Belle Amie (V. Florencio) in Engeland!

Wij verkochten Belle Amie, van Valencia, als 2-jarige aan een jonge amazone in Brabant. We wisten dat ze als 4-jarige via een handelsstal doorverkocht was wegens het niet klikken met de amazone. Maar verder waren wij het spoor bijster. We vermoedden dat ze ergens als recreatie-paardje dienst deed. Totdat ik zocht met Google! Mijn verbazing was groot toen ik ontdekte dat ze waarschijnlijk in Engeland verbleef! Het kostte me weken om uit te vinden of het werkelijk om "onze" Belle Amie ging. Maar dankzij Chantal Siddle kwam ik in contact met de huidige eigenaresse, Sarah Carmichael, en hoorde ik het hele verhaal. Her story: She was imported by DHI "Dressage Horse International" a good dealer in this country of quality horses. A lot of their horses go on to do very well over here. DHI also sponsored the Auction  Challenge (Brightwells Auction) by giving a £10,000  prize to the winner of the "Brightwells Challenge" which is a competition for all 4 & 5 year old horses that were sold through the auction that year. So, Belle Amie was sold through the auction in August 2010 (by DHI) and bought by Chantal Siddle . Chantal then rode her in the Challenge which was held in November 2010 and was 4th. The judges were Carl Hester and Peter Engel and Francis Van Beek. Peter Engel loved Belle and told Chantal that had Belle been bigger she would have beaten Charlotte Dujardin's young horse. (However had she been bigger I wouldn't have been able to afford her!) Onder deze link een filmpje van die wedstrijd. Chantal put her up for sale in January 2011 and I managed to buy her in March 2011  after desperately wanting her ever since I first saw her on the DHI website in August 2010. Verder schrijft Sarah mij: I have competed her in just 8 novice tests : Won 5 times, twice 2nd and a 4th (she usually gets between 68% - 71%). She is so well behaved out at a competition and concentrates on me all the time, which is wonderful! I hope she will be a Prix Saint George horse at least. Wij zijn vanzelfsprekend erg blij met het contact met Sarah, en de mooie berichten tot nu toe! In dit nieuwsbericht de 1e foto's van Belle Amie en Sarah!