Amber Woodhouse

Amber attends Stonar School where she is fortunate to keep her horses at school during term time, allowing her to ride every day and compete regularly. Amber use to compete successfully at Show Jumping, yet now finds Eventing much more rewarding.

Along with her own horses, Amber has also been lucky enough to have had quite a few offers of different horses to ride throughout the last season, opening further opportunities for her.

Earlier this year, a friend lent Amber her pony four days before Stonar’s Junior ISODE (The Inter-Schools One Day Event Championships), which they won on a dressage score of 22.8. Following this, Amber rode Jack Dash to 2nd place at BE Intro, having only ridden him on a few occasions.
At Stonar’s Senior ISODE, she rode 2 different horses, “Espoir” and “Tartiruga”, coming 2nd and 3rd. Again, both horses, she had been riding for less than a week before the first event. Tartiruga is an ex racehorse that had never evented until they completed his first PN the week before. Amber plans to continue eventing these two horses next year aswell as her own.

Amber’s own horses include White Walker or Squirrel and until recently, Grampion Knight, Sam. Amber has competed successfully at Intro and PN level , 2008 season. Amber’s current plan is to compete with White Walker to progress their Show Jumping and Dressage for Eventing.

Amber doesn’t have much time for many hobbies as during the holidays she helps her family back at home with their Miniature Horse stud breeding where they have approx 40 miniatures including 2 American stallions. www.goldenoakstud.com/index.htm

Horses

Rider: Amber Woodhouse
Location: Stonar School Wiltshire
Type: Eventing
Ponies: White Walker, “Squirrel” is a very exciting young horse that has been very well produced in dressage and Amber intends to bring him on to Event with. Although he loves jumping, he had only done one Show Jumping competition and very little XC, so was completely green and new to eventing. At his first ever event he went clear XC and at the 2nd attempt, they won an Intro together at West Wilts on a dressage score of 16.8. Since then, he has gone up a level to PN and has now gone clear XC in all 5 of his starts with wins and placings.

Grampion Knight, “Sam”, Amber owned for nearly 4 years. Not only did they share huge successes together they also loved having fun! Together they took part in Eventing, Hunting, Show Jumping and pony racing. Over the years, they won the Individual title at the National Schools Championships at Hickstead and were placed at the Blue Chip Winter Championships. They have also been placed in the top three pony racing over the last three years, including racing at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Events

West Wilts PN
17/06/2009 00:00:00

Longleat Novice
20/06/2009 00:00:00

Stonar
30/06/2009 00:00:00

Stockland Lovell JRN
17/07/2009 00:00:00

Wilton JRN
01/08/2009 00:00:00

Pontispool IN
12/08/2009 00:00:00

Burnham Beeches Novice
22/08/2009 00:00:00

West Wilts BE90 and BE100RF
13/09/2009 00:00:00

Gatcombe 1*
19/09/2009 00:00:00

Weston CCI*
08/10/2009 00:00:00

News

Hartpury JAS
Amber was placed 9th at Squirrel's first ever JAS competition, qualifying for the final in March

Solihull JAS
Squirrel,White Walker came 5th in the Intro with a style mark of 7, and Sam, Grampion Knight 11th on 11. Squirrel qualified again with Sam missing qualification by one place.

Results from Millfiled
Squirrel jumped clear in the first round, helping the team to a 3rd and came idividual 7th on 14. In the second round, he got a style mark of 3 but with a fence down and some time faults they were pushed down to 4th with the team coming 3rd. Qualifying them in both classes for the NSEA JAS Champs in November.

Results
Grampion Knight came 2nd in the Intro at the West Wilts and at JAS Hartpury Sam came 7th in the Intro, Squirrel came 6th in the PN and 12th in the Novice

Final Results!
Sam had one stop in the intro with Squirrel going double clear in the intro coming 16th on 18.

More Results!
Amber and Sam (Grampion Knight)jumped a double clear on an unlucky dressage score of 41.5pens at Twesledown BE90 performing one of his best tests ever, leving Amber pleased with his first run of the season.

Aldon
Squirrel went clear in the XC in the BE100 at Aldon. He had an unfortunate SJ round with 2 fences down and a dressage of 39.5pens.

Larkhill Results
Squirrel came 3rd in the BE100 on 33 and double clear. Sam also went double clear in the BE100 but unfortunately had a bad Dressage score. Following Pony Racing at Larkhill Racecourse, it seemed Sam recognised the white railings!

Eventing Results May 09
Amber and Squirrel competed in their first Novice with a great SJ round and a Dressage score of 35. After a clear XC round, with just 3.6 time faults, Amber finished 8th. Well Done Amber!

Princethorpe Inter-Schools 2 Day Event
Amber and Squirrel came 6th in the Intermediate/Open, including a very big XC course, 29 in the Dressage and an unfortunate couple down in the SJ. The second day saw Squirrel inside the time on the roads, tracks, steeplechase and then clear inside the XC time. The Stonar team came 6th. Well done!!

West Wilts
Amber and Sam got a 36.5 Dressage score and double clear in the BE100 to finish 3rd!

Longleat
Amber came 7th in the JRN after a Dressage score of 39.5, one pole down in the SJ and clear XC, inside the time, with a big course. Well done Amber!

Stonar
Amber and "Jack Dash" came 9th in the BE100, on a Dressage of 34.5 with an unfortunate 2 jumps down, but clear inside the XC time. Amber and Squirrel got a Dressage of 38.1, one down SJ and clear XC in the Novice with a 6.8 time.

Stockland Lovell
Amber had a much improved Dressage score and a double clear inside the time to come 3rd in the JRN!

Weekends results!
Squirrel went very well in the JRN at Wilton, finishing 9th, again with a fabulous clear XC inside the time. That is the 3rd JRN out of 3 he has now been placed in

Yately
Acco and Squirrel both jumped brilliantly, and Squirrel won the 1.20 amateur championship qual!

First 1* at Gatcombe
"Squirrel was amazing in the dressage, with a few stupid mistakes from me, as I was not used to riding in the 20x60...but I was quite pleased with a score of 58.7. After a really frustrating 2 down SJ, he flew clear round the XC with only 0.8 time faults."

Weston JRN Champs
Amber went to Weston JRN Champs at the weekend. Squirrel got 48.8 dressage, and was in the lead after the first day of dressage. They were lying 7th after all the dressage. After a clear inside the time XC we were 5th overnight and they held their position in the SJ to come individually 5th. The south west team came 2nd by 0.2 having led for the whole competition until the last phase!!

Amber is on form for the start of the season.
West Wilts on Tuesday night and Acco came 4th in the Discovery and Squirrel came 5th in the 1.05m with a double clear.

5th Feb,
I took Squirrel to West Wilts BD, where we won the novice on 68.9% and came 3rd in our first elementary.

7th Feb
we went to Hartpury BSJA where Squirrel jumped a brilliant double clear in the Foxhunter to come 2nd! Both Acco and Squirrel jumped very well

Burnham Beeches
We went to Burnham Beeches this weekend, and we took a 5 yo, Accolino 2, who went XC for the first time in his life two days before and went double clear in the BE90. Squirrel came fourth in the novice, also with a double clear