Half A Sixpence wins contest

Press, 16 September 1987, Page 43

Half A Sixpence wins contest

The Canterbury Area Horse Trials Group’s dressage with jumping day at the National Equestrian Centre, McLeans Island, last Sunday, was a success. Half A Sixpence, ridden by F. West, won the open horse competition. Results:Open horse: F. West? Half A Sixpence 1, M. Falconer’s Prisoner 2. Novice horse: J. Farrant's Makita 1, R. Ayton’s Sir Walter Edward 2, Prisoner 3, A. Blackett's Peta Grace 4. Training horse (A): G. Hughes’s The Advocate 1, S. Creelman's Larakin 2, K. Silcock’s Sweet Vienna 3, C. Schaffer’s Larcomb 4. Training horse (B): Z. Chart’s Live Rust 1, S. Creelman's Kincross 2, D. Nieper’s Teake 3, M. Hawtin’s Conquistador 4. The Windsor Pony Club held the second of the Blackwell Motors mini-circuit rounds last Saturday in fine, sunny conditions. Leaders in each section:— Hacks: N. Grigg, Just Dougy, 46 points; C. Stanley, Casey. 34: P. Jarvis, Ace High, 32. I47cm and under P. Danrell. Royal Ace, 40; S. Skates, Stroller, 32; R. Silcock, Comet, 30; S. Goldsmith, Little Warrior, 30; A. Stringer; Idle Talk 30. 137 cm and under A. Brown; Chandelle, 42; R. Moore; Monique, 37; C. Avis; Storm Boy, 35. Results:— 137 and under, novice A.M.2: J. Moffat’s Shot Silk 1, M. Hodgkinson's Washington 2, L. Hay’s Birchdale Q Mist 3. Novice A.M.5: Birchdale Q Mist 1, A. Laurenson’s Quest 2, R. Woodham’s Prince Charles 3. Novice T.Y.O.LG.: Horn’s Blitz 1, M. Robinson’s Flight Legend 2, T. Harris’s Le Cheval Gris 3.

C grade A.M.2: Shot Silk 1, R. Moore’s Monique 2, C. Avis’s Storm Boy 3. A.M.5. Stonn Boy 1, Monique 2, J. Cochrane’s Bobby Sox 3. T.Y.OX.R.: Eder’s Zorro 1, L. Paterson? Questionair 2, Bobby Sox 3. A and B grade A.M.2.: L. Rutherford’s Galway Snowdrop 1, B. Bruerton’s Black Mist 2, K. Skene Carlyon’s Just April 3. A.M.5 (A): Brown’s Chandelle 1, J. Beardsley’s Nicola 2, A. Brown's Golden Girl 3. T.Y.0.L.: Golden Girl 1, Chandelle 2, Just April 3. 147 cm and under, A.M.2: P. DanreU’s Royal Ace 1, C. Brittan’s Sebastion 2, J. Beardsley’s Wardendale Remember 3. A.M.5: Wardendale Remember I, L. Cottrell’s Gorie Downs 2, Royal Ace 3. T.Y.0.1_: Royal Ace 1, K. Ward’s Minnavar 2, C. Sheehan's Cotswold Trixie 3.

C grade A.M.2: R. Silcock’s Comet I, B. Russell’s Jontin 2, T. Saunders’ McDougall 3. A.M.5: Comet 1, S. Goldsmith,

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Skene’s Little Warrior 2, T, Mitchell’s Just Questy 3. T.Y.0.L.: Jontin 1, L. Florence’s Delamount Heleana 2, Just Questy 3. A and B grade A.M.2: E. Smith’s McCloud 1, S. Skates’ Stroller 2, A. Stringer's Idle Talk 3. A.M.5: Idle Talk 1, Comet 2, A. Gardener’s Zaba 3. T.Y.0.L.: Stroller 1, Jontin 2, Zaba 3. Hacks, A.M. 2 (A): C. Stanley’s Casey 1, V. Bell's Skipper 2, P. Jarvis’s Ace High 3. Novice A.M.2, (A): C. Stanley’s Casey 1; V. Bell’s Skipper 2, P. Jarvis’s Ace High 3. (B): L Meares leaves Phineas 1, L. Meares’s Meister 2, N. Grigg’s Just Dougy 3.

A.M.5, (A): ace High 1, T. Kovacs’s Cool Crepe 2, J, Brown’s Cavalier 3. (B): Phineas 1, Just Dougy 2, S. Sisson’s Benahee 3. T.Y.0.L.: (A): Ace High 1, Skipper 2, K. McCormack’s Highlander 3. T.Y.O.L. (B):, Meister 1, Just Dougy 2, I. Ferguson’s Rodney 3. A, B and C grade combined, A.M.2: R. Spark’s Commando 1, Casey and G. Gormack’s Hennesey equal 2. A.M.5: Commando 1, L. Carlyon’s Honeyglow 2, M. Wynter-Smith’s Madam 3. T.Y.O.L: D. Wilson’s Big Ben 1, Casey 2, C. Clarke’s Abbe Mae 3.

The day of the show: Feed the pony early, then kit yourself up. To keep your jodhpurs and shirt clean, put a pair of jeans and an overall over the top. Then return to your pony bandage him up and take him to the show in good time so you are there when you are called in.

When you arrive, take your pony around the show ground to let him get the feel of it. At this point you are ready to start tidying yourself up. Put on your coat, tidy your hair back (into a net prefer-

ably if you are a girl), put your comptition number and gloves on. Collect your whip. You and your pony are ready for the competition. Make certain that you know the rules of any particular competition and if you are jumping always look on the entrance gate for the jump-off course. Don’t sit about on your pony’s back and don’t gallop about unnecessarily. Shelter him from the sun or wind, and lead him around until he has cooled off after competing.

If you give him food during the day make certain that he has time to digest it. When the day is over, make your pony comfortable for the journey home, and before leaving, try to find the secretry of the show or one of the organisers and thank him or her for an enjoyable day. If you cannot find a rubbish bin, take away any rubbish you may have.

The Hawarden-Waikari Pony Club will hold its annual jumping show on September 26 or if it is wet, on September 27. Entries will close on Friday with Mrs R. Inwood, “Woodford,” Hawarden R.D.

The Kaiapoi Pony Club will stage the third Blackwell Motors mini-circuit jumping show on Saturday at its grounds, from 9 a.m.

The Ashburton Dressage Group’s competition day was held at the Tinwald Pony Club grounds. Results were:— Kindergarten horse: A. Logan’s Liberation 1, S. Pratley’s Tobias 2, J. Mackenzie's Quintelle 3, N. Harris’s Limerick and Pa Win’s Ada Lady equal 3. Preliminary horse: Tobias 1, Liberation 2, Quintelle 3, Limerick 4. Preliminary: Liberation 1, A. Anning’s Sonic Bronze 2, Tobias 3, J. Brown’s Cavalier 4. Novice horse: J. Adair’s Basil 1, G. Thompson’s Sierra Lee and M. Davis’s Stille Nicht equal 2, Sonic Bronze and S. Field-Dodgson’s Zorba equal 4. Novice horse: Zorba 1, A. Blackett's Peta Grace 2, N. Ford’s Sangrilton 3, Stille Nicht 4.

Elementary horse: S. FieldDodgson’s Belleck 1, L. Cullen’s Bundaberg and C. French’s Mission equal 2. Elementary: Bundaberg 1, D. Neiper’s Teake 2, R. Owen’s Classic 3. Elementary free style: Belleck 1, Mission and Classic equal 2. Novice and preliminary freestyle: Sangrilton 1, P. McGregor’s Richovanski 2, Basil 3, H. McFarlane’s Surprise 4. Pony: A. Brown’s Golden Giri 1, A. Scammell’s Strauss 2, C. Sinclair’s Moonstone and B. Newton’s Marengo equal 3.

Pony: Golden Girl 1, Strauss 2, Marengo 3, K. Iron’s Shultz and M. Smeath’s Brandy Snap equal 4. Pony freestyle: Golden Girl 1, Moonstone 2, Brandy Snap 3.