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It was the third world cup class she had won this season, but in the other two she nominated the wrong horse so didn’t get valuable points. “I knew I just had to jump a clear round in the second. He has felt good all show and really wanted to win [on Sunday].” Nine stepped up to tackle the Gerrit Beker-designed course for the two-round competition. Emelia Forsyth (Clevedon) started the class with a bang, with a stunning clear aboard Henton Faberge. Olympian Samantha McIntosh (Cambridge) and Takapoto Alaid de Chez Nous were unlucky to be stopped mid-round when massive gusts of wind knocked several fences down.
Press Release – Equestrian Sports New Zealand
The final of New Zealand’s highest-ranked showjumping series is stacking up to be a real head-to-head amongst the nation’s best riders.
The POLi Payments FEI World Cup (New Zealand League) Series final is coming down to a three rider battle between back-to-back series winner Tegan Fitzsimon (West Melton), two-time final winner Brooke Edgecombe (Waipukurau) and young gun Annabel Francis (Taupo).
They’re in a nine-strong field who will line up to be challenged by course designer Gerrit Beker (Tauranga) at the Giltrap Audi World Cup Festival at Woodhill Sands in Auckland on Sunday.
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 3:40 pm
The final of New Zealand’s highest-ranked showjumping
series is stacking up to be a real head-to-head amongst the
nation’s best riders.
The POLi Payments FEI World
Cup (New Zealand League) Series final is coming down to a
three rider battle between back-to-back series winner Tegan
Fitzsimon (West Melton), two-time final winner Brooke
Edgecombe (Waipukurau) and young gun Annabel Francis
(Taupo).
They’re in a nine-strong field who will
line up to be challenged by course designer Gerrit Beker
(Tauranga) at the Giltrap Audi World Cup Festival at
Woodhill Sands in Auckland on Sunday.
Tegan currently
Dannevirke showjumping: Taupō s Francis flies to victory in World Cup Qualifier
11 Jan, 2021 01:51 AM
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Annabel Francis rode La Quinara to win the Dannevirke round of the Poli Payments World Cup Series. Photo / KAMPIC / Kerry Marshall
Annabel Francis rode La Quinara to win the Dannevirke round of the Poli Payments World Cup Series. Photo / KAMPIC / Kerry Marshall
Hawkes Bay Today
The Poli Payments FEI World Cup Qualifier round at the MetalForm Central and Southern Hawke s Bay Showjumping Championships has been won by Taupo teen Annabel Francis.
The 18-year-old added another solid win to her tally with the victory on her bay mare La Quinara and is currently third in the FEI World Cup leader board - behind Tegan Fitzimon and Waipukurau s Brooke Edgecombe.