Bryony Goodwin and Krack DE won the Black Country Saddles advanced medium gold at the NAF Five Star Winter dressage Championships with a score of 72.55%. Despite a mistake in one of the changes, consistent eights and a nine for paces in the collectives lifted them into the lead, narrowly beating Dannie Morgan and Fever Tree who scored 72.5%.
Kate Whitehead and Florisemo claimed the HorseHage prelim silver title with a score of 72.87%, followed closely by Lauren Burrows and Beaux Lyon in second place and Bradley Moore-Taylor and Urkalinde in third. Kate was surprised by their win as it was their first championships, and she credits their success to preparation and schooling around championship-style arenas.
Kate shares the ride on Florisemo with her trainer Katie Owens, who took reserve champion in the four-year-old class at last year’s National Championships. Despite her success, Kate still sees herself as on a learning curve and emphasizes the importance of keeping her horse sound and letting him live like a horse, rather than focusing solely on training.