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Jamie Kermond Wins Toowoomba World Cup Qualifier

Published on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in General

 

26 year old Jamie Kermond, who calls Warrnambool in Victoria home and is currently based at Ebenezer in Sydney's Hawkesbury region, convincingly won his fourth career Jumping World Cup qualifier at Toowoomba in sunny Queensland on Sunday

(photo: Jenny Sheppard/EA  story: EA)

Jamie Kermond riding the lovely grey mare Colthaga owned by Bob and Jacqui Cox from Melbourne jumped the only double clear round to win the third leg of the Australian League. 

A rail down at the 1.50 x 1.60m spread fence coming out of the treble and a super slick clear round in the jump off crossing the finish line in 57.61 seconds, saw Andrew Inglis from Maroota the runner up riding the big Darco mare Amira.

Clem Smith from Gatton in Queensland was third riding the Neville Rose bred Dark Ages. Darkie having the back rail of the 1.45 x 150m spread fence at number one to also finish with 4 penalties, jumped a faultless round two in 62.24 seconds.
Warwick breeder Robert Goodwin was fourth riding the evergreen grey stallion Warrego Sandon, a rail in each round to finish with 8 penalties in a time of 58.84 seconds. National Jumping Committee Chair Vicki Roycroft from Mt White showed her experience as she guided the imported Kartoon de Breve around for a rail down in each round to finish on 8 penalties in 62.68 seconds. We will see a lot more of this son of Quidam de Revel, formerly campaigned by French champion Edouard Couperie, as it is scopey and careful.
Sixth went to the youngest starter 18 year old Tom McDermott from Wagga Wagga showing why he is the current National Young Rider champion. Merrick Ubank from Beaudesert was seventh, and Danielle Butcher from Pheasants Nest rounded out the placing’s for 8th.
National Jumping Selector and International course designer Graeme Watts from Nobby, just south of Toowoomba, designed the course for the CSI-W. His track was well up to size enabling it to double as an MES (Minimum Eligibility Standard) Olympic Games qualifier. The course contained 16 jumping efforts with two verticals at 1.60m high, four spread fences 1.60m wide, two spread fences 1.70m wide, a triple bar 1.55m high and 2.10m wide and the open water set at 3.50m wide. The only fence not to cause a fault from the 25 starters was the 1.55m x 2.10m triple bar at fence 5. Nine horses faulted at the open water including one elimination and one retiring after problems. The 1.50 x 1.60m square spread fence coming out of the treble was on the floor nine times in round one and six horses collected a rail at the 1.50 x 1.60m square oxer going into the treble. The treble was set on a sharp 45 degrees turn-back and very much running up the rise of the ground, the turn back and the rise taking away much of the power, with 70% of the field faulting here.
Watts’ course was well up to International standard in size yet less demanding technically allowing the less experienced horses to learn about jumping bigger. All 22 riders had praise for the course designer; he created great sport on less than perfect footing and saw all but 5 horses home through the finish flags over a course more testing size wise than we have seen in Australia for some time. The three large tour events leading up into Sunday’s qualifier from Thursday to Saturday were also praised by the riders – improving the horses jump and keeping them confident.
Kermond, a full time trainer has been riding for as long as he can remember. Riding is in his genes, his mother a professional racehorse trainer and his father a professional jockey. Jamie represented Australia at the 2006 World Equestrian Games on a thoroughbred his mother found ‘off the track’.
In featured supporting jumping classes young West Australian Evie Buller won the Antares Australia Mini Prix riding Yalambis Landor, 14 year old Kate Hinschen from Mackay in far north Queensland won the junior qualifier and the Finch Farm Junior Championship riding Not Over – an amazing feat for Kate competing at her first National level show – we will see more of her no doubt.
Sydney rider James Arkins won the Tekna Young Rider National Qualifier riding his speedy Dreamtime Invader. Sheridan Manual from Laravale in Queensland won the David Overton Memorial Futurity riding his imported mare Congranda.
Jamie Kermond now leads the Australian Jumping World Cup leader board on 44 points from Andrew Inglis on 34 points, Queenslander Billy Raymont who did not start at Toowoomba holds third on 32 points, fellow Queenslander Cathy Graham is fourth on 28 points and Vicki Roycroft jumps up to fifth on 26 points.
World Cup jumping stays in Queensland for the Brisbane World Cup qualifier to be held at the Brisbane Royal (Ekka to the locals) on Wednesday 17th August.

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