Competitors were faced with two days of hot weather conditions at the Show Jumping Canterbury Championship Show at Mcleans Island over the weekend.

 

Sophie Geddes recorded her fourth Grand Prix win in a row after jumping double clear around the Country TV Pony Grand Prix with Te Ngaio Raggamuffin.

 

Current Equissage Horse Grand Prix Series Leader Tegan Fitzsimon and Windermere Cappuccino won their eighth Grand Prix of the season, finishing ahead of Setffi Whittaker and Eros K and Nicole White on LC Samson in Third Place.

 

Tegan also leads the Mitavite Speedi-beet Six Year Old Breeding Series with the Tapley Family owned Corofino II Gelding Campari and added more points to their total when they were the sole winners of the Six Year Old class. Molly Buist Brown and Vali (By Euro Sport Centavos) were the Matthews Hanoverians Seven Year winners. The East Coast Performance Horses Five Year Old Breeding Series was jointly won by Emma Power and Mojito GNZ(By Lordano) and Rose Alfeld and Eye Catcher NZPH (By Kannan), who leads the Five Year Old series.        

 

The FMG Young Rider had a close finish after a three way jump off. Wellington’s Sophie Scott, winner of the National Young Rider Title last weekend was first out on Lakota, jumping clear in a time of 37.85. Steffi Whittaker and Eros K were next to ride and came home clear in 37.63 to take over the lead. Last to go Grace O’Sullivan and Cosmopolitan were also clear, finishing in a time of 38.03 for third place. This was Steffi’s Seventh Young Rider win for the season and she currently leads the FMG Young Rider Series.     

 

There was another fast three way jump off in the Dunstan and Equifibre Junior Rider Class, between Sophie Townsend, Tayler Nalder and Caitlin Adams who are the three South Island Riders sitting within the Top Ten on the National Junior Leaderboard. First to go Caitlin and Hammertime were clear in 40.58 seconds, this was quickly bettered by Tayler and Icebreaker II, clear in 35.32. But Sophie and Kingslea Kiwi flew around clear in a time of 32.46 to record their Ninth Junior Rider win of the season.

 

Six riders returned to jump off in the Dunstan Horsefeeds and Equifibre Pro Am Series but nobody could catch the 36.66 time of Lauren Buckley and Icey Storm. Kate Cavanagh and her Seven Year old Wallflower were the only other combination to finish double clear to place second in a time of 42.56. The Queenstown combination of Lauren and her thirteen year old Throughbred (By Storm Creek) Icey Storm are always hard to beat in a jump off. They won the National Pro Am Title last weekend and this was their Fifth Pro Am win of the season. 

 

David Hutton and his homebred nine year old Lux Z gelding Rolux won the Hinterland Amatuer Rider Series class after a competitive jump off. Helen Ensor and Zactac Carnival were second with Jayne Beattie and Astek Reveal third.

 

 

Results –

Equissage in conj Kinloch Farms Horse Grand Prix (Art. 273/3.3.1) 1.40-1.50m

 1 – WINDERMERE CAPPUCCINO & Tegan Fitzsimon

 2 – EROS K & Steffi Whittaker

 3 – LC SAMSON & Nicole White

 4 – DOUBLE J MONARCH & Tegan Fitzsimon

 5 – RH KUKUMOA & Olivia Brown

FMG in conj Betavet Young Rider TAM5 (Art. 238/2.2) 1.25-1.35m

 1 – EROS K & Steffi Whittaker

 2 – LAKOTA & Sophie Scott

 3 – COSMOPOLITAN & Grace O’Sullivan

 4 – ON THE POINT EVE & Steffi Whittaker

 5 – RH KUKUMOA & Olivia Brown

 6 – VALI & Molly Buist-Brown

Dunstan Horsefeeds & Equifibre in con Mainland Coachwork Junior Rider TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) 1.15-1.25m (Show Jumping)

 1 – KINGSLEA KIWI & Sophie Townsend

 2 – ICEBREAKER 11 & Tayler Nalder

 3 – HAMMERTIME & Caitlin Adams

 4 – GLENMARK & Molly Moffatt

 5 – GLOBAL PH MYLORDE & Peita Milne

 6 – COMMANDING OAK & Jacob Torrie

Dunstan Horsefeeds & Equifibre in conj TMS Pro-Am TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) 1.20-1.30m

 1 – ICEY STORM & Lauren Buckley

 2 – WALLFLOWER & Kate Cavanagh

 3 – KIWI SPIRIT & Grace Percy

 4 – BLYTHEBURN CORUBA & Carissa McGregor

 5 – SD AMOUROSI & Rebecca Smithey

 6 – ATTABOY & Louise Marriott

Hinterland in conj Hazlett Rural Amateur Rider TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) 1.10-1.20m

 1 – ROLUX & David Hutton

 2 – ZACTAC CARNIVAL & Helen Ensor

 3 – ASTEK REVEAL & Jayne Beattie

 4 – HENRY MATISSE & Sacha Holm-Smith

 5 – CASIRAGHI & Kate Perry

 6 – MUSTANG SHELBY & Talia Allison

Main Events Universities Jumping Series 1.20m

 1 – DOUBLE J BARMAN & Kaitlin Feast

 2 – IGNITION & Olivia Shin

Matthews Hanoverians in conj SureGrip Mats 7yo TAM5 (Art.238/2.2)

 1 – VALI & Molly Buist-Brown

 2 – CADENZA NZPH & Rose Alfeld

 3 – COMMISSIONER & Chris Harris

 4 – WALLFLOWER & Kate Cavanagh

 5 – GLENBROOKE CENTAROSE & Sophie Scott

Mitavite Speedi-Beet in conj Tavern Harewood 6yo TA1 (Art.238/1.1) 1.25m

1 – CAMPARI & Tegan Fitzsimon

East Coast Performance Horses in conj Canterbury Equine Clinic 5yo TA1 1.15m

 1 – MOJITO GNZ & Emma Power

 1 – EYE CATCHER NZPH & Rose Alfeld

Tavern Harewood Horse Mini Prix TAM5 (Art 238/2.2) 1.35m

 1 – ALACAZAM MH & Tegan Fitzsimon

 2 – ON THE POINT EVE & Steffi Whittaker

 3 – WINTERBERG & Lucinda Askin

 4 – KIWI SPIRIT & Grace Percy

 5 – ICEY STORM & Lauren Buckley

 6 – LIL LEROUX & Nicole White

Pony Mini Prix TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) 1.15-1.20m

 1 – COCAMO & Dan Harkerss

 2 – FREESTYLE TWYST & SHOUT & Meg Bisset

 3 – CODE SPREE & Hanna Lowe

 4 – GALAXY KNIGHT OUT & Cara Quinn

 5 – GALAXY MASTERPIECE & Madeline Woods

 6 – GALAXY DISCO FEVER || & Alyssa Ward

Yvonne Grace Horse Championship TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) 1.25m

 1 – EIREANN BANDOOLA & Gail Richardson

 2 – FLYING DUTCHMAN DHU & Lucinda Askin

 3 – EMILIO MSH & Jess Land

 4 – SD AMOUROSI & Rebecca Smithey

 5 – CARBON & Lucy Turner

 6 – SHAW LEE & Emily Cammock

Tavern Harewood Leading Gentleman Rider, most points over the three Canterbury Area Shows: Timothy Richards  

Horse TA2 (Art. 238/2.1) 1.30-1.40m

 1 – CERA CASSINA & Kimberley Bird

 2 – DONALA DUNDEE & Angela Frewer

 3 – DOUBLE J MONARCH & Tegan Fitzsimon

 4 – DOUBLE J BOUNCER & Harry Feast

 5 – MR JERRACO & Morgan Baddeley

Pony TAM5 (Art. 238/2.2) IJO (Art.245.3) 1.20m

 1 – TE NGAIO RAGGAMUFFIN & Sophie Geddes

 2 – GALAXY MASTERPIECE & Madeline Woods

 3 – MANGAKARAA CARBON COPY & Anna Nalder

 4 – BENROSE ECLIPSE & Emma Gillies

 5 – BEN ROSE SILVER SHADOW & Sophie Geddes

 6 – GLENARDEN SKY HIGH & Molly Moffatt

Pony TAM5 (Art.238/2.2) IJO (Art.245.3) 1.15m

 1 – COCAMO & Dan Harkerss

 2 – CODE SPREE & Hanna Lowe

 3 – TIRONUI FIRECRACKER & Molly Moffatt

 4 – SHE’S A CRACKER & Jakob Pascoe

 5 – GALAXY DISCO FEVER || & Alyssa Ward

 6 – HD STORMY LASS & Sophie Geddes

 

Story: Anna Douglass
Photos: Rosa Douglass