<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; "><strong>Olympian and World
Champs representative Katie McVean aboard Dunstan Daffodil spear-head a strong
New Zealand team to take on the Australians in a two-test Trans Tasman Teams
clash next month.<br><br></strong></span></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; ">McVean (Mystery Creek),
who this year notched her third consecutive New Zealand World Cup series
victory, is ably backed by Lisa Coupe (Hawke’s Bay/Kumeu) on Bates Amaretto
MVNZ, Bernard Denton (Gisborne/Feilding) on Suzuki and Simon Wilson
(Waipukurau) on Swinger. Susie Hayward (mid Canterbury) and her stunning imported
chestnut stallion Andretti is the reserve.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Coupe has been in fine
form this season, picking up three wins and two seconds from seven New Zealand
World Cup starts.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Wilson is a winner of
all the top New Zealand events over the years, including the Olympic Cup, the
national showjumping title, the New Zealand World Cup series among many others.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Denton, who was the New
Zealand team farrier for the 2008 Olympics, won the New Zealand World Cup final
in 2009 and is often handily placed in the nation’s main classes.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Hayward also had a
rather handy scorecard from New Zealand’s leading classes, including places in
both the Olympic Cup and Rutherford Cup.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Kiwis will take on
the visiting Australian at the Equestrian Sports New Zealand Showjumping Series
Finals Show in Hawera March 2-4, and again at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the
Year Show in Hastings March 13-18 in the $50,000 Silver Fern Stakes.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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