Rider History Archive - Australian Jumping

Back in the 1960’s Art Uytendaal was Australia’s only full-time professional showjumper. Uytendaal was born in Holland in 1931 and immigrated to Australia in January 1956. Uytendaal had his first ride in Australia at Lang Lang Show in Victoria, on the late Jack McCormi..

Bridget 'Bud' Hyem (née MacIntyre)

Above: Bridget Hyem with her Olympic horse, Coronation, in 1962. Bridget ‘Bud’ MacIntyre grew up on her family’s property ‘Kayuga’, near Muswellbrook, NSW. Bud was a successful show jumper who reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1964 when she became the fir..

Colleen Brook

Above: Colleen Brook and Carlbrook Rebound at the Sydney Festival. Colleen Brook was born in 1953 and grew up in the Bellinger River Valley, inland from Coffs Harbour northern NSW. She started riding when she was 2 years old. Colleen’s mother Joyce was an ..

David Asimus

With his super horse Golden Grand (‘Goldie’), David Asimus,’DA’ as he was known to his friends, won many top jumping competitions across the country. Golden Grand was a very consistent horse on which David won the 1982/83 Pacific League sta..

Gavin Chester

From Combienbar, a tiny town in Victoria’s high country, Gavin Chester is one of Australia’s most respected coaches, trainers, and course designers and was previously Chair of Equestrian Australia Jumping. Gavin stands out amongst our most prolific and successful i..

Geoff Evans

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Geoff Harley

Australian Jumping are saddened to hear of the passing last week of Geoff Harley – a very competitive showjumper for many years. Born in Morawa, a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia on 31st October 1943 to a farming family and parents John and Dulcie, ..

George Sanna

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Glen Bolger

Glen was a much loved and highly respected member of our jumping community, who along with his daughter Caitlin, run Riverwood Lodge in Serpentine Western Australia. Glen was a very competitive showjumper and below we have a wonderful video of Glen and Kemoka

Greg Eurell

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Greg McDermott

Above: Greg McDermott and Mr. Shrimpton Growing up in Junee NSW, much of his time as a boy was spent walking his father’s greyhounds. Fortunately for the sport of Jumping in Australia there was a pony in Greg’s backyard from when he was 18 months of age. ..

Guy Creighton

Above: Guy Creighton on Stratheden in Sydney. From the NSW North Coast town of Casino, Guy Creighton (born 1 September 1949) came to prominence in the late sixties, travelling with a team of young horses throughout the eastern states and Tasmania.

Jamie Coman

Jamie Coman was born on 20 April 1962 in Bemboka (a small town near Bega NSW) and is from a family of seven children. He started to ride out of necessity so his father could take him with him when working on the farm. Jamie became interested in showjumping during hi..

Jeff McVean

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John Fahey

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Kevin Bacon OAM

Above: Kevin Bacon and Bendigo’s Gift Kevin Ashley Bacon (fondly known as kab) born in 1932, was a dairy farmer and cordial manufacturer from Dungog in New South Wales and is certainly one of Australia’s top showjumping riders of all time. Bacon represen..

Les Bunning

Above: Les Bunning and Lincoln Green. Les Bunning started riding in in Victoria in 1957 and competing in 1964 and was fortunate to have very supporting parents who found a wonderful horse for him, Glenara, that he took through all the grades. O..

Mariane Gilchrist (née Farmer)

Above: Mariane Gilchrist and Donald Victorian Mariane Gilchrist was an exceptional rider and a great ambassador for the sport. There were three phases in her career: Firstly as Mariane Farmer she was a successful Junior Rider then as Mariane Uytendaal she a..

Ron Easy

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Russell Johnstone

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Sam Campbell

Above: Sam Campbell and April Love at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 Sam Campbell (born 29 September 1944) grew up in Walcha NSW (near Tamworth) and lived on a number of outback stations in his early years. Sam became interested with horses as he grew up, ‘..

Sharon Slater (née Scott)

Above: Sharon Scott and Jox 1996 Australian Showjumping Championships. Photo Credit: Julie Wilson Sharon Slater (née Scott) originally from Western Australia and now married to well known former rider Bill Slater, has resided in NSW for many years. At th..

Vicki Roycroft

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