SADDLE REVIEW
Equipe Synergy With a narrow twist, rear block, monoflap and forward seat, this beautifully crafted saddle is built for close contact.
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hen Lambourne Park
coped well with the atmosphere and
a mystery even Deb can’t solve: “She
Couperin (Connor) was
conditions. Depending upon how many
wanted to be a whale vet when she
being retrained he had
events she can get to, Beth is aiming to
was very young, but she’s now thinking
been ridden in an Equipe Synergy, and
go 1* by the end of this year.
of studying health science or sports
when Deb Seymour bought him she
Her mother, who used to show jump,
medicine – it changes day by day.”
wanted the same brand of saddle.
helps maintain Connor’s fitness by
What is not going to change is the
Deb, who purchased the OTT for her
riding him while Beth’s in school at
suitability of the Equipe Synergy. “It’s a
daughter Beth Dunn, recalls that it had
Jindabyne’s Snowy Mountains Grammar.
great fit and Beth loves riding in it. I’d
suited the chestnut perfectly, so there
The family moved to the region from
been looking to buy a new one but when
was no reason to search for a different
the Mornington Peninsula three years
this came up on The Saddle Hub, which
size or style.
ago and are now based at Springwell
Twelve-year-old Connor was retired at
in a heritage homestead on fifty acres,”
Performance Horses in Cooma. “We’re
I’d found out about on Facebook, I went for it. Dealing with the staff was pleasant and easy, and the follow-up was great.”
nine after winning a few races in NSW
explains Deb, who was once a major
and Victoria. By Ne Coupez Pas (USA) out
crime detective in Victoria. She has
The Saddle Hub has a wide variety of
of Tendue (Aus), he then went to Jenni
now retired from policing and is happy
top quality second-hand saddles, so why
Hodgins, was given the Lambourne Park
running the farm and managing the
wait? All saddles come with a two-week
prefix and schooled as an eventer. “Jenni
animals. What her daughter wants to
trial, finance options, and a courier to
did a really good job,” says Deb, “my
do when she leaves school remains
your door. Terms and conditions apply.
daughter’s been competing on him and loving every moment.” Beth had her first pony when she was seven, riding in Pony Club and interschools events. She graduated to one of her mother’s OTTs and then to a Welsh Cob. Connor has been with her for eight months and the combination is being trained by show jumper Sarah Dreverman, eventer Merran Wallis, and by Danni Wallis in dressage. These lessons are proving worthwhile. Recently Beth and her gelding placed third in a Thoroughbred Sport Horse jumping class at the NSW Country Championships held in Equestrian Park, Canberra. And they didn’t disgrace themselves at the prestigious International 3DE at SIEC, where they competed in the EVA80-J and
Beth and Connor placed third in the Thoroughbred Sport Horse jumping class at the NSW Country Championships. E Q U E S T R I A N H U B . C O M . AU | 75
