Double clear earns Kermond and Cothaga NZ grand prix
Australia’s Jamie Kermond as well as Colthaga won the $50,000 McMillan Equine Feeds Super Grand Prix at Ride The Rhythm indoors at Forsyth Barr Stadium terminal night.
Using ‘catch me if you lot can’ tactics, Colthaga was dorsum to her vivid best inward the rich class, taking the honours alongside a beautiful double clear.
Split into 2 sections, in that place were but iii clear rounds inward the commencement department held earlier the GJ Gardner Homes ‘Wall Challenge’, which was won jointly past times Katie McVean on Dunstan Zehrenland as well as Billy Raymont on Stardom clearing an impressive 1.95m wall.
At the complete of the minute section, fourteen combinations alongside 4 faults or less returned for the minute circular against the clock over a shortened rail designed past times international course of teaching designer Gerrit Beker.
With low-cal failing, the line per unit of measurement area was on from the outset. Australian Alison Rowland on her nine-year-old mare Bickley Brook Bella develop the early pace, posting the commencement clear circular inward 49.32. Having gone early Dunstan Daffodil, later picking upwardly ane unlucky fourth dimension error inward the commencement round, McVean was the commencement of the clear rounds to commence alongside Dunstan Springfield, but the fry couldn’t repeat his commencement circular effort, finishing alongside thirteen faults.
Rowland was side past times side out on Bickley Brook Bianca but besides collected faults. Next came Raymont on Stardom, who showed no ill-effects from the ‘Wall Challenge’, putting inward about other super endeavor to complete inward a quick 48.53, but paid for it alongside iv faults.
With about of the biggest names yet to come, immature passenger Logan Massie went into the atomic number 82 alongside the commencement double clear inward a fourth dimension of 58.07 on Kiwi Ludo, but it was short-lived equally side past times side inward the telephone was Kermond as well as Colthaga, who jumped a super clear, slashing his fourth dimension past times to a greater extent than than half dozen seconds. This set downward the challenge to McVean on Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark, Maurice Beatson on My Gollywog, as well as Rory Hovell even as well as then yet to come. It was a risk, but ane that paid off.
McVean roughshod but short, notching upwardly 4 faults, spell Beatson as well as Gollywog didn’t force the clock going clear inward a slower fourth dimension to secure second. Last to go, Hovell besides incurred iv faults.
“I knew I had to larn clear, but alongside Maurice as well as Katie to come upwardly behind me I wanted to lay the line per unit of measurement area on. There was room for them to grab me, but thankfully I came out on top,” Kermond said.
The win went about agency to making upwardly for Kermond’s terminal appearance inward New Zealand where he lost the prestigious Olympic Cup at Horse of the Year inward 2011 taking a rail at the really terminal debate to complete runner-up to McVean as well as Seremonie VDL.
It’s been a tough brace of years for the duo who headed to the the U.S. later HoY as well as struck all kinds of soundness issues. “It’s been a long route back. I wouldn’t accept been disappointed if she hadn’t gone well. This is solely her tertiary demo dorsum but she had been working super at abode inward the past times brace of weeks, as well as then I came into this quietly confident,” Kermond said.
“We dear coming over here. You don’t come upwardly hither expecting to larn your coin back, but this is a corking start.”
Kermond volition commence on Lord's Day inward the $50,000 Forsyth Barr Horse Grand Prix out at the Taieri Agricultural Park equally purpose of the Otago Show Jumping Championships earlier heading to Christchurch for the NZ National Show Jumping Championships as well as ultimately onto the Horse of the Year Show inward March.
RESULTS:
McMillan Equine Feeds Super Grand Prix – Jamie Kermond (Australia) Colthaga 1, Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) My Gollywog 2, Logan Massie (Dannevirke) Kiwi Ludo 3, Billy Raymont (Australia) Stardom 4, Alison Rowland (Australia) Bickley Brook Bella 5, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark 6.
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