Hyderabad: The second National Qualifier (NQ) of this year season opened its competition programme on Thursday at the Hyderabad Polo & Riding Club (HPRC), Gandipet, with 37 starts across three classes — Junior Dressage and Show Jumping for the Children-II and Children-I categories producing 13 qualifying performances towards the Junior National Equestrian Championships.
The Children-II show jumping was the largest class of the day, with 21 rounds jumped. Six of them were clear. Siddharth Dutta on both Premier Handsome Boy & Wilbur, Gilla Deepansh on Veeru, HPRC’s Ananya Gupta on Brave Indian, Khaja Kashifuddin Farooqi on Velocity and Eshan Polimetla on Peter Bolt and two more rounds, Dhruva Potineni on Raja and Ananya Gupta on Achilles, qualified with four penalties. Dutta and Gupta each qualified on two horses. Six combinations were eliminated on a course that rewarded accuracy.
In the Children-I show jumping, Sauryaram Varma Indukuri produced the only clear round of the class on Happyness, with Rivanh Sharma on Dream Girl and R. Srihan Reddy on Kanye Kang qualifying on four penalties from a field of 12. In the Junior Dressage, HPRC’s Gautam Sanjay Sujanaani qualified with 60.325 per cent on Airstrike.
“Six clear rounds in the Children-II class and two children qualifying on two horses each, tells us the standard in Telangana is rising,” HPRC President Chaitania R Kumar said.
THE RESULTS
Juniors Dressage: Gautam Sanjay Sujanaani (horse: Airstrike) 60.325%, Kumbham Sai Tanvi Reddy (Centaur) 54.350, (Bangie De Prissey) 51.500, Ram Reddy Botta (Hulk C) 51.525.
Children-II Show Jumping: Siddharth Dutta (Premier Handsome Boy) 0-penalty, Siddharth Dutta (Wilbur) 0, Gilla Deepansh (Veeru) 0, Ananya Gupta (Brave Indian) 0, Khaja Kashifuddin Farooqi (Velocity) 0, Eshan Polimetla (Peter Bolt) 0, Dhruva Potineni (Raja) 4, Ananya Gupta (Achilles) 4.
Children-I Show Jumping: Sauryaram Varma Indukuri (Happyness) 0, Rivanh Sharma (Dream Girl) 4, R. Srihan Reddy (Kanye Kang) 4.
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