http://heymistdowns.com Performance Horses, Golden Retrievers and Animals for Film and TV Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   [caption id="attachment_1022" align="alignnone" width="165" caption="Olivia Hamood, Randlab Nero"][/caption] As part of the selection process for the National Youth Development Squad a two competition selection series was conducted in each State between 01 July and 20 December 2008.  The riders have been ranked according to their performance and the leading twelve riders are ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/12/13/efa-youth-development-jumping-squad-selection-series/   In a little  over 2 months from now the 2009 Australian Youth Olympics will be held in Sydney. The nations invited are: Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oceania, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Chinese Taipei and the USA.   Show ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/11/05/australian-youth-olympics-13th-18th-jan-2009/ [caption id="attachment_805" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Qld Grand Prix Horse of the Year Leaderboard as at 28/07/08 Updated by S Smith"] [/caption]   30/07/08 Two weeks ago saw both Round 5 and Round 6 of the Qld Grand Prix Horse of the Year Series held. Round 5 was the Qld Country A & B Championships at ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/30/qld-grand-prix-horse-of-the-year/ Robert Goodwin riding Warrego Warmblood Studs stallion Warrego Sandon wins the 1.50m Qld State Championships held at Toowoomba Show Grounds over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of July 2008.State Title & Medal Winners for 2008  1.50m      Gold - Warrego Sandon and Robert Goodwin Silver - Stardom and Billy Raymont Bronze - Dark Ages and Clem ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/27/robert-goodwin-wins-qld-state-champs/ PRESS RELEASE - Friday program CANCELLED!  Please be advised that the Showjumping Committee has made the tough decision to move the program indoors for this weekend's State Championships.  The main arena is still water logged, and with the World Cup show next weekend, it is better to preserve the footing as ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/26/qld-state-championships-25-28-july-2008/ Chris Chugg and Vivant finished 4th in the Grand Prix at Spangenberg CSI 3* (GER) on Sunday 20 July 2008. Chris and Vivant have been in Europe since late April campaigning for Olympic selection.  After the two nomination shows at Aach and Pforzheim Chris and Vivant were nominated as the reserves for the Jumping Team.  Olympic Team member Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossal ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/26/a-great-result-for-chris-chugg-and-vivant/ IT WAS AUSTRALIA AGAINST THE USA, WITH A TOUCH OF MONEGASQUE PRESENCE 27 June 2008 Edwina Alexander (AUS) and Isovlas Socrates Guiseppe Rolli fell off his horse, Christina Liebherr’s horse went through the jump and Jean-Marc Nicolas was eliminated, but other than that, it was just a tough course. Again with long lines and sharp ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/06/australia-against-the-usa-with-a-touch-of-monegasque-presence/ 2008 OLYMPIC SHOWJUMPING TEAM TO BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ON 11TH JULY 2008 Congratulations to all the Riders. Edwina Alexander and Isovlas Itot du Chateau *(Isovlas Socrates) *(Isovlas Pialotta) Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossel Dan Peter McMahon and Kolora Stud Genoa Matthew Williams and Leconte 6 Reserve: Chris Chugg and Vivant Edwina Alexander and Isovlas Itot du Chateau Laurie ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/04/2008-olympic-showjumping-team-announced/ Robert Goodwin had a good show with some great results. His father Lindsay Goodwin was asked by the Townsville Show Society to Judge over the weekend, which meant he got to see Robert ride the little 15.1hh Australian Stockhorse Thistle HIll Fleetwood for the first time over a big course. ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/07/01/townsville-show-2008/ The duo managed a very credible 4th place on Sunday 15th June 2008 in the Springprüfung -Stechen- CSI 3* Grosser Preis The next best place Aussie was Peter McMahon on KS Genoa in 16th place with 4 faults followed by Matt Williams on Laconte in 20th place and 4 faults Laurie Lever Ashleigh ... http://heymistdowns.com/2008/06/16/breaking-news-chris-chugg-and-vivant-4th/