April 1, 2015
Campdrafters were in action at Cooranga North and Nanango at the weekend, enjoying the perfect weather.
At Nanango on Sunday, riders were competing for a total of $3340 in prizemoney across Novice and Open drafts.
There’ll be more campdraft action happening locally over the Easter long weekend – at Kumbia and Kragra (west of Brigooda).
The annual Kumbia Charity Campdraft on Saturday and Sunday will feature the Alex Logan Memorial Open Draft, a Restricted Sweepstakes (Open and Novice horses only), a Combined Maiden / Novice Draft, the Frank Tucker Memorial Junior Draft (for riders 8 years and under) and a Juvenile Draft (riders 13 to under 17 years).
Also on April 4-5 is the Kragra Gold Watch Campdraft and Gymkhana which will include Maiden, Juvenile, Junior, Novice and Open rounds plus a Futurity (for horses four years old and under). There’ll also be a Gymkhana (five age groups) and Mini Draft (for riders under 8 years).
Nanango Results:
Novice
Bradley Buttsworth – Double Essence – 166
Ray Mayne – Bobadil Bar Doc Bob (Doc Bob) – 161
Mark Buttsworth – Double Dove – 161
Alan Broome – Commanche -151
Trevor Richards – LJ – 145
Barry Hockey – Sophie – 110
Jim Gilbert – Cosmic – 104
Bernie Hunter – Cantana’s Cadet – 102
Nick Schafferius – Jackie’s Return – 101
Ray Mayne – Dots n Dashes – 98
Open
Dale Roberts – Silkstone Wasp – 246
Mark Buttsworth – Play Maree – 193
Trader Wilson – Bonita – 192
Kate Hurley – Freeda – 189
Laurie Bruyn – Chilli – 179
Trevor Tessmann – Topboy – 158
Janine Ploetz – Lu Diamond Phillips – 103
Karen Butters – Kittens – 102
Wayne Edwards – Hunter – 101
Philip Matthews – Midnight Flame – 101
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Cooranga North Results
Maiden
Jenny Weise – Draw Bar – 88
Simon Geppert – Ringmaster Alex – 87
Bradley Buttsworth – Tango – 87
Madeline Moloney – Rendition – 86
Bradley Buttsworth – Double Essence – 86
Katrina Jeffries – Classic Jake – 86
Garth Christiansen – Von Zippa – 86
Gordon Bayles – Rayell – 86
Laressa Duncan – Sissy – 85
Michael Diggles – Twilight – 85
Juvenile
Amy Tessmann – Kool Lawson – 79
Cody Ryan – The Matrix – 76
Jordon Young – Tango – 75
Trent Sheppard – Saffron – 22
Stephen Mylett – Double Trouble – 20
Riley Young – Docs Special Lady – 20
Duncan Moran – Melodi – 18
Lachlan Moran – Opal – 16
Junior
Mac Sheppard – Sambo – 70
Rachael Plant – Kool Change – 61
Marnie Clarke – Tadpole – 51
Brooke Itel – Celebration – 49
Mac Young – Patch – 36
Gemma Coman – Sonny – 34
Abbey Harkin – Dunbar Julie – 18
Brooke Itel – Royalle Decadence – 18
Harry Coman – Caleb – 18
Jaimee Clarke – Kennedy – 18
Novice
Mark Buttsworth – Double Suzie – 178
Wade Clarke – Hidden Acres – 175
Robert Plant – Maca – 175
Pat Moloney – Harmony – 175
Geoff Schrader – Shady Acres – 173
Madeline Moloney – Rendition – 169
Chris Ryan – Smoothy – 169
Patrick Gleeson – Deb’s Request – 168
Jye Banks – Jolly – 110
Liam Rohan – Tear Drop – 109
