Australia has taken out the Virtus Equestrian May Video Competition, a global event that includes riders from Germany, Great Britain and Spain.
The Australian team was comprised of Sarah Sherwood and Dicavalli Royal Guess, Andrew Driffield and Valerius Whisperen, Sui Watts and Kingswood Maximillion, and Phoebe Roche riding Saddle Up Romper Stomper, and they finished on a total of 417.39% to place ahead of Great Britain (407.8%) and Germany (395.99%).
Individually, Sarah Sherwood and Dicavalli Royal Guess won the II1 Grade IV Novice B test on an impressive 76% and the II1 Grade IV Intermediate A test on 70.6%, while Suit Watts place first and second in the II2 Intermediate Test B with Kingswood Maximillion and Gem Park Guess respectively.
Australian results from the event:
II1 Grade IV Novice B
1st: Sarah Sherwood riding Dicavalli Royal Guess – 76.00%
3rd: Andrew Driffield riding Valerius Whisperen – 70.50%
6th: Chloe Karsten riding Wimpy Whizability – 66.75%
8th: Catherine Viney riding Jackabite – 62.75%
10th: Luke Purtill riding Orange Hill Bordeaux – 61.00%
11th: Chloe Karsten riding Lavuka Mistaken Identity – 60.50%
13th: Kyle Chapman riding Chapplehurst Mozaique – 56.25%
II1 Grade IV Intermediate A
1st: Sarah Sherwood riding Dicavalli Royal Guess – 70.60%
6th: Catherine Viney riding Jackabite – 66.40%
7th: Chloe Karsten riding Wimpy Whizability – 66.20%
8th: Andrew Driffield riding Valerius Whisperen – 65.40%
10th: Luke Purtill riding Orange Hill Bordeaux – 59.40%
11th: Kyle Chapman riding Chapplehurst Mozaique – 59.00%
12th: Chloe Karsten riding Lavuka Mistaken – 55.20%
II2 Grade III Novice A
2nd: Sui Watts riding Kingswood Maximillion – 65.63%
3rd: Sui Watts riding Gem Park Guess – 65.31%
II2 Intermediate Test B
1st: Sui Watts riding Kingswood Maximillion – 66.29%
2nd: Sui Watts riding Gem Park Guess – 63.87%
II3 Grade IV Novice B
2nd: Phoebe Roche Saddle riding Up Romper Stomper – 67.00%
3rd: Bel Dabic NEP riding Lamborghini – 61.25%
4th: Jodin Bell riding Opal Park Memories – 50.75%
II3 Intermediate Test A
2nd: Phoebe Roche riding Saddle Up Romper Stomper – 67.00%
3rd: Bel Dabic riding NEP Lamborghini – 62.00%
4th: Jodin Bell riding Opal Park Memories – 51.20%
Development Grade II Novice A
1st: Elizabeth Brennan riding Gem Stones – 60.36%
Several of these riders have been selected to represent Australia at the Virtus Open European Equestrian Championships in July. You can read more about the team in the June issue of Equestrian Life here.
