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AUS 1st and 2nd at New Zealand HOY Olympic Cup
It was a successful weekend for Australia at the New Zealand Horse of the Year Show. Peter McMahon and Kolora Stud Genoa won the Bell Tea Olympic Cup. Peter McMahon is $NZ150, 000 wealthier thanks to his performance aboard Kolora Stud Genoa yesterday at
Peter jumped a double–clear to defeat a field of twenty-five of the best Jumping combinations south of the Equator to win the coveted Bell Tea Olympic Cup. South Australian Wendy Schaeffer (1996 Olympic Eventing Gold Medallist) riding Koyuna Sun Set and twenty three-year-old Julia Hargreaves from Wilberforce, NSW finished in a four-way tie for second place with New Zealand’s Samantha McIntosh on Lindberg des Hayettes and Robert Steele on Gospel. It was a sweet victory for McMahon after his disappointing 2008 Olympic Games where he fell off KS Genoa in the practice arena breaking his collarbone.
“It was a big relief for Pete to win,” commented Peter’s wife Michelle Lang-McMahon. "More than the money it was just so rewarding after his disappointment at the Olympics. He nearly hung up his boots after that.” McMahon was one of eight Australians who took horses across the Tasman to contest the richest Equestrian event in the Southern Hemisphere which offered $NZ750,000 total prizemoney. “It was the most amazing show, apart from a World Games or Olympics it is the best show either Pete or I had ever been to, a real credit to 2008 Olympic Course Designer Leopoldo Palacios (Venezuala) built one of the toughest courses ever seen in “It looked OK but then when we walked the lines I thought this will take some jumping. It was tough,” said McMahon In total twelve riders made it through to the second round. Jamie did not maintain her form and finished equal 11th with Victorian rider Becky Allen on Koyuna Ted. The remaining Australians David Dobson on Argyle Stables Pico Bello and Chris Chugg on Viviant finished in equal 13th and 2008 Olympian Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossel Dan finished in 15th position. And what now for Kolora Stud
Congratulations Aussies!! Results –
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Click here for the full report Video footage of Bell Tea Olympic Cup available for free download from 23 March on www.2mvision.com, footage of other classes available from 06 April.
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