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Oli Aces Takapoto Young Rider

 The cash-rich Young Rider class at Takapoto Estate Show Jumping lived up to all expectations and more this afternoon, with Oliver Croucher smoking a super-talented field to pocket the lion’s share of the $12,000 prize purse. Twenty-nine combinations started the class with eight coming back for a speedy jump-off. Annabel Francis (Taupo) was....

“That was a good day at the office,” said Amber Fuller who led her Australian Chatham Park crew to victory in the inaugural Takapoto Teams’ Championship this afternoon (Friday). As expected, it turned into a ding dong Kiwi Aussie battle and it came down to the last two riders before the final placings were decided. New Zealand team iSpy Horses came in for second with Aussies AJTL in third and Waikato Equine Vets fourth. French course designer Michel Ismalun challenged the 12 teams of three combinations, all of whom rode the first round, with just the six best coming back for the second to decide who would ride off with the $18,000 winners’ cheque.

When Brooke Edgcombe emailed me asking if iSpyHorses would consider sponsoring her show jumping team, I didn’t hesitate.  It was a no brainer.  The other two members were Tegan Fitzsimon and Briar Burnett-Grant.  Each of them would ride their top horses, respectively, LT Holst Andrea, Windermere Cappuccino and Fiber Fresh Veroana.  Not only are these 3 riders outstanding competitors but they are also loyal supporters of iSpyHorses, often listing their horses for sale and right from when iSpyHorses began 4 years back.  It was nice to be able to reciprocate with some support for them.

The competition, The International Teams Event at Takapoto....

The sun has set on a brilliant first day of competition at the Takapoto Estate Show Jumping event. The age group qualifiers which were judged by Travis Morgan and Vaughn Jefferis, provided some exciting glimpses as to what the future may hold for New Zealand show jumping. Phillip Steiner (Tauranga) and Cassina Dior were the stars of the Seven-Year-Old with Heloise Tolo (Wellington) and Heartline taking the Six-Year-Old, Kirk Myers (Hawera) and Blueprint the Five-Year-Old and Oliver Croucher (Cambridge) aboard Takapoto DC, Jaime Tiller (Cambridge) on Takapoto Sienna and Brooke Hawthorne (Cambridge) sharing the honours in the Four-Year-Old. Logan Massie (Dannevirke) managed....

Super Line-up of Internationals at Takapoto

  New Zealand’s most celebrated boutique show has again attracted a stellar line-up of the very best horses and riders from both sides of the Tasman. Takapoto Estate Show Jumping gets underway on Thursday at its very picturesque grounds on the shores of Lake Karapiro.  It’s no surprise there’s so much interest, with riders vying for more than $306,500 in prize money across the two weeks of competition. The first week has attracted 435 horses, with 397....

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When Lily Tootill was 6 years old, she would find anything resembling a show jump, including the laundry basket, and set up a course of jumps in her Herne Bay city backyard and proceed to jump them on her two legs at a gait something like a canter.  We probably all remember cantering around the playground, neighing, jumping imaginary jumps, but not many of us, from NZ anyway, went on to successfully show jump internationally on our beloved, real horse.   From this early age of 6, Lily, displayed her unwavering passion for horses and, supported by her parents, she was given her first pony, Twinkle.  At Lily’s first ribbon day, Twinkle did an enormous....

PICTURED - GAT co-founder Lucy Olphert.

 The Global Amateur Tour is back at Takapoto Estate Show Jumping and hopes are high it will be bigger and better than ever. The Tour is a standalone event at the 2020 show and co-founder Lucy Olphert is looking forward to being back at New Zealand’s leading show. “Takapoto sets itself apart from other shows around New Zealand and we set our sights on being part of it from the get-go,” says Lucy. “Last year was a....