There were good entries in the Auckland Anniversary Horse Trial run by Auckland Equestrian Sports at Woodhill Sands. Megan Finlayson won the main class, after posting a great dressage score of 20.5 (which is just under 80%) and finishing on that! Megan also had a young horse, Fair Lady, out for the first time and finished a creditable fourth in the CNC65.
Briarna Haigh won our sponsored class, the CNC105 Restricted, with the super skewbald Go Commando. Briarna finished eighth after dressage, but with clear jumping inside the time in both the other phases, came out on top, 1.2 penalties in front of Peta Kuluz on PK Pure Zing with Phoebe Kirk and Telemagic just 0.1 behind Peta in third.
In the NPD Maintenance CNC105, Lee Gabriel on Parkridge Perfik led from the dressage phase to the finish flags, a whopping 9.1 penalty points ahead of the rest of the field.
It was also good to see Juliet Wood there with her team of youngsters, and the very capable rider ended up winning the SportsHub CNC95 on Waitangi Amazon. A number of riders made the trip down from the north, including recently-returned intrepid adventurer, Chloe Phillips-Harris who had minor placings on two young horses.
Results
| Peninsula Medical CNC 1* | |||
| 1 | Greensleeves | Megan Finlayson | 20.5 |
| 2 | Pintado Prima Rosa | Gemma Hampson | 23 |
| 3 | Gymnastik Showdown | Greer Caddigan | 35.3 |
| 4 | Weiti West End | Jane Callaghan | 36.7 |
| 5 | Moving On | Chanel Hargrave | 37.1 |
| NPD Maintenance CNC 105 | |||
| 1 | Parkridge Perfik | Lee Gabriel | 25.9 |
| 2 | Eskimo Joe | Alindi Jordaan | 35 |
| 3 | My Black Beauty | Sylvie Maclean | 35 |
| 4 | The Delinquent | Andrew Daines | 36 |
| 5 | Weiti Tiberius | Jessica Aislabie | 36.4 |
| NZ Horse & Pony Magazine CNC 105 Restricted A | |||
| 1 | Go Commando | Briarna Haigh | 38 |
| 2 | PK Pure Zing | Peta Kuluz | 39.2 |
| 3 | Telemagic | Phoebe Kirk | 39.3 |
| 4 | Opulence | Darryll Cole | 42.1 |
| 5 | Monte Cervino | Martha Hudson | 46.3 |
| Sportshub CNC 95 | |||
| 1 | Waitangi Amazon | Juliet Wood | 19.5 |
| 2 | Bluffalore | Chanel Hargrave | 24.8 |
| 3 | Waitangi Worldwide | Greer Caddigan | 28.2 |
| 4 | Black Sambuca | Helen Connett | 29 |
| 5 | Sirocco Athena | Eloise King | 29.8 |
| Healthy Water Tanks CNC 95 Restricted | |||
| 1 | Madison Avenue | Tyler Porteous | 26.5 |
| 2 | Ready to Rock | Jessie Montgomery | 30.5 |
| 3 | Agent Orange | Tammy White | 32.2 |
| 4 | My Little Indian | Cicely Driver | 35.2 |
| 5 | Geronimo | Emily King | 36.8 |
| Ride in Style CNC 80 | |||
| 1 | Wonder Kid | Lauren Alexander | 24.5 |
| 2 | Ancova Albert | Georgia Alexander | 31.5 |
| 3 | Purple Wetiko | Nicole Hawkins | 32.2 |
| 4 | Reviresco | Lauren Alexander | 38.2 |
| 5 | Carry On My Wayward Son | Helen Connett | 38.8 |
| Maxlife Batteries CNC 80 Restricted | |||
| 1 | Tallentire Blue Belle | Briarna Haigh | 29.1 |
| 2 | Kaitake Fynn | Ella Johns | 34 |
| 3 | Tengri | Chloe Phillips-Harris | 35.3 |
| 4 | Fly With Me | Briarna Haigh | 38.5 |
| 5 | Argentina | Charlotte Speake | 42.2 |
| Woodhill Sands CNC 65 | |||
| 1 | Roxyroxtar | Ady Bone | 29 |
| 2 | Cheeko | Holly Morrell | 32.5 |
| 3 | Mighty Miss | Lilly May | 34.3 |
| 4 | Fair Lady | Megan Finlayson | 35 |
| 5 | Gypsy | Jordana Del La Varis | 38 |
| Burmester Realty CNC 65 Restricted | |||
| 1 | Zebu | Sue Pennington | 25 |
| 2 | Code Blue | Joe Brown | 28.5 |
| 3 | FH Monte Carlo | Brea Walker | 31 |
| 4 | Amira | Kim Lindsay | 55.5 |
