NZ Horse of the Year to Beatson’s My Gollywog

Maurice Beatson has topped off a stellar flavour amongst the ultimate win inwards Hastings at the New Zealand Horse of the Year Show.

The 59-year-old from Dannevirke rode his 18-year-old home-bred Equus caballus My Gollywog to victory inwards Sunday’s $200,000 JB Olympic Cup.

It has been 22 years since the quondam Olympian as well as World Games illustration has held the Olympic Cup aloft.

It was a record-sized plain that started the loving cup on the lastly twenty-four hours of the week-long Horse of the Year Show at the Hawke’s Bay Showgrounds. The 28-strong plain included fifteen Australian combinations, nifty to accept New Zealand’s well-nigh prestigious trophy dorsum across the Tasman.

Beatson, Tim Myers on Pick Me NZPH as well as Alison Rowland (Australia) on Bickley Brook Bella were the alone ones to become clear within fourth dimension inwards the fault-stacked firstly round. Jamie Kermond (Australia) on Yandoo Laughton’s Legacy went clear but had a unmarried fourth dimension fault.

Thirteen combinations – amongst 12 faults as well as less – came dorsum for the minute round.

Kermond, who finished minute to Katie McVean inwards 2011, added some other unmarried fourth dimension error to his tally, to sit down on 2 faults.

The pressure level was on Beatson to become clear. The thousands packed into every spare infinite unopen to the Land Rover Premier Arena rode each fighting amongst him. He went clear, but had a unmarried fourth dimension fault.

Last to become was Rowland, who couldn’t check him, slipping her to third, amongst Kermond 1 time once to a greater extent than second.

Beatson lastly won the loving cup inwards 1991, as well as 3 previous times. He’s been carefully managing My Gollywog this season, focusing on the World Cup series, which he won, as well as the Horse of the Year Show. It paid dividends.

“He felt the best today equally e'er inwards his life,” said an ecstatic Beatson. “I only had to function out as well as produce my job.”

He admitted that Gollywog – yesteryear Ironclad as well as out of a trotting mare – was non the easiest ride as well as only this forenoon had tried to buck him off.

Missing from the line-up was iv fourth dimension Olympic Cup winner Katie McVean, who was without her elevation Equus caballus Dunstan Daffodil, as well as started 2 youngsters inwards the class. Earlier inwards the twenty-four hours she won the BetaVet NZ Speed Championship aboard Dunstan Zasjany D.
Kermond, who has been inwards New Zealand on the Long White Cloud Tour for nearly 2 months, won 2 $50,000 grand prix at the firstly of the tour, as well as his minute placing on Lord's Day was only his minute Olympic Cup start.

 

• Taranaki’s Vanessa Way 1 time to a greater extent than won the Dressage Horse of the Year amongst NRM KH Arvan, who she took to the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland lastly twelvemonth inwards an endeavour to brand the London Olympics. It is their minute elevation championship at HOY.

Way showed the produce goodness of her preparation amongst world-class dressage passenger Carl Hester. She also won the marker 5 championship amongst NRM KH Allandro as well as was reserve inwards marker half dozen amongst NRM Arawn.

HOY demo manager Kevin Hansen has large plans for the demo inwards the future, as well as hopes to offering larger prize coin inwards the dressage inwards the promise of attracting elevation Australian combinations, equally he has inwards the showjumping.

The 2013 demo was a huge success, amongst tape numbers of people attention over the half dozen days.

 

Results –

JB Olympic Cup: Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) My Gollywog 1, Jamie Kermond (Australia) Yandoo Laughton’s Legacy (owned yesteryear Kerrie Winning) 2, Alison Rowland (Australia) Bickley Brook Bella (owned yesteryear Peter Cooke, Nicol Taylor as well as Rowland) 3, Tom McDermott (Australia) Romantic Dream 4, Tim Myers (Taranaki) Pick Me NZPH 5, Lucy Akers (Opiki) Cortaflex Tinapai 6, Ross Smith (Canterbury) Quite Cassini 7.

BetaVet NZ Speed Championship: Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Zasjany D 61.11 1, Tom McDermott (Australia) Quickstep NZPH 63.39 2, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Zehrenland 66.15 3, Nicole White (Invercargill) Cricklewood Ace 67.29 4, Logan Massie (Dannnevirke) Double J Angelique 68.83 5, Vicki Wilson (Hikurangi) Wurlitzer 69.34 6.

NZ Pony Club Team of the Year: Northland (Alexa Dodson, Showtym Victori; Alex McKenzie, Ngahiwi Warrior; Ella Poole-Cowe, Gizbo; Sharnaye Lammers, Arrow’s Flight).

Intermediate Rider of the Year: Natasha Brooks (Cambridge) Uranda 1, Megan Lindermann-Cohen (Clevedon) Yum Yum 2, Amanda Pottinger (Masterton) Achilles II 3, Isabella Harley (Wellington) Gold Dust 4, Claudia Porter (Hawke’s Bay) Mr Harrison 5, Emily Fraser (Takapau) Maximillion II 6.

Speed Pony of the Year: Olivia Ahlborn (Napier) Aorangi Ragtime 1, Melanie Weal (Te Awamutu) Hopeful Illusion 2, Nakeysha Lammers (Northland) Airborne Magic 3, Briar Burnett-Grant (Taupo) Kabo Silver 4, Megan O’Grady (Tauranga) The Dreamer 5, Maddison Bult (Waitemata) Mr Black Magic 6.

Dressage:

CDIY FEI Young Rider of the Year: Catherine Tobin (Wellington) Riverndell Romeo.

CDI*** FEI Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage Horse of the Year: Vanessa Way (Taranaki) NRM KH Arvan.

 

 

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