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Monday, 14 December 2020, 8:05 am Taupo rider Monica Oakley and Artist managed to turn the tables on Olympian Clarke Johnstone riding Aces High in 2020 in the Veterinary Associates CCI 4 Three Day Event after being beaten into second by Johnstone at the same event last year. In the three day format the jumping phase happens on day 3 and is jumped in reverse order of placing. Coming into the final phase in second place Monica and Artist jumped a measured and precise round leaving all the poles up which put the pressure on overnight leader and last year’s winners Aces High and Clarke Johnstone and . Aces looked to ....
Sunday, 13 December 2020, 8:21 am Clarke Johnstone and Aces High showed their class and experience by putting in a faultless round and claiming the lead in the 4 Long format cross country at the Puhinui horse trials. “It was a very, very good round after number 7. He was pretty flightly to begin with – strong winds and the flags – he took a bit of an exception to that but after fence 7 I gave him a slap on the shoulder and told him to pull his head in! After that he was completely focussed.” When asked whether it was now Aces High or his Rio mount Balmoral Sensation (Richie) who was top of ....