Aussies in battle with young NZ eventers
Eventing’s Trans-Tasman Young Rider Challenge gets nether means inward Christchurch today every bit business office of the NZCT South Island FEI Three Day Event.
Buoyed yesteryear their senior counterpart’s domination at the recent Kihikihi International Horse Trial, the Aussies volition live going all out to quash the Kiwi’s potent run of shape inward the competition, which saw them elevator the trophy convincingly inward Christchurch inward 2010, together with across the ditch at Camperdown, Australia, inward 2009.
Australian-based Joseph Waldron together with Springvale All Black spearhead the Kiwi immature passenger squad, coming inward off an impressive functioning every bit business office of the Kiwi senior trans-Tasman squad at Kihikihi. They finished bit overall behind Australian Olympian Shane Rose together with Taurus inward the CIC3*.
Waldron is joined yesteryear Auckland’s Virginia Thompson on Ashbury Pee Cee together with electrical flow Young Rider One Day Champions Samantha Felton (Matangi) on Ricker Ridge Pico Boo, who both finished inward the plough over 4 inward the CIC2* at Kihikihi. Also making the squad is the ultra-consistent Jessica Woods on Too Predictable, together with local passenger Katie Rankin (Ohoka) on Time To Tango Too. With the exception of Waldron, who grew upward inward Mosgiel but at in i lawsuit lives inward Australia, the other 4 members concur 4 of the plough over v places on the Massey University Young Rider leaderboard.
The New Zealand selectors ask keep held off naming the four-strong squad to compete until the concluding trot-up which volition accept house this morning time earlier the dressage phase.
Since arriving on Tuesday, the Australian squad of Ben Leahy together with Le Directeur, Isabel English linguistic communication together with Fairdale Mouse, Juana Andreou together with Sunvally Donnerthe, together with Makayla Wood on Just Corona, ask keep settled inward good to their novel surroundings.
The trans-Tasman Challenge is beingness held inward conjunction alongside the Tavern Harewood CCI2*, inward which eligible riders volition also live competing for the Swarbrick Trophy for the National Young Rider Three Day Event Champion. Outside of those competing inward the trans-Tasman, the course of report has attracted simply the 3 additional riders including electrical flow Alltech Junior Rider Series leader Otago’s Kate Mackie on Zambessi.
As good every bit the CCI2* contender (incorporating the trans-Tasman), the resultant is running CIC3*, CCI1*, Pre Novice, Training, Training 4-6 Year Olds, together with Pre Training classes, every bit good at the South Island Young Event Horse Championship.
Former National One Day Event Champion Brent Jury on SE Big heads the line-up inward the NZCT CIC3*, coming upward against one-time immature passenger champion Ashburton’s Larissa Srhoy on Starburst, who is returning afterward a long injury spell, together with northern visitor Charlotte Grayling (New Plymouth) on NRM Ru Star.
The Sheds NZ CCI1* contender volition live hotly contested alongside 25 riders vying for plough over honours, every bit good every bit the Lenamore Trophy for National Junior Rider Three Day Event champion upward for grabs for those eligible. The potent plain includes Zephania Steeler together with SS Nonchalant, runners-up for the DC cup at lastly weekend’s NZPCA Horse Trials Championship inward Oamaru together with also a fellow member of the second-placed Franklin Thames Valley expanse trials team; together with southerner Jade McRae aboard Il Mafioso, who helped Otago-Southland to victory together with was runner upward inward the A1 contender when ridden yesteryear Jade’s sister Kendra.
The Armitage Williams Construction Pre Novice has attracted 37 starters, piece to a greater extent than than twoscore volition business upward inward the AW Interiors Training. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 modest plain of fifteen volition contender the Tavern Harewood 4-6 year-olds Training for the immature horses, alongside to a greater extent than than 45 downwards to compete inward the Blue Gum Lodge Motels/Betavet Pre Training.
Overall the resultant has attracted to a greater extent than than 190 combinations from all over New Zealand to compete, promising top-class equestrian action.
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