Australian Showjumping Championships

Spectators shelter from the wind and rain.

Melita Harmer riding Wesco Standing Ovation placed sixth in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship jumping clear, clear and 12 faults in the jump-off.

Tenth place in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship Gemma Alexandra riding Feeling Wise, jumping clear in the first round then a stop and a time fault in the second round finished their day.

Kate Border riding the New Zealand import Space Mission did jump a double clear in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship but a time fault in both rounds postioned them in seventh place.

Victoria Allen in her first season competing in Australia since moving from South Africa will be very pleased with her fifth placing in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship riding Magnitude. Victoria jumped double clear but unfortunatly had eight faults in the jump-off.

Sophie Vaughan and High Rail the Favorite were unfortunatly eliminated in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship. However, riding her other horse Foxley XL Sophie was third in the Australian Young Rider Championship.

Fourth place in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship, Nakita Barber riding Miss Strike who jumped a double clear but then had 8 faults in the jump-off.

Ryan Gianatti riding Rave had 16 faults in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Winner of the Australian Showjumping Championship for only the second time in a long and successful career, Vicki Roycroft riding the imported gelding Ricardo D. Vicki and Ricardo were the only combination to jump a double clear but were sympathetic to David disputing his time fault.

Current WA Young Rider and Junior Champion Anna McGregor was having a bit of difficulty controlling her speedy mount Romancing in the jump-off of the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship. Anna riding with two fingers strapped together after having the end of one finger kicked off by a stallion two weeks ago, did manage a double clear, but the onward bound horse had eight faults in the fast time of 49.37 seconds in the jump off.

NSW rider Nathan Wood riding Speedy Sam in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship, jumped a double clear but then four faults at the first placed them second.

Jill Howell riding Peak N Girl jumped with 12 faults over the two rounds of the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Becky Johnson rode Skye for four faults and a clear to place them equal eighth in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Four faults in the first round then the last down in the second had Felicity Emery and Chess out of the money in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Tess Ladner and Just Jake look like they have better performances to come than their twenty faults over the two rounds of the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Amy Harper riding Bern Gold will be disappionted she missed a fence and was eliminated in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Courtney McGill riding De Lamerie Calypso in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

Paul Curtis riding Fair Go in the Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Championship.

The new Commonwealth Bank Australian Junior Champion Caitlin Bolger riding her father's A Grade stallion, Sagamore Maestro. Caitlin who is the current WA EFA Junior Hack Rider of the Year and just last week rode her hack to Champion at the Perth Royal, only had to jump a round of less than four faults to win, she rode a classic round to receive one time fault and the Australian Champion Title.

Ella Avery riding Kodova Scotch and Coke had four faults in the first round of the Australian Young Rider Championship but then jumped a clear to finish in equal fifth place.

Tenth place in the Australian Young Rider Championship, Rebecca Tucker riding Cabaret.

Ashley Ruthenberg riding Just an Illusion were disappionted with their sixteen faults in the first round in the Australian Young Rider Championship.

Equal fifth in the Australian Young Rider Championship, Chaise Ludgate riding the eight year old stallion by Talisman, Barrabadeen Tycoon.

Mark Britza riding Jerry Maguire was first out in the jump-off of the Australian Young Rider Championship, he posted a quick time of 42.63 but for faults had him in second place.

South Australian Amy Graham had three horses in the Australian Young Rider Championship. She placed eigth on Secret Idol, equal fifth on the promising clydy/wb cross Secret Warrior, and won the class on the speedy Untold Secret, who jumped three clear rounds and posted the fastest jump-off time of 40.21 seconds.

Anthony Thomas from South Australia had three of the 13 horses entered in the Australian Showjumping Championships. He managed two equal third placings with Icon and Sandstones finishing on four faults over two rounds, Charlie Girl looked "green" at this level and had 12 faults in each round.

Linda Dobson riding the imported mare Noblewood Park Calotta finished in equal sixth place in the Australian Championships, jumping with eight faults in the first round and a controversial technical refusal in the second.

Bella the dog catches up on some sleep while young Billie van Derspil watches the jumping from her swag.

Shawn Squire riding the talented Colvina Beau for an equal sixth place in the Australian Showjumping Championships.

As the jumps got higher the imported mare Noblewood Park Blatini just improved and jumped better. Ridden by David Dobson, they also posted a double clear jumping but one time fault had them in second place. David then disputed the time, as the electronic time equipment, that had been causing trouble all weekend, failed and the time was taken by hand held watches from the judges box with no stewards on the start and finish lines. Vicki was awarded the National Title, it was a disappointing finish to an already contentious Championship.