It’s Sunday morning in Australia and the jogs have completed. John Lechner is on the home stretch of his Adelaide coverage for Eventing Nation with the CCI4* show jumping just a few hours away. Thanks for writing this John and thank you for reading.
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The Joey (baby Kangaroo) is an orphan and his carer carries him in her backpack
From John Lechner:
When was the last time you went to a trot up (jog) as a spectator? How about sat down with a fresh bacon and egg roll, cappuccino, at a table with a table cloth and rose. NEVER, me too, it is the little things that make Adelaide special and the trot is one of those little things.
This morning as I walked through the park, I was reflecting on the beauty of the Adelaide Parklands and how lucky we are to have this Event in such amazing surroundings. The crowd was building in anticipation of seeing how these amazing horses look after yesterday’s tough run.
To be honest I thought that I would be surprised if there weren’t a few riders that made it into the hold box, yes I do mean riders. I dropped in to the after party in the Parklands last night and there were plenty of our top riders, partying hard and having a great time to the music of DJ Wolfman.
First up at the trot up was the CIC2* and John Twomey – Highly Recommended was sent to hold early, they represented and were accepted. All horses in both the CIC2* and CCI2* were accepted by the ground jury. The horses looked fantastic, full of beans and ready for jumping later today.
All sixteen four star horses were presented and passed by the Ground Jury. There was a long pause before overnight leader Emma Mason was accepted. Stuart Tinney’s mount Watermark Grayson looks race horse fit, lean and powerful. The final pair to trot up were Heath Ryan and Mystery Whisper were accepted by the Ground Jury.
After the trot up I managed to catch up with Course Designer Wayne Copping and asked him to reflect on yesterday’s cross country.
As always, you can find more from John at his website, the Eventing Safety blog and follow him @JohnVacy.
