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Chris Burton wins Adelaide CCI 4* - watch the video
Megan Jones 2nd, Wendy Schaeffer 3rd and 4th. Link to "In the limelight" video on Adelaide CCI 4* by Peter Haynes: http://www.vimeo.com/inthelimelight
Sunday 16 Novenmber Chris could not afford a rail down but he was cool under pressure jumping a beautiful clear round to finish the 2008 Adelaide CCI 4* on his Dressage score and win the event. Megan Jones and Kirby Park Allofasudden also jumped clear to move her up from 3rd to 2nd. Wendy Schaeffer finished 3rd on Koyuna Sun Dancer and 4th on Koyuna Sun Shine - both horses finishing the event on their Dressage scores. Unfortunately 5 rails and 4 time faults dropped Natalie Davies and Chatswood Sharp Move from 2nd to 7th. Natalie was still smiling thrilled to finish her first CCI 4*. Lauren Balcomb won the CCI 2* with one rail down on the lovely 9-year-old Kootamootoo, 2nd Megan Jones and Kirby Park Fedwell, 3rd Shane Rose and APH Moritz. The CIC 2* was won by Shane Rose on the black stallion Statford Novalis, 2nd Sam Lyle on Classic Mischief, 3rd Kevin McNab on Kelecyn Stiff Drinks. Chris Burton and Megan Jones were joint winners of the Anna Savage Medal for 2008. Awarded to the Best And Fairest Event rider of the year and presented at the Black Tie Trot-Up Ball on Saturday evening. Congratulations to the Adelaide Organising Committee for a spectacular event. Saturday 15 November Clear and under time puts Chris and Newsprint in poll position going in to tomorrow's final phase - but only just. A beautiful sunny day in Adelaide provided ideal conditions for the cross-country. Chris Burton and Newsprint have taken the lead after the XC in the CCI 4*. Chris remained on his Dressage score of 52. Just 0.4 penalties behind is Natalie Davies on Chatswood Sharp Move. Dressage leader Megan Jones on Kirby Park Allofasudden incurred 4 time faults to be in 3rd place. Wendy Schaeffer was clear and within the time on both her horses to be currently in 4th on Koyuna Sun Dancer and 5th on Koyuna Sun Shine. Luke Jones on Soul was the onl other rider to remain on his Dressage score and has improved his position from 17th to 9th place. In all 11 combinations were clear of jump faults, Robert Palm was the only rider to incur 20 penalties and there were 6 horses that retired or were eliminated. Lauren Balcomb remains in the lead on Kootamootoo in the CCI 2* and Shane Rose is still leading the CIC 2* on Statford Novalis. Friday 14 November Megan and Kirby Park Allofasudden were the best of the day in the CCI 4* scoring 49.1 penalites. In =2nd are Natalie Davies and Chatswood Sharp Move and Christopher Burton and Newsprint on 52.00. Disaster for Heath Ryan when Mystery Whisper (who was performing a stunning test) suddenly jumped out of the arena and was eliminated. The Adelaide Commitee have put on a spectacular event. Today was called the Haigh's Dancing with the Stars Dressage Day. The VIP marquee was superbly hosted and the guests were treated to a wonderful fashion parade, a auction, good food and wine. It was a luxurious luncheon. Channel 7's Mark Baretta was a special guest. The area around the main Dressage arena is a little smaller allowing the spectators to be close to the action. There was a good sized crowd, great shopping and entertainment. Local Olympians Megan Jones and Kirby Park Irish Jester performed a Freestyle Dressage test (Dressage to music) and Jester enjoyed the adoration of his fans who queued to pat him. Atlanta Gold medallist Wendy Schaeffer did a Dresage display on Koyuna Sun Magic. Lauren Balcomb is leading the CCI 2* on Kootamootoo (45.60) and Shane Rose is leading the CIC 2* on Statford Novalis (46.6) The Wayne Copping designed course is up to his usual high standards and looks set to deliver a great day of action tomorrow. "What we want to do with this event is get to the stage where we're really tailoring a jump for a specific sponsor, so that it looks totally different from a normal cross country course" said Wayne. Gillian Rolton (Event Director) and Wayne have new presentation ideas for the course, as Wayne explains. "Gill and my idea is to give this course a bit of pizzazz, so when people walking past or driving past will see the jumps and think 'wow, what's all that about?'
Thursday 13 November The weather forecast is perfect, the course is beautiful and we look set for a great 2008 Australian Three-Day Event. All the horses passed the first veterinary inspection but it was a nervous start for some - Ali Foye’s Bondir, Wendy Schaeffer’s Koyuna Sun Shine and Jessica Mitchell’s AEC Stormin who were re-examined in the CCI 4*. It is a class of fresh faces in the CCI 4* with just 2 of the 20 combinations (Emily Anker and Keniski and Luke Jones and Soul) having ever competed at this level before. Good Luck to everyone.
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