S.A. Pony Trotters

PRESENTATION DAY 2010/11

1^ST 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:

1^st Placing – Trophy and Inscribed Rug

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

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

4^th Placing onwards – Trophy

Pony Of The Year – Slow Shetland Class

1^st – Ben Ten

2^nd – Pee Wee 50

3^rd – Swamp Fire

4^th – PJ

5^th – Razzle Dazzle

6^th – Eddy’s A Fake

7^th – Two Tone Miss

Pony Of The Year – Shetland Class

1^st – Crackerjack

2^nd – Wandarra Tess

3^rd – Midnight Star

4^th – It’s All About Me

5^th – Chickabarquar

6^th – Let’s Tango

7^th – Our Sir Patchalot

8^th – Harley Davidson

Pony Of The Year – Slow Class

1^st – Little Kizz

2^nd – Born To Be Wild

3^rd – Summer Surprise

4^th – Chilli Knights

5^th – Westbury Bogart

6^th – Cowboy Road

7^th – Aadelaidee Lady

8^th – Ooh La Laar

9^th – Mr. Murphy

10^th – Magpie Mary

Pony Of The Year – Medium/Fast Class

1^st – Mr. Mischief

2^nd – Way To Go

3^rd – Lapanacaton

4^th – Petti Cheval

5^th – Reggie Ledgie

6^th – Aussie

7^th – Wynkie Sweet Fairytales

8^th – Little Paleface

Bookmarks and McDonalds Vouchers were given to all participating drivers

Basto, Lauren

Basto, Matthew

Billinger, Jodie

Brewin, Jayden (1st Season Driver)

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 1^st 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”.