to fly the flag for the Branch, and what a debut it was! She delivered a lovely, confident round, marking a fantastic start to her qualifier journey. 🌟

Sunday Action:
The weather finally played nice (well, chilly but dry!) and our 90 team—Annie Ford, Halle Milton, and Jemma Caley   — stormed their way to a Podium Finish in 3rd place! 🥉 Amazing teamwork and determination.

And let’s not forget Molly and the gorgeous Summer in the 100 class, finishing an impressive 5th place. 🌟

👏 Huge congratulations to all our riders and ponies—you looked fantastic and rode brilliantly. And a big shout-out to Essex Union for running such a smooth and fun event. Bring on the next one! 💪🐴

Nicki