Futurity History

NZRHA Futurity (7 entries) & Open (9 entries) 2006

Many thanks to the Tauranga Western Riding Club who allowed us to hold our events in conjunction with their Autumn Show on the first weekend of March 2006. We had dry conditions and an excellent arena to compete on. The competition was a very high standard, its great to see the improvement each year in the standard of Reining in NZ. Thanks also to Sarah Rolston, Jan Waldock and Peter Watt who do an excellent job of running the association and the Futurity Show. Judge Fiona Renall.

Congratulations to James Hazeldine and his Lethal Lena mare 'Ima Dream Too' who made a clean sweep in winning the Futurity and the Open events. This little 4 yr old mare has a lot of heart and always does her best - she was beaten only once in Junior Reining this season - and it is a credit to her and to James as she was only started under saddle in May 2005 (James had been busy up till then completing his farrier apprenticeship with unfortunately no time to train and show horses - its great to have him back on the show circuit)!

NZRHA Futurity Placings (open to 3 & 4 yr old horses)
1st Ima Dream Too - James Hazeldine $425 75 1/2
2nd Melody Jay - Catherine Ladd $200 75
3rd My Kinda Rebel - Gordon Johnson (trophy for highest placing 3 yr old) $150 71 1/2
4th CL Okay Who Dun It - Jozette Thode $100 71
5th Belle's Spinner - Barry Ladd $75 67 1/2
6th Roxanna Playboy - Robyn Bon $50 61 1/2

NZRHA Open Placings (open to all horses)
1st Ima Dream Too - James Hazeldine $700 77
2nd Chex Please Doc - Aaron Scobie $300 76 1/2
3rd Melody Jay - Catherine Ladd $200 75
4th Diamond Lee - Rebecca Johnson $150 74 1/2
5th = Buck Cotton - Sarah Rolston $75 71
5th = My Kinda Rebel - Gordon Johnson $75 71


Ima Dream Too - James Hazeldine