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New Zealand Grand National
Horse and Pony Championship Show Website.

TO BE ADVISED

Comment from 2010 Show Judges

The Showing classes for our 2011 show will run from Wednesday the 26th of January through to Saturday evening the 29th of January 2011 and our Dressage will be Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th of January 2011.

Unfortunately  we will be no longer be having a section for the Cobs and Standardbreds in our program

Congratulations to all prize winners through last week and we take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. All Winners and Runner Ups in Title Classes are up on our Awards and Features Page now. We hope to have all champion photos updated by the end of February 2010.

We are no longer a Horse of the Year Qualifier Show for showing classes, only for Dressage

"All photos on this website, unless captioned differently, are credited to Darren Moore Photography."

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS

- 100 Encouragement Awards will be given out throughout the show. The Stewards will be looking for competitors that show good Sportsmanship, respect for other competitors and an overall generally good attitude.

These Encouragement awards will also be given out to all our First Year Ridden and Lead Rein Riders as an incentive to carry on in our sport.

Also with each Encouragement Award given out the winner of the award will receive a special gift, from a variety of gifts available.

RIDE TO YOUR OWN MUSIC AND WORKOUT

CATALOGUE SHOW BAGS

Competitors who purchase a pre paid catalogue at the time of their entries, the first 200 who pick up their catalogue up from the Show Secretary will receive a Show bag with sponsors products, Show information and all sorts of goodies in it.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TOWARDS THESE CATALOGUE SHOW BAGS PLEASE CONTACT DENIS BAILEY PH 033149019

TO BE CONFIRMED

SHOW FEATURES                        

FANCY DRESSED PETS COMPETITION

WOW!! WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT WENT INTO THESE COSTUMES - WELL DONE EVERYONE

JENNY KNIGHT AND ERNIE KNIGHT ( SPONSOR OF THE FANCY DRESSED PETS )

AND THE 2009 WINNERS WERE...................

RUNNER UPS WERE

THE ABELA PONIES EQUESTRIAN FASHION PARADE

THANKS TO PROTURF FOR THE USE OF THEIR RANGER

FANTASTIC MACHINE!!!

SHOW CO ORDINATORS

DENIS AND ROBYN BAILEY

SHOW ADVISORS

JENNY AND ERNIE KNIGHT

SHOW SECRETARY

ANDREA HESLOP

2009 JUDGES AND HEAD STEWARD

JUDGES: JOHN PAGET, LYNDA HOLGATE AND JOANNE PRESTWIDGE

HEAD STEWARD: LEONIE WALSH

RING STEWARDS

DEBBIE SCHNELL AND GILLIAN BROCK

OUR DOOR STEWARDS/HELPERS

DENIS BAILEY, ERNIE KNIGHT, ROSS THOMAS, JASON BAILEY, ANDREW ASHWORTH, KELVIN BROCK, JEANETTE THOMAS AND JANE BAILEY

For the 5 days and 4 nights of the show to cover the Show grounds and Stable Areas keeping a eye on the welfare of horses and ponies, making sure equipment is regulation, as per the shows rules ie length of whips etc, watching for anyone who is administering any substances and check packaging of that product and if they believe it to be a forbidden substance, pass the matter onto the Show Coordinators to decide whether to do a drug test on that horse or pony, and generally keeping an eye on all aspects of safety. 

THE MELVILLE BLACK MEMORIAL CLASS

photo supplied by Bryce Black

This Class is sponsored by the NZ Riding Pony Society Inc
This class is open to Registered NZ riding Ponies foaled on New Zealand soil and classified as "Novice Ponies"( in accordance with RAS rules) or in their first season under saddle (season commencing 1st of August 2009) If a pony is a Novice then it may be ridden by an Adult. Registrations must be current. The Class is to be judged on Quality and conformation. No individual workout required but will be asked to work on the circle. The winner of this class will receive a Melville Black Sash and $300.00 prize money, Second Place receives $150.00 prize money, Third Place receives $50.00 prize money, Rosettes to be awarded to 6th place. The Breeder of the winning pony will receive $50.00, a Melville Black Rosette and a frame print of the sash winner.

Registration for the Melville Black Memorial Class - Nominations for inspection must be in by the 30th of November each year to be eligable to enter this class

THE REBECCA PETERS MEMORIAL CLASS

photo by Debbie Knowles

This Class is sponsored by the Peters Family in Memory of Rebecca. Presentation of the trophy which is donated by the Peters Family will be made by Rebeccas mother Helen Peters
This class is open to novice Hacks, Park Hacks and Saddle Hunter Hacks ( in accordance with RAS rules) and Hacks, Park Hacks and Saddle Hunter Hacks in their First Year Under Saddle ( season commencing 1st of August 2009). This class is to be judged on quality and conformation. No individual workout required but will be asked to work on the circle. The Winner will receive a Special Rebecca Peters Memorial Sash $300.00 and Trophy, Second: $150.00, Third: $50 with ribbons down to sixth.

EQUILIBRIUM AUSTRALIA


 - Equilibrium Mineral Mix and Equilibrium B1 Cool Mix are all in one premium supplement concentrates containing Macro minerials, Trace minerials, Vitamins and Salts. Equilibrium Minerial Mix is just .53c for a horse and .18c for a pony per day in moderate work ( Showing/Dressage ). Equilibrium B1 Cool Mix is just .65c for a horse and .22c for a pony per day in moderate work ( Showing/Dressage ). No additional Minerials, Vitamin or electroylyte supplementation is required.

Ph:(09) 8290456 Email: cgraham@equiaustralia.com.au Website: www.equiaustralia.com.au

There will also be free samples of their products available at the show

Come and see your photos using our touch screen view stations. All photos sorted and easy to find. Available while you wait.

We're here for the entire weekend during show hours.

Located inside the RDA building next to the arena.

Photo sizes available:
5 x 7 (A5) 8 x 12
(A4) 17 x 25
(A2) Posters

Over 6,000 photos from the show can be viewed online at www.dm-photos.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE RE INDOOR ARENA

Due to competitors request the show will hire the Indoor Arena prior to the show commencing so as competitors can work in there prior to the show starting.  Sessions times will be updated shortly

We are pleased to confirm that our Dressage will again be a fully graded competition plus we will be holding the Zilco Musical Freestyle competition which is a qualifier for the 2010 NZ Horse of the Year full details of classes will be in our schedule.  We will be looking to operate 2 outdoor arena and 1 Indoor Arena.

NOTE: Riders please note tests marked with an * are included to try for your D.N.Z Incentive Award. Subject to any unforseen circumstances the show will endeavour to have the correct list judge on these classes

Resumes to come

 For further information on indoor marquee space contact Denis Bailey on ph:03-3149019 or 0274321348.

We will be having a Food Court outside the indoor arena with Food and Refreshments. A coffee vendor and a Ice cream vendor will be in the indoor arena and also one will be outside in the food court.

We are having a marquee inside the indoor arena for some of our trade village sponsors and items like Trucks, Horse Floats, Total Span dog etc will be outside.

Sponsored By

For the 2010 show we will be having 14 Promotional Packages to hand out. The idea of these packages is that the winners of the Open Hack, Park Hack, Pony up to 148cm, Pony up to 138cm, Pony up to 128cm, Lead Rein Pony, Open Saddle Hunter Hack, Open Saddle Hunter Pony, Led Pony, Elementary Dressage Horse, Medium Dressage Horse, Open Medium Dressage Horse, Advanced Dressage Horse and Grand Prix Dressage Horse receive a NZ Grand National Promotional Package including A Zilco/NZ Grand National Dress Rug embroided with the show logo and name and title, Zilco Saddle Blanket embroided with show logo and name, A Jacket with Show logo and name embroided on it, and a cap which the winner has to under take to use at every opportunity to promote the NZ Grand National Show throughout New Zealand for the 12 months between each show. For those winners who attend the NZ Horse of the Year Show, due to their new rule of no lapel badges allowed we knowledge that for this show only the badges are to be removed.

Sponsored by Brookville Stud (Australia) - Pendley Gold Cup have confirmed they are going to be involved at our 2010 show. We will again be having the NZ Grand National Led Registered Pony, Ridden Registered Pony and NZ Grand National Led Youngstock Registered Pony all to be held in the Indoor Arena.

Refer to Standard Rules   NEW SECTIONS *Riding Horses *Equestrian Unity for Lead Rein Ponies   2010 SHOW ARTICLE Debbie Schnell is in the proceeds of doing our 2010 show Article/ Photos of all the NZ Grand National Champions will be up on our Champion Page shortly. ARTICLE AND PHOTOS UPDATED SHORTLY IMPORTANT NEWS IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER CAMPERS SHOWERS - There will be a Shower Block situated close to the indoor arena which is to be used by paying campers only. People caught using the showers who are not paying campers will be fined $30.00 each time and will be required to pay the camping fee also. Camping Fee is $30.00. STABLES  - $25.00 per day or $50.00 for the whole show. Stables must be paid for at the time of booking them and they are non refundable if cancelled. SPONSORS - We ask all competitors that are successful at the Show to acknowledge our sponsors by either a personal letter, phone call or email thanking them for sponsoring the section you have won. This includes Main Sponsors, Trade Village Voucher sponsors, Show Rug sponsors and Class sponsors. Information on contacting Sponsors can be obtained from Andrea Heslop after the show - NOTE NUMBER HOLDERS ARE COMPULSORY (except Dressage) FOR ALL INHAND AND UNDER SADDLE HORSES AND PONIES AT THE 2010 SHOW ( NO handmade numbers will be available ) - We offer Stabling on the Showgrounds, we still ask competitors requiring stabling to phone the secretary Andrea Heslop on 033149019 or A/H on 033147172 to pre book stables. Payment is to be made on booking of stable and no refunds will be given if cancelled and also no refunds will be given to competitors paying for stables without prebooking if there is no stables available. Stables are $25.00 per night or $50.00 for the full show per stable - Remember to support our sponsors as without them there would not be a show of this standard. - Remember to fill in your profile page Showing and Dressage Competitors - Delicious food, refreshments, coffee and ice cream available over the show days Positive comments from competitors and judges gives all those involved with the show tremendous satisfaction as it takes 11 months of the year and continual support from our sponsors to be able to present a show like the NZ Grand Nationals, so keep sending in your comments and suggestions for the show feed back page. The show wishes to thank all those involved with the show prior and during for their assistance.

Again we thank everyone for their continual support and look forward to putting together another outstanding show for 2011.

Regards

The Bailey Family