Eventers dominate at Connell Hill SJI show

Talented combinations jump clear rounds at Randalstown venue

The SJI Summer League continued at Connell Hill on Thursday, with a great turnout across the heights. The smaller classes saw a super number of very talented combinations jumping clear rounds.

The 1.10m class was dominated by eventers, with Steven Smith winning the class on board Tessa Westbrook’s ‘Lavori’ and taking second place with Caroline Overend and Carla Leitch’s ‘CJO Kann Surprise’; third place went to Casey Webb riding Val Breen’s ‘Ballygreenan Break Point’.

Mary Ellen Rice and ‘Cool Fantasy’ jumped double clear in the 1m class at Connell Hill SJI Summer Horse Show. PICTURES: courtesy of Lyndon McKee

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In a fantastic display of jumping, Smith repeated his one-two in the 1.20m class, with third place this time going to Hannah Patterson and her own ‘Cookstown Bently’. Patterson went on to win the 1.30m class with her own ‘Daberlina M’.

Carly Agnew and ‘Hightrees Sunrise Star’ jumped double clear in the 90cm class at Connell Hill SJI Summer Horse Show.

Connell Hill is an excellent venue and first-class facility to school round, with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

Details of all other events can be found on Gillian Creighton and Connell Hill FB pages, and SJI dates for Registered Shows are available on www.sjilive

Photographs are available on Lyndon McKee Photography FB page.

RESULTS

Thursday, September 12

SJI Summer League at Connell Hill

Horses - 80cm:

=1) Noel McKee’s Keeford Incognito, Noel McKee; Jessica Halliday’s La Esmeralda, Jessica Halliday; June Burgess’s Maxwelton, June Burgess; Jennifer MacDonald’s My Magic Dancer of Glencoe, Jennifer MacDonald; George Newton’s Simply Radical, George Newton.

90cm:

=1) Ruth Will’s BWE Splash Of Hero, Ruth Will; Hannah Patterson’s Daberblue, Hannah Patterson; Bradie Hogg’s Good Gossin, Bradie Hogg; Carly Agnew’s Hightrees Sunrise Star, Carly Agnew; Bradie Hogg’s KGC Maverick, Bradie Hogg; June Burgess’s Maxwelton, June Burgess; Stephen Darragh’s SDS Tilly, Stephen Darragh.

Ruth Will and ‘BWE Splash of Hero’ jumped double clear in the 90cm class at Connell Hill SJI Summer Horse Show.

1m:

=1) Tegan White McMorrow’s Ballinamurra Sunflight, Tegan White McMorrow; Mary Ellen Rice’s Cool Fantasy, Mary Ellen Rice; Hannah Patterson’s Daberblue, Hannah Patterson; Isla Acheson’s Emoe Marley, Isla Acheson; Julie Smyth’s HSC Shelby, Julie Smyth; Paul Caves’s Lahorna Ace, Beverley Caves; Mary Treasa Curtis’s Longfield Clover, Mary Treasa Curtis; Symone Brown’s Premier Lara (ISH), Anna McErlean; Gemma Esler’s Punters Dream, Gemma Esler; Gemma Esler’s Remember Bea, Gemma Esler.

Beverley Caves and ‘Lahorna Ace’ jumped double clear in the 1m class at Connell Hill SJI Summer Horse Show.

1.10m:

1) Tessa Westbrook’s Lavori, Steven Smith; 2) Caroline Overend and Carla Leitch’s CJO Kann Surprise, Steven Smith; 3) Val Breen’s Ballygreenan Break Point, Casey Webb; 4) Jane Kealey’s Danny Boy II, Frances Kealey; 5) Tegan White McMorrow’s Ballinamurra Sunflight, Tegan White McMorrow; 6) Gary Jackson’s Dstud Billy Elliot, Gary Jackson.

Tegan White McMorrow and ‘Ballinamurra Sunflight’ jumped double clear in the 1m and 1.10m classes at Connell Hill SJI Summer Horse Show.

1.20m:

1) Tessa Westbrook’s Lavori, Steven Smith; 2) Caroline Overend and Carla Leitch’s CJO Kann Surprise, Steven Smith; 3) Hannah Patterson’s Cookstown Bently, Hannah Patterson; 4) Yvonne Pearson’s Cairnview Redwood Guy, Lesley Jones; 5) Yvonne Pearson’s Quality Choice, Lesley Jones; 6) Sarah O’Shea’s Tullaher Paudie, Steven Smith.

1.30m:

1) Hannah Patterson’s Daberlina M, Hannah Patterson.