Promising mare Quindiva comes of age with Burghley cross-country spherical

One horse who caught the attention together with her succesful efficiency over the 2023 Defender Burghley Horse Trials cross-country course was the multi-talented Quindiva.

The 13-year-old mare, ridden by Alex Bragg and owned by the Roe household, climbed 29 locations together with her sensible spherical, stopping the clock with 14 cross-country time-penalties to take a seat twentieth forward of the ultimate section on 53.7.

Watch Alex discuss Quindiva within the video under

This was Quindiva’s first five-star cross-country leaping clear and Alex was understandably “buzzing”.

“I can safely say, she bossed it. What a horse!” he mentioned. “Her first five-star was at Badminton this yr, which was gruelling within the mud. She by no means made a mistake. I made a selection to drag her as much as save her and I feel she’s repaid me for that.

“She’s a delicate horse. I’ve to nurture her confidence. She’s very alert to the general public, so to maintain her within the room and centered, I simply reassure her on a regular basis.

“You’ll be able to’t dominate her, you must encourage her. It’s important to be agency, such as you would along with your youngsters, however you must nurture her and provides her confidence.”

Alex credied the entire group behind this Quintender 2 daughter, who’s out of a Excessive Curler mare. She has impressed on her development to this high stage, scoring a number of top-10 outcomes at four-star in addition to two three-star wins to her identify. This neat mare is flexible, too. She holds a showjumping ticket to Horse of the 12 months Present, ought to she want to head there in October.

“It’s one thing else once you depart the startbox at an enormous five-star like Burghley. There’s so many individuals, the environment is simply magic,” he mentioned.

“The nerves, the strain – particularly within the morning – you solely get that as a result of it’s a large problem. However the larger the problem, the larger the reward and that’s the smile on my face.

“She gave me such a easy experience; not each horse has the expertise to do this.

“I’m a bit like an enormous child anyway, however proper now I really feel elated like I’m 10 years outdated once more leaping round in a playground.”

He added: “The longer term for us is to have the boldness that we will go on and do extra of those and simply hold constructing her confidence in that dressage section.”

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