Melissa Galloway Wins 2023 New Zealand Grand Prix Championship While Breaking Records

In their first appearance at the New Zealand National Championships since 2020, Melissa Galloway and Windermere J'Obei W were on top form at the National Equestrian Centre in Taupo, not only winning all three classes but breaking New Zealand records, achieving personal bests, and etching their name on the championship title.

Breaking Records

Their Grand Prix test produced a new high of 73.456%, the score including a 74.8% from 5* judge Isobel Wessels (GBR) and 75.9% from Australian judge Kerrie-Swan Bates. The pair have just gone from strength to strength, their 10 months spent training with Anne van Olst and competing in Europe and at the 2022 World Championships in Herning being the just the start of the pair setting new high standards.

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