First for Wolverhampton Racecourse

On the 21^st of May 2011 Wolverhampton Racecourse held their first British Showjjumping Fixture with over £9,900 prize fund. There was over 165 horses onsite and over 220 entries.

The riders that jumped at the event were all pleased with the ground, Tim Stockdale said “Full Marks to the organisers, the ground was first class, I would not have bought my top horses if it was anything less”.
 
This event was just the first in a series of British Showjumping competitions at Wolverhampton Racecourse, for further information visit www.wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk . The results for the Elite Showjumping at Wolverhampton Racecourse are as follows:

 

Class 1 Results – Foxhunter

1^st Keith Shore – Rubiroso JX

2^nd Matt Cartmell – Zoe Power N

3^rd Micheal Whitaker – Wild Rose

 

Spillers 1.20m Open

 

1^st Joe Whitaker – Twilight v/h Rietvan

2^nd Keith Shore – Wiseboy

3^rd C Collins - High Offley Busy Business

 

1.30m Open

 

1^st Keith Shore – Zegreanne Z

2^nd Geoff Luckett – Quilano Z

3^rd C Collins – Labuleska

 

Claydon Horse Exercisers 1.30m Accumulator

 

1^st Louise Whitaker – Blush

2^nd Liz Forrester – Beechwood Camila

3^rd Angie Thompson – Oksana W

 

1.40m open

 

1^st John Whitaker – Argento

2^nd Tim Stockdale – Fresh Direct Kalico Bay

3^rd Steven Whitaker – Shearwater Mikado

 

David Roberts The Managing Director of Wolverhampton Racecourse LTD has said

 

“Its been a long held ambition for Wolverhampton Racecourse to host other equine events and we are delighted with the success of our first British ShowJumping competition. In particular the quantity and quality of the entries we received, and also the enthusiasm in which the event was received. We are looking forward to continuing this summer with the events planned and in the future to expand our facilities further”

 

There will be a full write up about this event in the Horse and Hound on Thursday 26^th May. The next show will be on the 5^th of June at Wolverhampton Racecourse.