Sam Jeffree’s winning ways continued at Wandin Park last weekend, where he took his second CCI4*-S win in a month.
Riding Santoro, Sam won the CCI4*-S at Tonimbuk International at the start of March with his other horse Wimborne Conjuror taking second place. At Wandin Park International on 21st & 22nd March, he followed it up with another win on Santoro and came close to doing the one-two again.
Both horses made the undulating terrain of Wandin, just outside of Melbourne in the scenic Yarra Valley, look like a walk in the park but a broken device (MIM) at the upright gate at Fence 15 put Wimborne Conjuror out of the running and Sam decided to hold up his hand and walk home.
Sophia Hill and Tulara Baltango had led the way after dressage and showjumping but, as at Tonimbuk, Sophia had decided to opt for a slower run, with her eye on the prize at Adelaide Equestrian Festival. Both Sophia and Sam have been named on the Australian Senior Oceania teams at Adelaide in April and Sophia is also pretty busy flying back and forth to the USA, where she headed straight after Wandin to compete at TerraNova with her top horse, Humble Glory.
Another rider nominated as part of the Australia Oceania teams, this time in the Young Rider Under 25 team, is Lamoza Velisha with Call Me Cooley, who claimed the CCI3* win at Wandin
