Douglas Duffin

One of Scotland's up and coming stars competing in the Gold arena on "Jack"

Dabbs show and activity center leapt into action this weekend when they hosted a superb three day BSJA show jumping bonanza, entertaining both junior and senior competitors.

The weather stayed dry and cool, ideal conditions for horses and riders to compete against one another over some challenging courses.

Horses and riders traveled from all over Scotland some from further a field, to battle it out for some generous prize money sponsored by local companies within the Kingdom of Fife and beyond.

Douglas has had a very successful career in Show Jumping working his way up through the levels since childhood under the careful eye of his trainer Ron Brady. He now makes up part of the Langfaulds Show Jumping team in Saline, Fife, sponsored by Nathan Valley Homes.

The show commenced on Friday 18th May with a superb schedule of classes for BSJA competitors.

The opening class got underway in the all new, all weather arena.

Competitors quite clearly appreciated this superb new feature at the center which has just recently been put in place. The center catered for overnight stays by providing temporary stables for the horses and the cafeteria was kept busy providing hungry punters with a good choice of home cooked food!

Fridays 1.30m Open Championship saw Joanna Storrie another of Scotland's up and coming stars on Giro Tiller, last years Wembley Foxhunter qualifier, share first prize with Sandra Low Mitchel on Hectique and Micha Irvine on two horses Meadowheads Megane and meadowheads Atlete.

Joanna Storrie on Champion Giro Tiller

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The ladies each jumped two double clear rounds and decided equally to opt out of the jump off and settle for equal places in order to save their horses for classes later on over the course of the weekend.

A fantastic triumph for Scottish Lady Show Jumping!

Joanna Storrie with the very same Giro Tiller complimented her weekend's success by winning the Ace Security Management Grade C "King of The Ring" qualifier, one of the main features of the weekends show.

An interview with Ron Brady informed us that the King of The ring has been put together with the assistance from four main companies within the East of Scotland.

The last class of the weekend the 1m30 Open King of the ring championship saw Ron Brady one of the organisers of the Championship battle it out over a 1m30 open class against his very own student Douglas Duffin.

Ron on his Grade A mare, B Dynamic had led the field until the very last moment, when Douglas on a stunning stallion owned by Mrs Ferguson Dauntless Prince scooped up the prize money of £150 sponsored by Aon Ltd

All in all a truly spectacular show uniting some of Scotland's greatest show jumpers and stars in the making!

Be sure to contact Andrew Or Domenique at the Center for news on future events shows and training!