Keysoe CPEDI: A new era dawns for Baker

Natasha Baker enjoyed a winning return to international competition with a clean sweep of the 3* Grade III classes at Keysoe CPEDI3*/2*/1* in Bedfordshire (1 – 3 October 2019).

With her new ride, Keystone Dawn Chorus (pictured), she won the Team, Individual and Freestyle tests with scores of 72.71%, 73.68% and 76.47% respectively, cementing the partnership that’s shown so much early promise. “She [Keystone Dawn Chorus] has gone above and beyond my expectations and has been an absolute pro!” said Natasha on her Natasha Baker MBE – Paralympic Dressage Rider Facebook page. “She has blown me away with her attitude and her professionalism, it’s like she’s done it all before.”

The Dimaggio x Escudo eight year old, who’s known at home as Lottie, was purchased in March by Child’s Farm, Christian Landolt and the Baker family as a prospective FEI championship partner for Natasha. In their short time together, they’ve formed an effective and trusting alliance, qualifying for and coming second in the Dodson & Horrell Novice Silver at the LeMieux National Championships, then following a couple of dry runs in national para classes, this emphatic Keysoe hat-trick.

In the CPEDI3* Grade II, Georgia Wilson – our Rotterdam Grade II Freestyle gold medallist – was unbeatable, winning all three tests by considerable margin with her European Championship ride, Midnight, with scores of 74.21%, 74.53% and 74.84%, whilst Singapore’s Laurentia Tan and Banestro broke the British stronghold by producing three knockout tests in the CPEDI3* Grade I.

Nicola Naylor celebrated a fantastic week in which she not only dominated the CPEDI2* Grade IV with 11 year old Flemmingh-sired Del Piero, but also staked her claim in the 3* with Amadeus, winning the Grade IV Individual. Amadeus is well known as the former Grand Prix partner of Nicola’s trainer, Dan Watson, and was on Britain’s winning FEI Nations Cup™ team at Compiègne two years ago.

CPEDI3*
Grade IV Team test
1. Rosemary Gaffney and Werona, 69.13% (IRL)
2. Marcelle Ward and Dornroeschen, 68.75% (GBR)
3. Laura Gulliver and Woodcroft Garuda K, 68.73% (GBR)
4. Katie Radzik and C’est La Vie, 68.58% (GBR)
5. Nicola Naylor and Amadeus, 68.23% (GBR)
8. Rachel Collins and Fine-Time, 65.35% (GBR)
10. Izzy Palmer and Grand Bolero K, 62.43 (GBR)
11. Julie Blanchard and Echo Supreme, 60.68 (GBR)

Grade IV Individual
1. Nicola Naylor and Amadeus, 70.63% (GBR)
2. Laura Gulliver and Woodcroft Garuda K, 70.61% (GBR)
3. Marcelle Ward and Dornroeschen, 70.32% (GBR)
4. Katie Radzik and C’est La Vie, 69.73% (GBR)
7. Izzy Palmer and Grand Bolero K, 66.93 (GBR)
8. Rachel Collins and Fine-Time, 65.44% (GBR)
10. Julie Blanchard and Echo Supreme, 63.34 (GBR)

Grade IV Freestyle
1. Rosemary Gaffney and Werona, 74.23% (IRL)
2. Marcelle Ward and Dornroeschen, 72.18% (GBR)
3. Laura Gulliver and Woodcroft Garuda K, 71.58% (GBR)
4. Nicola Naylor and Amadeus, 70.40% (GBR)
6. Katie Radzik and C’est La Vie, 69.00% (GBR)
8. Rachel Collins and Fine-Time, 68.50% (GBR)

Grade III Team test
1. Natasha Baker and Keystone Dawn Chorus, 72.71% (GBR)
3. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Remi, 69.94% (GBR)
4. Erin Orford and Dior UKH, 69.44% (GBR)

Grade III Individual
1. Natasha Baker and Keystone Dawn Chorus, 73.68% (GBR)
2. Erin Orford and Dior UKH, 70.68% (GBR)
5. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Remi, 69.21% (GBR)

Grade III Freestyle
1. Natasha Baker and Keystone Dawn Chorus, 76.47% (GBR)
2. Erin Orford and Dior UKH, 73.32% (GBR)
3. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Remi, 72.56% (GBR)

Grade II Team test
1. Georgia Wilson and Midnight, 74.21% (GBR)
2. Suzanna Hext and LJT Enggaards Solitaire, 70.85% (GBR)
3. Julie Payne and Pandora, 69.97% (GBR)
5. Natasha Adkinson and Sweet Caledonia, 68.85% (GBR)

Grade II Individual
1. Georgia Wilson and Midnight, 74.53% (GBR)
2. Julie Payne and Pandora, 69.97% (GBR)
3. Suzanna Hext and LJT Enggaards Solitaire, 69.18% (GBR)
4. Natasha Adkinson and Sweet Caledonia, 68.62% (GBR)

Grade II Freestyle
1. Georgia Wilson and Midnight, 74.84% (GBR)
2. Suzanna Hext and LJT Enggaards Solitaire, 71.50% (GBR)
3. Julie Payne and Pandora, 71.27% (GBR)
4. Natasha Adkinson and Sweet Caledonia, 69.27% (GBR)

Grade I Team test
1. Laurentia Tan and Banestro, 75.54% (SGP)
3. Sophie Christiansen and Die Furstin, 73.29% (GBR)
4. Gabriella Blake and Strong Beau, 71.79% (GBR)
5. Sophie Christiansen and Innuendo, 71.61 % (GBR)
6. Mari Durward-Akhurst and Lebensfreude, 68.82% (GBR)
10. Diane Green and Miss Ramexico, 66.64% (GBR)

Grade I Individual
1. Laurentia Tan and Banestro, 75.29% (SGP)
3. Sophie Christiansen and Die Furstin, 73.04% (GBR)
4. Sophie Christiansen and Innuendo, 72.32% (GBR)
5. Gabriella Blake and Strong Beau, 71.36% (GBR)
7. Diane Green and Miss Ramexico, 68.46% (GBR)
9. Mari Durward-Akhurst and Lebensfreude, 66.64% (GBR)

Grade I Freestyle
1. Laurentia Tan and Fuerst Sherlock, 78.40% (SGP)
2. Sophie Christiansen and Die Furstin, 74.63% (GBR)
3. Gabriella Blake and Strong Beau, 71.86% (GBR)
4. Diane Green and Miss Ramexico, 70.30% (GBR)
6. Mari Durward-Akhurst and Lebensfreude, 69.61% (GBR)

CPEDI2*

Grade V Novice A test
1. Joanne Dagley-Cleworth and Michael Angelo, 62.92% (GBR)

Grade V Team test
1. Joanne Dagley-Cleworth and Michael Angelo, 63.72% (GBR)

Grade V Freestyle
1. Joanne Dagley-Cleworth and Michael Angelo, 63.63% (GBR)

Grade IV Novice A test
1. Nicola Naylor and Del Piero, 70.46% (GBR)
2. Sara Bates and Tango, 67.93% (GBR)
3. Julie Blanchard and Ucaro, 65.98% (GBR)
4. Fiona Maynard and Diesel, 64.08% (GBR)
5. Rachel Collins and Ronja, 63.51% (GBR)
6. Keeley Squires and Stanbeck by Request, 62.07% (GBR)

Grade IV Team test
1. Nicola Naylor and Del Piero, 67.46% (GBR)
2. Julie Blanchard and Ucaro, 65.71% (GBR)
3. Sara Bates and Tango, 63.79% (GBR)
4. Fiona Maynard and Diesel, 63.17% (GBR)
5. Keeley Squires and Stanbeck by Request, 62.96% (GBR)
6. Rachel Collins and Ronja, 62.13% (GBR)

Grade IV Freestyle
1. Nicola Naylor and Del Piero, 69.45% (GBR)
2. Fiona Maynard and Diesel, 66.98% (GBR)
3. Julie Blanchard and Ucaro 65.71% (GBR)
4. Keeley Squires and Stanbeck by Request, 64.82% (GBR)
5. Sara Bates and Tango, 63.19% (GBR)
6. Rachel Collins and Ronja, 64.15% (GBR)

Grade III Novice A test
1. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Etrust, 65.47% (GBR)
2. Olivia Cornick and Ronaldo, 64.00% (GBR)

Grade III Team Test
1. Olivia Cornick and Ronaldo, 66.08% (GBR)
2. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Etrust, 65.59% (GBR)

Grade III Freestyle
1. Olivia Cornick and Ronaldo, 69.71% (GBR)
2. Amanda Shirtcliffe and Etrust, 67.75% (GBR)

Grade II Novice A test
1. Georgia Wilson and Sugarbabe, 69.64% (GBR)
2. Jemima Green and Blue Chip Forever, 67.83% (GBR)

Grade II Team Test
1. Jemima Green and Blue Chip Forever, 70.05% (GBR)
2. Georgia Wilson and Sugarbabe, 67.22% (GBR)

Grade II Freestyle
1. Georgia Wilson and Sugarbabe, 72.58% (GBR)
2. Jemima Green and Blue Chip Forever, 70.34% (GBR)

CPEDI1*

Grade V Novice A test (day 1)
1. Hope Hayward and Et L’Amour, 66.71% (GBR)

Grade V Novice A test (day 2)
1. Hope Hayward and Et L’Amour, 63.39% (GBR)

Grade V Freestyle
1. Hope Hayward and Et L’Amour, 68.54% (GBR)

Grade IV Novice A test (day 1)
1. Alicia Griffiths and Aegrus Ophelia, 65.57% (GBR)
2. Sara Bates and Parsley, 65.17% (GBR)
3. Marcelle Ward and Ivanho, 63.51% (GBR)
4. Deborah Hounsome and Bolencello, 62.82% (GBR)
5. Katie Radzik and Iba, 62.07% (GBR)

Grade IV Novice A test (day 2)
1. Sara Bates amd Parsley, 66.67% (GBR)
2. Deborah Hounsome and Bolencello, 66.32% (GBR)
3. Alicia Griffiths and Aegrus Ophelia, 65.86% (GBR)
4. Katie Radzik and Iba, 65.23% (GBR)
5. Marcelle Ward and Ivanho, 62.13% (GBR)

Grade IV Freestyle
1. Sara Bates and Parsley, 68.24% (GBR)
2. Katie Radzik and Iba, 67.67% (GBR)
3. Alicia Griffiths and Aegrus Ophelia, 65.63% (GBR)
4. Marcelle Ward and Ivanho, 64.54% (GBR)
5. Deborah Hounsome and Bolencello, 58.04% (GBR)

Grade III Novice A test (day 1)
1. Vanessa Palmer and Encore, 67.87% (GBR)
2. Sharon Kelsall and Valentino, 67.60% (GBR)

Grade III Novice A test (day 2)
1. Vanessa Palmer and Encore, 65.13% (GBR)

Grade III Freestyle
1. Vanessa Palmer and Encore, 65.28% (GBR)

Grade II Novice A test (day 1)
1. Veronica Bower and Game Over, 65.43% (GBR)
2. Anna-Mae Cole and The Gingerbread Man, 65.22% (GBR)
3. Victoria Smith and Louis, 64.78% (GBR)

Grade II Novice A test (day 2)
1. Veronica Bower and Game Over, 68.26% (GBR)
2. Anna-Mae Cole and The Gingerbread Man, 66.23% (GBR)
3. Victoria Smith and Louis, 60.29% (GBR)

Grade II Freestyle
1. Anna-Mae Cole and The Gingerbread Man, 69.45% (GBR)
2. Victoria Smith and Louis, 66.07% (GBR)

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