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AGM – President’s report

This year, like the previous, was interrupted by the uncertainty of COVID, with us having to cancel our FEI event in September 2021.

However, we still were able to host the March CCN event, two clear round days, and two clinics with Sam Lyle.  Over 350 entries were received for our March event which is a record. 

I am very grateful to Ben Smith for his continued neverending dedication to NCHTA, with course building and designing throughout the year.  He’s made modifications to many jumps to bring them up to the latest requirements put in place by the FEI.

NCHTA continues to maintain the XC course at Equestrian Park for the greater community to access.  I’d dearly love to see more of the riders who use the course over the year join in and help to maintain it, rather that in being the same few,

I thank the committee members of the club this year and hope they will continue their service to the club (in no particular order!)

Wayne Humphrys

Lauren (and therefore dragging along her amazing mother Jayne McIntosh)

Kerrie Tanner

Felicity Moran

Ali Petit

Helen Goddard

Ben Smith

Derek Pether

Ian Denman

Thank you.

Kate MacKenzie
NCHTA President

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Life after racing

Winners of the fancy dress part of the competition was a pair of OTTTBs. Their story is what pushed them over the line in front of the Fire-peeps!

Gemma provided me with these details:

“The back story is that Trying (Stevie – my horse) and Le Cavalier (Louie – Dan’s horse) both raced for Norm Gardner racing here in Canberra. Between them they amassed 146 starts and over $400,000 in prize money. Both had long racing careers with Stevie retiring as an 8 year old and Louie as a 9 year old. They are testament to the versatility of the thoroughbred and proof old dogs can be taught new tricks 🙂 Their start in the pairs today was part of a wider reunion with lots of people coming to watch – Rachel (Dan’s wife) used to ride Stevie’s trackwork, Hayley (former stable foreman) and Lynne (who also worked for Gardner racing). 

The outfits were drawn from the horses’ past – I was wearing the first colours Stevie raced in (a nod to the fact that today was his first competitive start in his new career) and Dan wore the stable colours for Gardner racing. 

We had an awesome day today!”

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Results for the pairs

Well done to our winners, mother and daughter pair, Alyson and Maddy Burgess!

Results are ready here!

Thank you to everyone who put in the effort to dress up! It was great to see everyone out there having fun with their equine and human friends!

Results for the fancy-dressed are:

1st – Gemma Burke and Daniel Walker – The racehorses

2nd – Aly and Maddy Burgess – Firemen

3rd – Georgia Maguire and Abby Mackenzie – Superheroes.

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Updates to the draw

There have been a few changes to the draw, as there have been some scratchings, but your times have not changed. If you want a second round, please come and find Kate and she’ll work it out.

This is a video from 4 years ago – breaking up the ice in the water jump!

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rules for the pairs

The course will consist of 15 cross country obstacles, all with a 60 cm option and with several also including  options at 80 cm and/or 95 cm.  

∙ The optimum time will be calculated at a speed of 350 metres per minute (the usual pace for 60 cm cross  country).  

∙ Time will be taken when the second rider crosses the finish line and time penalties will be calculated in the  normal way for unofficial eventing (i.e. penalties for being more than 20 seconds inside the optimum time as  well as for exceeding that time).  

∙ Refusals will be penalised in the normal way, with three refusals at a single fence (by the same horse)  constituting elimination for the pair who must then leave the course at a walk. 

∙ Similarly, any fall of horse or rider constitutes elimination.  

∙ There is no set number of total refusals allowed on course by the pair collectively, but the XC controllers  reserve the right to pull up any competitors who they believe are not coping safely with the course and ask  them to leave at a walk.  

∙ Three of the obstacles will be designated as Dressing Fences, where the object is for the two riders to jump  as closely as possible together, with marks (0-10) being awarded based on how closely synchronised the  jumps are. The fence judges’ decisions on these marks are NOT subject to any form of appeal.  

∙ Any time and/or jumping penalties incurred will be deducted from the Dressing Marks and the winning Pair  will be the one with the highest score.  

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How to prepare for the event

The draw is almost ready to publish!
To help you prepare for the event – here are a few more tips.

R&J – sponsors of the EvA95 Junior class


Write out your times for each phase, the arena your dressage test will be in, and what day each phase will be. Work out how long you need to warm up and then from then, you can work out what time you need to get on.
Remember to check the toner levels in your printer – so you can print your backnumbers out – you need to print TWO!

As we have so many horses coming, we are limiting the number of horses into the warmup area (with the exception of those in Arena 6). There is plenty of space in the camping area for riding, just follow the signs.

Contact Charlotte https://neighhay.com.au/about-us-horse-hay-sale-canberra/
Grosvenor Park Products are again supporting NCHTA and we are very grateful

XC courses are being published on the cross country app – search the library to find your course!

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Event timetable

ClassDressageSJXC
60
2020 Eventing
Test A		Sat PMSun PMSun AM
80
2020 Eventing
Test A		Sat AMSat PMSat PM
95
2020 Eventing
Test A		Sat AM
Jnrs PM		Sat PMSun AM
1*
Test A		Sat PMSun AMSun AM
2*
FEI CCI 2* Test A
(new 2022)		Sat PMSun PMSun AM
2022 Event Timetable

The venue is looking brilliant and we can’t wait for you all to join us here in the nation’s capital!
Remember that we have a record number of tradestands attending the event.

Sponsoring the EvA80
Sponsoring the EvA80
Horseland Canberra – Sponsors of the 2* class
Contact Charlotte https://neighhay.com.au/about-us-horse-hay-sale-canberra/
Ros will be here at the event with her trade stand
Sponsors of the 1*
EvA95 sponsors
Sponors of the EvA95
Have you entered your team yet?
Serving coffee to eventers for over 15 years, and sponsoring the EvA60
Sponsoring the EvA60
We welcome Tash and Charlie back on the team!
Riverview Farm is a high quality horse agistment property just 15 minutes from Canberra’s CBD.
Gina will be attending the event with a tradestand.
Peta will be at the event with the tradestand