Dan Jocelyn returns to winning 3DE form in UK
Monday, 10 October 2011
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Today there was an eventing win for New Zealand, despite Mark Todd getting deposed from his leading position in Boekelo, when Kiwi Olympian Dan Joyceln returned to winning three day event form in England.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br><br>Riding John and Chloe Perry's Brookfield de Bouncer (Tommy) he won the CCI** at Weston Park in a nailbiting finish with Polly Stockton. Dan has been riding the grey for just over a year and the nine year old was dropped down to 2* level after a run out at Blenheim CCI*** last month. <br><br><br>Owner Chloe said that, "Dan thought he was just to green to deal with the crowd at the water and the skiny at the same time, because he even though he is nine, he is very low milage, especially this season when he missed a few outings due to little problems like a pulled muscle and then the ground was very hard, so we thought Weston would be a good experience and he would be super competitive in the class. Dan did a brilliant job on him, I was so nervous before the showjumping I cannot tell you, we didn't even have a time penalty in hand but horse and rider cleared everything by miles and I still can't believe we won!" <br><br><br><img src="http://www.main-events.co.nz/Pictures/Jocelyn.jpg" style="display: block; width: 387px; " align="center" alt=""><br>Dan Jocelyn and Brookfield de Bouncer <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> The horse had been previously ridden by Daisy Berkley and is kept at the Perry's Brookfield Equestrian Centre (<a href="http://www.brookfieldequestrian.co.uk/">http://www.brookfieldequestrian.co.uk</a>) near Ascot, where Chloe does much of his preparation himself. In the run up to this event, she had a fall from Tommy on the gallops when the horse suddenly spooked. "Which is why I knew what dan was going through at Blenheim" she laughed. <br><br><br>"We had a good time when Daisy was riding but she felt the horse needed a man and then she moved when she got married so it was not so easy to take the horse to her so finding another rider was a mutual decision and Dan has just worked out perfectly. He gets on really with Tommy who is quite big and strong and is so keen he actually suggested an extra dressage lesson before Blenheim himself!! As it was with Laura Becholsteimer I thought it was an excellent idea." <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> The horse was second after dressage and thereafter did not put a hoof wrong. Dan, who will be remembered for his long service to the New Zealand team with his great horse Silence, has been short of a really top class replacement but perhaps Tommy is the one. Speaking last week at South of England Horse Trials he made no secret of his admiration for the imposing grey. <br><br>"2012 might come up a bit soon for him, especially with the way the other guys (Kiwi riders) are going right now, but I think this horse is good enough if we can just get him past the spooking! A decent result next week might get us noticed anyway." <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> This was certainly a decent result, as the entry at Weston included international riders from Ireland, the USA and Portugal. The class was sponsored by David and Catherine Witt's Rockery Park Stud, whose Parklane Hawk recently won at Burghley. Brookfield de Bouncer will now go back to Ascot for a holiday. Full resultswill be posted here <a href="http://www.westonht.freeserve.co.uk/wpares.html" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.westonht.freeserve.co.uk/wpares.html</a> <br><br>- <o:p></o:p></span><em>Story and photographs by Lulu Kyriacou </em></p>