Royal Adelaide
Show
After three long years the Royal Adelaide Show was finally back on track
with massive crowds for the week the events on the main arena were in
full swing through the full 9 days of the show. The weather even
came to the party with just a few showers later in the week but it was
relatively mild compared with what Adelaide had been experiencing in the
lead up to the event and indeed in previous years where there is always
at least one or two very rainy days
Hacks
Best Novice Hack went to C Lawrie & A Richards Royal Blu. Champion
Hack & Supreme Ridden Exhibit was A Berwick & G Gerry's Coronation.
Reserve Champion Hack was D Quayle, E Richardson& M Haynes
Royalwood West End. Best Novice Galloway Hack went to Giustozzi &
Cameron's Destiny's Diamantina. Champion Galloway Hack was awarded
to G Gerry & D Telford's Royal Opera while Reserve Champion Galloway
Hack went to M Haynes & D Quayle's Westgrove Pageant Material. CHampion
Ridden Shetland Pony was Chesapeake Park's Falconhurst Showpiece while
Reserve Champion Ridden Shetland was A Lombardi's Kilpara Park Last
Dance. Best Novice Pony Hack was C Gale's Royalwood Enchanting.
Champion Pony Hack was awarded to E Richardson's Braeburn Park Spring
Dance while Reserve Champion Pony Hack was S Young's Rosedale Matilda.
Champion Pony Hack over 12.2hh went to C Gale's Royalwood Enchanting
while Reserve Champion was Pae & The Reinke Family's Thorne Park Dance
All Night.
Best Novice Show Hunter went to E Kerslake's Marena Sundial who also
took out Champion Show Hunter Horse. Reserve Champion SHow Hunter
Horse was taken out by A Stella's Quantador. Best Novice
Show Hunter Galloway went to M Haynes, D Quayle & K Reid's Lily's
Sovereign. Champion SHow Hunter Galloway was taken out by B
Perkin's A& I Mcintyre's Murraydale Park Kane. Best Novice Show
Hunter Pony was awarded to E Mitchell's Wynara Endless Love who also
took out Champion Show HUnter pony over 12.2hh. Reserve Champion
Show Hunter Pony over 12.2hh was taken out by H Mcleod's Allira Park
Paspaley. Champion SHow Hunter Pony went to N Clark's Anjara Park
Euphoria while Reserve Champion went to A Merry's Splash Dance.
Rider
Champion Junior Rider Under 14yrs went to G Pihan while Reserve went to
A Gill. Champion Rider 14-18 years was awarded to A Stella whle
Reserve Champion went to J Crosby. Champion Senior Rider went to J
Dertell.
Thoroughcare classes
Hack Premier Award was won by D Plumb's DP Choir who also took out
Reserve Champion Hack. Hunter Premier Award went to G Manning's
Chynna Grove Mintaro. Show hunter 15.2 & under was taken out by J
Anderon's Poitier who went on to be Reserve Champion Show Hunter.
Show Hunter over 15.2hh went to R Shannon-WInzer's Shaundale Park
Eqyptian Prince who went on to be Champion SHow Hunter. Hack 15.2 &
under went to F Mcintyre's Highgrove while Hack over 15.2hh went to C
Lawrie & A Richards Royal Blu who also went on to be Champion Hack.
Fashions Off the Track a led event was awarded to M Holman's Private
Valentine.
F McIntyre's Highgrove was sold as a yearling for $460,000 at the Magic
Millions Gold Coast and raced as Able Fun in Queensland, NSW and
Victoria finishing his career in the southern stable of Chris Waller.
He had 13 starts for 3 placings.
G Manning's Chynna Grove Mintaro was bred by Willow Grove Stud, sold
through the Adelaide Magic Millions (see photo below) and was named Mint
Lad but was unraced.
M Holman's Private Valentine raced under that name in country NSW and
had 23 starts for 1 win and 5 placings.
C Lawrie & A Richards Royal Blu raced as Our Boy Reuben and had 1 start.
R Shannon-WInzer's Shaundale Park Eqyptian Prince is by a little known
stallion called Egyptian King who had 12 live foals recorded. He
was registed as Prince of Egypt but was unraced.
A Berwick & G Gerry's Coronation raced as Lady Jeune and had 25 starts
in Queensland and later in country SA for 3 placings. She is from
the well known family of Bianco Lady a star stayer of the 1980s who won
stakesraces in 3 states and had success through Bianco Flyer at stud.
J Anderon's Poitier raced under that name starting his career showing
promise as a young horse in the stable of David Hayes after selling at
the Gold Coast Magic Millions for $300,000. Later in his career he
raced in SA and when he retired he had had 31 starts for 4 wins and 6
placings.
D Plumb's DP Choir raced as Bringit starting his career in Queensland
and later makiing his way to Victoria and held his form throughout his
career with 25 starts for 4 wins and 5 placings plus many races where he
was just behind the placegetters. On the track he earnt just under
$100,000 in prozemoney.
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