EVENTING News


Top Combos Head to Ireland
Tuesday, 29 May 2012


<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; ">There will be plenty of
Kiwis battling it out for top honours at the Tattersalls International Horse
Trials in Ireland this week.<br></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Squad riders Mark Todd,
Lucky Jackson and Jonelle Richards are all entered in the CCI3* or CIC3*, along
with several others.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Todd on Major Milestone
and Alice Montgomery on Gordon are competing in the CIC3*. While Jackson on
Kilcoltrim Ambassador and Willy Do, Richards on Mere Oak and Dan Jocelyn on
Brookfield de Bouncer and Special Advocate, are entered in the CCI3*.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The CCI2* has attracted
plenty of interest too from the crew from Down Under – Todd has Leonidas II and
Alfiano del Ferro entered, Tim Price also has two in Wembley and Wesko, his
partner Richards has Diflorio and Aloha, with Olympic hopeful Clarke Johnstone
will start Regal Romar and Jocelyn has Brookfield Hero entered.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Johnstone is also entered
in the CCI* on Call Me Al, while Andy Daines and Spring Panorama are on the
start card of the CCI2* (under 25).<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">New Zealand riders have
a good track record at the event, with Andrew Nicholson having won the CCI2* in
2008 on Avebury and 2010 on Quimbo. Nicholson also triumphed in the CCI* in
2007 aboard Avebury. Jesse Campbell and Kappachino won the CCI2* (under 25)
class in 2011.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The event gets underway
with the first vet inspections on Wednesday (Irish time), followed by two days
of dressage, the cross country on Saturday and the showjumping on Sunday.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tattersalls is Ireland’s
premier international three day event and with the Olympics just around the
corner, have attracted plenty of the world’s top combinations.<br><br><em>Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison</em></span><o:p></o:p></p>