What a Year!
Australian Megan Jones couldn't have had a better start to the 2009 eventing season with both her and her mount Kirby Park Irish Jester receiving many accolades for their outstanding 2008 season. Megan and Jester were awarded the following honors:
| Megan |
Equestrian Federation of Australia-South Australia Eventing Rider of the Year South Australian Sports Institute Awards Female Athlete of the Year Leader of the FEI World Rankings Oceania Zone |
| Jester |
Leader of the FEI World Rankings Equestrian Federation of Australia-South Australia Eventing Horse of the Year |
There is no slowing down for Megan and Jester. The pair flew to New Zealand to take part in the first of the HSBC FEI World Cup Eventing qualifiers held at Kihikihi in March. Megan and Jester produced an outstanding dressage test and clearly led the field with a score of 38.1. Jones produced faultless cross-country and show jumping rounds to finish on their dressage score, earning $23,000 in prize money.
Megan and Jester will now head to Sydney for the second World Cup qualifying event. The World Cup Finals will be held in Poland later this year.
Megan feeds KER-formulated products from Barastoc (Ridley AgriProducts) to all of her mounts including Jester, and she uses several KER supplements such as Preserve, Bio-Bloom, EquiShure, Glucos-A-Flex, and others.
