Horse Riding Results 2011

The Mpumalanga riders literally flew the province’s flag high when they were named the best-presented province at the South African National Equestrian Schools Association during the opening parade. Despite the fact that Mpumalanga Horse Society is a young organisation and has fewer riders than the other provinces, the team held their own and brought back several rosettes to the Lowveld.

The team was obviously well prepared for this annual show in Gauteng and not a single local rider stood back one iota to their more experienced competitors. There were more than a 1000 horses competing daily during the three-day show.

Uplands College had nine riders in the Mpumalanga team and they did exceptionally well with extraordinary results from Bianca Jones and Iuan jones. Bianca Jones on Drummer Girl easily managed to jump into the lead in the 1,10m class and also came fifth in her metre class. Iuan Jones on Lemon Drop Kid was placed 6th in Equitation and 7th in Dressage Novice 06 class. Jeanne Gildenhuys decided last year to bring on a young Warmblood Taba Dumas and in nine months brought it from 70 cm to 1m and into the Mpumalanga A-Team. She rode him at Nationals on 90cm and was placed 16th in the Top 20.

Horse riding results summary