NZ EQUESTRIAN News


Yabba Dabba Do for Mussen and Flintstone
Monday, 13 February 2012


<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; ">Paula Mussen left
several more fancied combinations in her wake as she steered Meersbrooke
Flintstone to victory in the horse grand prix at the one star Showjumping
Waitamata Show at Woodhill Sands today (Sunday).</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mussen and Flintstone
went double clear, coming home in 40.17 seconds in the jump-off, just .46
seconds ahead of second placed Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) on Dunstan Kiwi
Iron Mark.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Twenty-three started the
class, with just six through to the jump-off over the Bruce Wakeling-designed
course. Five of those six notched double clear rounds, with time very tight
between all.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Catherine Cameron
(Cambridge) and I Reckon jumped their way into third spot, with Rosie Commons
(Auckland) and Glendara Chandon fourth and Simon Gordon (South Auckland) in fifth
on Simply Mitch.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">In the pony grand prix
Northland’s Nakeysha Lammers and Airborne Magic were comfortable winners ahead
of Anna Cooper (Kamo) on Howzat Cracker Jack.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Results - </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Cathay Pacific Horse
Grand Prix: </span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Paula Mussen (South
Auckland) Meersbrooke Flintstone 1, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Kiwi
Iron Mark 2, Catherine Cameron (Cambridge) I reckon 3, Rosie Commons (Auckland)
Glendara Chandon 4, Simon Gordon (South Auckland) Simply Mitch 5, Vicki Wilson
(Northland) Ngahiwi Showtym Premier 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">JLT Bloodstock Pony
Grand Prix: Nakeysha Lammers (Northland) Airborne Magic 1, Anna Cooper (Kamo)
Howzat Cracker Jack 2, Rebecca van Tiel (Karaka) Guthrie 3, Lilly Tootill
(Karaka) Millbrook 4, Laura Lush (Auckland) Miss Munroe 5, Antoine Ogilvie
(South Auckland) Lilly Flicker 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">KiwiSpan Junior Rider:
India Causebrook (Pukekohe) Banbury Spice 1, Natasha Brookes (Cambridge)
Waitangi Jet Stream 2, Rebecca van Tiel (Karaka) Angelica Double J 3, Rosie
Commons (Auckland) Samuel Something 4, Sarah Young (Tokoroa) Oakley Vision 5,
Nakeysha Lammers (Northland) Cloud Nine 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Iverquantel Amateur
Rider: Emma Blair (Auckland) Ditto 1, Melanie Dudding (Auckland) A Touch of
Country 2, Kirsten Kelly (Auckland) Tiraumea Donegal 3, Lance Blair (Kumeu)
Duplicate 4, Dean Morgan (Te Awamutu) FITS Outrageous 5, Courtney Fox (Karaka)
Bush Magic 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Giltrap Audi Young
Rider: Amanda Wilson (Northland) Showtym Viking 1, Ryan Lim (South Auckland)
Pasir Ris 88 2, Megan Lindermann-Cohen (Clevedon) Lesbos D'Ouilly 3, Candice
Fox (Karaka) Larkham 4, Rosie Commons (Auckland) Glendara Chandon 5, Luke Dee
(Gisborne) Dunstan Zasjay D 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">STH Pro Amateur: Lydia
Quay (Taranaki) Kaipara Double Dee 1, Amy Sprague (Whangarei) Casali 2, Shelly
Ross (Woodhill) Alberta Tomba 3, Jaime Campbell (Albany) Socrates de le z 4,
Olivia Gibson (Clevedon) Quickstar 5, Carissa McCall (South Auckland) Wardance
II 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Goldengrove Stud Five
Old: Simon Gordon (Auckland) Don Pasquale, Lisa Coupe (Hawke’s Bay) Bates Casiraghi,
Paula Mussen (South Auckland) Ngahiwi Romeo NZ, Michelle Wakeling (Wellsford)
BMW Littoroan =1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mitavite Six Year Old:
Natasha Lammers (Whangarei) Ngahiwi Altitude, Rachel McGregor (Cambridge) NZ
Fireball, Phillip Steiner (Tauranga) Annandale Louis =1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Cushionride Seven Year
old: Vicki Wilson (Northland) Ngahiwi Showtym XL 1, Catherine Cameron
(Cambridge) Lights Out 2, Rachel McGregor (Cambridge) Henton Encore 3, Greg
Jamieson (Paeroa) Volrath Chagall 4, Phillip Steiner (Tauranga) Annandale Renaissance
NZ 5, Melissa Marriner (Karaka) Spiritus MVNZ 6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>