Jump title to Abide

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 22

Jump title to Abide

The Ashburton horse, Abide, ridden by Mrs Jan Hay, won the championship event for B grade horses in the annual New Zealand Horse Society’s Easter jumpirtg show at Methven on Saturday. Abide, which jumped the only clear-round, finished ahead of the South Canterbury horse, Cyclone (four faults), ridden by Marlene Taylor, and Dissuade, ridden by’ Anthony Hampton (Rakaia), 11 fat ’ s. Da-Waggagul, a novice Kaikoura horse ridden by D. Buick, won the Futurity Stakes for novices and C grade horses in an exciting finish, after jumping off against the clock with the Lincoln horse, Windsor Grey, Miss J. Foster. The Kaikoura horse had another clear round in the

jump-off, whereas Windsor Grey dropped a rail in the treble. One of the unluckiest competitors in this event was P. McCallum, of Southland, riding Cover Drive, which baulked at the water jump and deposited his rider in the water. This jump proved the most difficult for all the riders and only a handful succeeded in clearing it. Buick’s achievement was described as “outstanding” by officials, bearing in mind that he has been taking part in competition events for only about six months. Results were:— Ponies.—Novice table A 2: Cresswell and Bretts Coral 1. C grade table A 2: McCall Familys Gav Time (rider Miss 1.. Aitcbeson) 1, Miss S. Winder’s Golden Dust 2, Miss N. Taylor’s Agenda 3. A and B grade table A 2: Miss D. Topp’s Sunset 1, Miss J. Hudson’s Dollarman 2, R. Hampton’s Golden Sue and G. Heard’s Expertise (equal). C

grade table A 4: Cresswell and Cozens’s Sandfiy 1, Gaytime 2, Agenda 3. A and B grade table A 4: Dollarman 1, Sunset 2, Golden Sue 3. Novice and C grade take your own line: Gay Time 1, Coral 2, Miss A. Short’s Page Boy 3. A and B grade take your own -line: Miss J. Wightman's Gay Prince 1, Sunset 2, Dollarman 3. Horses.—Novice table A 3: Miss P. Taylor’s Beau Supreme 1. Miss J. McLean’s D’Arcy 2, Miss S. Dick’s Tussock, L. Morris’s Grasshopper and R. McLean’s Mystery Cruise, equal 3. C grade table A 3: Miss L. Skellerup’s Cala d’or 1, Miss M. Dailey’s Buckskin 2, Miss J. Foster's Windsor Grey 3. A and B grade table A 3: Mrs J. Hay’s Abide 1, P. Crean’s Riccamoor 2, Miss M. Taylor’s Cyclone 3. Novice and C grade table A 4: L. Morris’s Labunya 1, Mrs A. Sampson’s Woodhouses Wish 2, Miss D. Killey’s Ilarknau 3. Futurity Stakes (novice and C grade — two rounds): D. Buick’s Da-Warragall 1, Miss 3. Foster’s Windsor Grey 2, Miss S. Dick’s Tussock and Miss J. Woodham’s Aldergrove, equal 3.’ R. James’s Fair General. R. Laplanche’s Del Renco and G. Innes’s Ryecora, equal 5. Great Easter Championship (B grade horses) Mrs J. Hay’s Abide 1, Miss M. Taylor’s Cyclone 2, A. Hampton’s Dissuade 3.