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Snowy Zone Championship Brookvale 5–7 October 2013

Pre-ride track and ridebase photos 2013

The photos of Leg 1 were taken in August, after some rain. The other legs and ride base photos were taken on the last weekend in September.

The course primarily travels through Brindabella National Park and Uriarra Forest and utilizes forest trails together with some dirt roads and tracks through private property. For the Championship and 80 km rides, some of the old tracks have been selected that have not been used since the early days of the Brookvale ride decades ago.

This is a traditional Snowy Zone course that requires a fit horse to tackle the substantial hills of the Webbs Ridge and Blue Range to be climbed during the first two legs of the endurance rides.

The footing for all rides is a mixture of soft forest tracks and road verges, rocky stretches and, depending on the weather, reasonably concussive dirt road.

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Ride weekend photos – 120 km placegetters

                         

Captions for photos of 120 km placegetters, left to right:

1. Judy Blundel & Marty Moran, 1st HWT & BC, winner Chris Walker Perpetual Trophy
2. Judy Blundell & Talea Hasko-Stewart, 1st MWT & BC
3. Brian Blundell & Vetea Facchini, 1st LWT & BC
4. Talea Hasko-Stewart, 1st MWT & BC
5. Vetea Facchini, 1st LWT & BC, 1st across the line
6. Steve Roberts, head vet, explaining the Chris Walker Perpetual Trophy
7. Marty Moran & Jelignite Jack, 1st HWT & BC (1)
8. Marty Moran & Jelignite Jack, 1st HWT & BC (2)
9. Robert Catlin & Copperkahn Tiara, 2nd HWT
10. John Symons & Forest Dale Belle de Jour, 2nd MWT
11. Vetea Facchini & Trigger
12. Fia Hasko-Stewart & Wantley Kaliph, 2nd LWT
13. IanCurtis, 3rd MWT
14. Noni Seagrim & Cromarty Park Zataal, 6th MWT

Ride weekend – 80 km

Brian Blundell (right) with Wendy Jesson, 1st LWT & BC 80 km, and winner Alan Blundell Memorial Trophy

Ride weekend – 50 km

     

Captions for 50 km photos, left to right:

1. Ella Ussher with Amaki's Perlino on Ice (leg 2)
2. Robin Gossip on Amberlea Moonrise (leg 2)
3. Victoria Edmonds on Namadgi Run Presents (leg 2)
4. Barbare Skoro and Achilles Georgiades (leg 2)

Ride weekend – around ride base

         

Captions for other photos, left to right:

1. Vetting
2. Belinda Hopley, Chief Steward, and Kim Stephens
3. Ridebase
4. Ridebase
5. Admin tent
6. Cows watching the 120 km BC workout

Photos by Equestrian Sport Photography

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