Yazmin’s blog: ‘A Liverpudlian New Year’

Showjumper Yazmin Pinchen saw in 2016 at the Equestrian.com Liverpool International Horse Show in Liverpool – and it sounds like the show was a lot of fun…

“Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had an amazing time seeing in 2016.

I was lucky enough to celebrate with my close friends at the inaugural Liverpool International Horse Show. It was an incredible night. I don’t get to see my best friend Alice very often so getting to spend a weekend together was really special for us.

The show started on New Year’s day in the evening. When I arrived at the venue I was speechless, which does not happen very often! It was out of this world, with so much going on. There was the Bootleg Beatles playing in the arena on a stage and they were amazing, I love The Beatles music anyway so that was really fun. Then there was the French Horsemen team, a French lady doing a beautiful display with such a stunning horse, girls with fire and the Shetland Pony Grand National racing around, obviously not all at the same time but it was great. Nina Barbour and her team pulled out all the stops and the show was incredible, so many people came to watch which is fantastic for our sport.

Nina also put so much effort into even the small details, I can’t praise her and her team enough it was seriously amazing. I had a good show, unfortunately I didn’t take first prize in the Grand Prix again, but my horses jumped well and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Now I am taking a month off shows, I am working towards the Sunshine Tour again where I plan to take 10 horses. I love doing the Tour because it’s a great place to start off again and take the young ones. After that I hope to do some Nations Cup shows. This year is an important year for us showjumpers and trying to make the short list for selection is what a lot of us hope for, I will certainly be trying to be consistent enough up to the Olympics, we will see what happens.

I would like to take this opportunity to send my condolences to Cameron Hanley and his team after they lost Antello Z in Liverpool. The horse was highly regarded in our industry and they were a great team. I wish Cameron all the luck for this year, he truly deserves it.

Good luck to everyone this year and hope to see you all soon!”

Yazmin

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