PRESENTATION DAY 2010/11

 

1ST MAY 2011

 

Today was our end of season presentation day which was held at Globe Derby Park in the Jubilee Room. It was a sad day for the Billinger Family after the tragic loss of the eldest daughter (Kelly), yet the entire family showed courage by still attending the presentation.

 

We also had John Lewis the CEO of Harness Racing SA attend our presentation and hand out the awards to all the kids.

 

 

The following rewards were handed out:

 

The Prizes for Pony of the Year were as follows:

1st Placing – Trophy and Inscribed Rug

2nd Placing – Trophy and Halter & Lead Rope in appropriate colours

3rd Placing – Trophy and Saddle Pad in appropriate colours.

4th Placing onwards – Trophy

 

 

Pony Of The Year – Slow Shetland Class

1st – Ben Ten

2nd – Pee Wee 50

3rd – Swamp Fire

4th – PJ

5th – Razzle Dazzle

6th – Eddy’s A Fake

7th – Two Tone Miss

 

Pony Of The Year – Shetland Class

1st – Crackerjack

2nd – Wandarra Tess

3rd – Midnight Star

4th – It’s All About Me

5th – Chickabarquar

6th – Let’s Tango

7th – Our Sir Patchalot

8th – Harley Davidson

 

Pony Of The Year – Slow Class

1st – Little Kizz

2nd – Born To Be Wild

3rd – Summer Surprise

4th – Chilli Knights

5th – Westbury Bogart

6th – Cowboy Road

7th – Aadelaidee Lady

8th – Ooh La Laar

9th – Mr. Murphy

10th – Magpie Mary

 

Pony Of The Year – Medium/Fast Class

1st – Mr. Mischief

2nd – Way To Go

3rd – Lapanacaton

4th – Petti Cheval

5th – Reggie Ledgie

6th – Aussie

7th – Wynkie Sweet Fairytales

8th – Little Paleface

 

Bookmarks and McDonalds Vouchers were given to all participating drivers

Basto, Lauren

Basto, Matthew

Billinger, Jodie

Brewin, Jayden (1st Season Driver)

Brown, Nicholas

Carey, Kaycee

Gilbert, Bryce

Gilbert, Christie

Gilbert, Jacinta

Hoare, Bailey (1st Season Driver)

Jacques, Cameron

Johnson, Corey

Johnson, Emma

Kittel, Jason

Lehmann, Jennifer

Lehmann, Kathryn

Moritz, Cheyenne (1st Season Driver)

Newman, Sharni

Ogilvy, Shaniah (1st Season Driver)

Platts, Shannon

Ramsay, Lachlan (1st Season Driver)

Rendall, Chantelle

Smith, Madison

 

100% GDP Pony Attendance: Ben Ten, Born To Be Wild, Crackerjack, Lapanacaton, Little Kizz, Mr. Mischief, Pee Wee 50, Petti Cheval, PJ, Razzle Dazzle, Reggie Ledgie, Summer Surprise, Swamp Fire, Wandarra Tess, Way To Go & Wynkie Sweet Fairytales.

 

 

100% GDP Driver Attendance: Nicholas Brown, Kaycee Carey, Bryce Gilbert, Christie Gilbert, Jacinta Gilbert, Bailey Hoare, Cameron Jacques, Jason Kittel, Kathryn Lehmann, Shannon Platts & Chantelle Rendall.

 

100% Overall Driver Attendance: Chantelle Rendall

 

Country Pony Cup: Eddy’s A Fake

 

Encouragement Photo: Aadelaidee Lady

 

Danni Hill 1st Year Encouragement Award: Shaniah Ogilvy

 

Viv Heath Encouragement Awards: Bailey Hoare & Lachlan Ramsay

 

Greg Cooper Service Award: Jayden Brewin

 

Black Eyed Susan Memorial 1st Year Driver: Cheyenne Moritz

 

Sandra Hutchinson Best Presented Combination: The Gilbert Kids (Bryce, Christie & Jacinta)

 

Wenham Family Award: Brett Lowe

 

Golden Hands Award: Jacinta Gilbert

 

Retiring Drivers: Jodie Billinger & Kathryn Lehmann

 

Ashtek Engineering Award: Jodie Billinger

 

 

 

Recognition Awards:

 

Helper: Jodie Billinger, Steve Branson, Jayden Brewin, Brett Lowe, Sharni Newman, Shannon Platts, Chantelle Rendall & Courtnee Wise.

 

Race Callers: Don Wenham, Rehn Nagel & Lachlan Stace.

 

Stewards: Sandra Hutchinson & Keith Preston.

 

 

 

Overview of the two retiring drivers:

 

Jodie Billinger

Jodie has been driving ponies for 9 seasons since she was 7 years old with her first winner being on Magpie Mary on 21 December 2002 for Jeff and Marilyn Potter. 

This season Jodie has driven three ponies on a regular basis Cowboy Road, Eddy’s A Fake and Our Sir Patchalot all for children who are not yet old enough to drive themselves.  Jodie enjoys going to the trots and catching up with people she has become friends with and seeing smiling faces and enjoys watching the races both at the track and on SKY Channel. 

Jodie helps out at the stables and races several times a week harnessing, working and washing the horses and cleaning stables. She would love to one day own/train and drive her own Blacks A Fake and is trying to convince her parents she should train Come On Frank as her first horse.

 

 

Kathryn Lehmann

Kathryn has been driving ponies for four seasons with her first pony being Bring It On, last season she drove two ponies Petti Cheval and Way To Go who won the Pony of the Year after winning both the Gawler and Kapunda Cups, however, this season she only raced one pony Way To Go and won four races with her and finished 2nd in the Pony of the Year.

Kathryn has been helping out Claire Goble for the past 12 months while completing Certificate II in Racing - Stablehand and also helps her dad out at home and at the trots.  She would love to train horses in the future and become a vet.

 

Would like to wish both retiring drivers all the best for their future in harness racing.

 

 

 

“Once again we would like to thank all Sponsors for their kind generosity to the South Australian Harness Racing Pony Association; your sponsorship has contributed to the young drivers today receiving special trophies and prizes”.

 

 

Group Photo 

 

 

Retiring Drivers

Jodie Billinger and Kathryn Lehmann with CEO John Lewis

Pony Of The Year – Slow Shetland Class

Ben Ten and Jason Kittel

Pony Of The Year – Shetland Class

Crackerjack and Kaycee Carey

Pony Of The Year – Slow Class

Little Kizz and Christie Gilbert

Pony Of The Year – Medium/Fast Class

Mr Mischief and Bailey Hoare

Country Pony Cup

Eddy's A Fake with Jodie Billinger, Acacia Hryhorec and John Lewis

Danni Hill 1st Year Encouragement Award

Shaniah Ogilvy and John Lewis

Viv Heath Encouragement Awards

Bailey Hoare and Lachlan Ramsay with John Lewis 

Greg Cooper Service Award

Jayden Brewin and John Lewis

Black Eyed Susan Memorial 1st Year Driver

Cheyenne Moritz and Jan Cox

Sandra Hutchinson Best Presented Combination

Jacinta, Christie and Bryce Gilbert

Wenham Family Award

Brett Lowe

Golden Hands Award

Jacinta Gilbert and Sue Gordon

Ashtek Engineering Award

Jodie Billinger with Matthew Maguire