Mini Grand Prix win for Ellie at The Meadows
SJI Summer Series draws to a close with rugs presented to class winners
The SJI Summer Series concluded at The Meadows Equestrian Centre in Lurgan on Saturday, May 24. There were rugs up for grabs for the winner of each class from 90cm up to the 1.30m Mini Grand Prix, which made for some highly competitive jumping!
The highlight of the day was the 1.30m Mini Grand Prix, which saw a start list of 20 combinations take on the tough course. Eleven of those combinations jumped clear in the first round to book their place in the jump-off, with eight of them keeping all the poles in place second time out to secure a double clear round.
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The fastest of these was Ellie Humphries who rode an accurate round with Allison Mercer’s ‘Rossmount Luis’ to claim the rug and the lion’s share of the prize money. She was followed in second place by Cara McFadden riding Karen McFadden’s ‘Genitus Pommex Z’, while Amber Walsh rode her own ‘GRC Alcazar’ into third.
In the 90cm class, Conrad McGuinness on his own ‘Coolrock Dark Angel’ took the win, with Gill McAreavey and her own ‘Wells Star Quality’ in the runner-up berth and Kym Moore on Anna Hynds’s ‘Home Alone Archie’ in third place.
Sophie McKeen won the 1m class on board Ian Moore’s ‘Pinecroft Kamiro’, with Grace McGarry securing both second and third places, riding her own ‘Imanthos’ and David Heaney’s ‘Quality Quick Star’ respectively.
The 1.10m win went to Aidan Bell on his own ‘MCLC Creevagh Lady’, followed by Ava Stubbs riding her own ‘Tullyhill Lucy Diamond’ into second and Ian Moore on his own’ Pinecroft Galaxy’ in third place.
Catherine Spence proved unbeatable in the 1.20m class with her own ‘Flyhigh Mable’, Catherine Spence to take home the red ribbon and the rug, while Ava Stubbs and her own ‘Tullyhill Lucy Diamond’ had to settle for second place, with Rachel Chapman on her own ‘OS Pouilly Fusse’ placing third.
Show jumping continues at The Meadows on Saturday, May 31, with an SJI Horse Show running alongside unregistered jumping.
RESULTS
Saturday, May 24
Meadows SJI Summer Series
Horses:
90cm (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug to Winner):
1) Conrad McGuinness’s Coolrock Dark Angel, Conrad McGuinness; 2) Gill McAreavey’s Wells Star Quality, Gill McAreavey; 3) Anna Hynds’s Home Alone Archie, Kym Moore; 4) Miceal F King’s Untouchable Lady, Miceal F King; 5) Lisa Napier’s Bugs Melodie, Lisa Napier; 6) Nicola McDermott’s King Of Connacht, Nicola McDermott.
1m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug to Winner):
1) Ian Moore’s Pinecroft Kamiro, Sophie McKeen; 2) Grace McGarry’s Imanthos, Grace McGarry; 3) David Heaney’s Quality Quick Star, Grace McGarry; 4) Eimear Higgins’s Chillout Sheddy, Eimear Higgins; 5) Emmet McCourt’s Ringmackilroy Alannah, Lucy Telford; 6) Daryl Somerville’s Paris Delux, Daryl Somerville.
1.10m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug to Winner):
1) Aidan Bell’s MCLC Creevagh Lady, Aidan Bell; 2) Ava Stubbs’s Tullyhill Lucy Diamond, Ava Stubbs; 3) Ian Moore’s Pinecroft Galaxy, Ian Moore; 4) Ian Moore’s Pinecroft Lamiro, Ian Moore; 5) Paul O'Connor’s Stillbrook Aoife, Molly O’Connor; 6) Judy Murphy’s Javas Midnight Star, Liam McGarry.
1.20m (M) [SJI Summer Series] (Rug to Winner):
1) Catherine Spence’s Flyhigh Mable, Catherine Spence; 2) Ava Stubbs’s Tullyhill Lucy Diamond, Ava Stubbs; 3) Rachel Chapman’s OS Pouilly Fusse, Rachel Chapman; 4) Jayne Clarke’s Velvet Flare, Charlotte Harding; 5) Allison Mercer’s Corraghoe Natural Ability, Ellie Humphries; 6) James McKean’s Cafre Olympic Dream, Katie Campbell.
1.30m Meadows Mini Grand Prix - Rug to Winner:
1) Allison Mercer’s Rossmount Luis, Ellie Humphries; 2) Karen McFadden’s Genitus Pommex Z, Cara McFadden; 3) Amber Walsh’s GRC Alcazar, Amber Walsh; 4) Darcy Fehnert’s Mexx Van Het Groene Dak, Darcy Fehnert; 5) Gary Stewart’s GSS Impulse, Patricia Stewart Greer; 6) Francis Donnelly’s Jackson R, Eve Donnelly.
