Dicavalli Diesel wins Young Event Horse Championship at Sydney

Alltech have not only sponsored the Alltech Equine Advantage Eventing Series, which will culminate at Sydney International Horse Trials next year, but also put their support behind the Australian Young Event Horse Championships at Sydney this year.

      Christine Bates and JP Ned Kelly - 4 Year Old Event Horse winner                     

The aim of the class is to give owners and breeders the opportunity to showcase the potential of their four, five and six year old horses which are judged over three phases; flatwork/dressage, jumping and cross country. The three judges, Caroline Lieutenant, Ben Netterfield and Wayne Roycroft were looking for an athletic, elastic moving horse with a promising jumping technique at each level and found it in the three class winners on the Friday. These were JP Ned Kelly ridden by Christine Bates (Alltech 4 Year Old Young Event Horse), Riverside Krissy ridden by Niki Rose (Alltech 5 Year Old Young Event Horse) and Dicavalli Diesel, again ridden by Niki Rose (Alltech 6 Year Old Event Horse)

      Niki Rose and Riverside Krissy - winner 5 Year Old Young Event Horse

On Sunday the three young horses returned to the arena in front of a large crowd awaiting the CCI 3* show jumping and the judges awarded the overall Alltech Australian Young Event Horse title to Dicavalli Diesel (soon to be renamed Purbeck Diesel)

We talked to Niki about the two horses and their future

      Niki, Dicavalli Diesel and David Seldon, Alltech representative

The points and place getters in each class were;

Alltech 4 Year Old Young Event Horse

1^st: JP Ned Kelly ridden by Christine Bates (115 points)

2^nd: CP Aurelio ridden by Crystal Conning (112 points)

3^rd: Rascal ridden by Jessica Rae (107)

Alltech 5 Year Old Young Event Horse

1^st: Riverside Krissy ridden by Niki Rose (116 points)

2^nd: Bradgate Park Fonzie ridden by Andrew Barnett (115 points)

3^rd: Koko Pop ridden by Cassie Lowe (112 points)

Alltech 6 Year Old Young Event Horse

1^st: Dicavalli Diesel ridden by Niki Rose (124 points)

2^nd: Feldale Regardless R ridden by Felicity Cribb (110 points)

3^rd: Aerodynamic ridden by Bella Mowbray (99 points)

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