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We had 10 beautiful boys present for
the very popular stallion parade
this year The German Riding Pony
Hilken’s Nougat Cream owned by Tina
and Steve Barker with only her 2nd
ride on this stallion, was very well
ridden by Rebecca Ross and the
European Riding Pony, Flowervale
Boginov, owned by Case Wientjens and
Lyn Spiers was ridden by Danni
Flood. Both of these stallions
showed their exceptional movement
and temperaments in the parade in
front of a small but very
appreciative crowd. The New Forest
Pony was very well presented by the
imported stallion, Furzley Brocaide
trained and ridden by Liz Alexander,
River Valley Minstral and River
Valley Sultan. All three of
outstanding New Forests are owned by
Hipwell Bros. It was delightful to
see the New Forest stallion River
Valley Tip Toe, owned by Jaccy &
Ruth Kennedy looking none the worse
for wear following his heroic
survival of the Black Saturday
bushfires. We welcomed the lovely
little Riding Pony stallion, all the
way from Mt Gambier, Wynara Talk of
the Town who is owned and ridden by
Jessica Herring. He might not be
tall in stature but this little
stallion is big in quality and
movement. Also participating in the
stallion parade were the Welsh C
stallions Bookra Sovereign Edition
and Fluer De Lys Hamish. Of course
no ASPR stallion parade would be
complete without Australia’s best
performed Section D Cob stallion,
Barnon Imperial Jack and his
owner/rider Norm Clark.
The Woodend Pharmacy Pony 6 Bar was
again a very popular and hotly
contested event with 9 ponies
presenting for the first round.
After running 3rd in 2007 and equal
2nd in 2008, the New Forest gelding
Kapeta Kip and his young rider Ellen
Sherwood finally went one better and
took out the event in the final
round with an enormous jump of 1.25
metres. The determination and talent
of both rider and pony certainly
showed through and nothing was going
to stop them this time. Second place
went to Gresam Lodge Maximus ridden
by Phillipa Mitchell who knocked the
second last jump at 1.18 m but
cleared the last at 1.25 m. The
diminutive Cintra Love Me Do at all
of 12.1hh ridden by Paige Cartwright
was a very popular third. This super
little jumping pony cleared the
second last jump at 1.18 m with a
huge leap but stopped at the final
jump of 1.25 m. |
