2007 Melbourne International 3DE

Well known South Australian, Megan Jones riding her own and Lauren Paulson's Kirby Park Allofasudden scored 49 in the CCI*** dressage phase to take provisional fifth place.

Emily Anker rode Vanessa Hawkin's and her own ESB Irish Accent to score 53.5 in the dressage phase of the CCI***. Unfortunatly Emily's husband Will had to withdraw his promising 3 Star horse, Jean and Barrie Hare's Badger Bay, due to a minor shoeing problem.

Janelle Madigan from Western Australia rode her own TB gelding, Skywalker to score 67.9 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Queenslander, Emma Dougall rode her TB gelding Dotcom to score 46.70 in the dressage section of the CCI*** and heads to the cross-country tomorrow in provisional second place.

Melanie Mayer from NSW rode her TB gelding, The Man in the dressage section of the CCI*** to score 67.1.

Christopher Burton from NSW rode Tina and Anita Stafford's, TB gelding, Unrepentant to score 52.70 in the dressage phase of the CCI***. Christopher also rode Tina Stafford's, Walk The Line to head into the cross country section of the CCI* in third place with a score of 45.7.

Stuart Tinney from NSW had a busy day with three rides in the CCI***. Here he rides his own WB/TB mare, Panamera to score 49.8 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Jamie-Lee Hill was the last rider of the 71 entered to complete the dressage phase of the CCI* riding her own TB gelding, Broadway. They scored 61.7 to finish mid field, however, there is less than 20 penalties between dressage leader Heath Ryan and Mystery Whisper and Carrie McInnes riding Cathedral End who hold 50th place after the dressage.

Georgia Clifford and her TB/WB cross, It's Monty have recently returned from their trip to Taupo, New Zealand. Here they produced a dressage score of 47.1 for provisional third place after the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Local rider Janelle Pitts and her TB gelding Mr. Showoff scored 44.2 in the dressage phase of the CCI*** and head into the cross-country phase in first place..

New Zealander Blair Richardson has recently returned from New Zealand where he rode on the victorious NZ Trans-Tasman team. Here he rides Anthony Harris's, Maximum Overkill to score 48.1 for provisional fourth place after the dressage phase of the CCI***.

South Australian, Dominic Jones' rode Caroline Jones and his own TB gelding, Connor Shea to score 71 in the dressage section of the CCI***.

Daniel Pearce from NSW rode his own Southern X Gee Whizz to score 54.6 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Current Australian Grand Prix Dressage Champion and current Adelaide CCI 4 Star Champion, Heath Ryan rode Rose Macallum's, Meads to score 57.5 in the dressage section of the CCI***.

Another of the new food options at Werribee park, wood fired pizza's.

A three hour interval in the CCI*** enabled a Master Class (Equitana Preview) by well know horseman, David Simmons.

Amy van der Sanden from NSW rode her TB gelding, Naheeba, to head into the cross country in fourth place after a dressage score of 55.5 in the CCIJ*.

Victorian Evan Pettigrove rode his TB gelding, Wallington Park Birchwood to second place after the dressage phase of the CCIJ*. With a score of 52.6 Evan is just 1.2 points behind class leader Anthea Buckland and Freedom Up Over.

South Australian Sophie Roberts enjoys the Werribee Park sunshine to warm up her TB gelding, Party Over for her CCIJ* dressage. With a score of 64.1 they are currently in 10th position.

The unsually warm weather for the Melbourne 3DE has been the main topic of conversation. Here Victorian Alice Brown prepares for her CCIJ* dressage. The combination went on to score 62.1 and are currently in ninth place.

Peter Gillis from NSW rode his wife Alison Duthie's, Mister JJ to score 55.2 in the dressage phase of the CCI***. This combination recently won the Berrima CIC***.

Jonathan McLean rode Carolyn Prentice-MCLean's, Woodmount Lanack to score 66.5 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Former Olympian Scott Keach from South Australia rode his Irish Sport Horse ESB Irish Fiddle to score 60.8 in the CCI*** dressage phase.

Western Australian Dean Stokes rode the 2007 Narrogin CIC*** winner, Red Bull to score 50.2 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

South Australian Luke Jones rode his TB gelding, Captain Fantastic to score 59.6 in the dressage section of the CCI***.

Well know Olympic Gold medalist, Wendy Schaeffer had two rides in the CCI***. Here she rides Di and Robert Schaeffer's Koyuna Sun Dancer to sixth place with a score of 49.2. Earlier in the day Wendy rode Koyuna Sun Shine to score 51.9.

Sam Lyle from NSW rode Sue Weekes' Interwin, to score 49.4 in the dressage phase of the CCI***. Sam also rode Nicola Gilbert's Brother to score 61 in the same class.

Victorian Yona Lloyd will be hoping things improve on the cross country tomorrow after a terrible day in the dressage arena on his two mounts in the CCI***. Here the 2006 winner of both Camperdown and Wandin CIC***, Spenser Street by the famous TB sire Grovsner, scored 79.8 and Yona's other horse Road Shark scored 68.5.

Stuart Tinney rode Brian Graham's impressive warmblood gelding by Don Ramiro, Don Panache to score 55 in the dressage phase of the CCI***.

Sitting in the Hygain stand watching the Burghley DVD proved a popular activity. There was an added bonus in the evening, with Hygain marketing manger, Chud Cuncliff serving complimentary wine to the resident viewing public.