Hayward Nails First Southern Grand Prix

SOUTH CANTERBURY NORTH OTAGO AREA

ESNZ JUMPING AND SHOW HUNTER

1* Spring Has Sprung Show

Hayward Nails First Southern Grand Prix

Ashburton’s Susie Hayward and her starry stallion Andretti have kicked off the season in winning form, taking out the Horse Grand Prix at the South Canterbury North Otago Area 1* Spring Has Sprung Show in Waimate.

Just six started the class with Hayward on Andretti and Mosgiel’s Claudia Hay on Euro Sport Centavos the only combinations to go double clear over the Tony Hutton-designed track, taking it to a jump-off against the clock.

Hay and Euro Sport Centavos put up a strong performance finishing clear in 37.88, but despite a few lucky moments, Hayward and Andretti left everything up, finishing faster in 37.42.

Hayward was thrilled with the win, albeit a little relieved. It was their first competition since January after a string of problems ruled them out for the business end of the season. “I was really pleased with him, but we felt a little bit rusty,” said Hayward.

Nicole White (Invercargill) continued her impressive start to the season, finishing third in the Grand Prix with Cricklewood Ace, backing up from a dominant win in the Telford Young Rider on Saturday, making it two from two young rider victories this season.

The Country TV Pony Grand Prix produced one of the highlights of the day with five combinations battling it out for honours in a four-fault jump-off. Last to go, last season’s leading South Island combination Halswell’s Steffi Whittaker and Moonlight Glow proved too strong, finishing in a sizzling 31.39 seconds. Jamiee Bird (Rakaia) on Showtym Image had to settle for second with Grace Percy and Madam Masala third.

The KiwiSpan Junior Rider went to Victoria Brown (Clinton), while the Caledonian Amateur Rider was won by Dunedin’s Lauren Enright on Tokyo Road.

RESULTS:

Horse Grand Prix Series: Susie Hayward (Ashburton) Andretti 1; Claudia Hay (Mosgiel) Euro Sport Centavos 2; Nicole White (Invercargill) Cricklewood Ace 3; Georgina Power (Mosgiel/Little River) 4; Juliet Scott (Cave) Amarula MVNZ 5.

Country TV Pony Grand Prix Series: Steffi Whittaker (Halswell) Moonlight Glow 1; Jamiee Bird (Rakaia) Showtym Image 2; Grace Percy (Glenorchy) Madam Masala 3; Lucy Turner (Halswell) Tallyho Mystic 4; Grace O’Sullivan (Rangiora) Tui Gold 5; Bailey Rutter () Pixel 6.

Telford Young Rider Series: Nicole White (Invercargill) Cricklewood Ace 1; Katie Meredith (Ohoka) Rio Madrid 2, Rose Alfeld (Weedons) My Super Nova 3; Nicole White (Invercargill) Flashback 4; Charlotte Bellew (Christchurch) Pittsburgh 5.

Euro Sport Elite Rider: Claudia Hay (Mosgiel) Euro Sport Heartbreaker 1; Juliet Scott (Cave) Amarula MVNZ 2; Claudia Hay (Mosgiel) Euro Sport Centavos 3; Tegan Fitzsimon (Rolleston) Alacazam MH 4; Georgina Power (Mosgiel/Little River) Waldorf 5; Susie Hayward (Ashburton) Andretti 6.

Kiwi Span Junior Rider Series: Victoria Brown (Clinton) Williby Wisdom 1; Tamara Silcock (Nelson) Brea AF 2; Erin Milner (Dunedin) Glenbrooke Jordie Girl 3; Maddi Thompson (Darfield) Grey Shades 4; Courtney Thompson (Hokitika) Seven Up 5; Jayne Beattie (Mosgiel) Midnight Magic Rumble 6.

Caledonian Amateur Rider Series: Lauren Enright (Dunedin) Tokyo Road 1; Carrie Findlay (Rangiora) Grazando 2; Jackie Wear (Waikouaiti) Guscott 3; Anna Douglass (Timaru) St Henry 4; Jacquie Crutchley (Broadfields) Hot Chocolate II 5; Anna Douglass (Timaru) Young Pretender 6.

Seven-Year-Old Series: Amanda Brown (Ohoka) Glenmark 1; Angus Taylor (Ohoka) Ngahiwi Wirey 2.

Mitavite Munga Six-Year-Old Series: Chris Harris (Alyesbury) Zilco Glenbrooke Archie Bunker 1.
Canterbury Equestrian Five-Year-Old Series: Elizabeth Wylaars (Christchurch) Wairoa Ruby 1.

ENDS

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