Aussie dressage rider Hayley Beresford was the talk of the town in Walldorf where she competed over the weekend with three sensational horses.  The first horse to enter the arena for Team Beresford in the little German town of Walldorf was Belissimo NRW.  Hayley & Bello have been fine tuning things since Aachen & it appears that their homework has paid off with a good first show back since July.  Hayley & Bello stole the show in the S level test on Saturday with a score of 71.167% keeping a whole 2.667% lead ahead of the rest of the class.  Then in Sunday's Prix St Georges test,  Hayley & Bello produced another superb test to land themselves in 3rd place with a score of 66.491% You can find the full results from the S test here or from the PSG here

For the next starter from Team Beresford, Hayley teamed up with her Aussie partner Simba to give him his first ever run at the Grand Prix. The 11 year old Aussie Bred Holsteiner Stallion by Falkland Victory, who is owned by Elain Harrison showed that he was made for the Grand Prix with a great performance in their Short Grand Prix test on the saturday. Hayley & Simba landing themselves in 8th place in their first ever GP with a score of 62.846% Which was enough to see them through to the next round of competition.

In Sunday's Grand Prix, Simba shone once again, confirming to all that he has the talent and ability to perform at this level. Another brilliant result to wrap up his first weekend of GP competition with 64.894% and taking out 3rd place amongst some much more experienced & campaigned competitors! You can find Saturday's short Grand Prix results here and Sunday's Grand Prix results can be found here

 From the Big Tour Hayley then went into her elementary test aboard the impressive chestnut Belissimo son, Bugatti. Bugatti taking to his show debut like a duck to water, winning the class with a score of 8.2 making for a happy rider/trainer & owners.  Full scores from the Elementary test here.  You can see a video and find out more about Bugatti on Hayley's website here