Horse of the Year: Luke Dee wins Silver Fern Stakes

Luke Dee didn’t fifty-fifty cause got to await until the destination of the McMillan Equine Feeds Silver Fern Stakes to know he had won.

The 19-year-old already had i clear circular to his credit, together with when he completed the minute circular without dropping a rails it was all his – despite 5 really classy combinations yet to follow.

However, patch he won the $50,000 class, the Mitavite Trans Tasman Test honours went to the Aussies, who filled the second, 3rd together with quaternary equal placings.

The course of report was the characteristic resultant of the Fri Night Extravaganza, but also on exhibit was Sir Mark Todd, who rode a medieval dressage display alongside Jody Hartstone.

The Leopoldo Palacios designed course of report for the Silver Fern Stakes was technical together with alongside a tight time, which proved the undoing of many.

But Dee said he figured he was but lucky – specially as second-placed Tom McDermott aboard Romantic Dream alone collected his iv faults when he dropped the end ground of the get-go round.

“It was really tough contest out at that spot together with I was lucky to come upwardly out on top,” said Dee. “It’s been a non bad flavour – hopefully things volition tick along nicely on Dominicus (for the JB Olympic Cup).”

Another immature gun, Logan Massie together with Kiwi Ludo made it 2 inward a row alongside their victory inward the Dunstan Young Rider of the Year class.

It was double victory, as the New Zealand squad also secured the Telecom Trans Tasman Young Rider examination serial inward dominating form.

Forty-two combinations started – including the 8 squad members – together with it took 21 to teach before the get-go clear circular came from Georgie Siciliano on Cesann, together with fifty-fifty together with then she collected a unmarried fourth dimension fault. In the minute round, clears were as scant, alongside but Katie Meredith on Rio Madrid together with Tom McDermott on Quickstep NZPH leaving everything up.

However, together with then it was fourth dimension for the Telecom Trans Tasman Young Rider Test teams to ride. Clears came from Kiwis Bridget Hansen on Shakespeare NZPH together with Massie, as good as Aussie James Arkins aboard Dreamtime Invader.

The minute circular was but about other stunner for Hansen together with Arkins together with Massie, alongside New Zealand’s Melody Matheson together with Cheltenham riding the circular of her life to also teach clear.

With the examination serial secure, it was dorsum to the Young Rider title, alongside but Massie, Hansen together with Arkins to come upwardly back.

Nineteen-year-old Massie was get-go out together with rode a super-slick clear on his pretty chestnut, coming domicile clear inward 40.42 seconds. Hansen gave it her all to also teach clear but inward 42.02. Finally came the Aussie, who had it all but won going into the last. Luck wasn’t on his side together with the bouncy niggling Equus caballus took a rails at the end to accept 3rd place.

“We knew he was laid upwardly to come upwardly out together with win the class,” Massie said. “It was a fighting payoff to cause got my other Equus caballus before inward the class, together with that helped me to ride the course of report well.”

He’s spent one-half his flavour inward Auckland alongside Olympian Daniel Meech at the LC Horse Farm, together with inward Apr heads to Deutschland to develop alongside renowned showjumper Paul Schockemohle.

In the Bell Tea CIC3* eventing dressage leader Donna Smith together with Balmoral Sensation held after their peak spot after the showjumping phase, alongside but the cross province to come upwardly today.

Despite a rails downwardly inward the showjumping together with 7 fourth dimension penalties, Smith has an overnight marker of 51.8 penalties. Lying minute is Emily Cammock aboard Dambala, who had 2 rails downwardly together with 3 fourth dimension penalties for a total of 54.5 penalties.

The showjumping saw all but i rival incur penalties. Simon Gordon produced the alone clear circular within the fourth dimension on Fletch.com, to push clitoris upwardly from 9th after the dressage to prevarication 3rd overnight on his dressage marker of 56.3 penalties. Donna Smith holds quaternary house on Sarah Varley’s Just Chocolate, having jumped a clear circular but alongside nine fourth dimension penalties for an overnight marker of 62.3.

Young passenger Ashleigh McKinstryon her occupation Kaimanwa Pioneer Makokomiko, moved upwardly to 5th house after having a rails downwardly together with iv fourth dimension penalties, taking 63.8 penalties into the cross-country.

Designer John Nicholson has laid a challenging cross province course of report at the Hawke’s Bay Equestrian Park – perfectly plumbing fixtures for this Trans Tasman alternative trial.

 

McMillan Equine Feeds Silver Fern Stakes: Luke Dee (Ocean Beach) Ombudsman 1, Tom McDermott (Australia) Romantic Dream 2, Alison Rowland (Australia) Bickley Brook Bella 3, Rory Hovell (Australia) Yalambi’s Val d’Isere VDL together with Sharon Slater (Australia) CP Ulixes =4, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Zimorena G 6.

Mitavite Trans Tasman Test: Commonwealth of Australia (Rory Hovell, Yalambi’s Val d’Isere VDL; Alison Rowland, Bickley Brook Bella; Tom McDermott, Romantic Dream; Sharon Slater, CP Ulixes) 10 faults (best 3), 0, total 10 1. New Zealand (Katie McVean, Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark (owned past times June Berrington); Samantha McIntosh, Estina; Ross Smith, Quite Cassini) xiv faults, 19, total 33 2.

Showjumping, Dunstan Young Rider of the Year: Logan Massie (Dannevirke) Kiwi Ludo (owned past times Annette Scott together with Massie) 1, Bridget Hansen (Ocean Beach) Shakespeare NZPH 2, James Arkins (Australia) Dreamtime Invader 3, Tom McDermott (Australia) Quickstep NZPH, Katie Meredith (Canterbury) Rio Madrid together with Melody Matheson (Hastings) Cheltenham =4. 

Telecom Young Rider Trans Tasman Test (second of two): New Zealand (Logan Massie, Dannevirke, Kiwi Ludo; Jake Lambert, Cambridge, Quality NZPH; Bridget Hansen, Ocean Beach, Shakespeare NZPH; Melody Matheson, Hastings, Cheltenham) get-go circular 4 faults (best 3), minute circular 0, total 4 faults 1. Commonwealth of Australia (James Arkins, Dreamtime Invader; Jack Maunder, Cyra; Sarah Beale, Alpha Centauri; Nicole Bruggemann, Bluesta) get-go circular nine faults, minute circular thirteen faults, total 22, 2. 

Fiber Fresh Feeds Junior Rider of the Year: Rebekah van Tiel (Karaka) Leeston Eagle 1, Lilly Tootill (Karaka) Ngahiwi Cruise 2, Emma Thurlow (Waverley) Mister Pirate 3, Rose Alfeld (Christchurch) My Super Nova 4, Melody Matheson (Hastings) Scottish Lad 5, Olivia Robertson (Queenstown) Tike Tane 6. 

Saba Sam Shield: Northland (Nakeysha Lammers, Airborne Magic; Brooke Pullan, Terracotta Rose; Anna Cooper, Classic Cowboy; Tegan Newman, Watch Me Move) sixteen 1, Canterbury (Steffi Whittaker, Moonlight Glow; Molly Buist-Brown, Miss Mae West; Grace O’Sullivan, Tui Gold; Arabella Jarman, The Shepherd) 27 2, Ashburton (Emma Waite, Spring Brooke; Jaimee Bird, Showtym Image; Grace Percy, Madam Masala; Lucinda Askin, Buckle Up) xxx 3. 

Dressage, FEI Prix St Georges: Penny Castle (Manawatu) Magnus Spero 1, Vanessa Way (Taranaki) NRM Arawn 2, Abbie Deken (Taranaki) KH Ambrose 3, Charlott Bayliss (Waikato) JL Champs Elysee 4, Shiwon Green (Waikato) Da Vinci 5, Sophie de Clifford (Opiki) Cortaflex Ashbury Dolly 6.

Level 5 musical freestyle (title): Vanessa Way (Taranaki) NRM KH Allandro 1, Debbie Barke (Bay of Plenty) Lucrative SW 2, Gaylene Lennard (Waikato) Donzello 3, Thomas Oldridge (Canterbury) Teodoro 4, Holly Leach (Waikato) Devils Chocolate 5, Debra Cowen (Waikato) Knightsman 6. 

New Zealand Performance Bred, Mare of the Year: Tracey Bublitz (Eltham) Bublitz Estate Romari Z. Supreme Led New Zealand Performance Bred of the Year: Helen Young (Taupiri) Floating Currency. Supreme Ridden New Zealand Performance Bred of the Year: Daniel Blundell (Auckland) Lexington.

 

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