Last weekend Mauricio and Bridgetown had an incredible weekend winning two classes.
On Thursday, the 13th of May,Β they won the 1m35 speed class out of 98 riders and on Saturday the 15th of May, they won the 1m40 two phases class. Great performance from this fantastic mare!
Click here for the video of the 1m40 class.Β
Furthermore, the 8-year-old gelding Neroli Vanβt Klavertje Vier was placed seventh on Saturday 15/05 in the 1m35 class.
Our horses performed splendidly at the CSI2* of Opglabbeek from April 29th to May 2nd.Β
Epsilon de Brenil was clear and placed every day during the weekend in the 7-year-old classes and finished seventh in the final. Huge progress and regularity for this future 1m50 Grand Prix prospect horse.
Bridgetown was also placed fourth in the 1m35 speed class on Friday.
Our next show with the young horses will be the training in Lummen on the 11th and 12th of May on the amazing grass arena so they keep gaining as much experience as possible for their future sport careers.
And for the older horses, we will be present at the CSI2* in Opglabbeek from the 13th to the 16th of May.
Due to the covid pandemic and the EHV horse virus, the showing season started later than planned for our stable. Β
Nevertheless last weekend 15-18 of April we started with the first official 2021 CSI 2* show in the great facilities of Azelhof Events in Lier, Belgium. All horses improved enormously during the last 4 months from the work at home and they impressed everyone with the great performances they had during the last weekend.
The 10-year-old AES mare Bridge Town was 4th in the 1m30 class on Thursday and finish 4th in the CSI 1* GP.
The 8-year-old BWP gelding Neroli Vanβt Klavertje Vier finish 3rd in his first 1m40 two faces class on Sunday.
The 7-year-old SF Epsilon de Brenil placed on Friday in the speed young horses class.
Lastly, the fantastic 7-year-old Z gelding Aquiles del Caribe breed by Mauricio Ruiz Horses was placed on Sunday young horses GP.
We are looking forward to the upcoming international show in Opglabbeek on 29/04 – 02/05.
After a very long and taxing six days we are back in Belgium, with the horses quarantining at our new stables in Bocholt.
We would like to thank our team of grooms and drivers who worked tirelessly to look after the horses and do their best to minimize any risk of contracting the EHV-1 Virus, as well as our owners who have been very supportive and understanding in all the decisions we had to take.
We were very disappointed that the beginning of our official jumping season was so abruptly ended and that our horses had to do an unnecessary journey due to a lack of honesty and frankness from the organizers at the Sunshine Tour in Vejer since before we departed for Spain and also during our 3 days traveling.
Hopefully, this unforeseen EHV-1 outbreak gets under control soon and we can go back to doing what we love again. Our thoughts are with all of those whose horses have been affected by this awful strain of the virus and we pray for their swift recovery.
Mauricio Ruiz and Lexi Carter had an amazing first international show this weekend in Bonheiden.
Epsilon de Brenil and Lexi Carter did a great job in the 6 yo classes for the first time together in the show. They were clear and placed, click here for the result.
Aquiles del Caribe was clear every day in his first international show. Click here for the results.
Neroli vanβt Klavertje Vier was clear and placed the first two days in the 7 yo classes. He finished sixth on Friday.
Bridgetown was again extremely good! She got placed every single day in the 1m30-35 classes. Click here for the results.
Noble Calippo made his international comeback in the 1m30-35 classes and got placed the first two days. Click here for the results.
Finally, Dakota is also coming back from a long break and he is starting to jump the ranking classes.
Mauricio Ruiz Horses is very pleased with the results of the horses in the first international show this year. This reflects the good work we did with the horses during the pandemic period.
Mauricio was unfortunately not able to compete in the first international show of the year at the CSI2* Lier 19 – 22/03. These shows were canceled because of the Covid-19 epidemic.
He was going to compete Epsilon de Brenil in the 6 yo classes. Neroli van ‘t Klavertje Vier was supposed to jump in the 7 yo classes. With Bridge Town, Mauricio was entered in the CSI1* and Centaure du Pommeray and Messi E in the CSI2*.
Gold League Opglabbeek
This show from 13-15/03 was also canceled, Goldstar vd Braembeier, N-Titti Diamant VG Z, Dakota, Noble Calippo, Centaure and Messi E were normally jumping in the Gold League national show in Opglabbeek.
