WEEK ELEVEN OF THE AUTUMN/WINTER SHOW JUMPING LEAGUE Cork

WEEK ELEVEN OF THE AUTUMN/WINTER SHOW JUMPING LEAGUE

Fantastic days show jumping for the eleventh day of our league. It was all to play for today for many riders as today was the deciding day for the league points and our winners.

First to go in the newcomers class was ‘Rebecca Toher’ on ‘Brownie Bear’, and she produced a lovely double clear round which brought her league points up to 42. This put the pressure on ‘Orlaith Murphy’ with ‘Velvet’ who had to have a double clear to stay in first place. Luckily, Orlaith didn’t leave the pressure get to her and she rode a foot perfect double clear to give her the lead in this year’s newcomers competition. The final for the newcomers is all about fun and as points are now fully allocated in this class, they can all relax next week and have fun in our novelty classes.

The 50cms this year was lead all the way by ‘Bronagh Bolger’ riding her own ‘Sharpay’. Bronagh finished on 42 points, well ahead of ‘Anne Horgan’ who finished her first ever show jumping league on 36 points. Lying in third place is ‘Aoife Murphy’ riding ‘Cloghroe Velvet’ on 29 points.

The 60cms competition is a hard fought one and we still have no outright winner, with ‘Leah Howard’ and ‘Lauryn Power’ still battling for first place. Both competitors are coming into the final on 46 points, which means for these two riders next Sunday is still all to play for. We’ll be looking for clears in the first round and then a jump-off against the clock to determine the winner. One of the youngest competitors, ‘Cliodhna Browne’, is also competing in this competition and is holding her position in third place on 42 points.

‘Lauryn’ and ‘Leah’ are on the top again in the 70cms, but with ‘Lauryn’ this time just having the advantage over ‘Leah’ and finishing in first place on 42 points, just one point ahead of ‘Leah and her pony ‘Have Another Brandy’. Holding third position in this class is ‘Roisin O Driscoll’ riding her own ‘Glanduff Holly’. ‘Roisin’ finished up on 39 points, only 3 points below the eventual winner. But ‘Roisin’ being a tough competitor wasn’t going to stay off the top for long and she worked hard in the 80cms and 90cms to come out in first place in both these classes. ‘Roisin’ finished on 41 points in the 80cms and 31 points in the 90cms. ‘Grainne Kearney’ with her new horse ‘Kasper Adamcyck’ finished second position in the 80cms and third position in the 90cms. Great job from both these riders as this is their first show jumping league on their new horses. ‘Emma Neville’ fought hard in the 90cms class but has to be content with second place only one point off the eventual winner. ‘Martina Carey’ riding her own ‘Levi’ holds the lead in the metre class on 19 points.

So a great day planned for Sunday the 4^th of December with most of those qualified for the final being able to enjoy a fun days jumping with no pressure for points. Many thanks to our sponsors this year, O Brien Saddlery who have sponsored some fantastic prizes for our competitors.

Results

Newcomers [double clears]

• Orlaith Murphy & Velvet
• Rebecca Toher & Brownie Bear
• Faelen Richards & Bambi Rose

50cms [Double clears]

• Aoife Murphy & Cloghroe Velvet

60cms [Double clears]

• Leah Howard & Dunnyfort Five
• Lauryn Power & Yogi Bear
• Emily McGrath & Ballyanchor Jigsaw
• Ciara Lawlor & Holly
• Eimear Lawlor & Flash
• Jerry Horgan & Ebony

70cms [Double clears]

• Leah Howard & Have another brandy
• Lauryn Power & Yogi Bear
• Roisin O Driscoll & Glanduff Holly

80cms [Double clears]

• Roisin O Driscoll & Glanduff Holly
• Grainne Kearney & Kasper Adamcyck
• Cathal Browne & Mr Coco

90cms [Double clears]

• Danielle O Leary & My Culleen Gem

1m [Double clears]

• Kate Mulcahy & Rumple Stil Skins