Big Red the 'Horse of the Year'

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33450, 4 February 1974, Page 2

Big Red the ' Horse of the Year '

Big Red. ridden by A. D. Yorke, of Bulls, became Horse of the Year. 1974. when he produced some outstanding jumping to beat last year’s winner. Rifleman, rid den bv J. Cottle, of Welling ton. at the New Zealand Horse of the Year Show at Rangiora yesterday. Watched by Princess Anne. Captain Phillips, and an en thusiastic record crowd. New Zealand’s leading show jumpers were in good form over a testing and well-built course. Big Red and Rifleman had the only two clear rounds in the Wills N.Z. Show Jumping Championship. Miss J. Dunn, of Southland, riding Bush Creek, was unluckv to pick up a quarter time fault. Big Red had a clear round in 35.1 sec. and Rifleman stayed clear until the big double, where he received four faults. The Pony of the Year con-, test al«o produced an exciting contest. Last to go against the clock was Copperiop. ridden bv P. Milne, of Nelson, who had a clear round in 30.1 sec. Second was S. Bell, on Pennv Lane, also cle-»r in 3lsec. Three overseas judges. Colonel H. Llewellvn. who won an Olympic sold medal for England on Foxhunter. Mrs D. Soster. and Mr J. Delamonte. of Australia, judged the Chamnion Hack of the Year — Mrs T. W Hutchin son’s Northern Lights. An excellent displav of

. dressage was given by Mrs I 1 : E. W. White, on Rigoletto. H The Equizole points prize! had Rifleman in the lead with! l 14 points from Creamy andlj Dylan, both with 12. Thish competition will carry on I through other South Island jmeetings until the South Is-ji land Championship Show aty Invercargill. j; The Lowry Medal for thep rider with the most points'] went to I. Bell. Big Red, ridden by J. T Yorke, was the only horse to'clear the high spread in the ■ I puissance, and also won the i 1 Ro’hmans Grand Prix. > The A Grade Hit and ] Hurrv was won by R. Cropp 1 on That’s Final, but Popo-j' mint, ridden by P. McCall.!] of Southland, won the All I Grade table with three clear!] 1 rounds. Second was P. Meyer, i ] [ion Goldfinger. I Results:— The "'ills New Zealand Dres- I . -age Championship ißurkner 1 medab: Mrs E. W. White’s ] Rigoletto 1. Lowry and White’s j 1 • nder Mrs White) Game 2. Mrs j • 'A. Crowther’s irider Mrs H. Hoi-j stein) Yeti 3. Freestyle dres- ’ sage: Rigoletta 1. Yeti 2. Game 3. I Ponv combined competition: Miss' ; b Wedd’s Sir Winston 1. Taylm ’ t ’’’aniilv’s Silver Glory 2. M. 1 Smith’* Tom Thumb and Miss S. Bell s Pennv Lane (equal) 3. ■« Improver pony T.A.: Miss D. A i Topp’s Sunset 1. G. Heard’s* 1 . Frida? 2, J. Hazlett’s Outcast 3. C grade ponv T.A.: P. Break- 1 I; well’s Monavale 1, Sunset 2. Mrs . R. Lindsay’s (rider C. Aitchesom I I 3. A grade pony T.A.: McCall ' 1 Family’s Popomint 1. P. Mvers’s ,> ' Goldfinger 2. W. Graham’s I Dnskic 3. Novice horse T.A.: Miss I McCracken’s Master ; Logan I. Innes and rider n. Meares) 2. Miss J. .

[Gould’s Driftwood. Mrs J. Clarkson’s Endeavour, and Miss 11. 'McGill’s Hey Boy (equal) 3. Improver horse T.A.: Blackie and Bell’s Vigilante 1, B. : Cousins's Samston 2, I. fl. : Korrell's Grey Lynn 3. C grade horse T.A.: Miss S. David’s Expel I. Mrs S. H. Sampson’s Biggin Hill 2. Mrs T. N. Terry’s Creamy [3. Rothmans Grand Prix (Beath . Cupi: A. D. Yorke’s Big Red 1, Mrs M. Revell's The Nob 2. Miss iJ. Dunn's Bush Creek 3. RothIman teams jumping ißutherford | Cup): Wellington, Hello Honey, Rifleman and Big Red 1, Southland 2. C grade horse hit and hurry: Cream? 1, I. Bell’s Simon Peter 12. McCall family's Dylan and McCall family's Sanana (equal) 3. A grade horse bit and hurry: R. Cropp’s That’s Final 1, Mr A. R. Caro's < rider K. Riddell) Funny Fella 2, Miss S. Coop’s Barrister 3. A grade horse puissance UPilmer Plate): Big Red 1. J. A. i Cottle's Warloch 2. J. A. Cottle’s • Rifleman 3. Paced and mannered pony: Miss C. Mahoney’s Debonaire I. A. J. Hewitt's ; Lucky Charm 2. Miss D. Killey's Fair Exchange 3. Canterbury champion pony of the year; Stead familv’s Vogue; reserve, Nichols and Taylor’s Kuriheka Delilah. Improver horse T.A.: Miss R. Moseley’s Mad Hatter 1. Mrs M. Stevenson's Baal Hanan 2. Miss J. Gould’s Driftwood 3. C grade gamblers stakes: Dylan 1, Vigilante 2. Cream? 3. A grade horse gamblers stakes: Rifleman ‘•I. Miss S Coop's Barrister and Miss P Parsons’s Ringo (equal) C grade horse, table A: R. Jackson's Colorado 2. Miss J. Mathieson's Mcßeth 3. Pony of [the vear competition: M’ss P. Milne’s Coppertop 1. Miss S. Bell's Penny Lane 2. Miss S. Thompson's Solitaire 3. Saba Sam shield pony teams event: Hawke's Bay (Calvados. Sir Winston and Solitaire) 1. Pony six bar: Miss J. McMillan's Nicolette 1. Miss S. Thompson's Solomon 2. Solitaire 3. The Wills New Zealand Show Jumping Championship: A. D. Yorke's Big Red 1. J. Cottle's Rifleman 2. Miss J. Dunn's Bush Creek 3 Paced and mannered hack: Mrs E. W. White's Rigoletta I. Mrs A. Crowther’s irider Mrs Holstein) Yeti 2, Mrs E. W. White's Game 3. Ladies hack: Mrs 7. W. Hutchinson’s Northern Lights 1. Rigoletto 2. Yeti 3. Supreme champion hack of the year: Northern Lights: reserve. Yeti. Six bar horse of the year: J. Cottle’s Warloch and B. Anderson's Cardiff Lass <equal) 1. Miss L. Merlin’s Glenmist 3