Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Harry is a state champion.and Liz wins too.

We are in Toowoomba for two big shows.
The Toowoomba Jumping Club ran the first weekend which was the Qld Champships.
Equestrian Qld will run the 2nd show with the World Cup both shows are on the Toowoomba Showgrounds.The facilities are great, loads of stables and an indoor plus the huge grass arena used for the Royal Toowoomba Show.
David Sheppard from Victoria and Graham Watts QLd were the Course Designers, and a grand job they did too, lovely flowing tracks .
.Harry convincingly won the 1.10m championships with Titan.
Harry's dad Mike was in the grandstand cheering .
Liz started the show by winning the first leg of the Junior Qld Championship by three seconds.
She and Greenbah jumped clear rounds in the Junior Champs every day but a rail or two in the jump offs kept her out of the placings.
They jumped clear in the first round of the Grand Prix, only 7 managed out of 60 odd competitors.
More experience in these situations will see Liz climb up the leader boards.
Harry with Dusky Farm Jane (the 4 year old mare) was third in the 90cm champs.
Our other competitor George Johnson was on fire all weekend, placed in just about every class he went in. He jumped two horses in the 1.30m-140m's.
There were loads of cojmpetitors and not many venues can cope with such large numbers.
Imagine the judges starting at 8am and going all day for three or four days ,out in all weathers. They are tough for sure.
This weekend Harry and Liz step up to the 1.20m's.
Let's see how we go.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Colleen, congratulations to team Brook. Hairry, you're on fire son. One heat lamp on the way, tracking down a second. Good luck this weekend. Grant