Time tells a story in Amateur Show Hunter of the Year

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Time most definitely did tell a
story in itself when Tracey Parnwell won the Amateur Show Hunter of the Year
title at the 2011 NZ Horse of the Year Show in Hastings today (Saturday). 
Parnwell won the title aboard
Time'll Tell and in doing so secured the Denise Crispe Memorial Trophy – Crispe
died suddenly just days after winning the NZ (open) Show Hunter of the Year in
2008 aboard the same horse.
 
The trophy was presented today
to Parnwell by Denise's mother Diane.
 
The much talked-about Squirt who
was disfigured after the wood preservative cresote was splashed on his face at
the series' final show in Hawera earlier this month, finished seventh in the
amateur in the hands of owner Kathryn Corry. 
 
NZ
team bronze medal winners Clarke Johnstone (Cambridge) and Orient Express
retained their overnight lead in the Alltech CIC3* eventing, adding 1.6
cross-country time penalties to their dressage score of 40.2 penalties, but they
go into tomorrow’s showjumping with no room for error.
 
Second placed Lizzie Brown (Hamilton) and Henton
Attorney General went inside the time on the cross-country to finish the day on
their dressage score of 43 penalties.
 
She
did the same with her other horse Push Play, to move into third place on 48
penalties. Brown was the only rider to complete John Nicholson’s challenging
cross-country course without incurring penalties.
 
National eventing coach Erik Duvander summed it up by
saying, that good courses made good riders. The showjumping phase will be
completed tomorrow.
 
Two
dressage grand prix riders took a step closer to qualifying for the 2012 London
Olympic Games, with Vanessa Way (Taranaki) and former Olympian Louisa Hill
(Auckland) each gaining a qualifying score.
 
To do
so, riders had to score an average of 64% from the ground jury of five and also
64% from the five star judge Mary Seefried (Australia), to gain part one in
their journey towards achieving a Minimum Eligibility Score (MES). 
 
However, the National Olympic Committee in conjunction
with Equestrian Sports New Zealand, is yet to confirm the New Zealand qualifying
criteria, which traditionally is higher than the MES, set by the FEI.
 
Way
should be safe with today’s score of 67%, which rarely achieved in New Zealand
at this level. Louisa Hill and Bates Antonello, with their trademark flamboyant
work notched 65.19%, despite mistakes. 
 
In
dressage it couldn’t have been a closer finish in today’s Young Rider CDIY test,
with Kelly Van Dyk stamping her mark on the class, placing first and second on
her two rides. 
 
Even
then there was nothing in it – Wolhkahn finished first on 65.053% and Marceau
second on 65.052%.
 
It
was a great comeback for the Putaruru rider, who was eliminated on Wolhkahn in
yesterday’s young rider test after erratic behaviour.
 
Today
was a fresh start and she made the most of it, with lovely clean tests on both
rides.
 
South
Island Young Rider Champion Catherine Tobin with Riverndell Romeo finished third
well behind on 59.07%.
 
In
showjumping hometown lad Daniel Meech, home for a flying visit from Europe, took
the honours in the premier stakes after a cool-as-a-cucumber ride aboard Winston
Darco V.
 
The
former Olympian was the last of five to go in the jump-off over the Leopoldo
Palacios-designed course and stopped the clock at 48.48 seconds.. Ahead of him
Doug Isaacson (Dannevirke) on Major Brown had gone clear in 49.58, after
rattling the first of the double, but had to settle for second..
 
The six-day show culminates
tomorrow (Sunday) with the Bell Tea Olympic Cup.
 
Results - 
 
Show hunter, Amateur of the
Year: Tracey Parnwell (Rotorua) Time'll Tell 1, Diana Fowler (Paeroa) Astek
Gianni 2, Charelle Marsh (Rotorua) Sirocco Tango 3, Trudi Biggar (Waitemata)
Meersbrooke Fire 'n' Ice 3.
 
Show hunter (open) of the year:
Chloe Akers (Palmerston North) Kiwi Motto 1, Lucy Olphert (Tauranga) Don Quattro
(owned by Carolyn Jolley) 2, Georgia Reid (Blenheim) Zactac Mint 3, Mathew
Dickey (Taranaki) Witzcellar 4.
 
Showjumping, Moa Brewing premier
stakes: Daniel Meech (Europe/Hawke's Bay) Winston Darco V 1, Doug Isaacson
(Dannevirke) Major Brown 2, Catherine Cameron (Cambridge) Kahurangi Valentino 3,
Anthony Thomas (Australia) Levitation NZPH 4, Tess Williams (Gisborne) Alltech
Walnut Brown 5, Catherine Cameron (Cambridge) Kahurangi Tardak 6.
 
Eventing, Alltech CIC3*: Clarke Johnstone (Cambridge)
Orient Express, 41.8, 1; Lizzie Brown (Hamilton) Henton Attorney General, 43, 2;
Lizzie Brown (Hamilton) Push Play, 48, 3; Alice Montgomery (Christchurch)
Gordon, 51..4, 4; Clarke Johnstone (Hamilton) Incognito, 53.4, 5; Clarke
Johnstone (Cambridge) KS Secrets, 55.2, 6.
 

 
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Anne Vallance

Horse of the Year 2011

Time tells a story in Amateur Show Hunter of the Year
Saturday, 19 March 2011

Horse of the Year 2011

Time tells a story in Amateur Show Hunter of the Year Saturday, 19 March 2011

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Time tells a story in Amateur Show Hunter of the Year
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