Hot jumping in cool conditions at Boneo
Above: Courtney Scott and Quinzella Z. Photo Credit: One Eyed Frog Photography.
Cool and drizzly conditions greeted riders today for the first day of the three-day Arilla Cup show, the traditional warm up for the Pryde’s EasiFeed Australian Jumping Championships, which start next week at Boneo Park. Competition was held across three arenas, with the main classes today being held on Arena 2.
The day started with an even 100 combinations taking on a 1.15m course in an open single round competition. A massive 52 combinations recorded clear rounds and the fastest of these was achieved by Courtney Scott and Quinzella Z with a time of 61.50 seconds. It was a good day for this combination as later in the day, they also took out a 1.10m class on arena 3. Second place in the 1.15m went to Victorian rider James Harvey and Yirrkala Celeste in 62.03 seconds with young Queensland rider Olivia Hewitt-Toms and Lushious Lexie taking third in 62.51 seconds.
The second class of the day saw the rails put up to 1.25m and this time there were more than 100 combinations up for the challenge. Again, there were a large number of clears (46 to be precise) with the fastest achieved by the Queensland based combination of Robert Goodwin and Oaks Costa Rica in 60.97 seconds. Connor Reed combined with the ex-Tom McDermott mount, mare Alpha Activity for second place with a time of 61.38 seconds. They were seven tenths of a second faster than the third placed NSW pair of Jamie Winning-Kermond and Yandoo Honolulu.
The final class of the day on arena 2 was an open 1.35m class, which saw just six of the 30 competing combinations go clear. It was another win for the Queenslanders, with Cody Tincknell, who is still eligible for Junior competitions, combining with the gelding Screwdriver to take the win, with a time of 58.11 seconds. They scrapped in, just ahead of NSW-based Olympian, James Paterson-Robinson riding Dublin in 58.27 seconds, with third place going to another Queensland combination, Chris Holland and Elsa in 58.39 seconds.
It was a great day of jumping, with everybody getting the chance to warm up prior to a range of Championship classes scheduled over the weekend.
Congratulations to all the winners and placegetters from today who are detailed below:
RING 2
CLASS 2: OPEN – 1.15m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Courtney Scott | Quinzella Z |
2nd | James Harvey | Yirrkala Celeste |
3rd | Olivia Hewitt-Toms | Lushious Lexie |
4th | Olivia Hewitt-Toms | Celerity Park LM Star |
5th | Sarah Weiss | Twins Delux |
6th | Tori Glass | Bonnie valley Nobuck Boris |
CLASS 3: OPEN – 1.25m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Robert Goodwin | Oaks Cost Rica |
2nd | Conor Reed | Alpha Activity |
3rd | Jamie Winning-Kermond | Yandoo Honolulu |
4th | Jamie Priestley | Oaks Diamantina |
5th | Jack Barker | Tulara Colchic |
6th | Olivia Hamood | Diamond B Bedazzled |
CLASS 4: OPEN – 1.35m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Cody Tincknell | Screwdriver |
2nd | James Paterson-Robinson | Dublin |
3rd | Chris Holland | Elsa |
4th | Russell Johnstone | Daprice |
5th | Andrew Lamb | Denison Park Spartava |
6th | Robert Palm | Jaybee Vibrant |
RING 3
CLASS 5: OPEN – 1.00m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Jake Tomlinson | Marley Benjara |
2nd | Charley Beecraft | Money and Power |
3rd | Debra Heyes | McManus |
4th | Joel Lamb | Emcee Holly Go Lightly |
5th | Joel Lamb | JB Little Gun |
6th | Victoria Montano | Bling Du Rouet |
CLASS 6: OPEN – 1.04m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Lyla Ferrari | Myridersnota Roxstar |
2nd | Alice Lawrence | Mucho Mucho Deniro |
3rd | Alexandra Morris | Starlight Dazzle Razzle |
4th | Rebecca Wright | Sparkling Midnight |
5th | Jada Burgun | Missile Higgins |
6th | Joel Lamb | Versache Vision |
CLASS 7: OPEN – 1.10m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Courtney Scott | Quinzella Z |
2nd | Katie Clark | Katelle Grand |
3rd | Alexandra Morris | Starlight Dazzle Razzle |
4th | Stuart Abrahams | Vainquer |
5th | Imogen Lindh | Blackall Park Koraleigh |
6th | Melissa Backman | That’s Not it |
RING 4
CLASS 8: OPEN – 0.60m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Caitlyn Duncan | Soap Opera |
2nd | Georgia Joyce | Gresham Lodge Maximus |
3rd | Josh Harvey | Flick |
4th | Frida Lindgren | Kentaur Alba |
5th | Zoe Lasky | Leonardos Puzzle |
6th | Frankie Murphy | Ziggy |
CLASS 9: OPEN – 0.70m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Georgia Joyce | Gresham Lodge Maximus |
2nd | Ella Alexander | Tarcoola Leo |
3rd | Sarah Weiss | Painted Princess |
4th | Zhoe Willison | Tokota Lodge Dazzle Me |
5th | Tess Runting | Merlin |
6th | Charlie Ross | Shelley |
CLASS 10: OPEN – 0.80m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Eliza Abrahams | Cody |
2nd | Zhoe Willison | Tokota Lodge Dazzle Me |
3rd | Thomas Scott | DJ Connect The Dots |
4th | Kelly Fyfe | Materialism |
5th | Kaya Zielinski | Lady Of Diamonds |
6th | Eliza Abrahams | Vivarchi RM |
CLASS 11: OPEN – 0.90m
PLACE | RIDER | HORSE |
1st | Olivia Curtain | Xcella |
2nd | Jake Tomlinson | Marley Benjara |
3rd | Eliza Abrahams | Vivarchi RM |
4th | Zhoe Willison | First Battalion |
5th | Jake Tomlinson | Vinchino |
6th | Macey Rams | Chloe |
Results sourced from online.equipe.com