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North Island and South Island Dressage Championships
 All Black II and Charlott Bayliss, Grand Prix Champion winners at the NI Dressage Championships held at Woodhill Sands in February 2009. © Lisa Potter |
There were several successful Hanoverians in the winning lineups.
Grand Prix Champion was All Black II, with rider Charlott Bayliss. By Anamour out of Tipsy Kay xx, by Little Brown Jug xx, All Black II was bred by Mary Wilson.
Charlott and Jody Hartstone (who took Reserve with Donnerwind) have been a challenge to each other all season, so it will be interesting to see how the battle swings at the Horse of the Year Show.
 Adelphi and Britta Pederson, winners of the level three Championship title at the NI Dressage Championships. |
In level four, the Champion's title went to Geldof MH (Gymnastic Star/All Grace, by Allermund), with Sarah Matheson-Reay, breeder Matthews Hanoverians, while level four reserve was the Bilbar Lodge bred Aristoc (Anamour/Cinnamon, by Witzbold), with Sue Hobson.
Level three Champion was Britta Pedersen's Adelphi (Anamour/Isla Park xx, by Crown Lease xx), bred by Kathy Scott.
Finally, level two reserve Champion was another Australian bred Hanoverian, Julie Brougham's Kinnordy Glogau.
In the South Island, the Championships also took place in mid February 2009.
The best performed Hanoverian was Rosari Guest Star, with Anya Durling. Guest Star (Gymnastic Star/Donna, by De Niro, bred by Fiona McCrostie of Rosari Hanoverians), won the level one Championship and the four year old Young Dressage Horse title.
The New Zealand Hanoverian Society congratulates the riders and breeders of all these successful horses.