A small taste of Polocross.......

Another very popular horse sport in Zambia is Polocross. Here are a few pictures taken at a recent tournament. I hope to be able to get more information about this sport and some better pictures soon.

Thrills and Spills at the Lusaka Derby 2007

It's Derby time again!

This years show was well supported with competitors travelling from the Copperbelt and also from the Democratic Republic of Congo to take part. There were classes for children, junior and adult riders of all Grades. There were some tears and plenty of cheers as riders took to the arena and tried their hand at the lovely courses designed and built by Mary Binks who had once again travelled all the way from Kenya to be our Foreign Judge for the FEI as well as our Course Designer. The show was held and organised at the Lusaka Gymkhana Club, with Jenny Miller in charge. Once again it was a well run show with the venue looking very smart and a lot of hard work having been done by Jenny and the club membership.

Enjoy the pictures!

FEI World Show Jumping Challenge 2007

The Lusaka Derby, incorporating the FEI World Show Jumping Challenge was held this weekend. The Zambian leg of the World Challenge, category B, was won by Lisa Swart on Jamas Full Strike, Jenny Miller on Compadre coming a close second with our youngest competitor, Faye Wienand on Harry Brawn coming third.

The World Challenge is run over four different courses on two successive days, the total faults in each round being added together to decide the winner. Lisa and Full Strike were the only pair to manage four clear rounds in the competition. Now we wait for the results from the rest of our Group to see where Zambia stands in the rankings.