Taranaki Showjumping Championships

Just the 4 on board for Hawera. Jasper and Maggie both lame. The weekend was incredibly wet with many going home early. A number of Ring 1 classes were cancelled and ring 3 jumped indoors on Saturday and Sunday. Very dark indoors with brown & green show hunter jumps, not even any white rails. Was a challenging weekend but the equines were as consistent as ever, with the 3 girls bringing home a championship wide ribbon each.

Tommy 4th in the 1:05 Championship

Gem 5th & Potter 2nd in the 1:05 Championship

Tommy had a great show - He had 4 faults in the 1:10 on Friday, 8th in the 1m class on Saturday, 3rd in the 95cm and 4th in the 1:05 champ on Sunday (indoors). 

Brigs had a stop in the jump off of the 80cm. In the 90cm he slipped over in the very wet conditions and we didn't start him again. 

Potter was 4th in the 1m class on Friday. He wasn't ridden on Saturday as Korah had to go back to Palmy for an appointment and then on Sunday he was 2nd in the 1:05 champ (in doors).

Gem was 3rd in the 95cm on Friday, 5th in the 95cm on Saturday and 3rd in the 1m class and on Sunday indoors she was 5th in the 90cm and 5th in 1:05 championship.

Horowhenua AP&I Show

This time last year the girls were struggling a little. This year the 3 girls have ridden very well and produced consistent rounds for a great show.

This was Maggie's first show with us. Sally rode her in the 90cm and the 1m for clear rounds.

Maggie in the 1m

Gem had 4 faults in the 90cm and 8 faults in the 1:05 and picked up a 2nd in the 1m class.

Gem's jump off in the 1m

Gem in the 1:05cm

Potter was a bit of a handful in the 90cm, clear in the 1m, 3rd in the 95cm and just 4 faults in the 1:05.

Potter in the 1:05cm

Bayly rode amazingly well on both horses. Briggs went well, only having one class though. He had 4 faults at the last fence in the 90cm.

Briggs in the 90cm

Tommy was on form! He had just 4 faults in the 1m and the 1:10 and then 4 faults in the 1:05 jump off. A huge improvement in how Bayly rode him resulting in this. 

Tommy in the 1:05cm

Mustering with Gem

With Elsethorpe Sports cancelled thanks to Cyclone Hale Sally and Gem got the cattle in for weighing and dosing. Gem is so versatile!

Central & Southern Hawkes Bay Showjumping

 Always a busy show your local one. The girls were great, always helping in the rings when they weren't riding. No Jasper this weekend. He is still lame. Just Briggs, Tommy, Gem and Potter on board. Weather turned on Saturday afternoon making conditions challenging to jump in. Rained so heavily on Saturday night that the show was cancelled on Sunday. Not much videoing or photography because too busy helping run the show. 

No classes lower than 90cm for Briggs and Bayly wanted to take Briggs so he jumped 90cm on Friday for one stop and on Saturday jumped 95cm for a rail at A, Bayly pulling him out at B & then a rail at the last. Bayly was way more confident on him this weekend. 

Tommy was really slack this weekend (still enjoying Christmas Holidays!) He jumped 1m on Friday for 5 rails and 1:05 on Saturday for 5 rails. Not Tommy's best weekend!

Gem jumped well both Friday and Saturday. She was 3rd in the 90cm and just 4 faults in the 1m. She had 4 faults again on Saturday in the 1m.

Potter was amazing. Had 4 faults in the 90cm on Friday and was 5th in the 1m class. On Saturday he had a number of faults in the 90cm and clear in the 1m.