TEAM GRAFTON NOV 09

THIS AUTUMN TEAM CHASING SPECTATORS HAVE ALL BEEN TAKING A DOUBLE TAKE ....
YES, YOUR EYES DO NOT DECEIVE YOU.
THEY ARE RIDING TEAM CHASING IN PINK HEADCOLLARS.
TEAM NAME ... BRIDLELESS AND BRAINLESS

TEAM CAPTAIN, MARK SMITH, (FORMER CAPTAIN OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BOLLOCKS TO BLAIR) TRAINS MANY EVENTERS. HIS BELIEF IS THAT YOU DO NOT NEED MORE AND MORE IN A HORSE’S MOUTH IN ORDER TO CONTROL HIM CROSS COUNTRY ... MORE AND MORE TRAINING IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED.
HE CLAIMS THE HORSES JUMP QUIETLY AND CONFIDENTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT JUMPING IS FUN ... THEY DO NOT FEEL THE NEED TO RUN ... THAT IS WHAT FRIGHTENED HORSES DO.

15 YEAR OLD SOPHIE CALLARD RIDES HARRY (FORMERLY A FRONT-RUNNING, HARD PULLING RACEHORSE).  SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPRING SEASON WHEN SHE WILL BE 16 AND ENTITLED TO RIDE AGAINST THE CLOCK.  OTHER TEAMS HAD BETTER WATCH OUT – HARRY WAS PART OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM IN 2007.

16 YEAR OLD WILL BIGGART HAS JUST STARTED AT HARTPURY COLLEGE, HAVING MOVED OVER FROM THE ISLE OF MAN. THE BRIDLELESS AND BRAINLESS EXPERIENCE IS PROVING TO BE A BAPTISM OF FIRE FOR THE MANXMAN.


GEORGINA MACKOWEN ADMITS TO BEING OLDER THAN WILL AND SOPHIE BUT CLAIMS TO BE NO LESS BRAINLESS. IT WAS ONCE SAID OF GEORGINA THAT THE NICEST THING ABOUT HER WAS HER MUM ... AND WHO WOULD ARGUE WITH HER MUM!!!