Aust team to take on NZ young showjumpers
New Zealand’s jumping stars of the time to come volition live inward activeness at Waimate this weekend every bit South Canterbury North Otago Showjumping plays host to a visiting squad from Victoria, Australia, every bit utilization of the annual Inter Country Young Rider Challenge.
The four-strong South Island squad of captain Devon van Til (Rangiora), Brittany Whelan (Dunedin), Katie Meredith (Ohoka) too Olivia Robertson (Ohoka) volition live looking for a domicile payoff to convey domicile the Juliet Scott Trophy, which was presented yesteryear motorbus Juliet Scott at lastly year’s competition.
For Van Till, Meredith too Whelan the contest volition live an chance to exact revenge later existence outdone inward lastly Jan when competing at the Victoria Junior/Young Rider State Championships inward Australia, spell Robertson takes her identify inward the squad for the real kickoff time.
They come upward up against a talented Aussie squad which consists of Zoe Boulton, Kristy Haworth, Melissa Julius too Jonathon Smith.
The contest volition live run over 2 days of intense contest jumping at 1.10m level, amongst riders on borrowed horses, competing inward 2 rounds each solar daytime amongst a jump-off on the lastly solar daytime if required. Each Kiwi squad fellow member has position upward 2 horses. Horses are drawn amongst the Kiwis unable to ride their ain horses inward a bid to fifty-fifty upward the stakes.
All 4 Kiwi riders take away maintain shown around corking shape this season, amongst Whelan too Meredith asset laissez passer on 10 places on the Show Jumping NZ National Young Rider Series Leaderboard, spell Robertson has entirely latterly moved upward to immature passenger marker amongst immediate success every bit good every bit competing amongst merit at junior level. Van Till has every bit good had success this flavor amongst novel ride Akubra.
The South Island has been involved inward the Inter-Country Teams Challenge since it was developed yesteryear the EFA Victorian Showjumping commission inward 2003. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 trigger-happy rivalry has developed betwixt Victoria too the South Island over the years, amongst the central been hosted annually yesteryear each country.
The contest was designed to give Young Riders (21 years too under) valuable sense inward the format of Team competition, which volition stand upward them inward skillful stead for National Senior Team events such every bit the Olympics too World Equestrian Games. It every bit good serves every bit of import means to educate the strategies needed to go too compete inward a unusual province and, close importantly, to foster friendships betwixt immature riders from other countries.
The immature passenger teams’ contest is 1 of the highlights of the show, which has every bit good attracted around of New Zealand’s best jumpers.
Among the to a greater extent than than 300 combinations too 170 riders entered are Olympians Maurice Beatson (Dannervirke) too Sally Clarke (Dannevirke), every bit good every bit talented pony riders Emily too Hannah Fraser (Takapau), who are en road to compete at the Ride The Rhythm final result inward Dunedin, followed yesteryear the Otago Jumping too Show Hunter Championships.
Beatson, has both the evergreen 18-year-old My Gollywog too his other homebred star Schimmel Warrior entered inward the 2* Horse Grand Prix. He has been inward dynamic shape this flavor too currently leads the New Zealand League of the FEI World Cup Series.
Also inward the starting line-up is West Australian passenger Sarah Isbister making her debut on New Zealand soil. Isbister is a yesteryear fellow member of the Australian National Youth Jumping Development Squad too State Young Rider Show Jumping Squad 2011, too is a electrical current fellow member of the 2012 WA State Show Jumping Squad. She rides the nine-year-old Little Briton, who she latterly finished 5th on inward the Equestrian Grand Final World Cup Qualifier at Equitana inward Melbourne.
Beatson too Isbister volition confront around materials opposition though from the likes of local Kelly Evans (Cave) on Hammertime, every bit good every bit the in-form Canterbury’s Susie Hayward (Ashburton) on Andretti, Kate Cavanagh (West Melton) on Vermont, too Dunedin’s Brittany Whelan on George Jetson, too Claudia Hay (Mosgiel) on Euro Sport Heartbreaker, all looking for potent performances ahead of the $50,000 McMillan Equine Feeds Super Grand Prix, which volition live the star attraction at Ride The Rhythm on Feb 1.
Emily Fraser, who is currently the country’s minute leading pony rider, volition caput a fifteen potent line-up for Pony Grand Prix honours amongst her 2 ponies Tony The Pony too Tiger Tale LS coming upward against a potent South Island contingent, which includes leading combination Steffi Whittaker (Halswell) on Moonlight Glow looking to increase their winning streak. There volition every bit good live serial points upward for grabs across the other national series’ classes.
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