North Island Showjumping Championships in Dannevirke
A Ceremonious Win
Ike Unsworth will always have a soft spot for Dannevirke now.
Today (Sunday) the professional rider from Tauranga and his mount Seremonie VDL won the sixth round of the New Zealand
World Cup series at the North Island Showjumping Championships.
He and his imported Dutch mare, who won their only other world cup class more than a year ago, just edged out table
leader, and the only other double clear round, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) aboard Dunstan Delphi to take the honours
over the Leicester Jarden (Waikanae) designed course.
Eleven top combinations started the prestigious round, with eight going through to the second round. Unsworth was last
to go and got that fraction of a second edge he needed.
McVean was also third on Dunstan Daffodil with last year's series winner Anna Trent (Hawke's Bay) fourth on Cortaflex
Nicalette NZPH, and fifth on Cortaflex Levitation.
McVean has a seven point buffer over Trent on the leader-board, with just three rounds left in the series.
She and Dunstan Delphi also took out the North Island Showjumping super league class, with Brad Cunningham
(Christchurch) and Cheltenham taking the young rider championship and Timothy Myers (Taranaki) on Nectar the win in the
pony grand prix.
Today wrapped up the three day show, which attracted good entries from all over the island.
Results –
Bomac World Cup NZ Series (sixth round): Ike Unsworth (Tauranga) Seremonie VDL 1, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan
Delphi 2, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Daffodil 3, Anna Trent (Hawke's Bay) Cortaflex Nicalette NZPH 4, Anna
Trent (Hawke's Bay) Cortaflex Levitation NZPH 5, Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) Jedi Warrior 6, Team Horse Sales NZ Simon
Wilson (Waipukurau) Swinger 7.
Points: Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) 49 points, Anna Trent (Hawke's Bay) 42, Team Horse Sales NZ Simon Wilson
(Waipukurau) 39, Julie Davy (Hastings) 34, Ike Unsworth (Tauranga) 33,
North Island Showjumping Super League: Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Delphi 1, Anna Trent (Hawke's Bay) Cortaflex
Levitation NZPH 2, Vicki Wilson (Northland) Wurlitzer 3, Catherine Cameron (Cambridge) Kahurangi Valentino 4, Maurice
Beatson (Dannevirke) Jedi Warrior 5, Robert Steel (Hawera) Gospel 6.
North Island Toyota Young Rider Championship: Brad Cunningham (Christchurch) Cheltenham 1, Danielle Maurer (Auckland)
Blue Rinse 2, Helen Bruce (Palmerston North) Dark Magic LS 3, Brad Cunningham (Christchurch) Ghandi 4, Emma Williams
(Masterton) Cricklewood Ace 5, Kate Hurley (Feilding) Liquid Lunch 6.
North Island Amateur Rider Championship: Emma Blair (Auckland) Duplicate 1, Dean Morgan (Waikato) BMW Black Magic 2,
Tracey Horton (Auckland) HS Liquorice Twist 3, Helen Hansen (Hawke's Bay) Fat Albert 4, Barry Beatson (Dannevirke) Luna
Module 5, Brooke Zander (Waipukurau) I'm Holly 6.
North Island Junior Rider Championship: Ryan Lim (Papakura) What A Hollabalu 1, Ella Varcoe (Auckland) WTF Shania 2,
Alex Barnett (Wanganui) Bayleys Distinguished One 3, Nicki Booth (Masterton) Seven Up 4, Hannah Burnett Grant (Taupo)
Winston Darco V 5, Bridgette Grylls (Cambridge) Yippee-Yo-Yo 6.
North Island Cushionride Seven Year Old Championship: John Cottle (Auckland) Lily Vuitton 1, Tom Tarver Priebe (Kawerau)
Pick Me NZPH 2, Sally Steiner (Tauranga) Annandale Laughton's Legacy 3, Sally Clarke (Dannevirke) Woodbury 4, Paula
Musson (Pukekohe) Cheleken Cosmo 5, Sarah Jocelyn (Wellington) Get 'em Tiger 6.
North Island Mitavite Six Year Old Championship: Anna Trent (Hawke's Bay) Cortaflex Quick Step NZPH 1, Katie McVean
(Mystery Creek) Dunstan Zasjany D 2, Catherine Cameron (Cambridge) Solano 3, Melanie Purcell (Whakatane) Volley of
Beracah 4, Katie McVean (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Zenzel HPC 5, Sophie Burling (Kerikeri) Detailed 6.
North Island Astek Stud Five Year Old Championship: Kyle Timm (Canada/Auckland) R Mister Derg LC 1, Brad Cunningham
(Christchurch) Big Jumbo 2, Jaime Campbell (Auckland) Libertina 3, Kim Best (Otane) Giggles 4, Sarah Jocelyn
(Wellington) Joia Hara and Robert Steel (Hawera) Rolette =5.
FMG Pony Grand Prix: Timothy Myers (Taranaki) Nectar 1, Alexa Randall (Auckland) Millbrook 2, Kalah McKay (Levin) Kabo
So Far 3, Anna Burnett Grant (Taupo) Mighty Maximus 4, Luke Dee (Gisborne) Condoleeza 5, Melanie Weal (Te Awamutu)
Hopeful Illusion 6.
ENDS