Shane Rose with Pam Savage, Anna's mother, who is still very involved with the Foundation
Shane Rose may not have had the best weekend competing at the Australian International 3 Day Event but he was delighted and honoured to be presented with the Anna Savage Medal at the event. This means that Shane has now won the ‘Best and Fairest Award’ for eventing in Australia the most number of times of any rider.
The prestigious Anna Savage Foundation was created following the tragic death of Anna Savage in a fall during the cross country phase of the Naracoorte Horse Trials in 1997. At the time Anna was listed on the Elite Eventing Squad and was working towards Olympic selection for Sydney 2000. She had successfully represented Australia on numerous Trans Tasman teams, and had also travelled abroad representing Australia at international events.
Anna representing Australia in New Zealand in 1995
The Foundation was set up to honour Anna and celebrate her achievements as one of our country’s finest equestrian athletes and a favourite competitor amongst her peers.
At each of the three CCI events in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney competitors in the CCI 3* and 4* classes are awarded votes against the three set criteria of competitive excellence, horsemanship and sportsmanship. The votes are taken from the following judges at each event:-
- Senior Australian member of the Ground Jury
- Senior Veterinary Delegate
- Technical Delegate
- Chief FEI Steward
- Chairman of National Selectors (eventing)
- Riders Representative (if present)
The rider who accumulates the most votes after all three events is presented the perpetual medal and a winner’s cheque to the value of $5,000 to help them fulfil their international dreams of representing Australia and wearing the green and gold.
Well done, Shane
