After an exciting Day 1, The Land Rover Horse of the Year (HOY) Championships continued yesterday with a number of exciting jumping classes over four arenas.

The main classes today were the Wade Equine Coaches Amateur Final and the Norwood Gold Cup. Congratulations to the winners and placegetters in all classes, but particularly to Dana Sutton and Down Wind for winning the Amateur Final and to Oliver Croucher and Waitangi Surf, for winning the Norwood Gold Cup.

PREMIER ARENA

CLASS 11: Alltech Horse 1.35m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 12: Pryde’s Easifeed – 6 year old

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 13: Wade Equine Coaches Amateur Rider Final 1.10-1.20m

A quality field of 29 combinations lined up to compete in this class, with six of them recording clear rounds, the fastest of which was Dana Sutton and the OTT gelding, Down Wind, in 70.05 seconds. All of these six combinations returned in an exciting jump-off to decide the class.

In the jump-off, five of the six combinations took at least a rail, leaving just one entrant to record double clear. Dana Sutton and Down Wind were the slowest combination around the course, and the most careful, and were the deserved winners.

The top six placegetters in this class were:

Dana Sutton and Down Wind. Photo Credit: Cheleken Photography

HORSE DETAILS:

1 – Down Wind: 18 year old Chestnut Gelding. Breeding: Thoroughbred by Grosvenor & Star World Bred by : J B Quin and owned by Chris Sutton and Dana Sutton.

2 – VPS Call Me Cash: 7 year old Blue Roan Gelding. Owned by Kady Prujean.

3 – London Porter: 10 year old Brown Gelding by High Hopes & The Beer Emporium. Owned by Lisa Davidson.

4 – Pokere: 13 year old Brown Gelding. Breeding: TB by Al Jadeed & Retrieved. Bred by : K J Nally and owned by Katherine Foley and Graeme Isaacson.

5 – Jack Flash II: 11 year old Bay Gelding. Breeding: X Bred. Owned by Jessica Trow.

6 – Astek Reveal: 13 year old Dark Bay Mare. Breeding: Holsteiner X. Bred by : Astek Stud and owned by Rik van Miltenburg and Jayne Beattie.

CLASS 14: Norwood Gold Cup 1.45m

The final event on the Jumping program on the Premier arena, was the Norwood Gold Cup. This class, over 1.45m, saw a number of the hopefuls for Sunday’s main event of the show, the prestigious Horse of The Year Olympic Cup, take the opportunity for some valuable practice.

A high-class field of just 22 combinations were entered and seven of these were able to record clear rounds, the fastest going to Taupo young gun, Briar Burnett-Grant and Fiber Fresh Veroana in 81.86 seconds.

These seven combinations went through to the jump-off, however, the judges also invited the four fastest four-faulters to join them in what turned out to be a very interesting affair.

Of the eleven combinations in the jump-off, eight recorded clear rounds, including all the first round four-faulters, however, since their round 1 penalties were carried forward, they could not win. In the end it came down to a battle between the four combinations who had recorded double clear and the fastest of these was Oliver Croucher and the 11-year-old grey mare, Waitangi Surf, finishing in 53.56 seconds. Lily Tootill and Ulysses NZPH, along with Brooke Edgecombe and LT Holst Andrea filled the podium positions. We look forward to seeing how these combinations compete throughout the rest of the show.

The top six placegetters in this class were:

HORSE DETAILS:

1 – Waitangi Surf: 11 year old Grey Mare. Breeding: WB x TB by Cassiano & Whisper Bred by : Jocelyn Bayly and owned by Kirsty Croucher and Paul Croucher.

2 – Ulysses NZPH: 11 year old Chestnut Gelding. Breeding: NZ Sport Horse by Cabdulla Du Tillard & Quiet Time NZPH. Bred by : NZPH and owned by Theresa Gattung and Lily Tootill.

3 – LT Holst Andrea: 11 year old Brown Mare. Breeding: Holsteiner by Casall & Palaune. Bred by : Unknown and owned by Brooke Edgecombe and Ewen Mackintosh.

4 – Quainton Labyrinth: 11 year old Bay Gelding. Breeding: German Sporthorse by Lancealot Quainton & Carnaby. Owned by Jean Johnstone.

5 – Equifibre Popeye: 9 year old Grey Gelding. Breeding: unknown by Cardents & Cufflink. Owned by Lucia Voss and Tom Tarver-Priebe.

6 – Fiber Fresh Veroana: 10 year old Red Roan Gelding. Breeding: SB by Indoctro & Strawberry Owned by CBD Investments Limited.

CANTERBURY EQUESTRIAN ARENA ONE

CLASS 15: Outpost Buildings Pony Championship 1.25m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 16: Tomoana Warehousing Horse 1.30m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 17: University Challenge

The top five placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 18: Wade Equine Coaches Horse 1.20-1.30m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

FIBRE FRESH ARENA TWO

CLASS 19: Pony 1.10m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 20: Nga Tawa School Horse 1.20m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

WADE EQUINE COACHES ARENA THREE

CLASS 21: Emmerson Transport Horse 1.10m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

CLASS 22: JB Dentistry Pony 1.05m

The top six placegetters in this class were:

Results sourced from Equestrian Entries

Dana Sutton and Down Wind. Photo Credit: Cheleken Photography