Victory Day for David Cooper at SSJC

The first weekend in September traditionally sees the Sydney Showjumping Club hold its “Jump into Spring” Championship Show and this year was no exception. Held in perfect early spring weather, classes were held across four arenas with classes ranging from 0.55m to 1.35m, providing something for everyone to compete in.

After a day of warm up classes on Saturday, the show moved into Championship mode on Sunday, seeing winners crowned in a range of categories.

The feature class of the show was the Emcee Apparel 1.35m Open Championship, which was decided only after an exciting three combination jump off. Atlanta Olympian David Cooper and the very appropriately named Victory Day put in the only double clear performance to take the win. They prevailed over Andrew Inglis and Alillie, who had to settle for second after unfortunately taking the very last rail in the jump off, yet finishing in a slightly faster time than the winner. Third place was a tie, between Andrew Inglis and Laracas, who were eliminated after two refusals and James Mooney and his World Cup horse KPH Cavatina, who were granted permission by the judge to withdraw from the jump off.

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