<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Wellington showjumper Adrian Bruce may have won the NZ
Horse and Pony Magazine Puissance at the NZ 2011 Horse of the Year Show in
Hastings tonight (Saturday) but Vicki Wilson won the hearts of the crowd.</strong></font>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The
puissance – high jump for horses – is always exciting and the thousands packed
in the grandstand at the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds were treated to a spectacle as
Wilson (Northland) opted to jump her liver chestnut Showtym Girl
bareback.</font>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Four
started the class which sees competitors jump a warm-up fence before facing the
wall. They started at 1.35m and quickly progressed to 1.8m when Maurice Beatson
(Dannevirke) and Wishing Warrior took out the top of the wall.</font>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Bruce, Wilson and Tim Myers (Taranaki) and By Golly
Olly all cleared it.</font>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Wilson then retired and the wall was raised to 1.92m.
Bruce and Witheze cleared it by a whisker by Bruce and Myers retired before
facing the wall.</font>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Results - </span>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" class="western"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">NZ
Horse and Pony Puissance: Adrian Bruce (Wellington) Witheze 1.97m 1, Tim Myers
(Taranaki) By Golly Olly 2, Vicki Wilson (Northland) Showtym Girl 3, Maurice
Beatson (Dannevirke) Wishing Warrior 4.</font>
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