The 2020 Puhinui Three-day Event kicked off today on a hot, windy and sometimes drizzly Auckland afternoon, but no matter what the weather gods dished up, there was no getting the smiles off the faces of the riders – everybody just so happy to be here after a dumpster fire of a year.
The Best Dressed awards went to Renee Faulkner and Cam Robertson, but as you can see from our gorgeous gallery of pictures from Libby Law, there were plenty of contenders!
Och aye! It’s Cam Robertson and his mare Wainoa Renegade, who are competing in the CCI3*Renee Faulkner rocked a modern take on a classic 1970s look, trotting up Gina VT Bloemenhof in the CCI3*Clarke Johnstone getting some serious airtime as he trots up Aces High in the CCI4*Monica Oakley and Artist, quite a picture in the CCI4*Hats off to Matthew Grayling, looking sharp with NRM Trudeau in the CCI4*Thunder Cat is less than impressed, though Christen Lane put her best foot forwards in the CCI4*Keeping it casual; Jock Paget and Green Eggs and Hammer in the CCI4*FEI Veterinary delegate Felicity Wade and the CCI4*/3* Ground Jury: Nicoli Fife, Margs Carline and Helen ChristieAnnouncer Judy Styles shows her appreciation of the Ground JuryLaid-back style for Abigail Long and Cruising Guy in the CCI3*Rebecca Smithey and SD Amourosi in the CCI3*Dr Fraser King and Clooney KSNZ in the CCI3*OH hi there! Kyle Calder and Apteryx in the CCI3*If Dannie Lodder doesn’t turn up in a gorgeous summer dress, is it really a Puhinui trot-up at all? She’s with Money Shot in the CCI2*One of the South Island’s most impressive combinations this season: Molly Moffatt and Ngahiwi Makem in the CCI2*Caitlin Freeman and Ricker Ridge Parkour stepping out in the CCI2*Busy event secretary Diane Gilder still found time to trot up Rub It In in the CCI2*In stride: Emily Denny and Golden Horse Feeds Never Whisper in the CCI2*Maddy Crowe and Gale; well named for the weather conditions this year (CCI2*)World famous in New Zealand: Ella Morshuis and last year’s CCI2* winner World Famous, here to defend their title
