2025 Highlights
Wellington CDI
Fabergé was selected for his first international in June 2025. The Small Tour classes were very hotly contested and we were thrilled with his 6th placing in the PSG class.
British Dressage Winter Championships:
We had a very successful Championships with Fabs winning his first National title!
Day 1: Fabs scored 69.86% in Advanced Medium Gold coming 5th
Day 2: Fabs scored 70.05% in the PSG Silver winning the National Title
Day 2: Oliver scored 68.97% in the Inter 1 Silver coming 2nd
British Dressage Winter Regionals 2025:
We split these Regionals over Arena UK and Onley, they were very successful with Wildcard qualifications for both Fabs and Oliver and a great first experience for the two younger boys Leo and Denzel.
Arena UK: Fabs came 3rd in the AM gold and 3rd in the PSG Silver, Oliver came 3rd in the Inter 1 silver, all 3 classes gaining Wildcards to the Winter Championships.
Onley: Denzel came 9th with 69.93% and Leo came 11th with 68.87% in the Prelim Gold class, both youngsters behaved impeccably so we were very happy with them.
2024 Highlights
British Dressage National Championships 2024:
We had a really successful Nationals with top 10 placings in all 3 classes.
Fabs came 10th in the AM Gold with 68.6%, 9th in the PSG silver with 66.2%, and Oliver came 8th in the Inter 1 silver with 65.6%.
British Dressage Summer Regionals 2024:
This regional saw Fabs step up to PSG level although still very green at this level. He scored 69.12% in the AM gold and 67.99% in the PSG silver. Both results secured him wildcard qualifications at the Nationals.
Oliver contested the PSG gold and Inter 1 Silver with scores of 67.35% and 66.03% respectively. He qualified for the Nationals at Inter 1 with a wildcard.
British Dressage Winter Championships 2024:
This year the Winters moved to our local venue Addington Equestrian. We had a very successful time there competing.
Fabs came 3rd in a very hot Medium gold class with 70.09% and 5th in the Advanced Medium with 68.6%.
Oliver got another top 10 placing coming 7th in the Inter 1 on 66.72%
British Dressage Winter Regionals 2024:
Arena UK:
Fabs came 2nd in the Advanced Medium Gold class with 69.17% qualifying directly. He also came 3rd in the Medium Gold class with 69.82% getting a place at the Winters via a wildcard.
Oliver came 5th in the PSG Gold class with 65.54%
Onley:
Oliver came 1st in the Inter 1 class 67.2% qualifying directly.
2023 Highlights
British Dressage Summer Nationals 2023:
The 2023 Nationals were a very busy one. We qualified for 5 classes between Fabs and Oliver, 3 of which were on the same morning! We were thrilled with the results achieved by both horses.
Fabergé TF:
- British Dressage Young Horse Final, 7 Year Old, 71.45%, 8th
- Medium Gold, 70.1%, 17th
- Elementary Gold, 70.6%, 15th
Oliver:
- PSG Silver, 64.6%, 12th
- Inter I Silver, 65.2%, 11th
Bury Farm Summer Regionals:
We had a very successful summer regionals! Fabs came 1st in the Medium Gold class on 71.08% and 3rd in the Elementary Gold class on 69.27% securing two places at the National Championships.
Oliver came 2nd in the Inter 1 with 65.74% and 7th in the PSG with 66.86%. I also competed Fleur for her owner and scored 67.01% in the Prelim Gold class.
British Dressage Young Horse Semi-Finals Hartpury Premier League:
Fabs scored 72.07% in a very hot semi-final coming 6th and was given a wildcard for the Young Horse Finals at the BD Nationals.
British Dressage 7 Year Old Young Horse Qualifier:
Fabs scored 71.07% at the Cherwell Young Horse 7 Year Old Qualifier, coming second and securing a place at the Young Horse Semi-Finals at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage.
British Dressage Winter Nationals 2023:
Fabs scored 67.9% in the Elementary class, still feeling a bit tired after the journey, coming 14th in a class of 36. The Medium class was two days later and he felt really great. He scored 70.1% coming 3rd in a class of 36 again, with only 0.4% separating us from the winning score!
British Dressage Winter Regionals 2023:
Fabs came second at the Onley Winter Regional Elementary Silver class with 71.04% qualifying for the Winter Nationals. He came 6th in the Medium Silver class with 68.24% and qualified for the Winter Nationals by a wildcard.
2022 Highlights
British Dressage Summer Nationals 2022:
This was Fabs’ second Summer Nationals, but with two classes this year, (with both running at the same time!) He tried very hard and scored a respectable 68.8% in the Elementary and 68.1% in the Novice.
British Dressage Summer Regionals 2022:
Fabs qualified for the Novice Gold Nationals on 71% at Sparsholt and the Elementary Silver Nationals on 71.8% at Keysoe. Oliver competed at the PSG regionals but sadly didn’t qualify this time.
British Dressage Winter Nationals 2022:
This was the first time I’ve qualified two horses for a Nationals and it was incredibly exciting and also a really busy week! We had a very successful time with 3 top ten placings in the 4 classes we qualified for.
Fabs 68.8% and 5th in the Petplan Elementary
Fabs 71.4% and 8th in the Prestige Italia Novice Silver
Oliver 67.05% and 7th in the Petplan Advanced Medium
I was especially pleased with Fabs who is still only rising 6 and quite new to Elementary level. He has really developed in strength and presence since he did Novice at the Summer Nationals.
Kate Everall Photography:
In March I was approached by Kate to be a sponsored rider for her photography business. Kate specialises in portrait photography including horses and dogs. We were incredibly lucky with the weather in our first photo shoot and Kate took some amazing photos of me with my horses and dogs. Her photos can be seen on both our social media channels and also on this website. I am very excited to continue working with Kate.
BD Winter Regionals 2022:
Oliver successfully qualified at the Vale View Medium Winter Regional Championships and Fabs was awarded a wildcard in the Novice level giving us four classes to compete in at the Winter Championships.
RB Equestrian:
I am incredibly excited to be sponsored by my favourite Equestrian Superstore. I have lived locally to RB Equestrian all of my life and they have always been my go to store for everything horsey. The staff are highly knowledgable and always really friendly and helpful. They have won numerous BETA awards for both their online and retail stores, and are one of the largest and most well respected equestrian stores in the UK. Nothing is ever too much trouble and they are always happy to help with any request.
https://www.rbequestrian.co.uk
Petplan Winter Area Festivals 2022:
Both boys were very successful at their Area Festivals during January. First Oliver won the Advanced Medium class at Keysoe with 71.03%. Not to be outdone Fabs went on to win the Elementary class at Solihull with 70.74%. Both boys have now qualified for the Area Festival Championships at Hartpury in April.
2021 Highlights
British Dressage Young Professionals Bursary:
I am extremely grateful and thrilled to have been awarded this bursary.
British Dressage Approved Coach:
I am very happy to announce that I have now completed my BDCC level 2 training and passed all the assessments. I am fully insured and up to date with first aid and safeguarding training. I offer very competitive rates so please contact me for availability.
BD Summer Regionals 2021:
I took Fabergé to his first regional championships in August. Despite only having competed a handful of times he took it all in his stride and won the Novice Silver class comfortably with 73%+ qualifying us for the BD National Championships!
British Equestrian Young Professionals Programme 2020/21:
I am thrilled to announce I have been selected by British Equestrian to be on their Young Professionals Programme, sponsored by Sport England. This is an amazing scheme and I am very grateful to have been given this opportunity.
The Mulberry Tree Lifestyle Interview:
https://themulberrytree.co.uk/chatting-with-louise-gallavan-louise_gallavan_dressage
2020 Highlights
BD Winter Nationals 2020:
The Winter Nationals were postponed from April until August due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We had a few major spooky moments in the Silver Novice class when something crashed in the corner of our arena, unfortunately putting us out of the placings. A few days later though we had the Petplan Championship class which Oliver won, giving us our first major win. We were absolutely thrilled and many thanks to BD and Kevin Sparrow for taking the pictures below, recreating the prize giving at home as it couldn’ t be held at Hartpury.
BD Winter Regionals:
Our first major outing of the year was the Addington Winter Regionals. Oliver has only just started competing at Elementary so we were very pleased with his 5th place. He is much more established at Novice now and showed it with a fantastic win, qualifying us for the Winter Nationals!
Louise Gallavan Dressage 