<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><strong>New Zealand has won the London 2012 eventing team Olympic
qualifier at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials this
morning but the real celebrations will be in Japan</strong>.<br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">The Kiwis had already qualified for London with the
bronze medal win at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, so it was second placed
Japan who took the much coveted spot ahead of the Australians.<br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">In the three star three day event, Clarke Johnstone and
Orient Express were the best of the Kiwis with a seventh place finish, while in
the three star eight and nine-year-old event Caroline Powell aboard Onwards and
Upwards finished fifth with Lucy Jackson on Kilcoltrim Ambassador in eighth
spot.<br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Results - <br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Three star three day event: Piggy French (GBR) DHI Topper
W 47.1 1, <strong>Clarke Johnstone (NZL) Orient Express VI 55.9 7, Jonathan Paget
(NZL) Clifton Razz 64.7 17, Lucy Jackson (NZL) Willy Do 65.2 19, Andrew
Nicholson (NZL) Qwanza 66.5 20, Neil Spratt (NZL) Elton II 81 40.<br><br></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Olympic qualifier: <strong>New Zealand (Clarke
Johnstone/Orient Express VI 55.9, Jonathan Paget/Clifton Razz 64.7, Lucy
Jackson/Willy Do 65.2, Andrew Nicholson/Qwanza 66.5, Neil Spratt/Elton II 81)
185.8 1, </strong>Japan (Kenki Sato/Chippieh 64.2, Takeaki Tsuchiya/Jackabee 69,9,
Atsushi Negishi/Mavrick du Granit 111.8, Yoshiaki Oiwa/Gorgeous George 1000)
245.9 2; Australia (Catherine Burrell/Urzan 91.1, Bill levett/One Two Many NJ
84.7, Lucinda Fredericks/NYSA de Petra 1000, Brook Staples/Ever So Clever 1000)
1155.8 3.<br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Three star 8/9 year old: William Fox-Pitt (GBR) Oslo 43.5
1, <strong>Caroline Powell (NZL) Onwards and Upwards 54 5, Lucy Jackson (NZL)
Kilcoltrim Ambassador 56.1 8, Jesse Campbell (NZL) Kaapachino 79..8 39, Mark
Todd (NZL) NZB Campino 81.9 43, Bruce Haskell (NZL) Roccoo II 87.1 46, Dan
Jocelyn (NZL) Brookfield De Bouncer 125.5 54.<br><br></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em>Diana Dobson<br>ESNZ High Performance Media
Liaison</em></p>
