Central Ontario Pony Club 2006 D Rally Results

Here are highlights overall results of the 2006 Central Ontario Regional D Rally, held July 30 at Woodwind Farm near Hawkestone, presented from the least to most difficult levels.  Details follow these highlights

“Rally” is the Pony Club term for Eventing, an Olympic discipline in which competitors must ride a formal Dressage test, a Cross Country or endurance phase across open country and over fixed obstacles, and a Stadium Jumping competition. Scoring is done on a penalty points basis, with all errors of course, refusals, rails down and falls counted as penalties. Penalties are also incurred for taking too much time, or too little, to finish the Cross Country phase. The rider with the fewest penalties wins. Placing ribbons are awarded for dressage, cross country and overall, with a “Clear Round” ribbon for all those who make no mistakes in the Stadium phase.

The “D” in D Rally refers to the minimum level riders must have passed in the Pony Club testing system to enter. There are three “D” levels: D, D1 and D2. To get each of them, Pony Club members must pass a written examination in horsemanship, an oral test of stable management, and a riding test. Each level competes in a different division at D-Rally, with Dressage tests, fence heights in both Stadium Jumping and Cross Country phases, and the time allowed for Cross Country, all adjusted to their skill levels.

At the D level, Alycia McCracken of the Simcoe Pony Club was the winner riding Mr. Handsome. Second place went to another Simcoe rider, Stacy Bootsma on Blue By You, with Lindsay Tucker of the Ajax Pony Club third riding Champagne Cocktail.

Emily Lindsay of the Simcoe Pony Club won the D1 Division on Tarragon. Second place went to Kristina Brown of the Maple Pony Club riding Flubber Bunny, and Kristen Wavryk, also of the Maple Pony Club, took third place on Faolin Ruadh.

At th D2 level, the highest in this competition, the winner was Hannah Bailey of the Victoria Pony Club riding Let’s Rumba. Jennifer McKeen of the Oshawa Pony Club was second aboard Mya, and third place went to Kim Simerson of the Simcoe Pony Club on My Maria.

One major difference between Pony Club rallies and “regular” events is that Pony Club members compete in horse care/stable management on a Branch team basis, as well as individually in the riding phases. (At nearly every facility we use, the owners/operators tell us they wish regular events would add this as a competitive factor.) This year’s Stable Management Award winner was the Ajax Pony Club, with Victoria second and Whitchurch third.

Now the details to 10th place overall.

D Level

Rider Horse Branch Dressage Score Dressage Rank X-Country Score X-Country Rank Stadium Jumping Score Total Score Overall Rank
Alicia McCracken Mr. Handsome Simcoe 39.8 1 0.8 3 4.0 44.6 1
Stacy Bootsma Blue By You Simcoe 43.4 2 4.0 5 0.0 47.4 2
Lindsay Tucker Champagne Cocktail Ajax 53.3 5 0.0 2 0.0 53.3 3
Jessica Clarke Van Gogh Ajax 56.9 9 3.2 4 0.0 60.1 4
Madeline McGuiness Serendipity Durham 61.6 16 0.0 1 0.0 61.6 5
Carissa Woods Lochlan Centaurus 55.9 8 7.2 9 0.0 63.1 6
Kendal Midanik Prince Charming Whitchurch 62.6 20 8.0 10 0.0 70.6 7
Brittany Hale Goliath Simcoe 45.0 3 10.4 11 16.0 71.4 8
Jenna Crone Cassie Centaurus 61.6 15 5.2 6 5.0 71.8 9
Aleisha Wagner Need A New Paint Job Whitchurch 58.4 11 5.6 7 10.0 74.0 10

D1 Level

Rider Horse Branch Dressage Score Dressage Rank X-Country Score X-Country Rank Stadium Jumping Score Total Score Overall Rank
Emily Lindsay Tarragon Simcoe 58.2 4 0.0 4 0.0 58.2 1
Kristina Brown Flubber Bunny Maple 58.7 5 (tie) 0.0 3 (tie) 0.0 58.7 2
Kristen Wavryk Faolin Ruadh Maple 58.7 5 (tie) 0.0 3 (tie) 0.0 58.7 3
Teva Halfon B.F.G. Whitchurch 58.7 5 (tie) 0.8 7 0.0 59.5 4
Emma Lemay-Nedjelski Cadbury Ajax 63.5 14 0.0 2 0.0 63.5 5
Kylie Figueira Go For Cool Victoria 60 10 0.0 5 4.0 64.0 6
Nikki Ince Maximus King 61.3 12 2.8 8 0.0 64.1 7
Riikka Kojola Masquerade Maple 59.1 8 11.6 9 4.0 74.7 8
Janene Howran Zia’s Tattered Lace Kawartha 75.9 21 0.0 1 0.0 75.9 9
Mitchell Hall Prospect’s Ebony Uxbridge-Scugog 69.3 18 20.0 10 0.0 89.3 10

D2 Level

Rider Horse Branch Dressage Score Dressage Rank X-Country Score X-Country Rank Stadium Jumping Score Total Score Overall Rank
Hanna Bailey Let’s Rumba Victoria 53.0 2 12.4 2 0.0 65.4 1
Jennifer McKeen Mya Oshawa 53.9 3 30.4 6 0.0 84.3 2
Kim Simerson My Maria Simcoe 66.6 12 12.0 1 8.0 86.6 3
Kimberley Innes Balmoral King 66.6 11 18.8 3 4.0 89.4 4
Kristy Smith Flight of the Phoenix Simcoe 72.2 14 20.4 4 0.0 92.6 5
Kyra Holmes Heart and Soul Maple 52.0 1 46.8 9 5.8 104.7 6
Emily Gillies Rambling Rose Ajax 60.0 7 45.6 8 4.0 109.6 7
Jocelyn Donaldson Monster Truck Simcoe 60.9 8 49.6 10 0.0 110.5 8
Caitlyn Phillips McGuiness Toronto & North York 63.8 10 28.4 5 21.3 113.5 9
Rebecca Simmons Hott Choklat Durham 57.7 6 61.2 11 4.0 122.9 10

For more details e-mail Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Regional Communications Chair, or call him at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home).