Sparky Sails to Home Ground Win
Dunstan Casebrooke Lomond lived up to his name today in the Bayley’s Real Estate Horse Grand Prix at the APL Showjumping
Waikato Festival of Jumping at Mystery Creek.
Sparky fair flew around the technical John Vallance-designed course, notching ones to finish with a clean slate of the
15 starters.
The class was run as a two round competition – similar to a World Cup – with four combinations going clear in the opener
and those with eight faults or less coming back.
Laurie (Mystery Creek) was the first clear round rider to jump in the second but left nothing to chance.
“I was fast but not super fast,” she said. “It was going to be up to those who followed me.”
Sparky has a tendency to put his head down and play when jumping, which he did at the fifth fence.
“So he didn’t actually see that jump. After that he did anything he could not to touch the fences. He showed just how
good he is,” she said of the eight-year-old grey stallion. “He was such a good boy.”
Laurie has no doubt this horse could go far.
“I am just hoping you can actually have two horses of a lifetime,” she said. “He has been amazing here (at the Mystery
Creek Indoors). I am very pleased with him.”
Laurie was also third aboard Dunstan On The Point Eve who had a rail in the second round. Glen Beal (Auckland) and
Sacramento left all the rails up over the two rounds but picked up a single time fault in the second round.
In the Equissage Pony Grand Prix, Emma Watson (Morrinsville) and Olivia Dalton (Auckland) again went head to head.
Eighteen started the class with Dalton bringing Simply Samantha HH and Watson bringing both Phantom Warrior and Fun
House back for the jump-off.
It could hardly have been closer, with both girls double clear and just .01 of a second between them. But in the end,
Watson took the win on Phantom Warrior in 31.32 seconds, with Dalton second in 31.33. Watson had a rail aboard Fun House
to take third.
Results -
Bayley’s Real Estate Horse Grand Prix: Katie Laurie (Mystery Creek) Dunstan Casebrooke Lomond 1, Glen Beal (Auckland)
Sacramento 2, Katie Laurie (Mystery Creek) Dunstan On The Point Eve 3, Tess Clark (Auckland) Sinatra II 4, Samantha
Morrison (Tauranga) Frangipanne de Toxandria 5, Lucy Olphert (Tauranga) Eve Saint Laurent 6.
Equissage Pony Grand Prix: Emma Watson (Morrinsville) Phantom Warrior 1, Olivia Dalton (Auckland) Simply Samantha HH 2,
Emma Watson (Morrinsville) Fun House 3, Crystal Hackett (Auckland) Cracklin Rose 4, Jessica Swailes (Pukekohe) Pintara
Park Jack Frost 5, Sarah West (Matamata) Showtym Cruiser 6.
FMG Young Rider Series: Laura Hilhorst (Pukeatua) LC Underberg 1, Nakeysha Lammers (Hikurangi) Waldorf 2, Drew Carson
(Putaruru) Winston V Driene 3, Deanika Vink (New Plymouth) Master of Hossack 4, Laura Inkster (Auckland) Oporaes
Jackamoe 5, Oliver Croucher (Rotorua) Waitangi Surf 6.
Lincoln University Junior Rider Series: Greta van den Brink (Auckland) Silver Lady 1, Brayden Aarts (Auckland) Puma des
Hayettes 2, Drew Carson (Putaruru) Double Shott 3, Emily Hayward-Morgan (Te Awamutu) Wasabi 4, Alyvia James (Cambridge)
LC Victorieuse 5, Emma Watson (Morrinsville) Oscar Star 6.
Caledonian Holdings Amateur Rider Series: Sophie Wilkinson (Taupo) Hurlingham Lansong 1, Laura McGregor (Cambridge)
Mister MacLoud 2, Chloe van den Boorn (Auckland) Mirrabella Molly 3, Savanah Larsen-Church (Turangi) Sole Low 4,
Catherine Cleghorn (Auckland) My Distraction 5, Shannon Parris (Auckland) SS Luna 6.
Let’s Bale Pro Amateur Rider Series: Natasha Imeson (Hikurangi) Tele Star 1, Emma Gaze (Cambridge) Fire Bug 2, Nick
Brooks (Cambridge) For Fame 3, Molly Bennett (Wairoa) Landsman GNZ 4, Hannah Trott (Inglewood) Super Duper 5, Bob
Bleakley (Cambridge) Airthrey Resolution 6.
Cortaflex Seven-Year-Old Series: Mikayla Herbert (Rotorua) Grand Cabello 1, Leeshelle Small (Pukekohe) AMS Ajaccio NZPH
2, Lucy Bull (Tuakau) Ngahiwi Blue Moon 3, Natasha Imeson (Hikurangi) Absolute NZPH 4, Oliver Croucher (Rotorua) Delta
Lindeuex 5, Alyvia James (Cambridge) SK Halo 6.
Mitavite Six-Year-Old Series: Rachel Malcolm (Cambridge) Lincoln MVNZ, Abby Robinson (Ohaupo) Hillman Hunter, Kirsten
Worker (Papakura) Melanie’s Choice, Vicki Prendergast (Matamata) Sangster and Hannah Trott (Inglewood) Vanguard =1.
East Coast Performance Horses Five-Year-Old Series: Emily Hayward-Morgan (Te Awamutu) Delicious HM 1.
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