Can you put a Price on Burghley after Dressage: Jonelle Price

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Joelle puts in a great performance to finish her dressage on a score of 28.4 so sits her and Faerie Dianimo in joint 7th place going forward to the cross country which is a very strong position for Jonelle to be in especially as she is known as the queen of cross country!!

Faerie Dianimo is a stunning looking horse and was in a lovely rhythm throughout the test, not to mention a beautiful uphill frame, yet it looked a relaxed way of going and Faerie Dianimo had a lovely expression on her face, infact she was so relaxed at the first part of her test the ears were flopping in the walk. They entered with purpose and that reflected in the score with them gaining a 10! and then this was later followed by a very scopey extended trot which just floated.

The mare was quietly ridden by Jonelle and though looked to get a little hotter towards the end of the test Jonelle did an outstanding job containing her exuberance and rode a very clean crisp test.

 

Interview by Lloyd Bell Productions

Just finished your Dressage with Faerie Dianimo with a score of 28.4, thats a very competitive score

Well it’s in front of the hubby so that’s always a good start, but look I think it is going to be immaterial at the end of tomorrow, you know a few marks more would have been where I would have like to have been you know 25/26. She was a little bit hotter than I had hoped for today, i thought at the age of 14 she was starting to get a bit more sedentary but clearly not but hopefully that bodes well for tomorrow.

She is a real Galloper, but like you said earlier her best results have been round the Pau’s and Luhmuhlen’s, its a very different track here, do you think it will suit her?

Well in someways, you know she gets a bit difficult to ride because she is quite sensitive, I am sort of hoping the longer straighter bigger fences might actually back her up a little bit, she is very very confident, but the thing with Burghley is you never quite know if you have got a Burghley horse till you get out there so I think she is that’s why I’ve brought her here but lets see what tomorrow brings!

We wish Jonelle all the best for the cross country tomorrow.

 

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