Sandhya Moll and her horse Majestic 7 came out on top when the in the High League event when the T&T Equestrian Association held its fourth and final Super League show-jumping competition on December 4 to close-off the 2011 season.With brilliant sunshine all day, Trinidad and Tobago's best riders came out to battle for the top positions in each of the three respective leagues; Low (Junior & Senior), Middle and High.Sandhya Moll, having performed extremely well all year, entered the final day of the competition in the lead in the High league. Her main competition on the final day was sure to be Steven Degheldere on "A Great Team", but most unfortunately his horse was lame and unable to be ridden.His accumulated score of 100 points gave him an overall placing of 3rd for the year's competition.Both Cammila Garcia and Melissa Sheppard did not participate in the final leg, but their combined scores of 200 points each, she them shared second place overall for the year. Moll riding her own "Majestic 7" had only to complete one round of competition that day, as there were no other riders able to compete in the High division and her accumulated score of 450 points, and her round with four faults and a time of 79.83 seconds gave her the Rider of the Year-High League title.
Morrison also opted to ride "Hors Concours" in this High division, and recorded a score of four faults, and 78.97 seconds.The Mid-League, as expected, was the most competitive, with the most number of riders on the final day, and also overall for the year. Having completed the three previous legs of the 2011 competition, Adelle Stollmeyer began the day in the lead with 290 points, followed very closely by Charlotte Morrison with 280 points. Mariel Lanser chased at their heels with 200 points, and really it could be anybody's win, as double-points were awarded on the final day of the Super League event. Andrew Halfhide performed admirably on a borrowed rescue horse "Georgio Armani", with a total of 12 jumping faults, and his score of 160 points gave him an overall 5th placing for the year's competition. Amber Thomson did not ride on this final day, but her accumulated 190 points, placed her just ahead of Halfhide in 4th place overall for the year. Lanser on her mare "Rhapsody" and Stollmeyer on the thoroughbred and ex-racer "Amigo Mio" both scored 4 faults, but it was their very close times that managed to separate them. Stollmeyer's second round time of 57.57 just edged her into second place for the day ahead of Lanser's third place time of 58.63, and a total score of 380 points. Although Stollmeyer started the day in the lead, her performance was not enough to keep her in overall first place for the year, and with a total of 490 points she secured 2nd place overall. Morrison on her handsome grey "Alfie Meh Boy" fought for the title of Rider of the Year –Middle League, posting two beautiful clear rounds, with a time of 55.71 seconds and her overall score of 500 just edged her into the prime position.
For the Low League-Junior class, Hadley Rahael went into the final event in the lead. Unfortunately, she was unable to ride as her horse "Zeus" was lame, but even without showing that day she emerged as Rider of the Year-Low League (Junior) in her category with a total of 220 points, as there were no other riders in her class competing that day. Ambriel Weatherly placed 2nd for the year in this category.In the Low League-Senior class, Sandhya Moll would attempt her second league title for the year, and would continue her winning streak. On the day there was just one other competitor in this class, Melissa Inglefield. Moll began the competition already in the lead; Inglefield rode "Nobil LX" and over the two rounds of competition she achieved two beautiful clear rounds with no jumping or time faults on her chestnut gelding, in a time of 58.98, giving her 200 points for the day. Moll also showed her skill on her young mount "The Sultan", posting two clear rounds as well. She was able to just better Inglefield, with a time of 57.17, and scoring an additional 220 points for the day to give her first place and the Low League- Senior Title for 2011. The final standings for the year in this class was Moll first with 430 points, Inglefield second with 210 points, and Andrew Halfhide third with 120 points.A great way to end a great year of show-jumping in Trinidad and Tobago. The riders all received their trophies and ribbons from the judge of the day Alix Hobday, and TTEA Management Committee Members, Patrice Stollmeyer and Sara McCartney. The prizes were sponsored by Simone Agar and Stechers Ltd. The TTEA also hosted their fun and exciting fundraising "Saddle Pad Polo" event that day to raise money for the TTSPCA's Equine Rescue Program.
