Geelong turns it on for autumn showjumping classic
SITTING at Werribee Park on a cool autumn day, watching classes at the Geelong Jumping Club’s Autumn Classic, you can’t help but notice how egalitarian show jumping is.
The horses are all sizes and colours, and the riders are both sexes and of every age and everyone just seems to get along.
Russel Hearn, Stuart Abrahams, Tim Clarke and Brook Dobbin all started in the sport way back as juniors and now as adults with their own children riding, still mix it very well with talented youngsters like Stuart’s daughter Eliza Abrahams, Harley McNaughton and Harry Borrack.
Eliza and her one in a million-chestnut partner Rocket Rod took out the 100cm class, and with Emcee Streetwise won the Binnie Barclay Memorial Junior championship.
Amelia Tsilfidis and the palomino pony Pride of Gold is no slouch against the clock and won the 1.05 class.
The grownups struck back in the 1.10m class with Russel Hearn on RBH Montpellier and Stuart Abrahams on Varchie RM taking the first and second ribbons and Amelia’s Pride of Gold in third place. Tim Clark’s Kanntango, Stuart Abrahams Vainquer amd Brook Dobbins’ Jackie S placied in the 1.20m.
Sam Robertson took first and second place in the 1.30 class with Al Nemo and Velvet Kate.
The club ran two rings and in Ring one the placings were:
Ring one
100cm class
1st- Eliza Abrahams on Rocket Rod
2nd- Genna Sordello on Cera Cara Mia
3rd- Lucy Borrack on Piripi
4th- Amy Cleland on My Miss Hazel
105cm class
1st- Amelia Tsilfidis on Pride of Gold
2nd- Eliza Abrahams on Emcee Street Wise
3rd- Mirri Lang on Mousetang
4th- Kristy McSween on Jingella Superstition
110cm class
1st- Russell Hearn on RBH Montpellier
2nd- Stuart Abrahams on Varchie RM
3rd- Amelia Tsilfidis on Pride of Gold
4th- Gabrielle Robertson on Carousel
120cm class
1st- Tim Clarke on Kanntango
2nd- Stuart Abrahams on Vainqueur
3rd- Brook Dobbin on Jacky S
4th- Samuel Robertson on Valvet Cate
130cm class
1st- Samuel Robertson on Al Nemo
2nd- Samuel Robertson on Valvet Cate
3rd- Rhett Oliver on Finch Farm Columbus
4th- Hudson Craig on Oaks Botswana
Ring two
70cm class
1st- Harry Borrack on Benmore Pizzaz
2nd- Greg Way on Waytogo Blues Shout
3rd- Ellie Constable on Highland Calypso
4th- Tessa Leen on Skipcellos Foxtrot
80cm class
1st- Chloe Bell on Galaxy Sapphire
2nd- Harry Borrack on Benmore Pizzaz
3rd- Ingrid Abrahams on Blueprint
4th- Ellie Constable on Highland Calypso 90cm class
1st- Maci Dean on Eat My Dust
2nd- Chloe Bell on Galaxy Sapphire
3rd- Nakita Willis on Bella
4th- Olivia Curtain on Indi's Mr Zorba Jones
100cm class
1st- Russell Hearn on RBH Montpellier
2nd- Jordan Pretty-Murphy on Dutchland
3rd- Emma Goldsworthy on Bontano
4th- Christina Hunter on Dalghar Blue
Binnie Barclay Memorial Future Star Junior Championship 100cm
1st- Eliza Abrahams on Emcee Street Wise
2nd- Sophie Sawicki on HSES Seth
3rd- Olivia Curtain on That's Limo
4th- Maci Dean on Eat My Dust
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