*SULTAN 2ND IN GENTS CHAMPIONSHIP AT SCOPE*
posted : 02 September 2010
Sultan jumped a cracking round to come 2nd by a split of a second in the Midland Masters Gents Championship at Scope last night. We were so very proud of him and the way he is taking on such good older horses. Abeer, who is only 7, took home a very credible 9th place in the Ladies Championship and today Little Lefanie came an impressive 2nd in the Grand Prix Qualifier. Elsewhere Abdul Aziz and Faize recorded a 2nd and 3rd in a Foxhunter class.
*SULTAN BRITISH 8 YEAR OLD CHAMPION*
posted : 24 August 2010
Sultan bred by Old Lodge and ridden by Bruce Menzies WON the British 8 Year Old Championship yesterday - an amazing win beating John Whitaker and Argento by 0.3 of a second in a huge jump off....the last upright in the first round being 1.57m!! Jawaher was 9th. Bob Ellis built such a big track many horses were pulled out after the course walk....British Team Manager Rob Hoekstra was most impressed and described the course as the same as a significant International (CSI) Grand Prix. Old Lodge also own the reigning HOYS 7&8 Year Old Champion (Super Trooper de Ness). Other horses did very well with Fahad (Vigo d'asouilles x Parco) WON the Star of the Future and Saber, Joharrah and Final Strike also in the top 6. Showtime (Stakkato) was 4th in the 4 Year Old Championship, Faize (Oberon du Moulin) was 2nd and Abdul Aziz (Diamant de Semilly) was 7th in the 6 year old Championship, Fahad was 10th in the 5 Year Old Championship, Abeer (Concorde) was 11th in the 7 Year Old Championship. In all Old Lodge collected 14 WINS and 11 placings - a fantastic result at the national championships.
*SUPER TROOPER DE NESS WINS WINTER B AND C CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 AGAIN*
posted : 04 August 2010
For a second year in a row Super Trooper de Ness has WON the Russells Catering Winter B and C Championship at Hickstead. We also had a very credible 3rd place by Sultan and 5th by Jawaher.....all having jumped double clears. In fact Hickstead was another good show for Old Lodge horses..Super Trooper, Abeer, Jawaher also had futher WINS...Nora, Sorraya, Bramati had seconds,and numerous other places were had .... more details to follow.
*UPDATE JULY 5TH 2010*
posted : 05 July 2010
Lots has happened recently - Super Trooper came 2nd in the Hickstead Grade B Championship and his stable mate Jawaher came 5th. We had 3 horses in the 5 Year Old Championship with the stallion Figaro coming 2nd, homebred Nora (by Najed) coming 4th and Fahad coming 6th. Tifffany WON at County level and had a 2nd at Chester International, Zalza had a good 2nd at Hickstead, and Showtime jumped really well (please see youtube), Brickfield Boys is on form and Sultan has been placed 2nd in 3* International Grand Prix. We have had lots of foals.
*SULTAN TO HOYS 2010*
posted : 10 May 2010
Sultan WON the HOYS 7&8 year old qualifier at Addington this week so will be off to join Super Trooper de Ness at the final at Horse of the Year Show 2010. Sultan is now also Grade A.
*INTERNATIONAL RESULTS ROLLING IN *
posted : 07 April 2010
Tiffany and Little Lefanie have been winning in Arezzo and Brickfield Boy has been placed. Sultan is also doing well in Villamora with a number of placings including 2nd in the small grand prix.
*SULTAN QUALIFIES FOR WINTER B&C CHAMPIONSHIP*
posted : 01 March 2010
Sultan jumped a superb double clear in a tough Winter B and C qualifier for the International ring at the RIHS, Hickstead to come second. This was his second show back following a Winter break. He will join stablemates Jawaher and Super Trooper in the Final.
*OLD LODGE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS*
posted : 22 February 2010
9 am 4.30 pm
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
West Kington Stud and Willesley Equine Clinic will be presenting a one-day seminar covering all aspects of equine breeding, including the latest techniques and developments. The seminar is aimed at anyone involved with or interested in equine breeding and is being kindly sponsored by EV Veterinary Products, Countrywide Farmers and Dechra Veterinary Products.
Top level speakers from the world of equine breeding include:
Richard Meade OBE Triple Olympic Eventing Gold Medallist and Chairman of the British Horse Foundation, who will chairing the seminar;
Lynne Crowden British Warmblood breeder and producer of dressage horses; Non-Executive Director of the National Equine Database (NED);
Carole Mortimer Freelance journalist and Horse & Hound columnist;
Chris Shepherd MRCVS Senior Partner of Willesley Equine Clinic, stud/AI vet and equine frozen semen specialist;
Katherine Hemson MRCVS Willesley Equine Clinic Stud Vet, with special interest in mare fertility and foal health;
Martin Boyle MRCVS Pioneering Consultant Vet internationally renowned for his research and work on equine frozen semen;
Emma Tomlinson MRCVS Founder and Director of Beaufort Embryo Transfer Centre;
Tessa Clarke Stud Manager of West Kington Stud and Stallion Centre;
Susan Carden Equine semen collection specialist and AI Technician;
Louise Jones BSc MSc R.Nutr Dodson & Horrell Equine Nutritionist, whose wide experience includes many scientific research projects related to the breeding industry.
*SUPER TROOPER ON FRONT COVER OF BRITISH SHOWJUMPING*
posted : 25 January 2010
Super Trooper de Ness had graced the front cover of the British Show Jumping Magazine - we had the first and last cover of 2009 as Brickfield Boy was on the first cover of the year. Sultan was recently on the front cover of the show catalogue.
*BSJA AWARD*
posted : 09 November 2009
We are pleased to announce that the BSJA has awarded us the British Showjumping Owner of the month for October 2009.
This is due to the superb performances at the Horse of the Year Show from Sultan and Super Trooper de Ness.
We would like to express our thanks to all the Old Lodge Team and in particular to Bruce Menzies and Nicky Boulter and their great achievements.
*SULTAN WINS GRADE C FINAL HOYS*
posted : 14 October 2009
Another fantastic achievement by our lovely home bred Sultan at Hoys Gradge C Final on 11 October 2009. It was another great competition and our Sultan showed us what an exciting horse he is by winning again. We are looking forward to an existing time ahead with this horse. Watch this space!!
*SULTAN WINS FOXHUNTER FINAL AT HOYS*
posted : 09 October 2009
A fantastic evening at HOYS last night gave us an exciting win. Sultan won the Foxhunter Final in an impressive style and had us all on the edge of our seats. Sultan is an exeptional horse with an exciting future ahead of him.
*HOYS 7 OCTOBER - 11 OCTOBER 2009*
posted : 08 October 2009
We are excited that Old Lodge have a number of our horses at Hoys this week.
Super Trooper will be in 7 & 8 year Final on 07/10/2009, ridden by Nicky Boulter.
Sultan will be in Foxhunter final on 08/10/2009 ridden by Bruce Menzies.
Mohammed will be in 6 year Final on 10/10/2009, ridden by Bruce Menzies.
Super Trooper, Jawaher and Sultan will all by competing in Grade C Final on 11/10/09.
*BRITISH YOUNGHORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS *
posted : 12 August 2009
Figaro van de Bossrand WON the non-British bred 4 Year Old Championship and was licensed as a stallion by the AES and BSJA.
Renkum Bridger came 2nd in the British Bred 4 Year Old Championship.
Zalza WON the non- British bred 5 Year Old Championship with a fantastic, speedy double clear. This lovely horse WON the 4 Year Old Championship in 2008 so quite an achievement.
Faise WON the British bred 5 Year Old Championship which gave Old Lodge a Breeder Award and a bonus on top of the prize money of £2,000. He also won a Breeder Award and the 4 Year Old Championship in 2008.
Abdul Aziz performed very well and came 5th in the British Bred 5 Year Old Championship, WON a Breeders Award for Old Lodge and showed himself to be a very interesting horse for the future.
Bent Al Riyadh did not get placed but did get into the final which is a significant achievement in itself.
In the 6 Year Old British Bred Championship Hussah came a very credible 7th (Breeders Award) and Abeer retained her 10th place position as she was in the 5 Year Old Championship in 2008. She also WON a Breeders Award for Old Lodge. Mohammed also qualified for the final.
The Old Lodge horses in the 7 Year Old Championship showed their scope and ability by all making the Final with Sultan jumping with the greatest of ease throughout the week. His only pole down all week was in the jump off of the final and resulted in a Breeders Award and 10th place.
Bramati Z who was at only his 3rd show since this time last year jumped very well to achieve a 9th place in the class for horses of his age and one year older which have been bought through the Brightwells Auction. A class he can jump in again next year.
Statistically the results are an improvement on last year. There is always room for improvement but overall the results are excellent especially when you consider we were represented in all the Championships we could jump in (6 in all) and we WON 50% of them and were placed in the top 10 in 100% including a 2nd, 7th and 2 x 10th places.
Well done Team Old Lodge!
*FRIDAY AT THE ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW*
posted : 24 July 2009
Despite the horrid weather and withdrawing many of our horses Old Lodge still achieved an excellent 1st place from homebred grade C Sultan in the Grade B and C Futurity Stakes today. This star of the future who has already qualified for HOYS Grade C and Foxhunter Finals this year, and WON the Grade C Championship at the Hickstead Derby meeting never fails to impress. Super Trooper came a credible 8th in the Young Breeding Horse Championship in the International Arena, a class he is young enough to contest in 2010. Mohammed jumped a lovely double clear in the Intermediate Stakes. Tomorrow sees Old Lodge jumping 4 horses in the International Classes and looks forward to an exciting day.
*RIHS WINS FOR SUPER TROOPER DE NESS, LITTLE MISS AND ABEER*
posted : 22 July 2009
What an amazing day for Old Lodge Horses at Hickstead. Little Miss (homebred) WON the British Young Riders Championship for a 3rd time running!!! She was the only clear round! Super Trooper de Ness WON the Kingsmill B and C Championship. There were only two double clears, the second of which was another of our horses - Estrella de V - and then to crown the day a further homebred, Abeer, WON the Foxhunter from over 70 starters. Sultan and Sorraya (also hombreds) also both jumped a double clear in the 1.30m (still waiting for placings), Zalza came 2nd in the Novice and Abdul Aziz (homebred) also jumped a double clear and just waiting for his placing to be confirmed. Viengeurin also jumped a double clear in the 1.05m as she did yesterday. This is her first show so we are very pleased with her too. Yesterday we also had some excellent results including Bent al Riyadh 5th, Sabre 7th, Little Miss 2nd, Hussah 2nd, and numerous other doubel clears.
Tomorrow is the start of the International Classes where we have 4 horses representing the stud, as well as 18 horses jumping for Old Lodge in the National Classes.
*MAJOR SUCCESS AT HICKSTEAD DERBY*
posted : 06 July 2009
Old Lodge Stud had a fantastic week at the Hickstead Derby. Little Lefanie WON TWO International Classes, Brickfield Boy was placed in the Derby Trial, Estrella WON the Grade B qualifier, we had numerous horses in the 5 and 6 year Old Championships and Sultan jumped a spectacular double clear to WIN the Grade C Championship with Jawaher in 4th place. This is the second time we have WON this class as Loulou de Villiers won it for us a few years ago.
*LIANTA - HAS SECOND FOAL DUE FOR 2010*
posted : 08 June 2009
Lianta - the dam of Brickfield Boy and Sultan - has been visiting Holland and Belgium this year to take part in an embryo transfer programme. We are now very excited to report that we have a foal by Indoctro and another by Chellano Z due for 2010. We now have to decide what to cover her by next!
*SUTLAN WINS HOYS FOXHUNTER QUALIFIER*
posted : 08 June 2009
Our lovely homebred Sultan WON the Foxhunter qualifier at Wales on Friday and is now heading to the Horse of the Year Show in two classes as he has already qualified Grade C. He jumped a superb triple clear - only one other horse achieved this - to secure his place. Super Trooper also jumped very well in this class to come 6th and Hussah also jumped very well in the Newcomer 2nd round to come 5th as the fastest 4 faulter in the third round.
*OLD LODGE ARE GOING TO HOYS........*
posted : 25 May 2009
Sultan and Jawaher have qualified for the Horse of the Year Show Grade C final. This is a very exciting start to their 7 year old careers.
*EASTER A GOOD WEEK FOR OLD LODGE*
posted : 18 April 2009
We had a great Easter week with our young horses - Estrella coming 1st in the 1.30m and 2nd in the 1.40m, Zalza WON his Newcomers, Bent came 2nd in the Discovery, Sultan 2nd in the Foxhunter, Mohammed and Tareef came 2nd and 3rd in the 1.15 open and Super Trooper came 6th in the 1.30m
*MOHAMMED QUALIFIES FOR WINTER NOVICE FINAL*
posted : 02 February 2009
An excellent triple clear by Mohammed to come 2nd on Saturday at Addington means he has secured his place in the Winter Novice Final at RIHS Hickstead 2009. This homebred will be joining another Old Lodge homebred, Hussah, who had already qualified and will be following a family tradition as his elder brother (Sultan) competed in this class in 2008.
*SUPER TROOPER INVITED ONTO THE EQUINE PATHWAY*
posted : 17 December 2008
Super Trooper de Ness has been invited onto the Equine Pathway where he joins the Old Lodge homebred Sultan. Both these horses have actually already completed the 2009 criteria for them!
*2ND AND 3RD IN NEWCOMER FINAL AT HOYS*
posted : 13 October 2008
Super Trooper came second and Sultan came 3rd in the Newcomer final at HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW.....how exciting AND what an achievement. Sultan also won an extra £1,000 for being the highest placed British Bred Horse (bred by Old Lodge). Tiffany, who was second favourite, had an annoying fence in the Foxhunter final. Little Lefanie jumped some amazing round in her first indoor International Show and Brickfield Boy brought us home some prizemoney. His clear in the first round of the 1.55m grand prix must be his toughest track to date. This outstanding speed horse is a star!
*INVITATION TO COMPETE AT LANAKEN*
posted : 28 August 2008
Hussah and Sultan have been invited to compete at the World Breeding Championships at Lanaken.
*BRITISH YOUNG HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008*
posted : 22 August 2008
The results from the British Young Horse Championships for Old Lodge bred and produced horses was outstanding.
The four year old results were amazing with Bramati Z, Cheers Charisma and Zalza WINNING every class that they competed in including equal FIRST in the non British Bred Championship. They achieved this without a single fence knocked down over the whole show. Faize WON two out of three classes including the British Bred Championship and Adbul Aziz WON one class and came 4th in the Championship. Although Saber did not qualify for the Championship he did WIN the Consolation. Old Lodge were the sponsor of these classes so it was great to see our horses doing so well.
On Thursday we had the Equimat Brightwells Stars of the Future Challenge. Old Lodge horses gave a demonstration on how a team of horses can be so well prepared with an outstanding 1st (Viola) 2nd (Super Trooper) and 3rd (Jawaher) in this class.
The Five Year Old British Bred Championship was over a very tough track of 1.25m. A real step up for our horses which they coped with very well. Hussah was placed 3rd in the Championship only 0.62 of a second behind the first horse. Abeer (who had WON the qualifier) but took 10th place as the fastest horse with one fence down in the jump off.
Jawaher must be recognised for her continued consistency. She jumped clear every day at Hickstead and then came FIRST in both of the 6 Year Old Qualifiers and jumped double clear to come 3rd in Equimat Brightwells Star of the Future Challenge (beaten by Super Trooper and Viola!) and then 10th place in the 6 Year Old Non British Bred Championship. Super Trooper, who also WON his qualifier, just rubbed a fence off in the Championship.
In the British Bred 6 Year Olds we achieved a super FIRST place from Sultan in the Qualifier but the Championship was not his day, however Vamoose stepped up to this 1.35m Championship and jumped the best we have ever seen from her to take 5th place the fastest horse with one fence down.
Old Lodge were presented with 5 awards from the British Show Jumping Association for the achievements of their homebred horses (Vamoose, Abeer, Hussah, Faize and Abdul Aziz). We also were given bonus prize money for the amazing number of double clears our horses jumped (Faize, Cheers Charisma, Bramati Z and Zalaz) and a further bonus for the 4 year old horses which were purchased through a Brightwells Auction and then jumped clear in their final (Cheers Charisma, Bramati Z and Zalza).
There were 517 horses competing of which 18 belong to Old Lodge. There were 7 Classes with 2 Preliminary Rounds, Consolation and Championship and one class which was a straight Championship. Old Lodge took home 17 x FIRSTS, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th and 2 x 10th. The results speak for themselves on the amount of work, effort and especially the quality of the horses which Old Lodge own.
*TIFFANY AND TWILIGHT QUALIFY FOR BREEDING HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP*
posted : 24 July 2008
Tiffany WON the Old Lodge Breeding Horse Qualifier today at the Royal International Horse Show. So both her and team mate Twilight (6th) will jump in the final tomorrow in the International Arena.
RIHS is going very well for Old Lodge to date we have had a WIN for Abeer and a WIN for Super Trooper De Ness in the Novice Stakes. Jawaher has had 2 seconds and a 3rd. Super Trooper came a very creditable 3rd in the Winter Novice final in the main arena. Little Miss came 6th in the 1.35m. Aneed, Hussah, Sultan and Abeer have all had good placings too.
But a special mention must go to Brickfield Boy who had a fantastic 3rd place in the International Two Phase class where there were over 40 starters.
*SULTAN AND SUPER TROOPER OFF TO HOYS*
posted : 23 June 2008
Dorset Newcomer 2nd round proved to be a good show for Old Lodge. Sultan WON and Super Trooper came second to secure their tickets for HOYS Newcomer Finals. Utopia also came 5th. It was also good for us to see other horses which we have bred doing well in this class such as Sabina and Tina.
Mohammed and Sultan were also well placed in their age classes.
*OLD LODGE WIN AT ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW CSI *
posted : 12 May 2008
Royal Windsor Horse Show 2008 was another good week for Old Lodge. Sultan, who has been accepted on the Equine Pathway, jumped a super double clear in the Foxhunter and Brickfield Boy, who is out of the smae mare as Sultan went on to WIN the Landrover International Stakes Two Phase(1.50m)and second in the Accumulator (1.60m) where Brickfield Boy set such a pace with full marks (flying over the 1.65m of planks)that fellow competitors struggled to catch his time, never mind the clear, until a fabulous effort by second last to go Graham Lovegrove and Angel who won by 0.18 of a second! Well done.
Comment from Jane Carley Horse and Hound reporter;
'Clear rounds were few and far between in the two phase competition, won with a bold effort from and early draw by Geoff Luckett and Rising Star Investments' Brickfield Boy. With a short distance from the last fence in phase one, Geoff was quickly on to the first in the second phase. A bright orange upright in the centre of the ring invited riders to angle it tightly, and he was one of few to succeed, giving a great gallop to a large oxer to finish.'
*BRICKFIELD BOY WINS AT MAUBEURGE*
posted : 02 May 2008
Brickfield Boy had a win today at the CSI*** Maubeurge with Geoff Luckett (2nd May 2008). This is his first win in an International Competition, following on from his impressive WIN at Addington last week in the £500 class and the week before he had a very impressive 2nd at the British Open CSI*****. He will jump tomorrow and Sunday at Maubeurge (www.jumpingmaubeurge.fr) before returning to the UK for his first visit to The Royal Windsor Horse Show where he will jump in the Internationl Classes. His half brother, Sultan, will also be jumping at Windsor.
*FOUR OLD LODGE HORSES QUALIFY FOR THE WINTER NOVICE FINAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA AT HICKSTEAD*
posted : 21 April 2008
Vamoose, a six year old mare bred by Old Lodge, by Quo Vadis out of Matina qualified for the Winter Novice Final at the Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead on Saturday 8th March 2008 at Quob. This was our fourth qualifyer for this prestigious final as our stallion Super Trooper de Ness had already qualified as has the mare Viola and the gelding Sultan, who was also bred by Old Lodge out of our superb broodmare Lianta. Has anyone ever had 4 horses in this final before? I doubt it!!!
