Lone Jörgensen on Corinna.
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Lone Jörgensen and Corinna win the Big Tour Championship at the Hygain Victorian Dressage Festival
By Equestrian Life
Following on from their success in yesterday’s Grand Prix at the Hygain Victorian Dressage Festival, Lone Jörgensen and Corinna have won the Grand Prix Special with an impressive score of 74.752% — ultimately taking out the Big Tour Championship.
The pair scored 72.872% from Jane Ventura at E, 76.915% from Susie Hoevenaars at C, and 74.468% from Christine Sievers at M.
Second place went to Mary Hanna and Syriana on 72.482%, with John Thompson and JHT Chemistry a close third on 72.447%, rounding out the same top three as yesterday’s Grand Prix.
Mary Hanna and Syriana.
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Certainly some very exciting scores on the board with the Tokyo on the horizon, however being a CDN (rather than a CDI) they cannot be used as Olympic qualifying scores, nor count towards team selection based on the Tokyo 2020 selection policy. With CDIs just about impossible to run in Australia at present (the Boneo Classic and Sydney CDI are both scheduled to run as CDNs this year) due to the minimum requirements for international judges, it’s still unclear how Australian based combinations will be able to work towards Tokyo selection with the Olympics just seven months away.
John Thompson on JHT Chemistry.
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Fun in the sun at the Hygain Victorian Dressage Festival
Of course, the Big Tour classes were not the only events at the Hygain Victorian Dressage Festival! Today saw the conclusion of the event, which has been running since Thursday at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre. Six days of competition have given Victorian competitors the chance to get out and compete pre-Christmas, after a long run without events due to Covid. Many competitors also had the opportunity to test out the new Werribee Park wax arenas, which were very well received!
Thursday
In the Horseland Preliminary Championship, Jane Toohey and Aberdeen MI won the 1B on 71.696%, while Nicole McOwn and Mellizo Park Chocolate Royal won the 1C with 73.036%. Shanon McKimmie and Cooramin Hemingway were the runners up in both classes and were crowned overall Champions.
In the Tatura Dressage Preliminary Championship for Ponies, Grace Riddell and Knock Out O won the 1B and 1C tests with 71.786% and 71.339% respectively; they were named Preliminary Pony Champions. It was to be the start of a successful few days for these two!
In the 7YO Young Horse Championship, Justine Greer and Yarramee Fonzie won round one with 78.6% and round two with 82.2%.
Thursday also saw the para equestrian Team Tests. Stella Barton and Rubenesque won the Grade I with 64.643%, Maddison Cooke and Byalee Magic II won the Grade III with 60.588%, Phoebe Roche and Saddle Up Romper Stomper won the Grade IV on 61.063%, and Melanie Diplock on Lacara D won the Grade V on 60.930%.
Friday
On Friday, the para riders completed their Individual Tests. Stella Barton and Rubenesque won the Grade I with 65.536%, Maddison Cooke and Byalee Magic II won the Grade III with 59.926%, Phoebe Roche and Saddle Up Romper Stomper won the Grade IV on 62.195%, and Melanie Diplock on Lacara D won the Grade V on 60.595%.
Friday also saw the Virginia Creed Advanced Championship for Horses and Ponies take place. Allison O’Neill won the 5B with Roseglen Toytown on 68.649%, while the 5C went to the runners up from the first test: Georgina Foot and Zoe, with a score of 70%. Georgina Foot and Zoe were named the overall Advanced Champions.
The 6YO Young Horse and Pony classes also took place. In the Ramos Sport 6YO Young Horse Championship, Karen Blythe enjoyed success with Sonic K, winning round one with 84.6% and round two with a huge 89.6%. It was a continuation of great form for this pair, as they’ve had some great results post-Covid at Boneo’s monthly dressage competitions.
In the Ramos Sport 6YO Young Pony Championship, Robyn Pearce and Buckwell Park Peter Pan scored 67.6% to win round one, and 65.3% to win round two.
Saturday
The Novice class was split across two sections due to large entry numbers, plus an additional section for ponies. In the Wagners Saddlery Novice Championship, Jason Dins and Jaybee Hotlips won the 2B on 76.838%, while Shanon McKimmie and Diverbrook Skidaddle won the 2C on 76%. Jason and Jaybee Hotlips were crowned overall Champions.
In the Vivarchie Equestrian Novice Championship, Samantha Bartlett and AB Final Romance won the 2B with 74.191%, while in the 2C Jason Dins enjoyed further success — this time with NEP Bugatti, who scored 75.571%. It was however Samantha and AB Final Romance who took out the overall Championship.
In the Kelato Animal Health Novice Pony Championship, Grace Riddell and Knock Out O again dominated, winning the 2B on 68.676% and the 2C with an improved 75% to take out the Championship.
Sunday
The Dancing Horse Medium Championship went to Justine Greer and Yarramee Fonzie, who won the 4B on a huge score of 77.162% and the 4C on 75.128%
In the The Dancing Horse Medium Pony Championship, it was Jessica Dertell and Gleniph Tiramisu who won the 4B on 67.23%, while Nicole Donald won the 4C with Mithril Samwise on 72.308%; the latter were crowned overall Champions.
Maddison Growcott and Bzquantas won round one of the Wimmera Equestrian Club 4YO Young Horse Championship on 81.2%, and also won round two with 78.8%.
In the Wimmera Equestrian Club 4YO Young Pony Championship, Sarah Elias and Nilton Swayze won round one with 70.2% and round two with 66.2%
The Yarra Valley Dressage Club 5YO Young Horse Championship saw John Thompson and the Mulawa youngster Aber Fontaine MI win round one on 82%. The pair bettered their score to also take out round two on 85.2%.
In the Yarra Valley Dressage Club 5YO Young Pony Championship, round one went to Clair Arnold and Fawks Crocodile Rock on 73.2%, while round two went to Paradise Valley Cocktail, ridden by Caitltn Porter to a score of 74%.
Monday
In addition to the Interpath 4CYTE Grand Prix, which went to Lone and Corinna, there was also the Interpath 4CYTE Inter II, won by Jane Crantock and Davidoff on 67.598%.
The Berwick & District Dressage Club Medium Tour Championship went to Jessica Dertell and Zanzibar, who won the Inter A with 66.569% and the Inter B with 66.577%.
In the Whittlesea Plenty Valley Dressage Club Elementary Championship, Karen Blythe and Sonic K enjoyed further success when they took out the 3B with 75% and the 3C with 73.476%, securing the overall Championship.
The NRG Team Elementary Pony Championship saw Deborah Hamid and Beauparc Swayze win the 3B with 70.438% and the 3C on 68.598% to take a clean sweep of the Championship.
Tuesday
Finally, alongside Lone’s fabulous win today in the Grand Prix Special, the Small Tour horses were also in action to round out six days of competition.
The Lara Tweedie Equestrian Prix St Georges was a large and hotly contested field, with Caroline Wagner and Penny Hill Park Sophia scoring the win on 73.48%. In the Lara Tweedie Equestrian Inter I, Stephanie McDonald and Che De Jeu won with a score of 69.779%.
The Horseland Pony Prix St Georges went to Allison O’Neill and Roseglen Toytown on 66.176%
Full results from the Hygain Victorian Dressage Festival can be found here.
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