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Sally Kirkwood - Thanks Saddleworld for a great Brisbane CDI

Sally Kirkwood

 Brisbane CDIA highlight of the Australian Dressage Calendar is the exciting Saddleworld Brisbane CDI.  As the main name sponsor, Saddleworld is delighted to be part of such an important event, particularly in the lead up to the Rio Olympic Games which will take place in 2016.

It was gratifying to receive this thankyou letter from Sally Kirkwood, a competitor from Charters Towers, who enjoyed her first CDI and had great success in the Hanoverian Horse Society of Australia 4 Year Old Young Horse class, riding Bloomfield Furstinus.

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Here is Sally’s letter …

Dear Saddleworld,

My name is Sally Kirkwood and recently I competed in the, Saddleworld 2015 Brisbane CDI in the Queensland 4-year-old Young Dressage Horse Championship.

I travelled down to Brisbane from Charters Towers, which is 150 kilometers west of Townsville. This was my very first CDI and let me tell you it was an eye opener!!!

To be honest, I really had no idea what I was in for and just hoped that my horse and I wouldn’t look like we were down from the bush and a little outclassed by combinations with more experience!

I bought Bloomfield Furstinus as a 10 month old foal and have been plugging away with him on our cattle property just south of Charters Towers. There have been many hours in the saddle, exciting times with plenty of “woo hoo” moments in our training, along with a few tears of frustration.  But it was all worth it when we won the Hanoverian Horse Society of Australia’s Queensland Championship for 4 YO Young Dressage Horses, at the Saddleworld Brisbane CDI.

  Sally Kirkwood  

It was such a thrill and I was excited, proud, happy and some tears, with a thousand different emotions rolled into one! I am not going to lie, we did pop some champagne in the stable with my wonderful horse, to celebrate!!!

Sally KirkwoodOf course these events don’t happen without a hard working committee and the financial support of generous sponsors, and knowing all too well the importance of sponsors, as without you we wouldn’t have such an exciting event to help the development of Dressage in Australia.

So I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Saddleworld for your sponsorship at the Brisbane CDI.

This will be a CDI I will never forget and I hope it has been the first of many such competitions to come.

Thanks again, Saddleworld

Sally Kirkwood & Bloomfield Furstinus
The love of my horsey life!!  

 

 
  Above - Here is Sally and Bloomfield Furstinus. as featured on The Horse Magazine's Facebook Page.