£1,000 Indoor Derby League at Connell Hill
Connell Hill held the first league date of this ever popular £1,000 Indoor Derby League on Sunday, this was the first qualifying date with second qualifier on Saturday 12th October and the final on Sunday 3rd November. At the final the 60 cm and 70 cm classes first placed will each receive £50.00 + a Rug, first placed in the 80 cm and 90 cm classes will each receive £200.00 + a Rug and the winner of the 1.0 m class will receive £500.00 + a Rug with prizes in kind up to sixth placing. Competitors must attend 1 league date to be eligible to compete for prizes in the final with shows commencing at 10.00 am. The course is a combination of show jumps, working hunter and portable cross country fences.
Paula McIlwrath on ‘Spice’ had a super day winning both the 60 cm and 70 cm classes. With the courses growing not only in height but additional fences including the ‘spider’ fence the competition grew also with the cheering and applauding filling the stadium as competitors undertook the challenge. Melanie Moorhead on her appropriately named horse, ‘Lady Phoenix’, took the red rosette in the 80 cm class the 90 cm class saw some superb rounds of jumping this demanding course which saw Debbie-Lee Letters on ‘Bob’ take the honours of first place. The last class of this exciting days jumping was the 1.0 m class which saw Mark Calvert on ‘Roise’ expertly take this challenge to win.
Don’t forget a date for the diary is Saturday 12th October for the second qualifier.
RESULTS:
60 cm: 1st Paula McIlwrath – Spice, =2nd Beth Boone – Polly and Jodie Creighton – Rickamore Reilly, 4th Julie McLernon – Ben
70 cm: 1st Paula McIlwrath – Spice, 2nd Cherie McHugh – Morgan, 3rd Dee Harris – Jamesmore Crackerjack
80 cm: 1st Melanie Moorhead – Lady Phoenix, 2nd Ashley Byrne – Prince, 3rd Stephen Talbot – Gamble
90 cm: 1st Debbie-Lee Letters – Bob, 2nd Ruth O’Brien – Glittering Captain, 3rd Lisa Boyd – Missie
1.0 m: 1st Mark Calvert – Rosie, 2nd Jenny McBride – Megan Clover Mist, =3rd Karen Pearson – Cassie and Rachel Thompson – Footsie, =5th Keeley McLernon – Alfie and Courtney Hamilton – Buddy
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