The NSW Amateur Rider Title was one of the Championship classes decided at the NSW State Showjumping Championships over the weekend. It was a close competition, in more ways than one. Let’s see how the action unfolded over the course of the Series.
The First Round speed class was held on Friday afternoon and was taken out by just over half a second by Alisa Williams and Versace Vision.

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CLASS 224: NSW Amateur Title – First Round – 1.10-1.15m
The first six placegetters in this class were:

The Second Round was held on Saturday in a howling gale, just prior to jumping being suspended for a few hours waiting for the winds to abate. It was a close class with Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum winning by just 0.35 of a second after eight combinations recorded first round clears.

CLASS 232: NSW Amateur Title – Second Round – 1.15m
The first six placegetters in this class were:

Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum

Before Sunday’s final, the Title Class Scoring System was used to determine the number of penalties each combination would carry forward into the final. (Click HERE for a brief explanation of this system in our Young Rider Title story).

Here were the starting penalties for the final, where only the top 30 placed combinations after the first and second rounds were able to compete.

Going into the final, we had two combinations tied in the lead, those being Anna White and Body Builder and Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum. With a further four combinations within a single rail of the lead we knew we were in for an exciting final.
In the first round of the final there were eight clear rounds, however Anna White and Body Builder took a rail, meaning that Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum, who were clear were alone in the lead. Another clear round and the championship would be theirs.
In the second round, amazingly, an identical time of 48.27 seconds was recorded by both Michael Cross and Little Bear and Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum. On this basis they were declared the joint winners of the final.

Anna White and Body Builder

CLASS 245: NSW Amateur Title – Final – 1.20m

The first eight placegetters in this class were:

After going into the final on the minimum number of penalties, and by going double clear in the final, there was no way that Jennifer Smith and Country Platinum could lose and they were declared NSW Amateur Champions. Michael Cross and Little Bear started the final on two penalties and stayed there to come second in the Title race. Third place was taken out by Alisa Williams and Versace Vision, who also went double clear in the final to remain on three penalties for the series.

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The top eight placegetters in the NSW Amateur Title for 2019 are as follows:

Australian Jumping congratulates all the winners and placegetters.