<p class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Donna Smith, Waikato, riding Sarah Varley’s
Just Chocolate has taken the lead in the Bell Tea Super League following the
second event in the series, the CIC3* (Advanced) class at the Woodhill Sands
Horse Trials at the weekend.</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Smith led from the dressage phase on
Friday, scoring 54.8 penalties, showjumped clear on Saturday, and jumped clear
across country with 15.2 time penalties for a final score of 70. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Local rider Shelley Ross was second with
Alberta Tomba, lying third after the dressage, having a rail down in the
showjumping, and incurring 18 time penalties across country for a final score
of 77.6.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Campbell Draper, Putaruru, pulled up from
fifth after the dressage with Sheilberite to take a close third place despite
two rails down, but had the fastest cross country time, to finish on 77.8. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jock Paget, literally just back from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>
where he clocked up another win last weekend, was second after the dressage
with Frances Stead’s Clifton Airtight, but two rails down and 19.2
cross-country time penalties dropped him to fourth overall.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Six of the nine starters finished the
event, with the top three earning points on the Bell Tea Super League. Smith
was the only one of the three to have placed on the first leg at Takapau, so has
opened up a clear lead in the series.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Standings after 2 events:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Donna Smith, Just Chocolate, 75 pts, 1;
Shelley Ross, Alberta Tomba, 46.5 pts, 2; Campbell Draper, Sheilberite, 45, 3;
Jessica Woods, Too Predictable, 42 pts, 4; Ashleigh McKinstry, Pioneer
Makokomiko, 31 pts, 5; Simon Gordon, Simply Mitch, 26, 6.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span>- Virginia Caro</p></p>
