Rebecca Holmes is an up and coming rider, who has home bred two beautiful youngsters, that she is now bringing on. I was lucky enough to have joined Rebecca on her journey back in 2017 when Bridget the mother of the youngsters was introduced to me. The future is looking very bright for Becki and her two home bred youngsters. Go to my riders sponsored page and hear from Becki in her own words.
The journey with Becki & Bert continues to be exciting and full of surprises. Their very special partnership continued to blossom, when they established three first and two second places over a two day dressage event. After all competitors and points were totaled up Becki and Bert won the title of Pickering Grange Supreme Champion.
Hi I'm Becki, I'm 32 and from Leicester! I met Sarah around 7 years ago when I first started out trying to compete with the hopes to do the wobbleberry challenge (complete a BE80 for the charity Hannahs Willberry Wonderpony), on my little mare Bridget! Sarah taught me the importance of correct nutrition when trying to get a horse eventing fit and making sure all my horses were on a correct diet to suit them! Since then she has continued to be on hand to help and support me and my string of wonderful horses! I have been lucky enough to complete the wobbleberry challenge, continue going up the eventing levels, competing successfully at BE90 and training at BE100, before my event horse Buck had to retire from jumping! Since then we took to dressage where we had great success, some of our most fond memories were competing at Blenheim Palace International in the ror regional finals, winning the ROR national championship unaffiliated novice league and then continuing to train up the levels and doing our first test in tails, before Buck sadly had to retire due to old age! Since then I focused on retraining ex racers, while quietly in the back ground breeding two wonderful foals from my lovely mare! Again Sarah has always been on hand, from feeding the foals correctly, to helping transition racers straight out of training onto feeds to help them in their new lives! Good diet plans have allowed me to transition all my horses including my ex racers to bare foot, which is something I never thought I'd be able to do! The last year has been very exciting seeing my first homebred being backed and starting his ridden career! This year we have focused on training, however we have started dabbling in British Dressage and aim to affiliate with British Show jumping at the end of the year! I'm so blessed to have been asked to be a sponsored rider for SG Equestrian Solutions, and I'm very excited to see where this journey takes us :)
The weekend saw Rebecca and Bert competing at Weston Lawns, with a packed line up of competitors in all classes. It was Bert's biggest competition so far and as ever he took everything in his stride. The partnership were a joy to watch, and the progress that they have both made simply shone through. On Saturday it was Prelim 17A and a early time of 8.07am, the pair came 18th with a score of 63.4%. Next came two intro classes in the form of: Intro B were the pair came 8th with a score of 64.7% Intro C was the final test with a placing of 3rd with a score of 64.3%. Sunday 1st Sept - Final Day Prelim 17A - The pair came 12th with a score of 66.2% Intro C - The Final test of the day gave the highest percentage that Rebecca and Bert have ever achieved - 71.3%. This score put them in 3rd place. The lap of honour that followed was certainly deserved, as sponsor I could not have been prouder of Rebecca and Bert, and I can see exciting times ahead.
This weekend saw Rebecca and Bert competing at British Dressage, and again it was a success. The partnership achieved their best BD Score to date, with a 64.8%. This score also qualified them for the Areas which is yet another amazing achievement.
