The action heats up at Boneo

There was a palpable level of excitement in the air this morning as the action got underway on the second day of the Pryde’s EasiFeed Australian Jumping Championships. It was the first full day of competition with the action coming thick and fast across all four competition arenas. By the end of the day every series conducted in a qualifying rounds, then final format, were underway, with combinations vying for places in finals scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

The action on the Pryde’s EasiFeed Main Arena got underway with the first round of the Horseland Australian Junior Championship. A total of 54 of the best Junior combinations in the country lined up for the class which was run as a speed class. Just when the placings looked to be set, it was late in the draw that Victorian State squad member Hayden Parker and mare Yirrkala Pippi Longstockings came out and showed the others how it is done. They flashed around the course and despite incurring a four second time addition for taking a rail, they finished with an adjusted time of 65.83 seconds.

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