Coast spends the day at Chilham Castle BE Horse Trials
Over the weekend Chilham Park hosted Chilham Castle British Eventing Horse Trials. Classes ran on both Saturday and Sunday, these included BE80(T) through to a selection of Novice classes.
Chilham Park is set in the beautiful grounds of Chilham Castle in Kent. The cross country course offers a huge range of fences and is popular with riders at all levels. Chilham hosts a number of British Eventing competitions each year and this weekend’s event was the first of the 2018 season.
The Coast team attended the event on Saturday to support some friends competing on the day. Although the sun was nowhere to be seen we were lucky enough to miss the rain and had a great day following the usual thrills and spills of eventing.


This year Chilham’s layout was altered slightly with the show jumping below the castle and the dressage to the right of the show jumping. The cross country start and finish had also moved to where the cross country warm up has been in previous years. A lot of competitors commented throughout the day on how the change of layout was refreshing.
For those competitors registered with the South East Eventers League, Chilham (1) was a qualifying event for this season, Coast is sponsoring this year’s SEEL Veteran Rider rankings. At the end of March Bronia Hill was leading the Veteran Rider rankings with 6 points.
Class Winners at Chilham Castle
Well done to all competitors that competed over the two days, the winners of each class were…
Class and Section | Rider | Horse | Score |
MC Vet Physio BE90 Section A |
Susannah Skeggs | TOPHOLM TRIBUTE | 22.8 |
Spidge Event Photography BE90 Section B |
Annabel Murphy | MILORE BORMES | 28.3 |
Barretts Jaguar Land Rover BE90 Section C |
Ollie Martin | MARTINS IRISH VIKING | 29.5 |
Barretts Jaguar Land Rover BE90 Section D |
Kate Linabury | LISKY BROOK | 21.8 |
Milbourn Equine Vets BE90 Section E |
Beverley Mattelaer | HEADDON DIAMOND LIL | 22.8 |
Cork Farm Equestrian BE90 Open Section F |
Melissa Joannides | CRAAN BOB | 25.3 |
Chavereys BE80(T) Section G |
Rebecca Crawford | DOLLYS DAYDREAM II | 32.3 |
Chavereys BE80(T) Section H |
Julie Offen | INUS PH | 31.0 |
Chavereys BE80(T) Section I |
Lucy K Wheeler | WHAT A FELLA II | 29.9 |
Olson Timber Buildings BE100 Section J |
Tom D Crisp | DONNA HALCYON | 21.0 |
Olson Timber Buildings BE100 Section K |
Melissa Joannides | HAY JOSEPHINE | 23.3 |
Olson Timber Buildings BE100 Open Section L |
Megan Williams | FLUGEL S | 30.8 |
Gillett Cook BE100 Open U18 Section M |
Josh Moore | FUNNY BOY FORTUNA | 21.3 |
Gillett Cook BE100 Open U18 Section N |
Eloise Van Praagh | LYDICAN STAR | 28.7 |
George Haslett Antiques BE100 Plus Section O |
Harry Dzenis | GULF STREAM III | 28.0 |
Canaccord Genuity ONu18 Section P |
Katie Hale | KILLACORAN BLUE | 30.0 |
Canaccord Genuity Novice Section Q |
Tom Jackson | GEORGIO D OVER | 28.0 |
Canaccord Genuity Novice Section R |
Tom Jackson | FORREST GUMP 124 | 25.8 |
Canaccord Genuity Open Novice Section S |
Melissa Joannides | BRIARLANDS BIRDSONG | 28.8 |