The Point Two South East Eventers League
Now in its fifteenth year, the Point Two South East Eventers League (SEEL) is the UK's oldest regional eventing league. All registered riders and horses stabled in Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire Berkshire and now Essex can accumulate SEEL points according to SEEL rules, but only from qualifying SEEL events.
For full rules, list of qualifiers and how to register in 2010 click here
SEEL NEWS
The Point Two SEEL Championship welcomes Intelligent Worming as the new sponsor for the leading Horse & Rider ranking in 2010.
This innovative company take leading parasitological research carried out by the UK’s top parasitologists at the Universities of Liverpool and Edinburgh and identifies the risk of your horse having or being susceptible to worms. This process can reduce the amount of chemical wormers needed each season, identifies whether there are worms in your pasture and can prevent the development of resistant worms in your horse.
Each customer will be offered a personal consultant who will know how YOUR management practices affect the worms in YOUR horses, and in YOUR pasture. For more information about the Intelligent worming service visit www.intelligentworming.co.uk or call 01267 223322.
The Point Two SEEL Ball and awards is set to take place on 4th December 2010.
Check out this page and the SEEL website for more information and find us on Face Book.
Baileys Horse Feeds, sponsors of the Overall SEEL Grassroots ranking and local eventer Sharon Hunt, continue to help keep the cost of feed down this autumn and winter with their token scheme on each bag of their feed. The tokens can be collected and redeemed for cash amounts up until 31st December 2010. For more information about feeding your horse and the Cash Back scheme on the feed sacks visit www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk
Point Two Air Jackets now have a range of new colours in stock including the new Hi Viz Safety jacket. To find out about the jackets visit www.point-two.co.uk/equine
Chilham Park 14th – 15th August 2010
Chilham are excited to be running a KBIS BE80(T) class during the Chilham Castle BE Affiliated Horse Trials on Sunday 15th August 2010. They have developed the course and many new jumps have been built to make it an excellent introduction for riders new eventing. For more information visit www.chilhampark.co.uk
WOW Saddles will be at Chilham Park on 14th & 15th August with a trade stand. If you need to stock up on spare parts, need your saddle checked or want to view the new WOW ‘H’ girth. If you can’t get along to Chilham visit the stand at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials!
Event Reports: Funnell & Todd Battle for the Lead
After a hectic couple of weeks for the Point Two South East Eventers League, there have been several changes at the top of the rankings. After the events at Brightling Park, Tweaseldown and Eridge there have been some significant changes to the leaders but certain other riders continue to keep their sections firmly in their grip.
Pippa Funnell has taken the lead in the Intelligent Worming Leading Horse and Rider after Billy Landretti won the Open Intermediate at Eridge. The horse who had to be pulled up in a CIC*** at Houghton a couple of weeks earlier having pulled his front shoes off, was never headed at Eridge and lead his section by seven points at that time but Mark Todd is now closing the gap with Chuckleberry who was 4th in the CIC** at Brightling. Pippa commented that, “I just thought I would give Crunchie (Billy Landretti) a couple of OI runs and make him get on with it, I think he gets easily distracted sometimes.” The area legend is also now second in the Leading Mares section with Billy Shannon where she is in danger of winning her own prize as it is sponsored by The Billy Stud! However she is just being held off top spot there by Lisa Culbeams Cullawn Holly. Pippa has also recently won Bramham CCI*** with Redesigned and been selected on that horse for the coming World Championships.
Mares take the lead
Talking of those, and mares, Pippa's team mate Tina Cook has two mares currently ranked. Estralita is closing the gap on Billy Shannon in the Mares section ater both ran well in the CIC** at Brightling and is also placed in the Seahorse Intermdiate section, where Tina also has Odini in contention.
Sam Penn and Aileen Tizzard maintain their advantage in the Point Two Pre Novice and Seahorse Veteran Sections with Tickeridge and Kavanagh respectively. The former is the commanding leader of the Baileys Overall Grassroots after another win at Brightling Park.
Claire Chamberlayne and Old Kent Road still top the Racing Santuary's Racehorse to Eventer class and Claire has been delighted with the grey geldings progress this season as he has now reached Intermediate level. “He is the kindest, sweetest horse you could wish to find and tries so hard. I am loving having him” she said. The nine year old was no back number when racing either, he won a Listed race in the USA among others.
Polly Hingston's Wooden It Be Nice is just in front of the Seahorse Six year Old section and Sophie Callan heads the Littleton Manor Equestrian Under 21's. However it must be said that her slender advantage over Emily Llewellyn has probably been maintained due to Emily's commitments elsewhere. Having had a marvellous time at Badminton, Emily recently took her best horses to Barbury Castle CIC***/** in Wiltshire where she was in the top ten on both Pardon Me and Society Spice in the three star section as well as being well placed on Balloo in the two star. This has earned her a team place for the Young Rider squad amd she is also a reserve for the Senior team although FEI rules prevent her competing in both during the same season.
Local riders gather SEEL points
Other super SEEL results recently include Brook Staples winning the CIC* at Brightling on Sarah Whitmore's Walidos and Gemma Tattersall the 2* version at the same show on Chamrock, a former Pippa Funnel ride. Emily Baldwin was best of the British at the CHIO in Aachen, Germany, where alongside Pippa Funnell she helped the British team to third place. Local vet Alison Weston who won a novice section at Eridge must have also been delighted with her 5th place in the 1* at Brightling, which was one of her targets for the season with Amaretto van het Hof. Although she bought the horse four years ago from another local Francis Whittington, this is the first season the pair have really got going after the horse spent 18 months suffering from a mysterious respiratory virus which nearly killed him. “He has been excellent this season, he has really got going and I am looking forward to our Brightling outing” said Ali at Eridge. All's well that ends well and SEEL moves on to Little Mattingley and Smiths Lawn for the next opportunity to win points.
