Elysian Fields Showjumping

Ben Blay and 'Squirtle' (pictured) were first out in the Junior Final, but Ben took second place riding 'Ryles', which qualified fourth for the Final.

Phillip Knight had three rides in the Junior Final and claimed fourth place in the tough competition riding 'DMS Classic'.

Breeanna Lang had two rides in the Junior Final, 'Boambee Dee Jay', (pictured) and 'Wahooti', that was one of just three first round clears. Wahooti went on to jump the fastest four penalty jump off round to claim the 2007 Elysian Fields Junior Final.

Olivia Hamood rode 'Donegal Top Deck' to take sixth place in the Junior Final.

Sarah-Louise McMillan was at short odds for the Junior Final with her 2006 Tempo Classic Junior Champion, 'Lanarkshire Lad', and you can see why from this photo. However, the carefull horse just put in a spook at the wrong time resulting in four jumping penalties and dashed hopes.

Holly Williams from Nebo in North Queensland looks in harmony with her Argentinus gelding, 'Astral'. Things did not continue so well for the Junior Finalists as they parted company a little later in the course.

Georgia MacDonald and 'Awful Close' give this fence plenty of air on their way around the Junior Final.

Monique Barrett and 'Ginger Meggs' in classic pose during the Junior Final. The Sydney Royal Junior Grand Prix winners were thought to be in with a big chance, but as can happen in showjumping, a couple of fences down saw them out of the money.

Hilary Scott rode Alice Cameron's imported Heartbreaker mare, 'Indra' to take second place in the Young Rider Final after a thrilling eleven strong jump off.

Cassie Honor from Bundaberg and her 'Diamonds and Pearls' make a lovely jump during the Young Rider Final.

Belinda Prestwidge and her attentive Thoroughbred, 'Mr Chips' both have their eyes fixed on the job at hand during the Young Rider Final.

Renee Gimson and 'Luxor' by Lux make a lovely jump into the double during the Young Rider Final.

Julia Hargreaves from NSW had a strong hold on the Young Rider Final with three in the jump off. She won the class with a dashing round riding the imported mare, 'Copabella Courcheval' (pictured) and was third with the stallion Copabella Visage' and fourth riding 'Copabella Haymen'. A pretty good effort!

Matthew Kidson rode his 'Celestial Haze' in the Young Rider Final. The Thoroughbred is by Biscay Wonder, the sire of Ronnie Easey's Sydney Olympic Team member, Rolling Thunder.

Queenslander, Jono Berry, now training with George Sanna was as stylish as ever as he jumped a clear first round with his Sir Tristram gelding,'JB Idaho' in the Young Rider Final. Jono finished just out of the money.

Steven Hill all the way from Yarra Glen in Victoaia rode his Thoroughbred/Arab cross, 'Kelstar' to jump a good double clear to take fifth place in the Young Rider Final.

Samantha Courtice from Queensland and her 'KS Patches' look good during the Young Rider Final.

Eleven-year-old, Letitia Fragale from Logan Village was probably the youngest rider in the class, but that did not stop her from qualifying two horses for the Debutante Series Final. Here she rides 'Sam's Chemistry' in the Final.

Stuart Jenkins from Glamorgan Vale rode his 'Fairway Maestro' to make the three-way Bronze Series Final jump off. Only the time clock relegated them to third, as they jumped three impressive clear rounds over the AM6 track.

John Kelly has made a "second coming" of sorts to ride Alice Cameron's imported Selle Francais mare, 'Oaks Miss Scarlett' to take equal first place in the Bronze Series Final. John has been a very successful showjumping rider, and clearly still is. Although not seen in competition so often these days, he is obviously keeping the wheels well oiled at home. The mare has a lovely expression in this photograph, and John's isn't bad either.

Julianne Reardon rode her lovely Voltaire II gelding, 'St Valentine' to make the Final of the Bronze Series.

Lauren Hartog's imported mare is called 'Why Me'. Well is it pretty obvious from this picture why! Lauren is sitting in the middle and letting this super mare jump the jumps and she does jump them with a lot of care. This combination were sixth in the Young Rider Final.

Jamie Winning from Sydney had a busy day and not such a lucky day. The odd fence down kept them out of the money although they qualified for the Young Rider and Bronze Finals. Jamie is seen her during the Bronze Final with her Selle Francais gelding, 'Yandoo Drought'.

Chris Chugg rode the Australain Sporthorse Breeders imported Clinton stallion, 'ASB Conquistador' to take sixth place in the Bronze Series Final.

Cathy Graham demonstrated the reason for her good reputation as a rider, by jumping three super rounds aboard 'Davinci's Pride' by the imported German stallion, Deutschlander. They finished in equal first place, posting the same time as John Kelly and 'Oaks Miss Scarlett' (54.92) in the jump off.

Former National Coach, Jamie Coman rode the super 'Noblewood Park Primadonna' to take seventh place in the Bronze Series Final.

Jack Maunder from Tamworth and 'Susie's Fancy' are seen here competing in the Bronze Series Final. Earlier in the day , Jack rode his 'Cloncurry' to take seventh place in the Junior Series Final.

Wendy Schaeffer is a Gold Medal winning Olympic Three Day Event rider. That is a fact, she is also a successful showjumping rider and qualified in first place for the Bronze Series Final aboard "eventer", 'Koyuna Sun Storm' by Brilliant Invader. They finished just out of the money in the Final

Lachlan Manuel rode the Belcam-Klatte Farm's imported Calido stallion, 'Hector' to take fourth place in the Bronze Series Final.

Coco Miles from NSW with her talented, imported mare, 'Tiquilja'. They were just out of the money in both the Young Rider and Bronze Series Finals.