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The 2012 Indoor Show Jumping Series will be held at the Otago Equestrian Centre on the following dates: Sun 29 July – Practise day Details will follow closer to the time. The Otago Show Jumping Group AGM will be held at Arahina House 2 Perth Street Mosgiel on the 23rd May at 7.30 pm. It will be followed by a monthly meeting. The Otago Area Show Jumping and Show Hunter Championships are being held on the 4th and 5th February 2012 from 8.30am. Download the schedule here – Otago Show Jumping Championships 2012 The Otago Rider Helpers’ form can be downloaded here – Otago Area Helpers Form After an outage for a few days due to a website hack, we’re back. There is still some information missing from the site but it is expected that it will be added back in over the next few days. Practice Day: 7th August 1-5pm Competition Days: 14th & 21st August, 4th September 2011 from 8.30am onwards. The series will be held at the Otago Equestrian Centre, on Dukes Road, Mosgiel. Entry details will be posted here when they become available. The June committee meeting will be held on the 15th June at 7.30pm at Arahina House, 2 Perth Street, Mosgiel. All are welcome. The next committee meeting will be held at 7.30pm on the 18th May at Arahina House, 2 Perth Street, Mosgiel. All are welcome. Thank you for your support at the South Island Champs. It takes a huge effort to run a show of this size. It was wonderful to see so many Otago people giving a helping hand. It is encouraging for staging future events. The comments from the competitors and supporters were complimentary, especially on the hospitality you all extended to them. Once again Otago has proved they can run a big show successfully! Bill McFarlane PS The salads many of you provided were excellent and the committee appreciated the effort. You can read a summary of the weekend show over at Equestrian Sports New Zealand: The South Island’s top show jumping combinations are heading to Mosgiel this weekend for the South Island Show Jumping Championships. Attracting more than 250 horses from all over the island, the show will be the largest hosted by the Otago Area ESNZ. It is the first three star show of the South Island show jumping season. The premier event of the two day show will be the Bomac Super League Horse Grand Prix, scheduled to go after lunch on Sunday afternoon. Despite only attracting the two starters, it is expected to be a tough competition with combinations getting their first look at a three-star 1.60m championship this season designed by international course designer Kevin Hansen of Hawke’s Bay. The one star Cathay Pacific Grand Prix has attracted eight starters and features many up and coming combinations. Leading the charge will be Burnham’s Ross Smith who has both his talented imported stallions Quite Cassini and Ajardo entered. He will face some stiff opposition though from the in form young riders including Christchurch combinations Brad Cunningham on Cheltenham, Tegan Fitzsimon on Alacazam MH, Emma Power on Longridge Maverick, Stacey Anderson on Saddlery Barn Cruiser, and Samantha Peters on Rhythm, all of who will start in the Mitavite South Island Young Rider series class also. Chris Harris also has the smart mare Lindis Lara entered. One of the most exciting classes of the weekend is likely to be the Pony Grand Prix which has attracted nine of the South Island’s leading pony combinations. It has been a tight tussle between the ponies all season with combinations vying for vital series points. Starters include Ashburton’s Lucinda Askin aboard Totem, coming in off the back of a good win at Waimate last weekend, and Olivia Robertson on Mr Black Magic, who were winners at Ashburton on January 15. The ever consistent Becky Harkerss (Leeston) also has Brooklee Smallchange entered, and Southland’s Nicole White will start Cuban Connoisseur. Following on from the success of last year, when the event was hosted by Southland Area ESNZ, there is also a South Island Open Horse Speed Championship run over 1.15-1.20m, which will be the first class in ring one on Sunday morning. Run against the clock, the event is a crowd pleaser and has attracted an impressive 29 entries. The other national series classes including the KiwiSpan Junior Rider, IverQuantel Amateur Rider and dedicated age group classes are also well supported. Show hunter also has its day at the championships and has attracted strong entries. Competition gets underway at 8.30am each day, going through to early evening. On Saturday night there is also a dinner with guest speaker Arnaud Evain, highly regarded French breeder and head of the FENCES auction sales. Event secretary Emma Barker said the committee was thrilled with the support it had received from riders. It was also indebted to its sponsors, especially Dallens Leathers, who has been a long-time supporter of its events, and volunteers, whom without the event couldn’t go ahead. She said the ground conditions were perfect. The committee is hoping for fine weather, with the scheduled rain on Saturday to stay away. Annie Studholme |
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