Two riders of Uplands shine at Sanesa
Callahan Buchanan and Natasha Emmerick of Uplands represented Mpumalanga schools at the South African National Equestrian Shools Association (Sanesa) Nationals held at Kyalami Equestrian Park.
To qualify for this competition, riders competed at three selection shows and were then chosen based on their top performances.
This is true for all the provinces and the competitors are all at the top of their game. Classes can be as large as 60 and earning a rosette is an achievement. The team results are based on the total scores of the four riders’ results who make up the provincial team.
Callahan was selected to compete in
both the 90cm 2 Phase and competition show-jumping classes and the 80cm
equitation on her horse Golden Kiwi. They managed to earn a respectable 13th
position in the latter competition. In this class the difference between first
and other positions is often only a matter of two points.
Natasha was
selected for 1,10m Show-jumping, Elementary Dressage, 1m Equitation and Open
Working Hunter Showing class. She finished 16th and 17th in her two dressage
tests, with her team coming in second and fourth for the tests respectively. She
aided the Mpumalanga team to a fourth place in the working hunter class. Sandman
and Natasha jumped their way into the rosettes for the 2 Phase competition,
ending in 13th position.
