 Source: Loughborough Echo
WYMESWOLD rider Tabitha Kyle helped Great Britain claim Team Bronze in the FEI Jumping European Championships for Juniors at Peelbergen in The Netherlands, in a tense competition which went to the wire. A total of 24 teams came forward on the first leg of team day to face course-designer Bart Vonck’s 13-fence 1.40m track and the team moved into fifth overnight. Kyle on TJ Hall’s Desterly made only one error to come home on four faults as Team GB were one of 10 teams to make the cut to tackle the second round of the team competition. And Kyle gave a masterclass on 16-year-old Tolan R daughter Desterly to boost Britain’s medal chances with a magnificent clear. France had already secured Gold by their third rider and could not be beaten, but the Spanish team were on equal points to Great Britain forcing a jump-off for Silver and Bronze. All riders contended the jump-off with the best three scores counting. Drawn first, Kyle did her utmost to set a fast target but tipped out both front rails on an early green oxer and the following oxer. The time was fast, but it was e ight faults on the scoreboard and it was Spain who went on to claim the silver with GB taking bronze. In the individual competition Kyle just missed out on the medals finishing in sixth place.  Desterly took the win in the 2* 1.45m speed Grand Prix qualifier at the first week of The Bolesworth International Horse Show, Winning by 6 seconds in a competitive class!.
 Top placings throughout our latest trip to Europe. Highlights included; Desterly picking up a win in the 2* 1.45m at Sentower Park and 4th in the 3* ranking. Jumanji picking up top placings in Compiégn, Nancy and Sentower Park and 6yo Sing Z coming home with 7 wins over the three weeks!. Looking forward to our next trip out.
 WYMESWOLD teenager Tabitha Kyle has made a winning return to competition after her 2023 season was cut short after a hit and run car accident.The 16-year-old sustained a neck fracture in September 2023 when she was a passenger in an accident in the Netherlands which saw her miss out on the Horse of the Year Show and the London International in her final pony year.But she has made her comeback a memorable one as she registered her first four-star win on the Andalucia Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, with TJ Hall’s Desterly.
Kyle has a string of six horses competing on the Sunshine Tour and so far all of them have had clears and been placed. Other notable results have seen Sing Z placed first three times and had three seconds in the 6 year old classes, Jumanji placed second in a1.35m 4* class, while Desterly has stepped up with a 4* win, three 4* second place and a third place.
Source: EQU NEWS-
Seventeen-year-old Tabitha Kyle from Great Britain claimed victory last week in the Six Bars event in Vejer De La Frontera. "I didn't train for it at home. In fact, I didn't even know there was a Six Bars event!", she laughs. "When I saw it in the program, I thought, 'this looks like fun'." She decided to enter with Desterly, a sixteen-year-old KWPN mare by Tolan R. In the fourth round, she surpassed the Irish rider Alexander Butler at a height of 1.85m. "It's amazing! I didn't think that I could win."
WYMESWOLD equestrian star Tabitha Kyle has helped GB claim team bronze at the FEI European Championships for Young Riders, Juniors and Children in Gorla Minore, Italy. They didn’t have the most of auspicious starts and, as the faults were turned into penalty points, the team were lying in ninth place of 19 teams. But the four riders came out fighting to steadily move up the order.Again, the pressure was on Tabitha Kyle. A clear put Team GBR into a medal position. But the top rail of the midway stile hit the floor. Tabitha kept calm as it was vital to leave every fence intact. Accuracy had a price, and the added time fault put Britain on equal points with Monaco – a jump-off would decide third place.Again, the pressure was on Tabitha Kyle. A clear put Team GBR into a medal position. But the top rail of the midway stile hit the floor. Tabitha kept calm as it was vital to leave every fence intact. Accuracy had a price, and the added time fault put Britain on equal points with Monaco – a jump-off would decide third place.
Loughborough Echo
TABITHA KYLE switched her focus back to ponies, after contesting the Europeans on the junior squad, to win the 148cm national title by more than eight seconds on Atomic Du Bary. “He finds everything so easy,” says Tabitha Kyle of her 148cm championship final victor, Atomic Du Bary, with whom she jumped one of just two double clears  Source: Leicester Mercury
TALENTED Leicestershire rider Tabitha Kyle has qualified for the prestigious Horse of the Year Show after a double victory at Bicton Arena, in Devon. The 15-year old, of Wymes-Wold, near Loughborough, claimed the top spot in the Bluechip pony newcomers second round on her mother Tanya's horse Coppenhagh Khaleesi. "Khaleesi only started jumping last year but she has gained experience very quickly" said Tabitha. With eight riders posting treble clear rounds, it was all about the clock but Tabitha edged ahead on nine year old Khaleesi to win but 0.14 seconds. 'She jumped three beautiful rounds and I think she will be the best speed pony" |
