Dust, sparkles and fast horses!

Dust, sparkles and fast horses! That’s how we spent the 25th of July at Arrow Park in Beaudesert with NBHA D1. Just over 230 runs were made across rounds 5 and 6 in Open, Youth, Teen, Lead and Senior and Pole Bending and competitors travelling from far and wide made some cracking runs!

In Round 5, Martina Smith took the win in the Open 1D with a smoking run of 16.593 on Bo, followed closely behind by Kate O’Dea on Moore Marz Bar with a run time of 16.724. Cheyenne Whitwell took the win in the 2D with a run time of 17.106 on Jack, in the 3D Natasha May-Keas on Chex rode for a win wth a time of 17.615, and the 4D win went to Bec Storey on Lucy for a time of 18.427. Madeline Baker won the leads with a time of 28.131. In the teens, Hayley Mccormack won the 1D on Gangster Morn with a time of 16.970, with the 2D win going to Ella Simpson on Fame Ta Jet for 18.503, and Rachael Stringer on Pirates Smoking Genius won the 3D with a 19.236 run. Ella-Marie Baker on Oneofakind Darkie took the Youth win with a time of 17.927, and Tui Gordon took the Senior win on Streaks Royal Roc with a time of 17.138.

In Round 6, Cheyenne Whitwell on Queen made a 16.822 run granting her the win in the 1D, followed by Sandy Phillippi on Leo for a 16.877 run. In the 2D, Ella Simpson took home the win on Fame Ta Jet with a time of 17.385, followed by Tracy Freckelton on Honey for 17.842 and Kate O’Dea for the 4D win with a time of 18.349. Ella Simpson took the win here on Fame Ta Jet with a time of 17.385 in the 1D, followed by Rachael Stringer on Pirates Smoking Denius for an 18.530 win and Summer Carey in the 3D on Geisha Supreme for a 20.188 win. The Youth was won by Lily May-Keas on Chex for a 17.676 run, and the Senior by Katrina Pugsley on HPH What You Looking At for a 17.684 win.

Ivy-Lee Bradbury won the Round 5 Open Pole Bending on Jellybean for a 26.285 run, which was beaten slightly in Round 6 by Sandy Phillippi on Thor for a 25.371 run. Matilda Shrimp on Wha-toozie won the Teen Poles in Round 5 for a run of 26.051, who also won the Round 6 with a time of 25.456. Blaire Moretto on Jo won the Youth Poles for a time of 26.532 in Round 5, which was slightly beaten in Round 6 by Lily May-Keas on Lightning McQuen for a run time of 25.882.

That wrapped up the second last NBHA D1 event, with the final round and finals taking place at Caboolture Showgrounds on the 27th of September where winners for the 2026 season will be crowned!