2014 Royal Melbourne Show

Merrick Ubank from Queensland rode Alantinus for four faults at the last in the Group B jumping.

Kristie Ansell from Queenland rode the imported Balou for 4 faults in the Group B event.

Izabella Stone from NSW riding Kinnordy Giualiani had four faults at the first in the Group B jumping class.

Local rider Phill Stephens rode his off the track Thoroughbred, Galvanised in the Group B event, on a perfect Melbourne spring day.

Steven Hill rode Yalambi's Bellini Star by Conquistador for a double clear and third place in the Group B class.

Billy Raymont from Qld rode Chironic Dominant Visage to produce a quick clear in the jump off the Group B class, to add the win to yesterday's victory on the same horse.

Ally Lamb from sale in Victoria, rode Diamond B Corsica to fourth place in the Group B class.

Stuart Jenkins from Queensland rode his small but careful, Fairview Aliquidam to second place in the Group B event.

Sarah Beale from Duffys Forest NSW, rode Alpha Cru to have four faults in the Group C class.

Jamie Grant from the ACT rode Chintaria to have eight faults in the Group C event. Many of the young horses in this class looked tied after two big weeks of jumping with the Australian Showjumping Championships last week backing up with the show.

Amanda Hill from Clunes Victoria had four faults riding Valiant Star in the Group C event.

Leon Carroll from Western Australia, rode Delish in the Group C class.

Local rider Paul Brent had four faults riding Cavalli Park Annibell in the Group C class.

Tom McDermott rode the impressive Fernhill Aussie Balou (AI) for four faults in the Group C event.

Sixteen year old Mitchell Peulic jumped a double clear round aboard CW Conquest to take third place in the Group C event.

After winning the last two Group C classes, Brooke Campbell and her imported Uklarinna had to settle for second place today,

The new Australian Showjumping Champion, Dave Cameron and Yalambi's Cavalier unfortunately parted company after trying a very tight turn in the jump off of the Group C event.

James Arkins from NSW rode the Appaloosa stallion, Bling De Rouet to win the Group C event with a very fast clear round in the jump off.

Andrew Marriott presented his Aarunga Calibre that was declared Reserve Champion Two Year old Colt. Andrew also took out the Grand Champion Clydesdale exhibit with his stallion, Aarunga Mark.

Earlier in the show popular ex-Victorian and now Queenslander, Becky Jenkins nee Allen rode her Show Hunter in the show events with success. Today Becky rode RSB Jacana, that is returning to the Grand Prix ranks after a long injury break which included producing a foal. Becky and Jacana jumped well for a double clear round in the Group A class for second place and narrowly missed taking out the Champion Group A horse.

As always international course builder David Sheppard is doing a really good job just getting the right number of horses through to the jump offs.

Billy Raymont rode his well performed Stardom to take out the Group A event with two good clear rounds. Billy also was awarded the $300 Racing Victoria Off The Track bonus, as Stardom many years ago also raced.

Brook Dobbin rode Angela and Marcus Cooney's beautiful and imported Silvo to jump a good clear first round and then jump the quickest round in the jump off but had the last down to take third place in the Group A class.

Melbourne Royal is celebrating the 100th judging of the Clydesdale breed and for the first time the classes were judged inside the massive cattle pavilion, which proved popular with the spectators and many of the competitors.

The Cox Family had a good day with their homebred exhibits, taking out the Champion Two year old colt with Valmont Cambridge and Reserve Champion Mare, Valmont Boutique and Reserve Champion Filly, Valmont Crown Jewel. Colin Cox is seen here with Valmont La Bella that was placed third in the strong class for Dry Mares over 4 years.

Clydesdale judge, Mr Peter Tennant from Scotland was very impressed with the exhibits he saw today and thought Australia has done a good job in maintaining the breed standard.

Eighteen year old Isabella Stone from NSW rode Kinnordy Ghasi to win the Junior Grand Prix with three good rounds of jumping. Isabella will compete in her first World Cup class tomorrow.

Matilda Alexander rode the well performed Dreamtime Invader to take third place in the Junior Grand Prix.

Joel Pearce rode Brook Dobbin's wonderful little Thoroughbred, GP Shine to take sixth place in the Junior Grand Prix.

Jessica Tripp from NSW riding Flowervale Diamond was the only rider to jump three clear jumping rounds in the Junior Grand Prix. However, Jessica was last to go in the jump off and knew she had to jump clear but 6 time faults put her in second place.