Summer Update

As the team at twin performance horses start a new year, the horses and people had a well deserved break and with a well deserved break come lots of planning to organize Danielle’s Europe adventure with Toby.

Over the summer we had the addition off to two lovely fillies to help boost the breeding program; we look forward to the 2012 season both with breeding and the performance horses as the east coast shows and George Morris clinic creep up closer and Toby begins his quarantine it’s all systems go.

We hope everyone had a very good Christmas and a very successful and safe 2012. We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year Safe riding.

Australian Championships

Great success for Danielle and Twins Big Higgs at The Australian Champs.  As a first time competitor in The Senior ranks Danni  finished  5th overall.  Danni was also a member of The NSW State team  at just 21 years of age and her an Toby  jumped one of only two clear rounds in the event!

Danni and Twins Big Higgs, as a result of gaining yet another MES are on their way to Europe to campaign and compete in the London Olympics Qualifications. 

Danni and Toby will stay in Australia and compete at Equitanna which will be very thrilling as Danni and Twin s Quantum won The Young Rider Grand Prix last year.

The Australian Title wrap up

So the 2011 and Australian titles have graced us again, and it was to Dubbo we go, so we packed up on  Wednesday with the team of 5 horses being Zulu Zenith, Lovesong, Quantum and Big Higgs.
The venue was great and all was set for the four days of competition.  The grounds and the courses were wonderful and a great competition was set to take place.

So day one appears being a speed day, on us and our first horse to compete was Twins Zulu, in the D Grade qualifier. Zulu having his first outing in a while as we have been busy with the older horses, so Zulu jumped a great round to have just 3 green fences down and Danielle was pleased with his efforts.
Then it was a short lunch break, and Danielle got set for the Breeders plate with Big Higgs and the 130 with Quantum.
So Danielle walked the course for the Australian senior title class Big Higgs jumped a great round with just one down adding time to his final score being a speed class, so it was to Quantum who jumped a great clear round, in great style.
The futurity course was set and we had both Lovesong and Zenith. Both horses jumped clear to be minor placed, so it was to bed the horses went. 

Day two came and we started with the D Grade second round qualifier  with Zulu having just the 3 rails again, was great, being that the fences were quite large and the horses hasn’t been out for a while so we were happy with him. 
So it was to the second round of the Australian senior title with Big Higgs. Toby jumped clean and the second round was against the clock Danielle had a clear round to put her in 5th place to qualify her in 10th spot for the senior title class on Sunday.
The next class was the second round of the futurity with Zenith and Lovesong. With Danielle having a minor mishap on Lovesong being eliminated, Zenith jumped a super clear round.

Brighton Saddlery

Danni and Greer are delighted with their new gear from Brighton Saddlery . The Twins are pictured wearing all the latest riding fashions. They were seen featuring the new clothing range of "Alexander Ledermann" and "Alessandroalbanese" at Wodonga, Sale, Tominbuk and the Summer Show Jumping Classic World Cup Shows.

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