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Grand Prix success for
Joanne and ‘Mon Ami’
at Warrington P70
1.30M WINNER:
Emily Corbett and
‘Carrick Kilderrys
Diamond’, winners
of the 1.30m class
at the SJI Horse
show jumping at The
Meadows.
(FW13-532NN)
PICTURE:
courtesy of
Tori O’Connor
FOR FULL REPORT AND
MORE PICTURES TURN
TO PAGE 69
Five-star win for Shane
Sweetnam in Florida’s
Winter Equestrian Festival
C
ORK-born Shane Sweetnam
has once again shown he
is one of the fastest riders
on the planet, by taking
victory with ‘Indra van de
Oude Heihoef’ in Friday’s $37,000
Bainbridge Companies 1.45m Classic
at the Winter Equestrian Festival in
Florida.
19 of the 46 starters jumped clear,
with Olympic individual gold medallist
Eric Lamaze (CAN) and ‘Chacco Kid’
taking the early lead with a time of
62.24 seconds, which would hold up
for second place at the nish. Riding
early in the class as well, in fth spot
in the order, Sweetnam and ‘Indra van
W
E
N
Ulster Grand
National Day at
Downpatrick P71
de Oude Heihoef’, owned by The Blue
Buckle Group, shaved almost a full
second off the leading time, taking it
down to 61.26. None of the remaining
entries were able to catch Sweetnam’s
time, but Jessica Springsteen (USA)
and ‘Hungry Heart’ came close in
63.10 to take third place overall.
Although Sweetnam had not seen
Lamaze’s round, seeing his time gave
the Irish rider a good idea of what
kind of speed he would need.
“I had walked a plan for myself,”
explained Sweetnam. “Everything
came up the way I had planned it and
imagined it. On Wednesday, I thought
I could have won that class as well,
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SATURDAY, APRIL 3 - Dressage
at Home and International Virtual
League - week five. SJI Horse Show
jumping at The Meadows, Lurgan.
Eventing Ireland NR event at Tyrella
(2) - elite riders only, pre-entry.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10 - SJI Horse
Show jumping at The Meadows,
Lurgan. Eventing Ireland NR event
at Tyrella (3) - elite riders only, preentry.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 - Dressage
at Home and International Virtual
League - week six (FINAL). SJI Horse
Show jumping at The Meadows,
Lurgan. Eventing Ireland NR event
at Tyrella (4) - elite riders only, preentry.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 Performance Horse and Pony Sale
at Cavan - entries close Apr 7.
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but I just got caught in one place with
a second distance. Today, everything
came up nice. It was beatable, but it
was going to force people to always
have to try hard for it.”
Sweetnam noted that having
everything show up out of stride in
Friday’s course made his horse’s path
smooth and quick, due to ‘Ivy’s’ way
of going.
“She has a very big stride, so when
everything shows up, it makes it a
bit easier,” he said of the 13-yearold Belgian Warmblood mare by
‘Casantos’ x ‘Action-Breaker’,” he said.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23 - National Grand
Prix Horse Show at The Meadows,
Lurgan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24 - National
Grand Prix Horse Show at The
Meadows, Lurgan.
SUNDAY, APRIL 25 - National
Grand Prix Horse Show at The
Meadows, Lurgan.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 **Badminton Horse Trials CANCELLED.**
THURSDAY, MAY 6 - **Badminton
Horse Trials - CANCELLED.**
FRIDAY, MAY 7 - **Badminton
Horse Trials - CANCELLED.**
SATURDAY, MAY 8 - **Badminton
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SUNDAY, MAY 9 - **Badminton
Horse Trials - CANCELLED.**
SATURDAY, JUNE 5 - Lurgan Show.
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