The Nissan SA Adult Outdoor Grand Prix class held on 6 April at the Nissan Easter Festival, was convincingly clinched by Samantha McIntosh on Let’s Win this Easter weekend, earning them R30,000 in prize money.
The pair went through to a jump-off after a tight, technical course which yielded just two clear rounds – one from Samantha and another from crowd-favourite, Lorette Knowles-Taylor on the ever-youthful Nissan Nabab Forever.
Pressure on
The jump-off saw a respectable number of 4-faulters riding clear, putting the pressure on for Samantha and Lorette, but both rode fantastic rounds, taking them into a final jump-off. Here Samantha shone with yet another blistering clear round, while Lorette racked up 8 faults, putting her into second. Lorette had previously wowed the crowed at the previous day’s dramatic 6-bar event, when she and Nissan Titanic cleared a whopping 1.90m jump to win R15,000.
Joint third place was taken by Anne-Marie Esslinger on Alzu Oregon and Chatan Hendricks on Air Holidays Cowan House.