Annette Lewis and Tutein

Jeeze possibly the ugliest show jumping I've ever seen!!!!

I do remember her from way back but I was only a kid and didn't appreciate the full awfulness.....

I remember one of my old horse and pony magazines had a sort of guess who feature once with obscure photos (like in question of sport) and they had one of annette lewis' bum and heels in the air over a fence!
 
Well I think the guy on the other video on the grey horse is worse!!
I think it was only that horse she did it on, I'm sure I saw her riding one of her others and she looked normal then.
Wasn't he a fab little horse though? Reminds me of Axey! My heart was in my mouth when her rein broke, although I must say she was hauling on them pretty hard
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Wish I could find the one of him jumping off the derby bank, I remember it at the time it was horrendous.
 
Sorry I watched this first! Yes the guy is loads worse!

Still awful that a rider at her level rode like that really.

Terrifying when her rein broke, but she probably hauled enough to need steel reinforced reins!
 
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If I remember correctly, not a single part of him was touching the saddle
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Nettie always had her own style and got some pretty good results and Tutein was a pretty special little horse to her, I was on the circuit at the same time and we all thought he had springs in his feet, he was awesome. For those of you around in the eighties, Jeff McVean from Australia had a little horse called Claret that ended up with the Bates family and his style of riding was very similar to Nettie's.

Nettie does a lot of clinics and teaching around Essex.
 
So far as I remember Tutein was kept by the Lewis's until he died and I think he is buried at their farm which I seem to remember is called Tutein Farm?
 
I used to love Annette Lewis (probably because we share a name!). Used to read about her all the time in Pony mag. Apparently she's always jumped like that and her horses got used to it. She doesn't seem to land heavily on their back, the weight goes into the stirrups. I also remember she never jumped Tutein at home, only when they got to a show!! Ok, I sound like a stalker now, I was just a pony-mad kid, honest...
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I remember reading in Horse and Pony that she jumped like that because she out grew her ponies and wouldn't sell them on or parents wouldn't get her anything bigger-can't remember which.
I did try and emulate her style once on my little sec c. Fell off and clarted myself on the wing rendering me unconcious for several minutes and the butt of everyones joke for several weeks!
Thank Cod there was no You Tube back then!
 
would need to watch it again a few times but she seems to keep her centre of gravity and doesnt seem to be kicking the horse on the butt with the spurs like the idiot on the grey horse or is it just me
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Here she is at the 1986 Hickstead Derby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ0WHIOQayQ

I think I remember reading somewhere that she developed her unusual style from riding ponies that were too small, so she used to kick her lower legs away to stop them catching on the jump poles!

I used to love watching her an Tutein - he was a real character and not your traditional stamp of a show jumper!
 
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