'Smart' win for Grace at Connell Hill SJI horse show

Competitors enjoy the challenging courses at Randalstown venue

Connell Hill, Randalstown, held another busy SJI Spring League show on Thursday, April 17, hosting classes for both horses and ponies.

The horse classes started with 80cm and ran up to 1.30m, with some fantastic clear rounds being jumped at all levels. The 80cm, 90cm and 1m classes each saw a pleasing number of clear rounds, while the 1.10m class saw a home win for Jodie Creighton riding Joanne Sloan Allen’s ‘WKD Special Spice’, followed by Katie Wray on her own ‘Crann Darach’ in second place.

Jodie Creighton and ‘WKD Special Spice’ won the 1.10m class at Connell Hill’s SJI Spring League. PICTURES: courtesy of Lyndon McKee

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The 1.20m class saw Grace Carlisle take the win on her own ‘Something Smart’, with Emma Jackson claiming both second and third placings, with her own ‘Kylestone Cashel’, Emma Jackson and Roy Shields’s ‘Rockrimmon Legacy’ respectively.

Emma was clearly just getting warmed up, as she and ‘Kylestone Cashel’ won the 1.30m class, with JP McGranaghan on his own ‘KEC Harrison’ in the runner-up position.

Emma Jackson and ‘Kylestone Cashel’ won the 1.30m class at Connell Hill’s SJI Spring League.

The SJI Spring League continues on Thursday, April 24, with classes for both horses and ponies.

RESULTS

Thursday, April 17

Connell Hill SJI Spring League

Horses - 80cm:

1) Fiona Thompson’s Sweet Illusion, Fiona Thompson.

90cm:

=1) Thomas Duffy’s Ardlonan Bouncer, Emma Jackson; Katy Connor’s Ardlonnan Fizz With Me, Emma Jackson; John Jackson’s Dstud Apollo Q, John Jackson; Jason Gavin’s Sheeba III, Avril Mackarel Gavin; Lucy Maher’s Star of Camelot, Lucy Maher; Fiona Thompson’s Sweet Illusion, Fiona Thompson.

1m:

=1) John Jackson’s Dstud Apollo Q, John Jackson; Stephanie Williamson’s Je T’Aime Dior, Ryan Williamson; John Jackson’s Nimrod Ihr, Anna Jackson; George Newton’s Simply Radical, George Newton; Craig Carson’s Touche Alley Cat, James Donaghy; Joanne Sloan Allen’s WKD Special Spice, Jodie Creighton.

George Newton and ‘Simply Radical’ jumped clear in the 1m class at Connell Hill’s SJI Spring League.

1.10m:

1) Joanne Sloan Allen’s WKD Special Spice, Jodie Creighton; 2) Katie Wray’s Crann Darach, Katie Wray; 3) Jackie Short’s Moscovitz SB, Emma Jackson; 4) George Newton’s Simply Radical, George Newton; 5) Paul Caves’s Quality Clinton, Josh Mark; 6) Edward Little & David Cross’s Carnlea Chinos Lulu, Edward Little.

Katie Wray and ‘Crann Darach’ came second in the 1.10m class at Connell Hill’s SJI Spring League.

1.20m:

1) Grace Carlisle’s Something Smart, Grace Carlisle; 2) Emma Jackson’s Kylestone Cashel, Emma Jackson; 3) Roy Shields’s Rockrimmon Legacy, Emma Jackson; 4) Lucy Hanna’s Rock Biltmore, Lucy Hanna; 5) Lisa Talbot’s Ghs Fremont, Lisa Talbot; 6) Edward Little & Brian Barkley’s Drumiller Carnlea, Edward Little.

1.30m:

1) Emma Jackson’s Kylestone Cashel, Emma Jackson; 2) JP McGranaghan’s KEC Harrison, JP McGranaghan.