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Australian selectors have named the dressage and eventing teams to compete at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky - 25 September to 10 October.
Dressage
• Hayley Beresford and Relampago do Retiro
• Lyndal Oatley and Potifar
• Brett Parbery and Victory Salute
• Rachael Sanna and Jaybee Alabaster
Hayley Beresford Age: 32 Lives: Grabs, Switzerland (born in Kellerberrin, Western Australia)
Having moved to Germany to train with Dressage superstar Isabell Werthin 2006, Hayley formed a strong partnership with a Brazilian bred horse Relampago do Retiro. The pair was selected to represent Australia at the 2008 Olympic Games. Hayley is married to Kian Bullock and is based at the stables of Otto Hofer.
Lyndal Oatley Age: 30 Lives: Nottuln, Germany
Lyndal is a newcomer to the team, following in the tradition of her cousin Kristy Oatley who has so successfully represented Australia in the past. Potifar is Lyndal’s first Grand Prix horse, and together have grown as a pair to now reach the Australian team after achieving strong results in Aachen, Hagen, and Cappeln.
Brett Parbery Age: 38 Lives: Penrose, NSW
Brett is married to Melinda and together they have a son 4 month old son Jake. Brett and Victory Salute’s major achievements include being the Australian record holders for highest Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle score, 2010 Australian Dressage Champions, 10th World Cup Final 2010, 10th 2010 Aachen Grand Prix and Kur. 2nd at the 2010 Hickstead World Dressage Masters CDI 5* Grand Prix Special.
Rachael Sanna Age: 38 Lives: Glossodia, NSW
Rachael is the most experienced international rider on the team. Rachael has represented Australia at the 1999 World Cup Final, 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2002 World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain and 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. Rachael is married to Olympic Show Jump rider George Sanna and has two children, Romany and Darcy.
Eventing
·Christopher Burton and Holstein Park Leilani
·Sam Griffiths and Happy Times
·Sonja Johnson and Ringwould Jaguar
·Megan Jones and Kirby Park Irish Jester
·Paul Tapner and Inonothing
·Stuart Tinney and either Vettori or Panamera
Christopher Burton Age: 28 Lives: Wilberforce, NSW
Christopher will make his debut for Australia at the 2010 World Games. A former winner of the Adelaide CCI4* on Newsprint in 2008, Chris has formed a great partnership with Holstein Park Leilani winning the 2010 Eventing World Cup qualifier, Albury CIC3* and the 2009 NSW State Championships. They were 3rd at 2010 Melbourne CCI3*.
Sam Griffiths Age: 38 Lives: Gillingham, Dorset, UK
In 1995, Sam moved from Pearcedale Victoria to England to pursue his riding career. Sam and Happy Times won Saumur CCI3*, in 2009 they were 3rd at both Badminton and Burghley and finished 5th in the HSBC Classics. In 2010 the pair won Belton CIC3*and the British World Cup Qualifier CIC3* at Chatsworth. Sam is married to Lucy, a freelance photographer.
Sonja Johnson Age: 42 Lives: Albany, WA
Sonja is a full time farmer on her parents farm Parkiarrup in the scenic Albany area. Sonja and Jag, who is the oldest horse on the Australian team at 19 years-of-age, have an impressive international record including a Team silver medal and individual 10th at 2008 Olympic Games and Team Bronze WEG 2006. They were the winners at the 2010 Melbourne CCI3*
Megan Jones Age: 33 Lives: Stirling, SA
Megan is a very accomplished international competitor. She won Melbourne CCI3* in 2005, 2008 and 2009; Adelaide CCI4* event in 2005, was 2nd in 2008 and was 2nd and 3rd in 2009.
In 2008 Megan and 16yo Kirby Park Irish Jester won an Olympic Team Silver medal and finished 4th individually. In 2006 they won a World Championship Team Bronze medal. Megan finished 2nd in the 2010 HSBC Eventing World Cup. In 2009 Megan and Jester won both the New Zealand and Australian qualifiers and nearly repeated the double again in 2010 winning in Kihikihi and finishing 2nd in Sydney.
Paul Tapner Age: 34 Lives: Blunsdon, Wiltshire
An extremely driven and hard working event rider, Paul will represent Australia for the first time at 2010 WEG. Paul moved from Annangrove, Sydney to the United Kingdom in 1999 and with his wife Georgina has established a successful Equestrian centre. Paul and Inonothing have enjoyed great success, namely winning 2010 Badminton CCI4*, 6th at 2009 Burghley CCI4*, 7th at 2009 Luhmuhlen CCI3* and 9th 2008 Burghley CCI4*. Inonothing has been placed in the top ten in five four-star events and eleven three-star events during his illustrious career. Paul and Georgina have a son Joshua (6 years) and daughter Madison (3 years).
Stuart Tinney OAM Age: 45 Lives: Maraylya
Stuart is a veteran of the Australian team. Stuart won a Team Gold medal in Sydney 2000 and has represented Australia at the 1998 WEG, 2002 WEG and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Stuart won the 2009 Adelaide CCI4* on Vettori and was 2nd at 2010 Melbourne CCI3* on Panamera. Stuart and his wife Karen have two children Jaymee and Gemma.
Wayne Roycroft, Australian Eventing Head Coach, commented on the team, “I think we have the makings of a very strong team for WEG. We have a good mix of riders, and some experienced riders and hopefully we can come back with a really good medal and make sure we qualify for the London Olympics.”
Stay tuned for information on our showjumping team. Nb. Edwina Alexander and Cevo Itot du Chateau have been preselected for the team.
Heath Ryan and Mystery Whisper have taken out the three star class of this year’s Sydney Three Day event at SIEC.
The pair had led after the dressage and cross country phases. However, the showjumping phase proved to be a nail biter as there were no clear rounds and Heath, who had two rails up his sleeve coming in as the last competitor, had two rails down, including the first!
Thankfully, Heath had no time penalties, so he secured a narrow win (0.5 penalties) over New Zealand’s John Twomey and Flaunt it. Megan Jones and Kirby Park Allofasudden managed to move up the rankings as rails fell in the class, and her four penalties-round secured third place.
The crowd was later wowed by the competitors in the compulsory CCI four star “confirmation of fitness” class for our WEG team, including the likes of Stuart Tinney, Megan Jones and Chris Burton, who made the four star showjumping course look very easy. As this class was a test of fitness, there was no official scoring.
Well done to Heath and best of luck to our WEG team hopefuls. The team will be more formalised in the next few days.
In other eventing news, Megan Jones finished second in the final standings of the HSBC FEI World Cup Eventing, earning her US$34,000. Michael Jung from Germany was the overall winner and former Aussie, Phillip Dutton placed third.
Congratulations to Megan on an outstanding result!
Come to the Sydney International Three Day Event 26-29 August 2010
Ten years ago Sydney hosted the Olympic Games and the Sydney International Equestrian Centre was created. The Australian Eventing team won gold in front of massive crowds at the Sydney Games, our fourth gold in the same event over the history of the Olympics. Since then Australia has added a Silver to their total of seven Olympic equestrian medals.
Despite being one of the best Eventing nations in the world Australian events struggle to attract serious sponsorship and media coverage. Events such as the Sydney International Three Day run on a shoestring budget and rely heavily on volunteers dedicated to providing world class competitions for Australian riders aiming to qualify for International events.
In an attempt to raise the profile of the sport in the eyes of the Australian public the Sydney International Eventing Committee, supported by Equestrian Australia and Equestrian NSW, funded the production of both the 2009 events for screening on television. Aired by Fox Sports these highlight packages attracted large audiences from around Australia. Despite this interest in Equestrian sport with the Australian public and an increase in Australian successes in other equestrian disciplines sponsorship and media support of national and international equestrian events is still disappointing and organisers have not been able to continue with the TV production for this year’s event.
Running two major events per year is stretching the Sydney volunteer committee to their limit but they are determined to ensure the future of this amazing sport in NSW. It is exciting to watch and demonstrates the amazing bond that can be developed between horse and rider. Age is no barrier and men and women compete on an equal footing, one of the few sports where this is possible.
Horse enthusiasts are encouraged to come to the Sydney International Equestrian Centre this week to relive the thrill of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. By attending the event spectators will be showing their support and may help to attract media coverage and a major sponsor for 2011.
In just eight days time Chris Burton from Wilburforce, NSW will attempt to repeat his performance from the 2010 Sydney round of the HSBC World Cup where he snatched victory from Megan Jones on the stunning chestnut mare HP Leilani. Despite being one of the country’s most decorated riders Chris has not yet represented Australia in a World Equestrian Games or an Olympics. His recent form is hard for selectors to ignore and they will be watching him closely during the test of fitness class at the Sydney Three Day Event being held from 26 -29 August.
HP Leilani is owned by Jade Findaly. Originally from Mosman Jade was given the ride on Leilani about 6 years ago. When she realised this was a special horse Jade and her mother Jean bought the horse. Jade rode, trained and competed Leilani until the Sydney 3DE in September 2008 when she was 19 weeks pregnant with her first child Piper and knew she had to give up riding until after the birth.
Chris and Jade had been friends and riding together since they both started competing in Sydney at about the time of the 2000 Olympics. They developed a great respect for each other and when Chris had misfortune with his horse Newsprint, Jade wanted to give him the ride on her beautiful mare that was just ready to hit the big time. She respected his riding ability and he respected her knowledge and training of Leilani. Chris has gone on to take Leilani to the top with guidance and cooperation from Jade all the way and they hope she will be selected to travel to Kentucky with the Australian Eventing team this September.
Jade’s mother Jean, who still lives in Mosman has offered support and helps finance the expensive and challenging endeavour. “Preparing a horse for world class competition is a long process. My pleasure is derived from seeing a beautiful creature reach her potential and enjoying watching the riders create such a beautiful spectacle. I have encouraged Jade to follow her dream by supporting her chosen career.”
Jade was brought up in Mosman as a typical city girl however she always had a love of animals and especially horses. She now has a lovely farm at Cattai near the Hawkesbury River. The farm has a charming 1806 cottage in which she and her husband Paul Trickett run their businesses. Paul runs Willow Landscapes, Jade runs Findlay Equestrian and together they run Tyre Feed Bins Australia. Their farm is Heritage listed and they try to maintain their businesses sympathetically to its origins.
As well as watching the talented Leilani compete in the WEG test event with Chris, Jade will be competing three horses at the event. Frontier Psychiatrist is entered in the Tarraleah Park CCI2*, Bloomers Twinkletoes is in the Harbour IT CCI1* and the divine Oaks Sporthorse mare Cordellia is entered in the Gwaihir Stud Young Event Horse Class.
Winning Mount to Make a Guest Appearance at Sydney International Three Day Event 26-29 August 2010!
Jeepster, a New Zealand Thoroughbred foaled in 1987, began his career as a racehorse named Delphic Oracle. He had 22 starts, mostly at the Illawarra and Hawksbury races with reasonable success, his winnings totalling over $17,000. Retired from racing at 5 years old, he was bought for Event rider Stuart Tinney in 1993 by Michael Pribula.
As is often the case with ex-racehorses, Jeepster’s early antics in dressage were interesting, however he showed a unique ability for eventing so the Tinney’s persevered with him. This commitment paid off and Jeepster was selected with Stuart on the Australian team for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Teamed with Darien Powers (Andrew Hoy), Kibah Sandstone (Matt Ryan) and House Doctor (Phillip Dutton), Jeepster won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He executed an accurate dressage test, a faultless cross country round and had just one rail and a time penalty in the show jumping phase. Huge crowds at the Sydney Olympics will remember the victory lap with all four combinations after the thrilling final jumping phase at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, one of the few Olympic Equestrian venues still in use around the world.
Jeepster was named NSW Eventing horse of the year in 2000 and in 2003 he earned the right to represent Australia again in Athens for the 2004 Olympic Games.
While Jeepster is now retired and enjoying his time in the paddock watching over the young horses at the Tinney’s property in Maraylya, Stuart is aiming for selection on yet another Australian team this time heading for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky USA. Stuart is high on the selectors list with consistent performances on both his leading horses Vettori and Panamera. Vettori won the Adelaide CCI4* in 2009 and Panamera was 2nd at the recent Melbourne CCI3*. Stuart will be competing in the final selection event at the Sydney International Three Day Event from 26 - 29 August this year.
As part of the ten year anniversary celebrations of the Sydney Olympic Games the Tinney’s will be bringing Jeepster out of retirement to make a guest appearance at the Sydney International Three Day Event to be held at the Olympic venue at Horsley Park. The legendary horse will meet the crowds on Saturday and will be part of the presentations on Sunday.
What’s On at the Sydney International Three Day Event 26-29 August 2010
Wednesday 25 August - Trot up of competitors from 2-4pm
Thursday 26 August - Dressage
Including… Grand Prix Dressage Invitational Class featuring Rozzie Ryan and Rachel Sanna; Para Equestrian Dressage; CCI** Dressage; Welcome Reception and Cocktail Party for Riders from 7.00pm
Friday 27 August - Dressage & Gwaihir Young Event Horse Championships
Including… Grand Prix Dressage Invitational Class featuring Rozzie Ryan and Rachel Sanna; Para Dressage; WEG Selection CCI4* Dressage; Olympic Video Night and Sausage sizzle from 7.00pm
Saturday 28 August - Cross Country, the test of speed and endurance
Including… 10th Anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics celebration lunch; Ollie Vollie Reunion; Carriage Driving and Endurance displays; Paella and Tango Night from 7.00pm
Sunday 29 August - Show jumping, the final phase. Who will make the team for WEG?
Including… Final horse inspection; Vaulting, Reining and Grand Prix Show Jumping displays; Dog agility competition organised by Aust Dog Agility Assoc; Face painting, music and jumping castle
The Trade Village will be open Every Day from 9am.
With the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG) looming the final selection for Australian based riders in all eight WEG disciplines is being completed. The Sydney International Three Day Event is proud to be hosting a showcase of the sports, ensuring Australia’s elite equestrian athletes will all be at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre ten years after the Sydney 2000 Olympic games was held there.
A showcase of Grand Prix Dressage will be combined with Para Equestrian Dressage and the Eventing CCI4* Dressage on Friday 27 August for a full day of viewing pleasure for the dressage enthusiast. With free entry to the event on the dressage days this is an extremely rare opportunity to watch the elegance and beauty of equestrian sport.
The Australian based WEG contenders for Grand Prix Dressage are Rozzie Ryan and Rachael Sanna. Four other elite dressage combinations will also be invited to compete alongside these talented women in the main arena on Friday.
Rachael Sanna (Glossodia, NSW) competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the Dressage Teams event. She also competed at the 2002 and 2006 World Equestrian Games and at the 1999 World Cup Final in Germany. Rachael is married to one of Australia’s leading show jumpers, George, and is currently campaigning the talented stallion Jaybee Alabaster.
Rozzie Ryan (Heatherbrae, NSW) first represented Australia at the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm in 1990. Rozzie is married to one of Australia’s leading riders in both dressage and eventing, Heath and is currently campaigning the powerful stallion Jive Magic. Heath won the 2008 Sydney Three Day Event on Mystery Whisper (pictured) and will also be competing in the 2010 Sydney three day event.
The CCI4* Eventing contenders include Sydney 2000 Gold medallist Stuart Tinney, three silver medallists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Megan Jones, Sonja Johnson and Shane Rose and the up and coming Chris Burton who is yet to represent Australia but his rising form is placing him directly in the selectors sights.
Wednesday 25 August - Trot up of competitors from 2-4pm
Thursday 26 August - Dressage & Gwaihir Young Event Horse Championships
Friday 27 August - Dressage & Gwaihir Young Event Horse Championships
Including… Grand Prix Dressage Invitational Class featuring Rozzie Ryan and Rachel Sanna; Para Dressage; WEG Selection CCI4* Dressage; Olympic Video Night and Sausage sizzle from 7.00pm
Saturday 28 August - Cross Country, the test ofspeed and endurance
Including… 10th Anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics celebration lunch; Carriage Driving and Endurance displays; Paella and Tango Night from 7.00pm
Sunday 29 August - Show jumping, the final phase. Who will make the team for WEG?
Including… Final horse inspection; Vaulting, Reining and Grand Prix Show Jumping displays; Dog agility competition organised by Aust Dog Agility Assoc; Face painting, music and jumping castle
The Trade Village will be open Every Day from 9am.
A full event timetable can be found on www.sydneyeventing.org
Event Statistics
·9 Classes scheduled for 2010, including the final selection class for the World Equestrian Games, Oakgate Rising Stars, Gwaihir Stud Australian Young Event Horse Championships and the Tyre Feed Bins Long Format CCN Preliminary Class including roads, tracks and steeplechase.
·Number of entries will be available from 10 August 2010
·Riders are from across Australia (ACT –, WA -, SA -, VIC -, NSW -, QLD -) and New Zealand (),
·2008 Winner CCI*** Heath Ryan & Mystery Whisper
·2009 Winner CCI*** Wendy Schaeffer & Koyuna Sun Storm
·About the 2009 Winner - From South Australia, Schaeffer was the youngest women to win Equestrian gold at an Olympic Games with team gold at 1996 Atlanta Games. Just nine weeks prior to the 1996 Olympics, she suffered from two broken bones in her leg which were pinned for the competition. With a sense of déjà vu Schaeffer missed out on the Sydney round of 2009 HSBC World Cup with a broken leg. She returned to form with victory at the 2009 Sydney 3DE. Listed on the Equestrian Australia Eventing High Performance Program and the Jumping Development Squad. Schaeffer spent the first part of 2010 campaigning her horses in Australian based selection trials before flying her jump mare, Koyuna Sun Set, to Europe to compete in Germany.
How to Get There
·The Sydney International Equestrian Centre is located on Saxony Road at Horsley Park, just 40 minutes from the centre of Sydney via the M2 and M7.
Tickets
General Admission (includes parking and a program). An undercover grandstand will be open to the general public.
·Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - FREE
·Saturday & Sunday - Adults 16 years and over $15, under 16 years & pensioners FREE
·Sydney 2000 Olympic Volunteers who wear their uniform - FREE ENTRY any day
Adina Vineyard Café
The Adina Vineyard Cafe is a great place to relax and enjoy all the Sydney 3DE action. Located alongside the main competition arena and adjacent to the cross country start guests will have prime, under cover viewing in the café. On Saturday TV screens will be set up in the café for guests to track each riders’ performance around the cross country course whilst enjoying a gourmet lunch & drinks.
·Thursday, Friday and Sunday - $45 per day (includes entry, program, VIP parking, access to Adina Cafe, free tea/coffee, complimentary glass of wine. Gourmet meals and drinks on sale in the cafe)
·Saturday - Sydney 2000 Olympics 10th Anniversary Celebratory Lunch $100 (includes entry, program, VIP parking, access to Adina Cafe, free tea/coffee, gourmet lunch & wine. Full Bar available).
·Café Event pass valid for all four days and includes the Olympic Celebratory Lunch – $200 per head
Hosted Cross Country Walks
·Tickets for the hosted cross country walks on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning can be purchased in advance through the Sydney Eventing website or from the merchandise tent at the event. Exact times will be available online. Cost – $20
Tickets can be purchased online or from the event each day. Dinner Tickets on sale at the Event.
Eventing Explained
The Olympic sport of Eventing (also known as Horse Trials) is the equestrian triathlon where the three phases of dressage, cross country and show jumping are completed by the same horse/rider combination. This is a true test of fitness and horse management. Eventing is the equestrian discipline at which Australia has excelled with numerous Olympic Medals including gold ten years ago at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It is also one of the few sports where men and women compete on equal terms and the genuine amateur can compete against an Olympic Champion.
·Dressage is the first test which comprises a set sequence of compulsory movements in an arena 20m wide and 60m long. At the highest level the test is judged by three international judges who are looking for balance, rhythm, suppleness and most importantly, obedience of the horse and its’ harmony with the rider.
·Cross Country consists of the challenge of more than 35 natural obstacles over approximately 4km that has to be jumped inside an optimum time. This phase is filled with thrills and spills.
·Show Jumping is the final phase of the competition consisting of one round of jumping with a maximum time allowed. The objective is to jump all the fences clear inside the time.
Episode 1 of the 2010 Weekend of World Cups is now live on You Tube.
Filmed and Produced by Post and Rail Creative, this 6 minute episode features the dressage and cross country phase of the HSBC World Cup Eventing Class held in Sydney in May 2010.
Episode 2 will be released this week and features the final show jumping phase and presentations.
Episode 3 features the Bates World Cup Show Jumping Qualifier.
These exciting episodes are professionally produced by Post and Rail Creative and can be supplied in full or condensed versions for airing on sport programs and news shows.
Visit www.sydneyeventing.org for more details on the upcoming International Three Day Event to be held 26 – 29 August featuring the final selection event for the World Equestrian Games to be held in Kentucky, USE in September 2010.
Melbourne Three Day event was held on the June long weekend and was an important selection event for the World Equestrian Games later this year.
The event was taken out by the former Olympic pair of Sonja Johnson and Ringwood Jaguar. Second place went to another Olympian, Stuart Tinney, riding Panamera. Stuart had a successful weekend, also placing fourth on Vettori. Third place went to Chris Burton and Holstein Park Leilani.
Biosecurity Queensland is responding to the confirmed report of a Hendra virus case in a horse on the Sunshine Coast.
The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) has confirmed a positive PCR test result to Hendra virus in an EDTA blood sample taken from the horse by a private veterinarian.
The horse was examined by the veterinarian after the owner reported it was displaying acute onset of neurological signs. The horse was reported as being uncoordinated, demonstrating mouth twitching and being off its food.
Upon veterinary investigation, the horse exhibited normal respiratory and heart rates. The horse was found to be blind. The neurological signs progressed to seizures, the horse was humanely euthanased and buried on the property.
One horse remains on the property and has been subject to sampling by a Biosecurity Queensland veterinary officer this afternoon. The horse is reported as clinically normal.
The property is in quarantine and no horse movements are recorded recently.
A community engagement program has been commenced to advise neighbours of the situation and to provide relevant information.
The most recent version of the ‘What is Hendra virus’ brochure is available at the website: www.biosecurity.qld.gov.au.
Horse owners are urged to review their biosecurity procedures and contact their veterinarian if they suspect Hendra virus.
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