Samantha Thurman-Baker got off to a fine start with Douglas in Saumur.   She travelled out in fine style with Carl Hester and Dances with Wolves and Fine Time and Charlotte Dujardin with Uthopia, so had to pull out all the stops!   She managed 70.815% and 2nd in Young Rider Team test….great start to competition.  On the second day Douglas was a bit spooky and she dropped to 67% but achieved a 9 for his paces. Apparently selectors are delighted with Samantha and  her performance this week and has hopefully secured her a place on the Europeans. Just one class left to do now on Sunday… keep up the good work.

On Sunday Samantha and Douglas came 3rd in the Kur on a score 73.7%. She was delighted with this as she hadn’t ridden the test before. They are now back at Carls before Samantha heads to Addington on Friday with Pascal for the Premier League.