2010 Sydney International 3DE

Niki Chapman rode her 'Wisteria Lane' to lead from start to finish to win the Over The Top Equipment CCN Pre Novice competition with 44.50 penalties.

Katie Remond and her delightful, 'J Star Bushranger' jumped a four penalty round in the final phase of the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Mathew Constance and 'Alchemist' jumped clear in the final phase to take 15th place in the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Junior rider, Isabel English is pictured with her 'Chironic High Noon' during the final phase of the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Sophie Adams and her 'Tainui Lad' make a super jump during the final phase of the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Amelia Brydon and 'Carlyon' jumped a four penalty round in the final phase to take 17th place in the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Indonesian rider, Andry Prasetyono rode the former Zac Wilson horse, 'Aswatama Frankie Jay' to add just two cross country time penalties to his dressage score and take seventh place in the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition. A team of riders from Indonesia used the Sydney Three Day Event as a qualifying competition for the Asian Games to be conducted in China in November.

Indonesian rider, Ferry Wahyu Hadiyanto made sure of his Asian Games qualification by taking fifth place in the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition riding 'Aswatama Davine Story'.

Yan Yan Hadiansah led and impressive team of riders from Indonesia by taking fourth place, finishing on his dressage score, riding 'Aswatama Sportzgirl' in the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition.

Sadly for Rachael Lee and 'Baillieu', two fences down in the final phase of the Harbour IT CCI One Star competition saw them slip from second to eleventh place. The One Star competition was hotly contested.

Fifteen year old Josephine Laver rode her 'AR Flex' to take sixth place in the Open Section of the CCI One Star and win the Junior class.

The timing of the Sydney Three Day Event at SIEC represented the tenth anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. To commemorate the occasion, Stuart Tinney paraded his Team Gold Medal partner, 'Jeepster' that is a very sprightly 26 years old.

Jade Findlay and her talented, 'Frontier Psychiatrist' jumped clear in the final phase of the Tarraleah Park CCI Two Star class to take tenth place.

Soigne Jackson and 'Gold' moved up seven places during the competition to take seventh place in the Tarraleah Park CCI Two Star competition.

Tim Boland rode the German bred, 'GV Billy Elliott' to finish on their dressage score and take fifth place in the Tarraleah Park CCI Two Star competition.

Prue Barrett is making the most of her return to competition. The coach and rider rode 'Wendela Jamie' to finish on their dressage score, 55.00 and take third place in the Tarraleah CCI Two Star competition.

Victorian rider, Katja Weimann rode her home bred , 'BP Gallantry' by Triathlete to finish on their dressage score, 54.80 and take second place in the Tarraleah Park CCI Two Star competition.

Craig Barrett and 'Sandhills Brillaire' make a lovely jump during the final phase of the CCI Two Star competition. With one fence down they slipped from third to fourth place.

Twenty two year old Keira Byrnes put in an impressive performance riding her talented ex racehorse, 'Fox Hill' to lead the CCI Two Star field from start to finish. With just 3 showjumping time penalties to add they won the class with 52.50 penalties.

There was plenty of good jumping going on in the back ring as Andrea Gibney's Kelpie, 'Blitz' demonstrates. Blitz was a member of the ADAA inc team and provided an entertaining alternative to the horse jumping.

Cassie Lowe and her 'Bentleigh Gambler' jumped well in the final phase to take sixth place in the Equestrian NSW CCI Three Star competition.

Shane Rose took eighth place in the EA NSW CCI Three Star class riding Jonnie Walker's promising, 'Taurus'. Earlier in the afternoon, Shane took second place in the CCI One Star class riding, 'Stratford Neo'.

New Zealand rider, John Twomey rode his talented, 'Flaunt It' to second place in the CCI Three Star competition.

Heath Ryan led from start to finish riding his talented, home bred, 'Mystery Whisper' to win the EA NSW CCI Three Star competition and with it his second Robert Slade Memorial Trophy. Heath kept his many admirers on the edge of their seats all the way, but emerged a very worthy winner.

Seven of the eight WEG disciplines were showcased throughout the Sydney Three Day Event weekend. Her well known Reining rider and trainer, Peter Bartolo puts his 'Winderadeen Bob Cat' for the appreciative crowd.

Megan Jones and her 'Kirby Park Irish Jester' are pictured in typical pose during the jumping phase of the WEG command performance for Team hopefuls.

New Zealand rider, Clarke Johnstone has made his WEG bid with the super Thoroughbred, 'Orient Express' entirely from Australia. Clarke emphasised his desire to make the trip to Kentucky by jumping clear around the special WEG jumping track.

Christopher Burton won the CCI One Star competition riding 'Kinnordy Rivaldo' earlier in the day and continued his good form and strengthened his claim to a WEG Team place with a good clear round riding Jean and Jade Findlay's, 'Holstein Park Leilani'.

A bit unorthodox perhaps, but the talent always shines through. Sonja Johnson and her wonder horse, 'Ringwould Jaguar' made no mistake on the cross country or showjumping phase of the WEG special class to mount a good argument for Team selection. All will be revealed later this week.

Kathy Ward and Peter O'Connell's 'Vettori' looks to have his fingers crossed for WEG Team selection. Stuart Tinney gave a beautiful jumping demonstration aboard the 2009 Adelaide Four Star winner in their WEG selection/demonstration round.