The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (CIEF) recently hosted the third leg of the 2013 National Show Jumping Championship for both adults and juniors on Saturday 29th June 2013 at The Equestrian Centre. The show was originally supposed to be hosted on Sunday 30th June but due to the bad weather forecast the show committee decided to bring the show forwards a day. All the volunteers and riders visiting from other barns were all able to jump into gear and turn up to both assist with the running of the show or compete in the show.

Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation

The course for the National Show Jumping Championship was a Fédération Equestre International (FEI) World Jumping Challenge Category A course with a few minor adjustments to suit the show jumping arena and riders.  The results, below, are based on faults and where riders in a class had the same amount of faults, time was the deciding factor.  This is the first year that the CIEF has offered a National Show Jumping Series and this was the third leg of a total of four legs to the competition. Points are awarded 1st through 4th places in each leg and the National Champions will be the riders with the most points in their classes at the end of the series.

The CIEF welcomed visiting FEI Judge Trina Delisser from Jamaica who consistently supports and works with the CIEF to develop Equestrian Sport in the Cayman Islands.

Results of the second leg of the National Jump series was as follows:

.60metre (m)Adult       

1st       Louise Foy                  Secret

2nd    Juliette Forrester       Apollo

.60metre (m) Child

1st       Phoebe Serpell          Me and My Shadow

2nd     Hannah Fowler          Shirley Temple

3rd      Chloe Fowler              Shirley Temple

4th      Madeleine Aquart     Zeus

.70metre (m) Adult

1st       Michelle Boucher      Katrina

2nd     Louise Foy                  Secret

.70metre (m)Child

1st       Phoebe Serpell          Me and My Shadow

2nd     Hannah Fowler          Shirley Temple

3rd      Hannah Fowler          Honeycomb

4th      Madeleine Aquart     Zeus

.85metre (m)Adult

1st       Michelle Boucher      Katrina

.85metre (m)Child

1st       Thea Millward           Storm

2nd     Polly Serpell               Calidad

3rd      Amara Thompson     Rumour Has It

4th      Georgia Austin           Penelope

.90m – 1metre (m) Open

1st       Thea Millward           Storm

2nd     Polly Serpell               Calidad

3rd      Thea Millward           Iggy Pop

4th      Amara Thompson     Rumour has It

Some great highlights of the day included Phoebe Serpell placing first in both the .60m and .70m course, Thea Millward placing first on Storm in both .85m and .90m-1.0m and watching Louise Foy on Secret compete in the top arena for the first time and win the 0.60m adult class.  The CIEF was also thrilled to welcome Hannah Fowler back into the Show Jumping ring after an injury and happy to finally see Polly Serpell competing on her own horse Calidad after a long run of both horse and rider injury.

This year, the FEI WORLD Jumping CHALLENGE is entering its 35th year of existence. In 2013, 55 National Federations have applied for one of the three different A, B and C categories and Cayman hopes to host FEI Category A Jumping Challenge in November this year for the first time. This competition will involve jumping four different courses at a maximum height of 1.20m.

Originally, this Competition was created to provide less experienced jumping riders with an opportunity to compete on an International level without having to leave their own countries. Many riders who have participated in the FEI World Jumping Challenge successfully competed or still compete at elite level.

For the first time the CIEF offered an Equitation Jumping Class at all heights for both Junior and Adults. This class is based on the Judges rating of the riders position, the harmony and rhythm between the horse and rider, the presentation of the horse and rider as well as the riders control of the horse and the obedience of the horse. The results of the Equitation classes are as follows:

Junior Equitation

Phoebe Serpell on Me and My Shadow                     71 points        1st place

Thea Millward on Iggy Pop                                          69 points        2nd place

Hannah Fowler on Shirley Temple                            67 points        3rd place

Phoebe Serpell on Durango                                         66 points        4th place

Adult Equitation

Juliette Forrester                                                            57 points        1st place

Louise Foy                                                                        56 points        2nd place

After the three legs of the 2013 National Show Jumping Series the Championship points are as follows;

0.60m Juniors

Phoebe Serpell                      13points

Hannah Fowler                      8 points

Madeleine Aquart                 4 points

Chloe Flower                          2 points

Ashley van den Bol               2 points

Georgia Austin                       2 points

Dane Muspratt                      1 point

Libby Galloway                      1 point

0.60m Adult

Juliette Forrester                 13 points

Louise Foy                               5 points

Regina Novak                         3 points

Jessica McTaggart                 3 points

0.70m Junior

Hannah Fowler                    11 points

Phoebe Serpell                      6 points

Petra Pinkerton                     5 points

Thea Millward                       3 points

Madeleine Aquart                 3 points

Chloe Fowler                          1 point

0.70m Adult

Michelle Boucher                  8 points

Jessica McTaggart                 8 points

0.85m Junior

Petra Pinkerton                   10 points

Amara Thompson                 8 points

Thea Millward                       5 points

Polly Serpell                           3 points

0.85m Adult

Michelle Boucher                15 points

Jessica McTaggart                 3 points

0.09m-1.0m Open

Thea Millward                     15 points

Amara Thompson                 5 points

Polly Serpell                           3 points

Petra Pinkerton                     1 point

1.0m-1.10m Open

Thea Millward                       5 points

Cross over Junior

Petra Pinkerton                     1 point

Georgia Austin                       1 point

The fourth and final leg of the 2013 National Jump series will be held in November and after this competition the 2013 National Champions for each class will be announced.