Sydney's Weekend of Equestrian World Cups

Katelyn Rowston is pictured aboard her, 'Dreamer' during the Introductory A cross country. Well over 400 horses attended competition at SIEC over a very busy Weekend of World Cups.

Well known eventing rider, Dale Frew rode her 'APH Solace' in the Introductory B competition on a lovely sunny Sunday at SIEC.

Jessica Grosman rode her, 'WS Bust A Move' to fifth place in the Introductory B competition.

Moneshe Welsh is pictured aboard her, 'Astro Boy' flying over a fence on the Introductory A cross country course.

Pam Laidlaw is pictured riding her 'Blencathra Tattenger' on the Introductory B cross country course.

Sydney Royal Most Successful Young Rider, James Arkins rode his his 'Dreamtime Invader' to win the 1.20m class in the outdoor jumping arena on the second day of the Weekend of World Cups.

All the way from Western Australia, Evie Buller rode her 'Yalambi's Uklahoma' to fifth place in the young Rider class on the second day of the busy Weekend of World Cups.

Stephanie Tucker, another rider over for the Sydney Royal season rode her wonderful, imported mare, 'Why Me' to take second place in the Young Rider One Round competition.

Kulnura based, Tim Myers dashed around the course on his 'Pick Me' to win the Young Rider One Round competition.

Sarah Beale is pictured aboard her 'Alpha Centauri' during the Young Rider One Round competition.

David Dobson, the senior member of the WA contingent over for the Sydney Royal season of shows and well known and successful international rider, jumped clear and four riding his talented, 'Akon', to take fourth place in the second Sydney World Cup Qualifier conducted in the indoor at SIEC.

Olivia Hamood, who cannot be any more than 17 years old, rode a beautiful round aboard her "junior" horse, 'Nero GHP' to incur just one time penalty in the first round of the second World Cup Qualifier of the 2011 season. With two down in the second round they finished in the low placings, but it was a wonderful and promising World Cup debut for the young Queenslander..

Andrew Inglis rode his scopey big, imported Darco mare, 'Amira' to second place in the second World Cup of the season conducted on Mothers Day at SIEC. Amira jumped four and clear in the fastest time.

Ingrid Clarke rode her wonderful Matisse gelding, 'PS Monet' to sixth place in the World Cup qualifier conducted at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre on Mothers Day. Monet jumped clear and five.

Jamie Kermond is pictured making a characteristically beautifull jump aboard Jackie Cox's talented Coleman mare, 'Colthaga'. This combination won thie World Cup class last year but two down in the second round put paid to hopes for a back to back victory.

Jumping whizz kid, Tom McDermott finally got his World Cup career up and running. The 17 year old jumped a good four penalty first round aboard the Daley K gelding, 'SL Limerick'. However ,only the fastet four penalty rounds got a run in the second round and Tom just missed the cut.

Queensland rider, Cathy Graham rode beautifully and cooly to post the only double clear in the World Cup class riding her talented and scopey Australian Warmblood, 'Da Vinci's Pride'. It was the second World Cup victory for Cathy and Da Vinci's Pride, as they won the Adelaide Royal qualifier last September.

Billy Raymont and the Selle Francais mare, 'Nicalette NZPH' look of one mind over this fence during the World Cup Qualifier. They jumped clear and four to take third place in the class.

Victorian rider and 2010 World Cup season winner, Brook Dobbin jumped a four penalty first round aboard his 'Advisor'. Heartbreakingly they were clear until the very last fence.

Danielle Butcher makes a super jump aboard her World Cup debutante , 'Twins Quantum', an Anglo Arab, by Burren-dah Whispering Jack'.

Nick Taliana jumped a four penalty first round and with just one time penalty in the second round took fifth place in the World Cup class riding his talented Thoroughbred, 'Ambrose'.

New Zealand rider, Alice Montgomery is pictured riding her lovely enenter, 'Gordon' by Voltaire II in the final jumping phase of the FEI Eventing World Cup CIC/W.

Popular and successful Victorian eventing rider, Will Enzinger is pictured aboard 'ESB Irish Endeavour' by ESB Irish Enough during the final jumping phase of the Australian Eventing World Cup.

Popular combination, Tallara Barwick and 'Chief Justice' make a super jump during the final jumping phase for tenth place in the Eventing WOrld Cup CIC/W.

Soigne Jackson and 'Gold', a Thoroughbred gelding by Opera Prince, are pictured on their way to eighth place in the Eventing World Cup CIC/W.

Successful Olympic and World Championship rider, Megan Jones had just one fence down riding her Rustic Amber Thoroughbred gelding, 'Kirby Park Allofasudden' to take sixth place in the FEI Australian Eventing World Cup CIC/W.

Stuart Tinney and 'Vettori' make a beautiful jump over the first in the final jumping phase of the Eventing World Cup. Stuart's eyes are up and already looking for the next fence and Vettori is responding with a lovely, careful jump. Their clear round moved them from sixth place after the cross country to fourth place overall.

2010 Eventing World Cup winners,Christopher Burton and 'Holstein Park Leilani' finished on their dressage score, 45.9 to take second place in the class this year. Christopher is another of our talented young riders planing a trip overseas with a team of horses.

It is impossible to take a bad photograph of Clarke Johnstone's 'Orient Express'. The beautiful Thoroughbred gelding by Blues Traveller was third in this class last year and the New Zealand combination have had a sensational year since. They were members of the WEG Eventing Bronze Medal Team and just a month ago won the New Zealand Eventing World Cup at Kihikihi. They finished on their dressage score 45.4 to pull off an impressive Southern Hemisphere double. They too are off to Europe in a matter of weeks.

Shane Rose led from the outset riding Jonnie Walker's typey and talented, Warmblood 'Taurus', by Aaries. It is dufficult to imagine from this photograph, but they had two fences down in this final and always influential phase to slip to third place. However, it is early days yet for this talented horse and we are sure to see much more of him in the winners circle in the future.