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The EFA NSW Water Jump featured as one of the most spectacular jumps of the day with 30 out of the 32 riders making it through the combination clear. This is only the second time this water combination has been ridden this way and negotiated a down hill gallop to the narrow fence 7 (SIEC […]

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Shane Rose has managed to keep his lead throughout todays Cross Country. Shane and ALL LUCK went round the course of solid obstacles that measured over 1.20m and made it look like a breeze!

[Shane Rose riding ALL LUCK - thanks to Main Event photography]
Results of the Horseland Three Star Class are as follows:
1st: Shane Rose ALL […]

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[Selina Madeleine riding SAMSARA ALCHEMY Cross Country in the The CCI Pre Novice]

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The completeStandings after the Cross Country phase are up.
A big thanks to all the volunteers and jump judges who worked tirelessly all day to make everyone made it round the course as safely as possible.

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Well I know you are all anxious to find out who won the Best Dressed from this mornings trot up so here we are:
CCI*** Best Dressed Girl was Megan Jones
CCI*** Best Dressed Boy was Chris Burton
CCI** Best Dressed Girl was Sonja Johnson
CCI** Best Dressed Boy was Shaun Dillon
Congratulations to all of these riders!
The Judge of […]

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Well if you thought that Heath Ryan was one of our most competitive riders in the dressage phase then you may have underestimated the standard of flatwork that our eventing riders have archived. It said allot, (particularly about EI that made jumping impossible for many over the past year) about the amount of work our […]

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With just 12 competitors the EFA NSW CCI** was smaller than in years past, but with the standard of dressage performed over the past two days the riders remained very competitive.

[Hamish Cargill and Powderhound]

[Robyn Brown 8th after Dressage]

The scores ranged from 49.8 to 70.0 and as we mentioned before, Deon Stokes and BML BLUEPRINT came […]

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Well the penalties have been tallied and the judge comments are in, so riders can loosen those cravats and untie the horse plaits because if your halt was not square or your circle not round (dressage really is the strangest of all eventing disciplines) there is no point stressing about it now.
So what did happen […]

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Well, with 11 riders still to go and a break for lunch the 3 star dressage is underway.
At the moment its Chris Burton on Newsprint with Heath Ryan and Mystery Whisper both sitting on equal first. These riders have a real shot at winning this event and they will be pushing hard to put pressure […]

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