EquestrianClearance.com Senior Newcomers Masters 2012

The Plevin British Showjumping Scope Festival hosted the EquestrianClearance.com Senior Newcomers Masters on Tuesday 28th August 2012, and the class provided competitors with the last chance to qualify for the 2012 EquestrianClearance.com Senior Newcomers Championship to be held at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in October. 

 

The class attracted 34 starting combinations and after two rounds of well fought competition, during which 11 combinations made it through to the jump off, it was 24-year-old Nicole Pavitt from Crawley, West Sussex who took home the win. Nicole rode her mother’s eight-year-old bay stallion, Zeppeling, and the combination completed the jump off clear in a time of 35.10 seconds to put them into first place, secured their place in the 2012 EquestrianClearance.com Senior Newcomers Championship.   

 

In second place was 29-year-old Robert Whitaker from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who also jumped a tidy double clear on John Hales’ 7-year-old bay gelding, Anyway II, in just 37.96 seconds.  

 

Third place and the third HOYS qualifying spot was taken by 18-year-old Alfie Bradstock from Wantage in Oxfordshire riding Graham Fletcher’s 6-year-old bay mare, Foxglade Little Lady. This combination jumped clear in the jump off in a time of 39.93 seconds.

 

The fourth and final qualifying place for the Horse of the Year Show was taken by 18-year-old Rebecca Mash from Warrington, Lancashire. Rebecca achieved her qualification on board Ian Kellett’s 10-year-old chestnut gelding, Venus III. This combination secured their double clear in a time of 41.10 seconds.

 

1st Nicole Pavitt riding Zeppeling – 0/0 in 35.10 seconds

2nd Robert Whitaker riding Anyway II – 0/0 in 37.96 seconds

3rd Alfie Bradstock riding Foxglade Little Lady – 0/0 in 39.93 seconds

4th Rebecca Marsh riding Venus III – 0/0 in 41.10 seconds

5th Mark Turnbull riding Ashton Dollipierre – 0/4 in 38.14 seconds

6th Alex Thompson riding Biance Bc – 0/4 in 41.20 seconds

7th Nicola Sheard riding Mystic Pearl – 0/4 in 41.34 seconds

8th Dale Burnham riding Handels Classic – 0/4 in 41.36 seconds 

9th Andrew Millin riding Millfield Baloney – 0/4 in 41.97 seconds

=10th Christopher Smith riding Fellow Van T – 0/R

=10th Nicole Pavitt riding Our Duchess – 0/R

 

The Horse of the Year Show 2012 will take place from the 3rd – 7th October 2012 at the NEC in Birmingham. 

 

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