Ellie and Lyndal - photo @clipmyhorse
Impressive Grand Prix debut
Not every day you pass a post with a high quality 76% Grand Prix debut, and from watching the test H2R got curious to know a bit more about the journey with the 12 year old mare Elvive by Tuschinski / Blue Hors Don Schufro (out of the dam Adonnee de Jeu) with international Australian Grand Prix rider Lyndal Oatley.
“I was so proud of her for so many reasons. I have had Ellie since she was 7 we tried her and she clearly had good paces. Patrik tried her in piaffe and immediately said buy her! Thankfully mum and dad are so supportive and we had been looking for some time and saw her potential she could reach with time and training.
We made our small tour debut at the end October 2017 which she won. A few months after that we were lucky enough to be expecting Emilia and so Patrik was happy to take over and competed her at Cappelen in inter II and she won there with over 75.
Emilia entered the world and when I was cleared to get back in the saddle. Unfortunately Ellie tripped with Patrik in the warm up an got injured. Luckily we got back on track thanks to our team here, Marc Suls and his team at Via Nova equine and mega Farrier Steven Ruiter we really found a way forward and haven’t looked back and has been top fit for a very long time now.
Then corona joined the world and again we had to step back from the competition world just when we were ready to get out there. After many cancelled shows we finally got to ride yesterday and I was just thrilled!
She is amazing and so talented and I am just so lucky to ride her! She is a one in million 😍,” tell Lyndal.