EVENTING News


Kiwis Equestrians Shine in Both Hemispheres
Monday, 26 October 2015


New Zealand’s top eventers, showjumpers and dressage riders have all
featured on podiums overnight.

At the Australian Dressage Championships in Sydney Julie Brougham and
Vom Feinsten placed second with 67.882% behind the very in-form Brett
Parbery (AUS) aboard DP Weltmieser in the FEI Grand Prix Special CDN.
Parbery scored 69.784% in the 15-strong class.

It meant Brougham just missed out on that magic 68% which would have
been her second mark towards the necessary four for Rio qualification.

However, her second, third and fifth results over the champs are
arguably the best from and Kiwi combination in recent years.

Brougham was third in the FEI Grand Prix CDI-W Freestyle in a
star-stacked field with 72.1% and fifth in the FEI Grand Prix CDI-W with
67.32%.

Eventer Tim Price and Wesko have continued their solid form of the
season with a third place in the CCI4* at Les 4 Etoiles de Pau in
France.

The combination were fifth after the dressage, and held on to that
following the cross country. Class leader Michael Jung (GER), who had
both first and second spots going into the showjumping, withdrew one
horse and had a rail in the showjumping with the other, which saw him
slip to second, giving an historic win to Astier Nicolas (FRA) and Piaf
de B’Neville who moved up from third place going into the showjumping.
It was Astier’s first-ever four star win and he is the youngest CCI4*
victor of the season.

Price was rapt with his own third place efforts.

“He tries so hard and is such a good little jumper,” he said of the
Dutch-bred Wesko. “He is pure class. He was quite tired today, which
is surprising but a lot of the horses were. However, he just digs
deeper, finds a way and keeps trying to the end.”

Price said the showjumping course had been a demanding one, with a
difficult treble to a Liverpool to finish.

“We were very focussed on a top performance here. He is my star horse
and hasn’t been out to a four star since Kentucky (in April) where we
narrowly missed a win. I am a bit disappointed I didn’t do a better
job on the flat (the dressage) but I am definitely not going to complain
about a third place in such a strong four star field.”

Sir Mark Todd was the next best of the Kiwis in 10th place with NZB
Campino with Jock Paget and Clifton Signature 14th and Blyth Tait on
Bear Necessity V 15th. In the CIC2*, Lucy Jackson and Mercury Bay were
16th.

Price now has his first points on the board for the 2015-2016 FEI
Classics, sitting in third spot on 10 points behind leader Astier
Nicolas (FRA) on 15 and Michael Jung (GER) on 12. Sir Mark Todd is in
ninth with a single point.

The next event on the series is the Adelaide International Three Day
Event in Australia later next month, with the Northern Hemisphere
hosting the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in April.

In Poland Bruce Goodin and Freestyle 39 were second in the CSI3*-W going
double clear in the 54-strong field. Thomas Holz (GER) and Adilot won,
stopping the clock at 29.57 seconds in the jump-off to Goodin’s 30.55.
Seven combinations came through to the jump-off, with 14 retiring during
the class, with one eliminated.

Goodin was really happy with the horse over the weekend.

“He was also placed in the world cup qualifier – which is part of
the Central European League,” said Goodin. “He was clear and one
down in the jump-off to finish sixth and I was the only rider to be in
both those jump-offs. It has been a good consistent weekend for
Freestyle.”

Freestyle will next compete at a four show in Belgium.

The horses, riders and owners -
Lucy Jackson and Bosun (owned by BGV Syndicate), Jock Paget and Clifton
Signature (owned by Frances Stead), Tim Price and Lord of the Owls
(owned by Brian and Vicky Tew and Susie Hawkins), Tim Price and Wesko
(owned by Christina Knudsen and the Wesko Syndicate), Blyth Tait and
Bear Necessity V (owned by Ronnie Bartlett), Sir Mark Todd and NZB
Campino (owned by New Zealand Bloodstock and Todd), Lucy Jackson and
Mercury Bay (owned by Maureen Wicks) Julie Brougham and Vom Feinsten
(owned by Julie and David Brougham) and Bruce Goodin on Freestyle 39
(owned by Stall Kochs).


For more information, head to www.event-pau.com or
http://www.worldsporttiming.com/contenu/documents/0001_006815.pdf.

www.dressagensw.equestrian.org.au and
http://equiscore.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Sydney_Nationals_Day_4.pdf

Diana Dobson
ESNZ high performance media liaison