Show Jumping Auckland held their Site Development Christmas Cracker Show , and despite a few showers, the weather was kind and with a decent amount of entries, some fantastic jumping was seen at their Premier Show that also hosted the final round of the FEI World Jumping Challenge. The courses over the three days were expertly designed by Danielle Watts – assisted by Becky Ormsby, in Ring One, Edward Bullock in Ring Two and Monique Wilson in Ring Three.
Aimee Collinson and Be Mine NZPH winners of the FEI World Jumping Challenge, Competition 3. Photo Credit to Cornege Media.
Aimee Collinson and Be Mine NZPH are ferocious competitors at the best of times, and this weekend was no different. They were quick, they were clear, and they were unbeatable, which was just the recipe to walk away with the winning crown in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Competition 3, just like they did in Competition 2 at the Bridgeman Brookby Show a few weeks ago.
Aimee Collinson and Be Mine NZPH, winners of the FEI World Jumping Challenge, Competition 3. Photo Credit to Cornege Media.
The first round proved a little tricky, but five combinations made light work of the technical track with a clear round, plus one who just added two time faults to their score. Due to having two rides in the class, Aimee Collinson came out early in the second round on Be Mine NZPH, as she had to ride her nominated horse first. They set the standard by producing another clear round in a quick time as they cut every corner and sliced every inside turn to really lay down the gauntlet. Adison Hall guided Waitangi Connection around for a slick clear, but couldn’t catch Aimee’s time to finish in second place. Kate Ormond, on Ngahiwi Gruffalo, opted for a slow and steady round, as she was sitting on two time faults from the first round. A decision that paid off and they left all the rails in the cups to finish in third place.
Deja Vu for Deja Vu
Jesse Linton had a belter of a show, riding Paula Mussen’s Déjà Vu NZPH, he rode away with not one, but two big wins. They opened the show with a win in the Auckland Animal Eye Counties Cup 1.40-1.50m as the quickest of three double clears, they then went on to close the show out with a win in the Premier League Grand Prix, locally supported by Veterinary Associates Equine. They completed both their rounds with just the four faults and a speedy jump off time of 50.36, just edging out Edward Bullock who also finished on a total of four faults but was a touch slower in 50.53. Isabelle Jameson celebrated her first Premier League start on Levi Xtreme with a third place. Her time was quicker than the boys, but two rails falling cost her the win.
Jessie Linton wins the Premier League GP on Deja Vu NZPH. Photo Credit to Lindy W Photography.
Not content with her second place in the FEI World Jumping Challenge, Adison Hall went one better in the FMG Young Rider, locally supported by The Workshop 1924. Once again in the saddle of Waitangi Connection, they jumped a smooth round in the jump off, finishing nearly eight seconds ahead of Cole Sherborne who came in second on Martin ECPH.
Adison Hall wins the FMG Young Rider on Waitangi Connection. Photo Credit to Cornege Media.
Cindy Page jumped the only double clear in The Brave Pants Company Pro Am, locally supported by Fenceworks, to ride off with the win on Crispr Caz Nine, as did Emily Hayward aboard Infinity NZPH in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Amateur Rider, locally supported by Generate Kiwisaver.
Cindy Page wins The Brave Pants Company Pro Am on Crispr Caz Nine. Photo Credit to Cornege Media.
Hannah McConnell won the Mainland Coachwork Junior Rider, locally supported by Manukau Toyota Group, with the only double clear on Charlton Elite. Unfortunately, she nominated the wrong horse, so it was second placed Matisse Masterson who took home maximum series points aboard Jay-Z GNZ.
The young horse classes saw just one clear apiece, Vicki Prendergast won the East Coast Performance Horses Five Year Old Breeding Series on her homebred Salvador C (Carrera VDL x Sofee/Powerfee) , and Michelle Wakeling won the New Zealand Warmblood Association Six Year Old Breeding Series on her homebred BMW Candykane (Candyman GNZ x Weiti Triumph/ Weiti Handy Andy).
Sarah West was victorious in the NZPH Seven Year Old Breeding Series on Schecter (Hector van d’Abdijhoeve x Sofee/Powerfee, bred by Vicki Prendergast). They were the only ones to leave all the rails standing. Jesse Linton was considerably quicker in the jump off and was unlucky to have a rail, to finish in second place on Copyright MH (Cornet Obolensky x Ma Mojo Pedale/Grosvenor, bred by Matthews Hanoverians).
Sarah West wins the NZPH Seven Year Old Breeding Series on Schecter. Photo Credit to Cornege Media.
Lottie Bull finished the first half of the season with a bang as she took the quinella in the AMS Saddlery Pony Grand Prix. She took the win on Fiona Hall’s TCG Centadel, and second place on Rascal Flatts OS.
Jo Ferguson rode On The Rocks through the finish flags just a smidgen quicker than Laura McGregor on Pure Desire to take the win in the TiES Futurity class, and Cole Sherborne won the Main-Events Tertiary Jumping Challenge on Zephyr CSNZ.
The Future Stars Age classes judged on style proved to be popular, and the judges were impressed with some of the quality horses presented.
The four year old style prize was awarded to the Casallco/TB sired Champagne Affair, ridden by Alena Dorotich and bred by Cypress Point Stables, the five year old Future Star was Patrick (ES Kalaska x French Riviera/ Lindberg des Hayettes, bred by Jill Morrison), ridden by Jessie Linton. Ally Carson was the styliest six year old on The Garrison (Ngahiwi One Eye x Jessie/Gin, bred by Warwick Tombleson), and Oliver Croucher won the seven year old style prize on Jupiter NZPH (Untouchable 27 x Avatar Blue NZPH/Mr Blue).
Show Jumping Auckland Chair, Paula Mussen was very happy with how the show came together:
“We were pretty lucky with the weather and were happy with the number of competitors that we attracted. The grounds were well irrigated beforehand, and they held up brilliantly, right through to the Sunday. The FEI class went well, and it was nice to welcome Sue Ryan, the FEI judge, over from Australia and Annette Scott from the South Island. The Fancy dress afternoon always goes down well, huge effort put in by the riders which provide a very fun and entertaining class. I’m so thankful to our hardworking committee, volunteers and sponsors. We had a sponsor’s lunch on Sunday, and everyone really loved it and we are lucky to have them all back on board for next year already. I’m very tired now, but I really love running horse shows, Ducky winning the Grand Prix made the weekend super special, thanks to my buddy Jessie Linton. Running big shows are hard work but it certainly helps when you have an amazing team behind you.”
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22 December 2025
The Jumping Team