Rachael Connor Headed the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round at Bold Heath Equestrian Centre
Tuesday 21 June 2016
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Rachael Connor from Rossendale, Lancashire headed the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round in fine style at Bold Heath Equestrian Centre in Cheshire, beating forty-six other competitors all vying for victory and a qualification place in the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Final.
With the championship final set to take place this summer during the British Showjumping National Championships, a determined Rachael took the win from the front of a fifteen-strong jump-off with a sizzling round. Riding her own 10-year-old bay mare, B Valeree she has competed since the beginning of the year, this pair finished in 26.21 seconds, a time not even her nearest rival could get close to. Having topped the Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Second Round at Dean Valley just a week earlier, Rachael really is on a roll.
It was Sue Pountain from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire who took second place riding Arenal Den Castell, a British-bred 7 year-old gelding by Rush On M in a time of 29.81 seconds.
Emma Wilson from Wreay, Carlisle crossed the finish line just a tenth of a second slower to claim third place with her 7 year-old bay gelding ,Casabian II.
Sisters Emma Sargeant and Katie Shaw filled the next three places, all on six-year-old mares. Emma took fourth and sixth on Fantaisie B and Cicero’s Girl W Z, and Katie claimed fifth on Firisja II.
A total of nine combinations achieved a treble clear and now go forward to the KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Championship Final.
Bold Heath Equestrian Centre – Saturday 18th June 2016
KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Second Round
1st Rachael Connor & B Valeree – 0/0/0 - 26.21 seconds
2nd Sue Pountain & Arenal Den Castell – 0/0/0 29.81 seconds
3rd Emma Wilson & Casabian II – 0/0/0 - 29.91 seconds
4th Emma Sargeant & Fantaisie B – 0/0/0 - 30.38 seconds
5th Kate Shaw & Firisja II – 0/0/0 - 32.33 seconds
6th Emma Sargeant & Cicero’s Girl W Z – 0/0/0 33.24 seconds
7th Tallulah Turner & Zalmondo – 0/0/0 33.28 seconds
8th Ceri Chapman & Ramiro’s Roxy – 0/0/0 37.66 seconds
9th M Doman & Cazino De Pravia – 0/0/0 40.70 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending grading of results.
Image Credit - JC Photography
The British Showjumping National Championships 2016 will be hosted at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire during the 9th - 14th August.
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