Jockey continues Irish whitewash of Hickstead
National Hunt Jockey Robert Power continued the Irish Gaelic whitewash of the Hickstead Derby coming together inward England, taking out Saturday’s Speed Derby aboard the Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Doonaveeragh O One, alongside swain Irish Gaelic riders filling the adjacent 3 placings.
The fast together with furious competition, alongside a £21,000 total prize fund, has riders tackle to a greater extent than or less of Hickstead’s fixed obstacles such every bit the Irish Gaelic Bank together with the less steep side of the Derby Bank at speed, alongside each knock-down adding 4sec to the clock.
Grand National winner Power, who is riding at Gowran Park on Monday, displayed his exhibit jumping heritage yesteryear scorching domicile on the 12-year-old stallion clear inward 93.42 seconds. Robert Power’s manly somebody nurture is famous exhibit jumper Captain Con Power, together with his sis is Irish Gaelic Olympic eventer Elizabeth Power.
Power was followed into minute house yesteryear David Simpson on his ain gelding Arantos, alongside 3rd house taken yesteryear Ger Clarke together with his Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Kellswater Crimson, together with 4th going to Trevor Allen’s Irish Gaelic Sport Horse gelding No More Talk, piloted yesteryear Alexander Butler.
Irish riders also accounted for ii to a greater extent than operate yesteryear 10 places inward the Speed Derby, Kenneth Graham together with Geraldine Graham’s Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Lenamore Donnatella taking 6th house spell Shane Breen together with his ain bay mare Ominerale Courcelle finished inward eighth.
Robert Power grew upward competing inward showjumping, winning a silvery medal at the European Young Rider Championships, before switching to larn a professional person saltation jockey.
“My sis evented ‘Tommy’ upward to three-star marking merely he was injured together with switched to showjumping,” Power said. “He’s got a really large stride, together with because he’s done a lot of eventing, he’s non bothered yesteryear the odd fences together with thus I tin boot on at them.”
Asked if he was quitting racing to conk dorsum to showjumping, he answered ‘Definitely not!’.
“I’ll endure racing for a skillful few years yet, hopefully, merely I’ve been showjumping during the summer. I’m really competitive together with dear to win – together with thus it doesn’t affair whether it’s racing or showjumping hither on the large phase at Hickstead,” he added.
Irish riders also claimed 4 operate yesteryear 10 places inward the Leisure Derby Trophy jump-off class before inward the day, including a runner-up spot from Tipperary-born Shane Breen together with the bay mare Zarnita.
This class, which was won yesteryear Norway’s Ger Gulliksen together with the gelding Vennoot, also saw Ireland’s Sven Hadley inward 6th alongside the Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Realt na Carraig, a 7th house from Capt. Michael Kelly on to a greater extent than or less other Irish Gaelic Sport Horse, Ringwood Glen, together with an 8th house from Richard Howley together with Camiro de Haar Z.
On Fri nighttime Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Coyle together with the Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Cool Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Tee placed 3rd inward the Master’s Challenge at the West Sussex venue, spell before inward the 24-hour interval Shane Breen took victory inward the Derby Trial alongside the Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Cos I Can, alongside his younger blood brother Trevor Breen steering Adventure de Kannan into second.
On Th Ireland’s Ger Clarke won the speed class alongside Kellswater Crimson, alongside swain Irish Gaelic passenger Richard Howley inward minute aboard Zantiago RV. Shane Breen together with Cos I Can were also 3rd on the same 24-hour interval inward the large jump-off class.
Hickstead’s famous Derby, which was won final yr yesteryear Waterford’s Paul Beecher on the Spring Elegance gelding Loughnatousa westward B, takes house on Sunday. It volition endure the 54th running of the event, together with winning horses are to delineate of piece of job up, including Promised Land, the ride of 2011 winner Tina Fletcher; Skip Two Ramiro, who won for Guy Williams inward 2010, together with final year’s winner Loughnatousa WB, who returns alongside novel passenger Michael Lonsdale.
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