McIntosh in top two at NZ’s Taupo World Cup leg

Samantha McIntosh filled the overstep 2 places inward New Zealand’s Bayer FEI World Cup circular inward Taupo on Saturday.

The Olympian too World Champs passenger won the shape aboard her sometimes feisty mare Estina, backing upward their victory inward the basis loving cup circular at Feilding before this month, too was minute on Argento, who was having her showtime basis loving cup start.

Her efforts saw her boundary from 3rd on the leaderboard to first.

“What a dainty Christmas present,” said the 38-year-old. “They were both then on the job. Estina is every bit brave every bit a Panthera leo too simply knows when to stride up.”

It was a fleck of an unknown amongst 10-year-old Argento every bit McIntosh has never jumped her inward a shape every bit big. However, she needn’t convey worried – the mare was clear inward both rounds, too picked upward simply a unmarried fourth dimension mistake inward the last.

“They both made my undertaking real slowly today.”

McIntosh feels at that spot is withal enough to come upward from nine-year-old import Estina.

“Now that she has her hear on the job, she is stepping upward inward leaps too bounds. I am simply rapt amongst the distich of them.”

The Roger Laplanche course of report was large too technical, proving enough of challenges for the 12 starters – 3 of whom retired inward the showtime round. The shape was besides a qualifier for the World Equestrian Championships inward French Republic side past times side year, the showtime stride to existence available for alternative for the New Zealand team.

The showtime circular produced simply 2 clear rounds from McIntosh too her 2 mounts, amongst 3 combinations retiring. The others rallied a footling inward the minute round, amongst quondam serial winner Katie McVean too Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark going clear, along amongst Luke Dee too Ombudsman.

Logan Massie too Kiwi Ludo finished 5th inward their showtime basis loving cup start.

There are simply 2 rounds remaining inward the New Zealand World Cup series, amongst points from the best 4 to count. The concluding is at the Waitemata World Cup Final Festival at Woodhill Sands on Sunday, Jan 12.

The serial winner has the chance to move to Lyon, inward France, for the concluding inward April.

 

Results –

Bayer FEI World Cup: Samantha McIntosh (Cambridge) Estina (owned past times Lakeridge Equestrian) 1, Samantha McIntosh (Cambridge) Argento 2, Luke Dee (Ocean Beach) Ombudsman 3, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Kiwi Iron Mark 4, Logan Massie (Dannevirke) Kiwi Ludo 5, Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) Schimmel Warrior 6. 

Bayer FEI World Cup NZ League (after 4 of half dozen rounds):

Samantha McIntosh (Cambridge) 68 points, Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) too Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) 62, Susie Hayward (Canterbury) 60, Luke Dee (Ocean Beach) 49, Jono Smith (Auckland) 23.

 

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