the pair achieved the only double-clear in the class. In the A&B Grade Championship, seconds, not rails, separated the top two placings after first-placed Chaise Ludgate and Barrabadeen Wotz Up finished two seconds faster than Matt Godwin and Phantom Vortex - both double clear on a track that proved challenging for many of the other top horses. Generally strong performances at all levels over difficult tracks throughout the weekend, however, points to a strong start to official competition in WA next year. Annabel Cowcher and Bellhaven Paris placed fourth in the Junior Jumper and WA Young Rider Sate Championship. Barrabadeen Wotz-Up in second, after a convincing jump off round by both riders. In the EquineWorld stakes, all five placegetters went double clear, but it was a toss-up between two Rebeccas for first and second - Rebecca Tucker winning the last of qualifier in the series on her family’s other young Oaks chestnut, Oaks India, with Rebecca Donovan and the dynamic little mare, Noblewood Park Conchetta coming second. Leon Carroll’s C-Grade win on MEC Privledge added to the thoroughbred’s jumping resume; first off the rank to compete, Neil Ozanne and Sarnia Classic placed fourth in both the 1.35m Open and A&B Grade Championship.