Noah Coutts & Surreal after taking out the Junior Rider Series Class
The on-form combination of Noah Coutts and his new horse Surreal recorded two wins at the Ashburton A&P Show held over the weekend. On Friday they won their third consecutive Equifibre Junior Rider class. They followed this up the next day by collecting the June Cresswell Tray for winning the Open Horse 1.20m Table C.
Surreal and Noah have quickly formed a solid partnership having been together for just 6 weeks. “Rosie’s a super mare. Plenty of revs, sensitive, brave and very honest” says a beaming Noah after their winning weekend. “She has an unorthodox style so there’s an element of keeping calm and hanging in for the ride but we’re working each other out. I’m incredibly lucky and big thanks to Tim Myers for trusting me with her”. Surreal is an 11 year old mare, bred by Vicki Prendergast out of her Olympic eventing mare Sanderston by Cardento VDL.
Noah was a member of the winning South Island trans-Tasman Junior and Young Rider team competing at Werribee in Australia last month. The fifteen year old is a year 11 student at John McGlashan College. Noah has also previously competed at Grand Prix level on the pony stallion Bizzie Canoodling who is now being ridden by younger brother Quinn. Bizzie Canoodling stands at stud at the family’s Mosgiel based Grassyards Farm, who is the sponsor of the Show Hunter NZ Category B Pony High Points Series for this season.
Ashburton A&P Show Results
Country TV Pony Grand Prix Series
1st – Pippa Collins & Waiotahi Bell
FMG in conjunction with Lysaght Horse Coaches Young Rider Series
1st – Molly Buist-Brown & Vali
2nd – Steffi Whittaker & On The Point Eve
3rd – Olivia Brown & RH Kukumoa
4th – Caitlin Adams & Hammertime
5th – Jaimee Bird & Euro Champagne
Dunstan Horsefeeds Amateur Rider Series
1st – Margaret Ridley & Tallaght
2nd – Angela Ruddenklau & Anthem
3rd – Emma Power & Mojito GNZ
4th – David Hutton & Rolux
5th – Emma Power & Tuxedo
6th – Jaquie Webb & Hot Chocolate II
Equifibre Junior Rider Series
1st – Noah Coutts & Surreal
2nd – Anna Nalder & Icebreaker II
3rd – Olivia Adams & Castelada II
4th – Pippa Collins & Double J Barman
5th – Rosa Buist-Brown & Mountain Eutopia
6th – Makenzie Causer & Finch Farm Corsage
7th – Rosa Buist-Brown & Bellick ST
Quaid Construction Horse Mini Prix Series
1st – Kimberley Bird & Cera Casina
2nd – Kimberley Bird & Roxette ECPH
3rd – Olivia Brown & RH Kukumoa
4th – Katie Meredith & Ngahiwi Double Cross
5th – Molly Buist-Brown & Vali
6th – Olivia Robertson & Grandaire
Bayleys Real Estate Horse 1.20m Table C
1st – Noah Coutts & Surreal
2nd – Molly Buist-Brown & Vali
3rd – Emma Power & Mojito GNZ
4th – Harry Feast & Accolade HSH
5th – Olivia Brown & Darryl RH
6th – Pippa Collins & Double J Barman
Clean Gardens Pony 1.10m Table C
1st – Madeleine Haugh & Tuscan Treo
2nd – Olivia Adams & Windward Finnick
3rd – Quinn Coutts & Bizzie Canoodling
4th – Charlotte Bota & Aorangi Bella
By Rosa Douglas
4th November 2019