Lucy Turner Leads National Young Rider Champs

Lucy Turner & Astek Victor. CCI3*-L McLeans Island. Photo: Jane Thompson

Ella Morshuis & World Famous CCI2*-L McLeans Island. Photo: Jane Thompson

The leaderboard has had a big shake up at the South Island Three Day Event after the cross country today at McLeans Island, Christchurch.

Out of the 11 classes, only two riders and horses held on to their overnight lead from the dressage, both in the lower classes.

Lucy Turner, the National Young Rider title holder, has moved into the lead not only in the Young Rider class, but also in the Bates CCI3*-L on Astek Victor. The pair put in an exceptional round, and Lucy was very happy. “He was bloody good,” she said afterwards. “He just locked onto everything I pointed him at, he was awesome. It was especially satisfying as he hadn’t had the runs leading up to this event. I think I even rode him better than I usually do!”

Unfortunately for Vicky Browne-Cole, who has come down from Auckland for this event, a run-out towards the end of the course has meant she has slipped down the placings. “The horse was amazing, but the rider was an idiot,” she said. “I didn’t set her up properly and she didn’t even see the fence.” Other than that issue, the pair put in a very impressive looking performance on the rest of the course.

In the National Junior Rider championship class, Ella Morshuis has retained the leading position, after putting in a beautiful clear round on Word Famous. She has also hit the top of the leaderboard in the Ultimate Design and Renovation CCI2*-L class, which is run in conjunction with the Junior rider class. Molly Moffat also produced an accomplished round on Glenmark and is sitting in second to Ella in the Junior Rider, and 4^th in the CCI2*.

There were no finishers in the CCI4*-L class unfortunately, thanks to a retirement and a fall. Lauren Enright and Tygra have taken the lead in the Hobson Horse Coaches and Motor Homes CCN1*-L.

The final veterinary inspection is on at 8am on Sunday morning, followed by the last test, the show jumping to decide the winners and champions.

By Jane Thompson

Results:

	*Bates Saddles CCI3 – L Championship (Mr Hagan Trophy donated by the Srhoy family)**
1	Astek Victor	Lucy Turner	33.3
2	Shoot The Breeze	Kirsty Sharapoff	34.6
4	Whats The Buzz	Jessie Fitzjohn	43
3	SE Gorky Park	Brent Jury	42.6

	*Ultimate Design and Renovation CCI2 – L Championship (Amigo Trophy donated by Vicki Hammond)**
1	World Famous	Ella Morshuis	29.2
2	Citadelle	Claudia Faulkner	32.2
3	The Little Prince	Kirsty Sharapoff	34
4	Glenmark	Molly Moffatt	34.1
5	Spookee Possum	Eve Hawes	34.5

	*Eventing Canterbury CCN2 – S Non – Championship**
1	Bulwer Bays	Sarah Swarbrick	60.2
2	Bayross	Anailise Hini	64.8
3	Cavallo Nero	Niamh Rayne	70.4
4	Raindance Maggie	Courtney Davis	95.8

	*Hobson Horse Coaches and Motor Homes CCN1 – L Championship**
1	Tygra	Lauren Enright	29.9
2	Miss Renegade	Anna Poole	32.4
3	My Rocket Man	Charlotte Coleman	33.5
4	Yippee Ki Yay	Fabriana McQuarrie	34.2
5	Versailles	Paige Hardwick	36.5

	Continuous Spouting CCN105 – S Non – Championship
1	Chaka Zulu	Maia Schinkel	34.5
2	Amboselli	Emma Barker	36.1
3	ZinZan CSNZ	Raquel Cook	36.5
4	Brentwood Surprise	Caitlin Rayne	39.3
5	The Enchantress	Eve Hawes	40

	Dunstan CCN95 – L Championship
1	SR Livingstone	Jaime Currie	31.8
2	Muzza	Anna Poole	34.5
3	Mystery Man	Nele Friedrich	35
4	Beaumont Cash	Lauren Enright	36
5	Surge	Mikayla Jarvis	36.3

	he Saddlery Barn CCN95 – S Championship
1	Starlight Daytona	Chloe Wheelans	29.2
2	Redcliffs Kodak Moment	Annie Airey	30.2
3	High Jinx	Olivia Logan	31.2
4	Ronney	Taylor Harris	32
5	Ed Harry	Andrew Munro	32.2
5	Jenks	Emily Holder	32.2

	Rangiora Equestrian Supplies CCN80 – S Championship
1	Flora	Kirsty Jacomb	25
2	Starburst	Catherine Boyer	30.3
3	Dunrobin Winchester	Courtney Davis	31.1
4	Shadow	Rebecca Hadfield	32.5
5	La Banca	Megan Taylor	33.6

	Melwood Equestrian CCN80 – S Championship Under 21 Years
1	Burma Molly	Alice Jones	29.4
2	Googleit	Grace Gormack	33.1
3	Picollo	Daniel Thomas	33.9
4	Struck by Lightning	Ruby Taane	34.4
5	Smart Spark	Lucy Baker	35.6

	The Cover Queen CCN65 – S Championship
1	Teena	Yasmin De Groot	31.9
2	Killarney	Nicola Sim	33.3
3	Hossack Smoke	Fiona Burt	34.7
4	Hundalee Fyffe	Jaimee Adams	35
4	WS Empyrean	Rebecca Wardle	35