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Sunday, the final day of this three day equestrian, food and wine extravaganza and the weather tried very hard to spoil the atmosphere and fun. Spirits were high and most people continued to enjoy themselves keeping dry under the many coloured brollies that now dotted the sweeping landscape of Scotchmans Hill. Today's competition started at 10.00 with the Hickstead Challenge, followed by the Showjumping phase of the CIC ***. There was a marquee set up on the cross country course where officials, competitors and others gathered and enjoyed a dry place and the most sumptuous lunch you could possibly imagine. Spray Farm was part of the Equitana Asia Pacific 2001 Program, and this event brought to a close a wonderful two weeks of horses and fun. Definitive Events who stage Equitana, are to be congratulated for their vision in bringing this fantastic concept to Australia and the hard work that it takes to make such a huge show a success for all concerned. The program did not have the details of the Hickstead Challenge field, so I hope that I did a reasonably accurate job of the names and spelling - apologies for any errors. |
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The View from the top of the Cross Country Course. | ||||
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The crowd enjoy the magic. | ||||
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Di Schaeffer - mum of Australian Olympian, Wendy Schaeffer, who had a great competition here, explained the Hickstead concept to me. The competitors jump some of their showjumping fences and then go out cross country coming back to finish the showjumping course. This tests the horses ability to stretch out and then come back to the riders control and collect in order to jump well! | ||||
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Sonia Johnstone from WA - a
speck down on the beautiful cross country course at Spray Farm. |
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Chris Smith and Uptrend look balanced and confident out on the course. | ||||
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Chris Smith comes back in to complete his Showjumping. | ||||
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Ingrid Kimpton and Beaudezeper - a very experienced combination and took the course in their stride. | ||||
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Clem Mann and Irish Warrior had two rails down in the Showjumping. | ||||
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Clem Mann and Irish Warrior did a very nice CC round. | ||||
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