Gunnedah Showjumping Festival
27th June 2010
Yet again, the Gunnedah team have pulled off an excellent show, despite a few moments of doubt when the heavens opened on Saturday. The footing remained excellent in the competition rings, with only a few problems in the heavily used warm-ups which had to accommodate several classes of up to 90...
Juniors Win at SSJC
23rd June 2010
More excellent results have been reported in from SSJC on the weekend, with Rachael Sutherland winning the Juniors 95cm class on her recently purchased gelding Elektrocute. Rachael and brother Tom, who began training with Julia at Redleaf early this year, are improving in leaps and bounds.Photo:...
More Start-Up Shots
23rd June 2010
Things are progressing nicely with our youngsters. Valor (Blue Crystal-Visage) and Cashmir (Holland Rose-Chequille Z) have both left the roundyard now and are cruising around the dressage arena. Adonis (Krislin-Visage) and Vermont (Courchevel-Visage) are not far behind, with cantering under...
Win for Cassius
22nd June 2010
Cassius's owners in Victoria have reported in to let us know that Sigh and Rollei's brother Cassius has been strutting his stuff very successfully recently, including a win at Advanced level with Shelli Parker on a fantastic score of 75%. Cass moved to Elmare Sporthorses a few years ago now...
SSJC Competition
20th June 2010
Very pleasing results today at Sydney Showjumping Club, where Aaron Moyes finished 3rd with Blazing Chief in the 1.30m class, and Julia's young rider team dominated the 1.10m class, with Tom Sutherland winning, Suzannah Willis finishing 2nd and Georgie Harvey 3rd. Brooke Campbell also ran 4th...
Twilight Showjumping
18th June 2010
Julia took her team of young riders to SIEC this evening for some indoor experience at Twilight Showjumping, and it was a resounding success. Georgie collected the 1st and 3rd place ribbons in the 1.10m class and Tom Sutherland came 2nd. Gab Biland also placed 2nd in the 1.00m class with Vertigo...
The 2007 Crop
16th June 2010
Phill continues to enjoy working with our youngsters, noting how quick they all are to learn, not to mention how rarely they misbehave. Even young Adonis seems to be controlling those coltish tendencies so common at this age in a young entire.Photo: Adonis. More shots from yesterday in the Starting...
Melbourne 3-Day Results
15th June 2010
Big apologies for not getting anything posted sooner, but our computer network decided it was time for a short break. Chris's results were, as always, outstanding over the weekend at Werribee, where he had good runs on each of his horses, resulting in a well-deserved 3rd for Leilani in the 3 Star,...
Istanbul Grand Prix
14th June 2010
Visage had a rail in the second round of the Grand Prix yesterday, but he was the second fastest of the 4-faulters, to finish in the money at 9th. The partnership certainly appears to be gelling, just as Stephan promised.Photo: La Baule again. No photos from Istanbul as yet....
Cherokee Magic at Camden
14th June 2010
Brooke has reported in very happy with Bella's performance at Camden over the weekend, posting a clear round in the 75cm on the first day, then going clear in the first round of the 5-year-old Young Horse class the next day, but collecting an unlucky rail in the jump-off. Still a great result for a...
