Tim and Alice Page
Tim and Alice Page are owners and breeders of Dunge’s Laurent Rosé (Rosie), who is the daughter and granddaughter of Tim’s previous hunters.
They hoped to breed an eventer having owned two horses ridden by Sarah Bullen. Rosie was admired as a youngster and Tim hunted her as a five and six year-old although that has been postponed now she’s at CCI** and advanced level.
Tim says, “We chose to take Rosie to Lucinda and Clayton because they are both warm, sensitive, beautiful souls, inside and out; morally upright citizens; incredibly gifted natural talents .... and, oh yes, they live 1.5miles up the road. Actually part of the attraction was always that there were two of them – Lucinda and Clayton. When you take an unproven 5-y-o up to the yard, you simply have no idea how you are going to fare and who is going to gel with the horse. We leave it up to Cinders and Clayton to decide who rides her, and we certainly don't want to contribute to any domestic dispute between them! Clayton has done a superb job, has done the vast bulk of the riding so far and all the competing. But you never know, Lucinda may be eyeing up the ride and will jock him off in time. Still, it's nice to think that the choice is between a WEG silver medallist and a Burghley winner!
If I had to give advice to new owners they wouldn’t need me to tell you you that both Cinders and Clayton are superlative riders at the very top of their game. The combination of their event riding skills must be hard to match anywhere in the world. They are also great people to deal with. They have always been open, honest and direct about Rosie and her potential. They have been sensitive and sensible in bringing on a youngster, not rushing her and over-competing her. At the same time, they are suitably competitive - you'll find that Clayton won't stay behind to collect the ribbons unless they are first place ones. We have had a great time and a lot of fun along the way, and long may it continue.
Tim says, “We chose to take Rosie to Lucinda and Clayton because they are both warm, sensitive, beautiful souls, inside and out; morally upright citizens; incredibly gifted natural talents .... and, oh yes, they live 1.5miles up the road. Actually part of the attraction was always that there were two of them – Lucinda and Clayton. When you take an unproven 5-y-o up to the yard, you simply have no idea how you are going to fare and who is going to gel with the horse. We leave it up to Cinders and Clayton to decide who rides her, and we certainly don't want to contribute to any domestic dispute between them! Clayton has done a superb job, has done the vast bulk of the riding so far and all the competing. But you never know, Lucinda may be eyeing up the ride and will jock him off in time. Still, it's nice to think that the choice is between a WEG silver medallist and a Burghley winner!If I had to give advice to new owners they wouldn’t need me to tell you you that both Cinders and Clayton are superlative riders at the very top of their game. The combination of their event riding skills must be hard to match anywhere in the world. They are also great people to deal with. They have always been open, honest and direct about Rosie and her potential. They have been sensitive and sensible in bringing on a youngster, not rushing her and over-competing her. At the same time, they are suitably competitive - you'll find that Clayton won't stay behind to collect the ribbons unless they are first place ones. We have had a great time and a lot of fun along the way, and long may it continue.
Indeed, so much so that we are planning to put Rosie’s mother in foal again this year and see if we cannot breed another Rosie, but as Clayton says it may be so long before any new foal is in work that it might provide a ride for Ellie! In fact Ellie's pony, Barley was previously was ridden in turn by all three of our children."