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L
OUGHANMORE
was bathed in
glorious sunshine
for
the
latest
Northern Region
event when the County
Antrim
venue
was
shown in all its glory.
The Dennison family
had spared no efforts
to ensure that their
wonderful estate was
in pristine shape for
competitors in the 16
classes on offer. These
athletes had travelled
from far and near to
experience the superb
courses, designed and
built by Adam Stevenson
with assistance from
Georgia
Stubington
and Henry Evans. They
revamped a number
of fences including the
famous ‘Steps’ and the
‘Sunken
Road’.
The
extensive acreage of
the estate allowed for
five top class galloping
courses, which provided
plenty
of
technical
challenges across the
board.
Aaron McCusker’s two
show jumping arenas
were built in full view
of the spectacular 17th
century house, which
acted as an impressive
backdrop to the many
photographs and videos
of proceedings.
It was lovely to see
newly crowned Silver
medallist, Tom RowlattMcCormick,
as
a
spectator and supporter
of his brother Ben,
who was competing in
the EI 100 class. Tom,
who was greeted like
a film star, brought his
medal
and
rosettes
and was interviewed
about his experience
by
commentator
extraordinaire,
Paul
Nolan. Northern Region
is exceptionally proud of
all the Underage Athlete
performances
but,
particularly, that of their
very own Tom.
The EI 115 Open class
was won by Steven Smith
riding Terry Johnston’s
14-year-old
‘Porsch’
gelding,
‘Hi
Happy
Harry’. They led from
the outset and, despite
lowering a coloured
rail, ended with an
advantage in excess of
one over Sarah Ennis,
who occupied the next
three placings.
Jonathan Steele took
the honours in the EI 115
class on board ‘Zermatt’,
Caroline Keatley’s nineyear-old gelding sired
by ‘Centrestage’. This
was their first foray
at this level and the
combination was the
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Anna wins on home turf
at Loughanmore
EI 100 J: Abby Cummisky and ‘Crackerjack VIII’
repeated their 2021 win in Loughanmore’s EI 100 J
class. (FW32-559AH)
PICTURES: Anne Hughes
only one of the four
starters to show jump
clear. They finished
over 11 points ahead of
Toni Quail and ‘Wellan
Summertime’, who were
the early leaders in the
Vanda Stewart judged
class, but were relegated
to second place following
the displacement of two
show jumping fences.
Ella Boyle had a very
successful day, winning
both classes she had
entered. She claimed the
spoils in the EI 110 Open
class with her mother’s
11-year-old
Trakener
gelding,
‘Grafenstolz
Distinction’, replicating
her
performance
at
Rosanna
in
June.
Samantha Dale’s 11-yearold mare, ‘Threeseas’,
occupied the runner up
spot with Anita Doherty
on board.
Rosie Gomes reserved
her top marks in the EI
110 class for Suzanne
Hagan riding ‘Karolita
O’, a seven-year-old
mare by ‘Firestone’,
owned by Anne Magee
and Jane Hancock. Show
jumping was extremely
influential and one fence
down paved the way for
Adam Haugh to take the
lead with ‘GH Andorra’,
who was one of only two
in the class to keep the
coloured poles intact.
There were just three
starters in the EI 110
J class and, again,
Aaron McCusker’s show
EI 100P: Kitty Cullen and ‘Coppenagh Spring
Sparrow’ won Loughanmore’s EI 100P class.
(FW32-562AH)
jumping
track
was
responsible for rejigging
the order after the first
phase. In the end, it was
a victory on home turf
for Anna McCaldin and
‘Albert V1’, a gelding
by the Dutch stallion,
‘Timeless’. Anna White
and ‘Kilcoltrim Dora’
finished in second place,
just half a point adrift.
Molly O’Connor led
from pillar to post in the
EI 110P class, acquiring
the best dressage mark
of the day with her
father, Paul O’Connor’s,
12-year-old
gelding,
‘Coolnaleen Rebel’, with
whom she has clocked
up
an
impressive
record, including at
both Ballindennisk and
Millstreet Internationals
this year. They were
just less than two points
ahead of Dungannon’s
Erin Mathieson with
‘Longwood Dawn’.
There was plenty to
celebrate in Glaslough
on Saturday night as
local girl, Bernadette
Curry, took the win in the
Penny Sangster judged
EI 100 Amateur class.
Sitting second after
dressage,
Bernadette
moved up one place
following an unfortunate
fall by the first phase
leader, Christina Turley,
who managed to sprain
her hand. An equally
delighted Lucy Toombs
took second place with
Alison Smith’s gelding,
‘Bluestone Ice’, who
added nothing to their
first phase score.
There doesn’t seem to
be any stopping 12-yearold Kitty Cullen, who has
amassed an amazing six
wins since she ‘came of
age’ for eventing this
year. This week, she
took the win in the EI
100 P class with Jane
Hancock’s ‘Coppenagh
Spring Sparrow’, keeping
both jumping phases
clean, which gave her a
1.5 advantage over Alex
O’Hare and ‘Greylands
Diamond Girl’.
No stranger to success,
Abby
Cummiskey,
finished on a superb
dressage mark of 22.5
with Sandi Thompson’s
‘Crackerjack V111’. This
was just their sixth
outing this year, as A
levels studies got in the
way of play! Another
combination
equally
affected by studies,
Bethany Smith, occupied
second
place
with
Declan Cullen’s fabulous
gelding, ‘Dun Surprise’.
Almost 30 competitors
tackled the challenges of
the EI 100 class, where
Steven Smith rose to
the fore with ‘CJO Kann
Surprise’, owned by
Caroline Overend and
Carla Leitch. The first
phase leader and regular
victor, Elaine O’Connor
and ‘Sir Barnabus’, had
an unfortunate four
jumping faults which
dropped
them
two
places. Second spot went
to Adam Haugh with ‘FJK
Back To The Future’, a
five-year-old gelding by
‘Future Trend’, who won
at Necarne back in May.
Vanda
Stewart
awarded her top marks
in the EI 90 Amateur
class to Eve McDowell
riding her 10-year-old
piebald gelding, ‘Nakuti’,
who have had all but
one placing in the top
five this year. Coming in
behind was Lisa Wallace
on her fourth outing with
her Holsteiner mare,
‘Ders Sumthing about
Mary’, who added just a
fraction of a time penalty
to the flatwork mark.
It would appear that
the bubbles are still
flowing in Tullymurry,
as they continue to
celebrate the success of
‘Tullymurry Grace’, who
won the EI 90 class on
just her second outing
under the guidance of
David O’Connor. This
very special four-year-
old mare was bred by the
Tullymurry ‘Matriach’,
Marian
Turley,
by
‘Chillout’
out
of
‘Tullymurry Holly’, who
was very successfully
campaigned by Elaine
O’Connor. This very
promising combination
added nothing to their
dressage
score
to
finish one point clear of
Victoria Clarke and her
five-year-old ‘Lancelot’
gelding,
‘Fun
Time
Frankie’.
The EI 90 P class
saw Erin McClernon
complete at the top
of
the
leaderboard
with ‘Sundance 111’,
having jumped clear
in both phases. Sarah
Gilchrist did likewise
with
her
father’s
‘Hazeldene Mighty Max’,
a combination who have
enjoyed three wins and
a number of other top
three placings this year.
Once again, the three
training classes proved
very popular. Ella Boyle
took her second victory
of the day in the EI
100T class with ‘Denali’,
followed by Laura Kee
and ‘Ballymullan Jodie’.
12-year-old
Maya
Constable from Belfast
had an incredible win in
the EI 90T class with the
very accomplished pony,
‘Duncarbery Cascade’,
previously campaigned
very successfully by
Katie Robinson. Conor
Savage was second by a
margin of 0.1 with Millie
Morrison’s ‘Seaworthy
FF’.
Almost 30 competitors
contested
the
EI
80T
class,
where
victory went to Helen
Sawey riding ‘Rachra
Supreme’, her sevenyear-old gelding by the
Connemara
stallion,
RESULTS
EI 115 Open: 1) Steven Smith, Hi Happy Harry; 2)
Sarah Ennis, Grantstown Jackson; 3) Sarah Ennis,
Action Lady M; 4) Sarah Ennis, Dourough Ferro
Class Act; 5) Tara Dixon, Master Smart; 6) Declan
Cullen, Grand Marnier.
EI 115: 1) Jonathan Steele, Zermatt; 2) Toni
Quail, Wellan Summertime; 3) Robyn McCluskey,
Carsonstown Alice; 4) Suzanne Hagan, Californian
Wolf.
EI 110 Open: 1) Ella Boyle, Grafenstolz
Distinction; 2) Anita Doherty, Threeseas; 3) Denis
Currie, Arodstown Aramis; 4) Davina Gray, Hacklim
Moxie; 5) Anita Doherty, Tiboy Des Etisses; 6) Noah
Brown, Mr Diceman.
EI 110: 1) Adam Haugh, GH Andorra; 2) Suzanne
Hagan, Karolita O; 3) Janie Cairns, Kensington On
The Ball; 4) Andrew Napier, Hazeldene Elsa; 5)
David O’Connor, Las De Coeur; 6) Robyn McCluskey,
Jockeyhall Pure Quality.
EI 110 J: 1) Anna McCaldin, Albert V1; 2) Anna
White, Kilcoltrim Dora; 3) Lucy Kayes, Slievenisky
Shamrock.
EI 110 P: 1) Molly O’Connor, Coolnaleen Rebel; 2)
Erin Mathieson, Longwood Dawn.
EI 100 Amateur: 1) Bernadette Curry, Teo’s
Chance; 2) Lucy Toombs, Bluestone Ice; 3) Olivia
Johns, Lagans Peter; 4) Nichola Wray, Springhill
Showman; 5) Hannah Thompson, Jemeela Charm;
6) Philip Swann, Tignabruach.
EI 100 P: 1) Kitty Cullen, Coppenagh Spring
Sparrow; 2) Alex O’Hare, Greylands Diamond Girl;
3) Ben Foster, Millparks Eoin.
EI 100 J: 1) Abby Cummiskey, Crackerjack V111; 2)
Bethany Smith, Dun Surprise; 3) Rachael Broome,
EI 110 J: Anna McCaldin and ‘Albert VI’ had a narrow
win in the EI 110 J class at Loughanmore.
(FW32-560AH)
‘Ballybeg
JJ’.
They
moved up one place
from dressage following
the allocation of four
jumping penalties to Ian
McCluggage, who was
riding
‘Meadowbank’,
Lindsay Martin’s lovely
six-year-old gelding.
The Northern Region
extends a huge and
sincere thank you to
the Dennison Family
for,
once
again,
facilitating them at their
beautiful venue, which
gives members a rare
opportunity for good
galloping courses in very
picturesque
parkland
setting.
Thanks, too, to Adam
Stevenson for all his hard
work and appreciation
also goes to Georgia
Stubington and Henry
Evans for many hours
of painstaking work
painting,
strimming,
mowing and revamping
a number of fences.
As ever, thank you to all
the volunteers, who are
simply amazing selfless
friends who give up their
Saturdays to allow the
sport to function.
Next week (August
13) sees the Northern
Region return to Castle
Irvine, Necarne for the
second time this year.
If you can help on the
day, please contact Dora
on 07876 758979.
EI 110P: Molly O’Connor and ‘Coolnaleen Rebel’ won
the EI 110P class at Loughanmore. (FW32-563AH)
Nature’s Blossom; 4) Alex Byrne, Major Cross; 5)
Isabella Gogan, Aughabeg Dew; 6) Thomas Murphy,
Kylestone Carrick Prince.
EI 100: 1) Steven Smith, CJO Kann Surprise; 2)
Adam Haugh, FJK Back To The Future; 3) Elaine
O’Connor, Sir Barnabus; 4) Steven Smith, Tullaher
Paudie; 5) David O’Connor, Summit; 6) Emily
Corbett, Kinetic Blue.
EI 90 Amateur: 1) Eve McDowell, Nakuti; 2) Lisa
Wallace, Ders Something About Mary; 3) Bernadette
Muirhead, Hanslough; 4) Michaela Donnelly, Burke
Private Bluebird; 5) Kathryn Graham, So Dignified;
6) Kirstin Thom, Rock Gem.
EI 90: 1) David O’Connor, Tullymurry Grace; 2)
Victoria Clarke, Fun Time Frankie; 3) Ruth Baird,
Rose of Mourne; 4) Sam Forbes, Doctor Pepper; 5)
Rachel Ferres, Woodbury Tampa; 6) Lee Bloomfield,
Totally Special.
EI 90 P: 1) Erin McClernon, Sundance 111; 2)
Sarah Gilchrist, Hazeldene Mighty Max; 3) Ellie
Leigh Livingstone, Caoranbeag Cillin.
EI 100 T: 1) Ella Boyle, Denali; 2) Laura Kee,
Ballymullan Jodie; 3) Rory Kinnear, Litchfield
Foxtrot; 4) Neil Morrison, Whats App Alfie.
EI 90 T: 1) Maya Constable, Duncarbery Cascade;
2) Conor Savage, Seaworthy FF; 3) Mya McCullough,
Halleys Hero; 4) Cassie Huddleston, Lisnamuck Ab
Fab; 5) Adam Boggs, Tony; 6) Sarah O’Shea, Laylas
Rose.
EI 80 T: 1) Helen Sawey, Rachra Supreme; 2) Ian
McCluggage, Meadowbank; 3) Kathryn Henderson,
Mocking Bird; 4) Molly Magorrian, Lisgreen Silver
Prince; 5) Caitlin Trainor, Westbank; 6) Freya
Fisher, Mavourneen Minstrel.