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Scholarship for Young Rider Isabella Wilkinson McIntyre
Rosanna Relton (Year 10) competed in the Queensland StateInterschool Equestrian Championships at Maryborough representing St Aidan’s and won the State Championship at Prix St Georges level, the highest level in interschool competition. Rosanna then continued to the Australian Young Riders Championships at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre where she won the Australian FEI Junior Championship and the Australian FEI Junior Freestyle Championship riding her horse, FourWinds Bombadier. Rosanna rode Fairbanks Ringo in the Australian FEI Pony and the Australian Elementary Pony Championship, resulting in two Reserve Australian Championships and the highest elementary score achieved across the competition.
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huddle I december 2013
Isabella Wilkinson-McIntyre is told that her love of riding began as a two-year-old, when she first rode a camel at a local school fete. Perhaps it was the lack of camels in Brisbane that brought her around to horses, for twelve years later the Year 10 student is taking the equestrian world by storm and shows no sign of slowing down. Proving her enthusiasm and dedication to the sport, Isabella has recently been named the recipient of the inaugural Remi Stud Young Rider Scholarship. As part of the award, Isabella received a beautiful black colt named Remi Levingstone, as well as new equipment, three years’ worth of horse feed, training, horse registration, legal work and veterinary support. According to Remi Stud, the scholarship is provided to a young rider “who has the talent and dedication in either dressage or eventing, but not the financial means to purchase a quality competition horse”.
Isabella currently competes at both state and national levels in eventing, showjumping and dressage, last year walking away with Interstate Showjumping Champion, Showman Champion, Senior School Overall Equestrian Champion and runner-up Queensland Young Dressage Rider of the Year. “I tend to just take every day as it comes,” Isabella said. “I do wish, however, to continue progressing up the levels of eventing and dressage, and one day hand my knowledge down to younger kids, just like so many of my instructors have done for me.” Isabella was also recently named the Australian National Senior Novice Champion and Australian National Freestyle Champion.