Last weekend’s Sydney Jump Club Championships were held at their Clarendon grounds which are a stone’s throw from the Hawkesbury racecourse, but the thoroughbreds performing at this venue were showing their talents at jumping up off the ground rather than galloping across it!
Class 11c TSHA 65-70cm Maiden class sponsored by Breednet.com.au
Congratulations to Charly and Katy Robinson-Smith who between them have had a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Slipper and Maiden classes on the weekend!
The winning horse, six year-old So You Think gelding, Sytus aka GB Jazz It Up, has some famous relatives as his mother is a three-quarter sister to Melbourne and Caulfield Cup winner Viewed.
He was a $155k Inglis Premier yearling purchase from the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds draft, who started life with Triple Crown Syndications and Snowden Racing then went to Jeremy Sylvester at Cessnock.
Four minor placings from 21 starts was not good enough to keep him in training, but his showjumping career looks promising as he only finished racing in May of this year so has made a swift transition to the jump ring.
Well done to all the placegetters and riders
1.Charly Robinson-Smith & Sytus aka GB JAZZ IT UP
S: So you Think (High Chaparral): D: Union Street (Universal Prince)
2.Katy Robinson-Smith & Onaclearday aka GB WAVEY DAVEY
S: Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice); D: Opaque (Lord Seymour)
3.Michelle Penza & SHERZANDO
S: Xaar (Zafonic); D: Please Smile (Groucho)
4.Sue Coonan & CLOSING TIME
S: Lacryma Cristi (Green Desert); D: Mirage Miss (Air De France)
5.Samantha-kate Harris & STRATEGIC RESPONSE
S: Declaration of War (War Front); D: Halsey (Encosta De Lago)
6.Manami Mizuno & ERGO
S: Choisir (Danehill Dancer); D: Stormy Cugat (King Cugat)
TSHA 90cm Slipper class sponsored by Breednet.com.au
Congratulations again to Jeff Penza who gave no-one else a chance easily winning the class with a sizzling time. Well done to all the placegetters
1.Jeff Penza & Stromaise aka ELI LAMAR
S: Elvstroem (Danehill); D: Yallah's Polonaise (Yallah Prince)
2.Rachel Peel & Flying Maverick aka WHO KNEW
S: Commands (Danehill); D: Bibury Flyer (Zazonic)
3.Katy Robinson-Smith & Onaclearday aka GB WAVEY DAVEY
S: Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice); D: Opaque (Lord Seymour)
4.Charly Robinson-Smith & Sytus aka GB JAZZ IT UP
S: So you Think (High Chaparral): D: Union Street (Universal Prince)
5.Sophie Hugh & BERIO
S: Zabeel (Sir Tristram); D: Abbaye (Ahonoora)
6.Tara Sheridan & Primus Equus aka VIEWS EQUUS
S: Primus (Flying Spur); D: Cigano (Encosta De Lago)
Thank you to Hawkesbury River Saddle Company for sponsoring the TSHA 1m Group 3 class.
The winner of the class was Nicole Kennedy with 15YO Afro aka Astro, who was also a winner at the recent Stonewall show.
Afro was bred in NZ, sold for $140,000 at 2007 NZB Select Yearling Sale before being imported to Australia. Racing wasn’t for Afro and from 11 starts, he never threatened and ran last at five of them - he wasn’t fast on the racetrack, but Astro loves to go fast over the showjumps!
1.Nicole Kennedy & Afro aka ASTRO
S: Jungle Pocket (Tony Bin); D: Wella (Zabeel)
2.Robyn Parker & Kinquoz aka STREET WISE
S: Kinjite (Centaine); D: Princes Quoz (Alquoz)
3.Tara Sheridan & Primus Equus aka VIEWS EQUUS
S: Primus (Flying Spur); D: Cigano (Encosta De Lago)
4.Sienna Bellis & Portlands Pride aka ROSTHWAITE AL CAPONE
S: Teofilo (Galileo); D: La Prairie (Bertolini)
5.Vicki Roycroft & Austin’s Cane aka Tommy
S: Power of Destiny (Danehill); D: Bacchetto (Canny Lad)
6.Lily-rose Baxter & Pitcrew aka FOXHILL CRUISE
S: Sebring (More Than Ready); D: Pine Away (Pine Bluff)
Thankyou to Stonewall Equestrian for sponsoring the 1.10m Group 2 class.
The winner of the class was leading provincial and country jockey Jeff Penza, who got the job done again with 11YO Eli Lamar, who has been a prolific winner of these classes since their inception.
Congratulations to the following placegetters
1.Jeff Penza & Stromaise aka ELI LAMAR
S: Elvstroem (Danehill); D: Yallah's Polonaise (Yallah Prince)
2.Charly Robinson-Smith & Khalah Rose aka PURE OBSESSION
S: Denon (Pleasant Colony); D: Ningana (Blazing Saddles)
3.Lily-rose Baxter & Pitcrew aka FOXHILL CRUISE
S: Sebring (More Than Ready); D: Pine Away (Pine Bluff)
4.Vicki Roycroft & Austin’s Cane aka Tommy
S: Power of Destiny (Danehill); D: Bacchetto (Canny Lad)
5.Pip Wolstenholme & Hey Big Silver aka SILVER SHADES
S: Canadian Silver (Geiger Counter); D: Big Madam (Raise a Stanza)
6.Courtney Van der werf & Mediterranean aka Mediterranean Showman
S: Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock); D: Ekali (Torrential)
Thank you to Blake Ryan Racing for sponsoring the TSHA 1.20m Group 1 at the Sydney Jumping Championships yesterday and for the beautiful rug that went to the winner of the class Aria Baker & Lord Tycoon aka That’s Limo
In just 4 years of operation, Blake Ryan has become one of the most highly regarded vendors of Ready 2 Race thoroughbreds around, educating and then trading bloodstock throughout Australia and South East Asia. Blake is in the process of transitioning the business to the Hawkesbury Race Club to become a fully-fledged Racehorse Trainer in the local area.
Our winner here is junior rider Aria Baker and her 14YO gelding that’s Limo, who started just twice as a racehorse, but has racked up countless points at elite showjumping events jumping junior and young rider classes.
Congratulations to the winners and placegetters in the Blake Ryan Racing Group 1
1.Aria Baker & Lord Tycoon aka THAT'S LIMO
S: Monde Bleu (Last Tycoon); D: Unique Angel (Lord Seymour)
2.Elissa Schneider & Carver aka CARVE IT UP
S: Ad Valorem (Danzig); D: Turfsurfer (Street Cry)
3. Michelle Spiteri & Gundy Moon aka ARALUEN GOLD
S: Falvelon (Alannon); D: Dantibes' Treasure (Dantibes)
4.Vicki Roycroft & Austin’s Cane aka Tommy
S: Power of Destiny (Danehill); D: Bacchetto (Canny Lad)
5.Jessica Bott & RAISE AN ANGEL
S: Floral Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus); D: So Super Quick (Octagonal)
6.Jeff Penza & FIREBALL
S: Beautiful Crown (Chief's Crown); D: Hotspurs (Flying Spur)
