<p style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0pt; " align="center"><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 15px; "><strong><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">Samantha McIntosh knows just
when to impress New Zealand showjumping selectors.</font></font></font></strong></span></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">The Belgium based 34-year-old
and her horse Loxley this morning (Monday) finished runner-up by just .34 of a
second in the highly-ranked grand prix at the San Patrignano CSI 5* in
Italy.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">With just weeks until the New
Zealand showjumping team is named for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky,
McIntosh has timed her success perfectly.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">Forty-three started the 1.6m
grand prix, with nine going through to the jump-off, over a open but tricky
course.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">“</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">It suited Loxley perfectly,”
said an elated McIntosh moments after the pocketing the 40,000 Euro prize
money.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">“</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">He's not the fastest horse by
nature so the course has to suit him. We went as fast as we could. There were
two inside turns you really had to commit to, to get inside a very tight time
allowed. It's lucky I know Loxley so well and that we were clearly on the same
page today.”</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">McIntosh was sixth to go in
the jump-off. Ahead of her eventual winner Mathijs Van Asten (Netherlands) VDL
Groep Chester Z had set a cracking pace that the others just couldn't match,
stopping the clock at 39.45 seconds and double clear.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">McIntosh left everything up,
coming home in 39.79, with Chris Chugg (Australia) on Vivant third in 40.39
seconds, and also clear. The top five were all double clear.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">The result was even sweeter
for McIntosh as it has been tough to get the much sought-after invitations
needed for the top-flight five star shows.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">“</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">With everyone building up for
Kentucky they are hard to come by at the moment.”</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">She didn't have the New
Zealand-owned Lindberg des Hayettes on the tour with her, but has been competing
on her new stallion Jonkheer, an eight-year-old owned by Pal Milstein, who
McIntosh works for near Brussels.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">“</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">He is a very exciting
prospect,” says McIntosh. “He's been jumping clear every day and opening a lot
of eyes.”</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">McIntosh and Loxley will next
start at a CSI5* in Madrid in early September, with the games set to start
September 25.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">“</font></font></font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">Hopefully we have done enough
for the selectors for WEG,” she says.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "></span>
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">McIntosh plans to save her
celebration until she gets back to base – 20-hours drive time.</font></font></font></span><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">
</font></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font style="font-size: 12px; "><font style="font-size: 14px; "><font style="font-size: 13px; ">Results - Mathijs Van Asten
(Netherlands) VDL Groep Chester Z 1, Samantha McIntosh (New Zealand) Loxley 2,
Chris Chugg (Australia) Vivant 3, Maikel Van Der Vleuten (Netherlands) VDL Groep
Verdi 4, Connie Bull (Norway) Cezanne 30 5, Juan Carlos Garcia (Italy) Hamilton
De Perhet 6.</font></font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></span> </p>
