Above: Chloe Versteegen and MC Pico Diamonds

The long treck across the Nullarbor has paid dividends for Perth based rider Chloe Versteegen when she took out The Helen Rose Memorial Perpetual Trophy, for the Most Successful Girl Rider in the Junior Section of the 2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show, this morning. The trophy, donated by the late Mr K C Murchison, was won by Versteegen when she proved to be the most consistent performer over the past four days of Junior Jumping competition.

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Versteegen who is a member of the WA 2021 State jumping Squad, dominated the series in combination with MC Pico Diamonds, by taking second place in both the Thursday and Friday classes and then followed this with a win in the Saturday class and again in this morning’s Junior Rider Grand Prix. It is not the first success for this pair on the East Coast, as they have, among other notable performances, a fourth place finish to their credit in the Junior Championship at the 2018 World Cup Show. To read more about Versteegen, who was the Australian Children’s champion in 2017, click HERE.

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MC Pico Diamonds (Pico Bello x Barrabadeen) is a 9-year-old bay mare, owned by Chloe and bred by Young Equestrian, that has been with Versteegen for a number of years.

Following are all the results of the Junior Rider Series.

On Thursday, the speed class was won by Wallabadah’s Alexandra Gostelow and Tularo Cristo. (For the full story of this class, please click HERE)

Alexandra Gostelow and Tularo Cristo

CLASS 877: Junior Rider Round 1 (Speed Class)

PLACE	RIDER	HORSE
1st	Alexandra Gostelow	Tulara Cristo
2nd	Chloe Versteegen	MC Pico Diamonds
3rd	Clemency Hughes	Nicolette
4th	Tylah Studdert	Noonamah Valentina
5th	Lucy Locke	Diamont

Friday saw Queensland visitor, Maleah Lang-McMahon and KS Capulet Ego Z atop the podium.

Maleah Lang-McMahon and KS Capulet Ego Z

CLASS 875: Junior Rider Round 2 (238.2.2)

PLACE	RIDER	HORSE
1st	Maleah Lang-McMahon	KS Capulet Ego Z
2nd	Chloe Versteegen	MC Pico Diamonds
3rd	Clemency Hughes	Nicolette
4th	Tylah Studdert	Noonamah Valentina
5th	Ashley Cutler	Emcee Vagabond

Saturday saw Versteegen and MC Pico Diamonds finally break through for the win.

CLASS 876: Junior Rider Round 3 (238.2.2)

PLACE	RIDER	HORSE
1st	Chloe Versteegen	MC Pico Diamonds
2nd	Alexandra Gostelow	Tulara Cristo
3rd	Molly Stubberfield	Dalwin Artiste
4th	Lucy Locke	Diamont
5th	Maleah Lang-McMahon	KS Capulet Ego Z

This morning saw the Grand Prix, once again taken out by Chloe Versteegen and MC Pico Diamonds. Placegetters in the Grand Prix were as follows:

CLASS 878: Junior Rider Grand Prix (273.3.3)

PLACE	RIDER	HORSE
1st	Chloe Versteegen	MC Pico Diamonds
2nd	Lucy Locke	Diamont
3rd	Alexandra Gostelow	Tulara Cristo
4th	Clemency Hughes	Nicolette
5th	Katelyn Staples	KC Spotabug

Above: Lucy Locke and Diamont

The win in the Grand Prix secured Versteegen’s position as the Most Successful Girl Rider – a much coveted award.

We would like to congratulate all the riders who took part in the series and wish them every success with their jumping careers.