Adrian Whiteway Wins Connolly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Second Round at SouthView Equestrian Centre
Monday 11 July 2016
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Adrian Whiteway took on the challenge of the Connelly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Second Round at Southview Equestrian Centre in Wettenhall, Cheshire on Friday and he secured the win on board Myles Browning’s Contendros Quest.
Drawing a huge turnout of one hundred and twenty two competitors, the battle was on to claim one of the two direct qualification spots up for grabs for the Connolly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Championship Final which will be held at this year’s Horse of the Year Show in October. Just twenty-three combinations made the cut for the final jump off where the action really heated up. As poles fell, the clock as ever played an all important role.
Adrian from Wraxall, Bristol took the top spot with the 7 year-old bay mare Contendros Quest. Crossing the finish line in less than 40 seconds, this pair produced their accurate treble clear in 38.81 seconds.
Second place went to Louise Whitaker from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and she was riding Cleopatra VIII, a 10 year-old chestnut mare owned by Team Harmony. This combination was drawn close to the end of the jump off and they used this to their advantage, scoping out the course well enough to produce a treble clear in 39.26 seconds.
With the top two taking the direct qualifying tickets for the Connolly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Championship Final at the Horse of the Year Show, the riders and horses that finished in third to twelfth with a triple clear missed out on Championship qualification this time around. They did however take home the chance to compete in the Connolly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Masters at the British Showjumping National Championships.
SouthView Equestrian Centre – Friday 8th July 2016
Connolly’s RED MILLS Senior Newcomers Second Round
1st Adrian Whiteway & Contendros Quest - 0/0/0 – 38.81 seconds
2nd Lousie Whitaker & Cleopatra VIII - 0/0/0 – 39.26 seconds
3rd Beth Vernon & Moneybroom Dancer - 0/0/0 – 39.49 seconds
4th Beth Vernon & Hashtag - 0/0/0 – 39.58 seconds
5th Daniella Johnston & Cavalier Road - 0/0/0 – 40.09 seconds
6th Hayden Hankey & Faline II – 0/0/0 – 40.37 seconds
7th Amy Ryan & Millfield Ester – 0/0/0 – 45.16 seconds
8th Mary Marsh & Eppo II – 0/0/0 – 45.84 seconds
9th Daniel Moseley & Flavio – 0/0/0 – 45.90 seconds
10th Julie Andrews & Shankly – 0/0/0 – 47.05 seconds
11th Lucinda Turner & Fantasy II – 0/0/0 – 50.77 seconds
12th Henry Truelove & Corlando Z – 0/0/0 – 51.86 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending grading of results.
Image Credit - Ciara Donne Rush Photography
The Horse of the Year Show 2016 will take place from the 5th – 9th October at Birmingham’s NEC. The British Showjumping National Championships 2016 will take place during the 9th – 14th August at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
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