2013 Australian Dressage Championships

NSW rider, Danielle Ffrench is pictured aboard Jan Smith's Rotspon mare, 'Adloo Roma' during the Birds Equisport Australian Novice Championship.

Kate Farrell rode Annette Lowe's charming pony, 'Mr Fantastic' by Gold 'N' Wings to score 6.580 for equal seventh place in the high quality Top Horse Five Year Old Young Horse Qualifier.

Nina Boyd rode her 'Revelwood Smash It' by Revelwood Smash Hit to take third pace with 7.260 in the Top Horse Five Year Old Young Horse Qualifier.

Harvey Besley rode Dianne Brown's Royal Hit stallion, 'Real Hit' to take ninth place in the strong class for Five Year Old Young Horse Qualifier on the final day of the Saddleworld 2013 Australian Dressage Championships.

Tor van den Berge continued his good form at the 2013 Nationals today by winning the Top Horse Five Year old Young Horse Qualifier riding his super mare, 'Remi Frangelica' by Fishermans Friend with a score of 8.060.

NSW rider, Sue Walker is pictured during the Top Horse Five Year Old Young Horse Qualifier riding Anne Nelson's Royal Hit gelding, 'Melva Park Royalty'.

NSW rider, Sally Rizzuto rode her typey gelding, 'Freetime', another by Fishermans Friend to take fourth place in the Top Horse Five Year old Young Horse Qualifier.

Maree Tomkinson is pictured aboard her own and Lyn McCallum's talented Saddleup Romper Stomper that as a foal survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. Bred by Lyn and trained by Maree, Romper Stomper by Royal Hit took second place in the strong class for Top Horse Five Year Young Horse Qualifier and third overall in the Novice Championship.

Susan Barton-Johnson, all the way from the Northern Territory rode her lovely Depardieu gelding, 'Danciero' to take sixth place in the Top Horse Five Year Old Young Horse Qualifier.

Rodney Martin capped off a brilliant show today with Andrea Beatty's super, Welfenadel gelding, 'SS Dante' by claiming the Birds Equisport Novice Championship to add to their Elementary Championship victory yesterday. And not only but also they won the Six Year old Young Horse Qualifier.

Caroline Wagner, always beautifully presented rode her Jazz gelding, 'Tango V' to fifth place in the Pessoa Dressage Grand Prix Special Championship today with 64.43%.

Sheridyn Ashwood from Queensland today confirmed her claim on the 2013 Australian Grand Prix Dressage Championship title when she rode the Ashwood family's impressive Silvano N stallion, 'Prestige VDL' to win the Pessoa Dressage Grand Prix Special Championship with 69.12%.

Glenda de Wit from NSW rode her Don Ramiro gelding, Millfield Dominique' to take sixth place in the CSG Medium 4B Championship with 67.50%.

Daniella Dierks had another great day with the Belcam Stud and Dierks Training Centre's wonderful World Of Dreams stallion, 'World Royal'. The impressive horse won the CSG Medium Championship 4B with 73.05% and were second in the 4C with 71.12% to add the medium Championship to the Advanced title they won yesterday. Although it has not been confirmed by the owners, it is rumoured that World Royal has been sold to Germany. How about that for a turning of the tables?

Successful NSW Grand Prix rider, Sue Hearn rode her Australian bred Warmblood, 'Remmington' by Riverdance to take third place in the Pessoa Dressage Grand prix Special Championship with 65%.

Popular and successful rider from the ACT, Jodie Newall is pictured aboard Andrea Beatty's, 'SS Welt Musik' by Welfenadel during the Birds Equisport Novice Championship.

NSW rider, Sally-Ann Quigley did well in very strong competition to take fourth place over all in the Birds Equisport 2013 Australian Novice Championship riding Janice Usherwood's His Highness gelding, 'Larapinta Orlando'.

Well known international dressage rider and trainer, Matthew Dowsley is pictured riding Andrea Beatty's lovely imported mare, 'Weekend Feeling' by Welt Hit II in the CSG Medium Championship.

The unmistakably elegant figure of Brett Parbery is pictured aboard his own imported Dutch gelding, 'PPH Zeppelin' by Tolando during the CSG Medium Championships.

NSW rider, Linda Foster is pictured riding Laura Summerhayes' typey his Highness mare, 'HV Her Highness' during the CSG Medium Championship.

Nicola Paff from NSW is pictured aboard her Australian bred Sir Donnerhall gelding, 'Pacific Surreal' during the Birds Equisport Novice Championship.

Judy Dierks gives Vicky Newham's beautiful imported stallion, 'Stockharlen' by Stockholm a congratulatory pat at the end of their Birds Equisport Novice 2C Championship test. "Big Al" as the horse is called at home was 12th in the class with 67.34%.

Michel Oakley from NSW is pictured with her own and Graeme Oakley's Danzante gelding, 'Diplomat' during the Birds Equisport Novice Championship.

Kaitlin Dooney rode her own Fishermans Friend gelding, 'Remi First Fleet' to take an impressive eleventh place overall in the tough Birds Equisport 2013 Novice Australian Championship.

Young German rider, Janina Kletke impressed all at the Nationals this year with her riding and her performance aboard the Bluefields Stud's beautiful, 'Bluefields Floreno'. The stallion by Florencio swept the Small Tour board and today won the EA Prix St Georges Stars Of The Future class (for horses ten years and under) with 70.47%

Queensland rider, Victoria Welch is always eyecatching aboard the Beechwood Stud's Gymnastik Star mare, 'Glogau' that took eighth place in the EA Prix St George Stars Of The Future class with 65.10%.

Daniella Dierks had a busy day at the office and is pictured riding Suellen Saals' Vivaldi stallion, 'Noble Monarch' in the EA Prix St George Stars Of The Future class.

Danielle Shearer from Queensland is picture aboard her own Carbine mare, 'Riverview Cinderella' during the EA Prix St Georges Stars Of The Future Championship for horses ten years and under.

"Thank you and good night". Rodney Martin salutes the judge at the end of long Championship campaign. Rodney was delighted saying; "I did 13 different tests over the Championships and I didn't make one error of course"! Rodney is pictured aboard Alana Houliston's Carbine gelding, 'Dicavalli Caruso' that took third place in the CSG Medium 4C Championship with 70.54%.

The National Dressage Championships had record entries this year and South Australian rider, Michelle McCallum had the honour of being the last rider to complete their test at the 2013 titles riding her mare, 'Enmore Park Wilhelmina' in the CSG Medium Championship.