Grace Percy and Kiwi Spirit winners of the Equissage Horse Grand Prix at Ashburton Area Show Jumping and Show Hunter on 24 November
The Ashburton Area Show Jumping and Show Hunter Group held their first show of the season at the Ashburton A&P Show Grounds over the weekend.
The hotly contested Harrison Lane Pro-Am Rider Series Class was taken out by Kirsty Sharapoff and Shoot The Breeze, who jumped double clear with a jump-off time of 38.02.
Kirsty has had the 13-year-old Thoroughbred Gelding, known as “Merv” since he was 4 and has also Evented him to 4* Level. Kirsty says “Merv is awesome!! (And he knows it!) he is a clever lad and gets me out of most of the trouble I get him into. He loves show jumping!! I was pretty chuffed with our Pro Am win although I did have a wee life over the planks, it’s good it wasn’t windy!!”. They plan on competing in some more show jumping events during the season before hopefully heading to the Taupo Three Day Event in May.
The combination followed up their Pro Am win by finishing 3rd in their first ever Cavalleria Toscana Horse Mini Prix Series Class, which Katie Meredith had the quinella in with Westgrove GNZ and Ngahiwi Double Cross.
Grace Percy and Kiwi Spirit continued their success by winning their second Equissage Horse Grand Prix class in the row, making it two starts for two wins at Grand Prix level for the pair. 15-year-old Anna Nalder and Mangakaraa Carbon Copy took out the Country TV Pony Grand Prix. Anna riding Icebreaker II also finished in 2nd place in the Equifibre Junior Rider Series Class, this was won by Beth Coleman aboard Sea Minor.
The consistent combination of Margaret Ridley and Tallaght picked up another win in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Amateur Rider Series Class. The FMG Young Rider was won by Mackenzie Causer and Finch Farm Lasall.
Equissage in conjunction with Wholesale Seeds Ltd Horse Grand Prix Series
1 – Grace Percy & Kiwi Spirit
2 – Rose Alfeld & My Super Nova
3 – Nicole White & LC Sampson
4 – Molly Buist-Brown & Vali
5 – Olivia Robertson & Grandaire
6 – Lucinda Askin & Portofino
Country TV in conjunction with Hyundai/Isuzu Ashburton Pony Grand Prix Series
1 – Anna Nalder & Mangakaraa Carbon Copy
2 – Emma Gillies & Benrose Playtime
3 – Samantha Gillies & Junior Disco
4 – Ruby Rae-wood & Tallyho Cleopatra
5 – Molly Moffatt & Glenarden Sky High
6 – Ella Rae-wood & Tallyho Primrose
Dunstan Horsefeeds in conjunction with Fourflax/Provida Amateur Rider Series
1 – Margaret Ridley & Tallaght
2 – Angela Ruddenklau & Anthem
3 – Jacqui Webb & Hot Chocolate II
4 – Jayne Beattie & Lowland Schnapps
5 – David Hutton & Rolux
6 – Amy Williams & Montreaux
Equifibre in conjunction with Property Brokers/Greg Jopson Junior Rider Series
1 – Beth Coleman & Sea Minor
2 – Anna Nalder & Icebreaker II
3 – Olivia Adams & Castelada II
4 – Pippa Collins & Double J Barman
5 – Rosa Buist-Brown & Bellick ST
6 – Pieta Milne & Global PH Mylorde
7 – Makenzie Causer & Elleway GNZ
FMG in conjunction with Mainland Coachwork Young Rider Series
1 – Makenzie Causer & Finch Farm Lasall
2 – Jaimee Bird & Euro Champayne
3 – Todd Magner & Awatuna Jonesy
4 – Molly Buist-Brown & Vali
5 – Steffi Whittaker & On The Point Eve
6 – Olivia Brown & RH Kukumoa
Harrison Lane in conjunction with Hayden Mackenzie Contracting Pro-Am Rider Series
1 – Kirsty Sharapoff & Shoot The Breeze
2 – Katie Meredith & Ngahiwi Double Cross
3 – Lauren Buckley & Icey Storm
4 – Katie Meredith & Westgrove GNZ
5 – Amy McMullen & Silversmith
6 – Becky Harkerss & Kettle GNZ
Cavalleria Toscana in conjunction with Rainer Irrigation Horse Mini Prix Series
1 – Katie Meredith & Ngahiwi Double Cross
2 – Katie Meredith & Westgrove GNZ
3 – Kirsty Sharapoff & Shoot the Breeze
4 – Angela Frewer & Donala Dundee
5 – Steffi Whittaker & On the Point Eve
6 – Chris Harris & Commissioner
Carrfields Tony Archibald Memorial Open Horse 1.25m Championship
1 – Kate Beattie & Smarty Marty
2 – Rose Alfeld & Capprera
3 – Lucinda Askin & Flying Dutchman DHU
4 – Rose Alfeld & Eye Catcher NZPH
5 – Tamara Coster & Whakanui De L’ Amore
6 – Peita Milne & Ngahiwi Warrior
Wear Fencing Open Horse 1.15m Championship
1 – Brent Jury & SE Gorky Park
2 – Pippa Collins & Double J Barman
3 – Margaret Ridley & Tallaght
4 – Katie Meredith & Eye Candy
5 – Tayler Nalder & Wall Street III
By Rosa Douglass
25 November 2019