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 Darius and Jasper waiting for presentation.
Fiona Matthews, Sunday, 31 January 2010 Results of teh 10 Macclesfield SJ day. Macclesfield Australia Day Show Jumping
Darius riding Jasper was the only Dandy Ranges rider to compete in the Australia day show jumping competition an Macclesfield, which was a pity because the day was fantastic and the prizes amazing.
The day was very kind weather wise, not too hot and no rain. They have a new jumping arena up there which has removed the danger of slipping that some of the riders faced last year – one of our riders Elishia nearly had a spectacular fall, but saved herself to still place 4th.
Darius placed in 2 of the three events they ran, coming 6th in the 2 round championship (a very challenging course, very few riders even got around, many getting refusals or eliminations on the ‘wall’ jump). In the Power and Speed competition they placed 2nd, only being beaten by 1.5 seconds to a very experienced and speedy pair from Yarra Junction PC.
Darius was determined to beat this pair in the AM3 competition over one round, and had some fantastic ‘lines’ mapped our to make the course as concise as possible. He successfully make every line, but unfortunately Jasper brushed the wave dazzle board with a hind foot as he was turning to the next jump in mid air, and it fell, putting him out of contention.
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