Congratulations Brett for setting new levels with one of the highest scores ever in Australian Dressage. 76.85%!
Brett & Victory Salute (aka Sam) at AELEC Tamworth September 2009
Brett's Report.
Last week we travelled to Tamworth to the NSW State Championships, hosted by the hard working Tamworth Dressage Club at the wonderful AELEC.The event itself was a great success and the new AELEC facility has definitely succeeded in becoming Australia's greatest venue.
Sam (Victory Salute) and I had a very relaxing weekend having just two tests over two days. The first test was the Grand Prix on Friday afternoon. This test for us was a good one and all but a small mistake in the one tempi's was pretty unblemished. When the dust had settled after the competition, we came out of top with 67.75%, in front of Heath Ryan with Regardez Moi in second place and Rachel Sanna on Jaybee Alabaster close behind.
The Freestyle night was as usual very exciting with the top four horses scoring in excess of 70%. As I rode around the arena, Heath was receiving a very strong applause from an appreciative crowd, as he had delivered another great performance. Then Rachel's score was announced at 73.3%. I knew I had a lot to do so with that in mind, in we went......
Sam worked the best he has worked in ages and apart from one confusing aid from his rider, produced a beautiful mistake free test. I was annoyed as usual with my stupidity and anxiously awaited the core. Then they announced it: 76.85% and a new Australian record for the Grand Prix Freestyle. We were all very happy and as always, Sam bailed me out again.
We agreed out back that Heath should lead the Quadrille, as he is the best at it. So the top 6 riders gave a Quadrille in appreciation of Tamworth for having us. So in summary, the NSW State Championships were great for us in our lead up to Team selections for WEG, and a roaring success for Dressage in general.
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Brett Parbery on Victory Salute at Lingen 30th May-1st June 08 on his Olympic Campaign
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Hamag congratulates Brett on a fantastic Olympic campaign in Europe. After missing out on Australian Olympic selection by the minutest of margins, Brett is back in Australia preparing for the Spring and Summer Dressage Season as well as passing on his invaluable riding knowledge at his clinics. For more information on these very informative clinics click here
Brett's Rotterdam CHIO score.
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Brett has been working very hard, as have all the Australian Olympic equestrian aspirants in Europe. His latest results, the final Olympic Qualifier, at Lingen, Germany are on this link. He was the 3rd highest place Australian on 65.2% and so is in Olympic contention.His next gruelling competition is in Rotterdam in just over a week.
Like many other Australians, we sat up watching On Line,Brett and the Aussies competing at Lingen. They 'did us proud" and the Hamag team got such a buzz to see Hamag Leather Number Holders being a wee part of this Olympic Campaign. Go Brett!!
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Brett is off to Germany with Victory Salute to train with Hubertus Schmidt in Germany,working towards their goal of competing at their best for the Beijing Olympics Equestrian Dressage In Hong Kong. All of Australia wishes them safe travel and very successful riding.
Hamag congratulates Brett Parbury on Victory Salute for their outstanding achievement in obtaining the highest dressage score at the Special Beijing Olympic Qualifier held recently at S.I.E.C. This enables Australia to send for the first time a Dressage Team (as opposed to an Individual) to the Olympics.
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Japan has claimed the last remaining Olympic Dressage Team entry for the South East Asia-Oceania region.
New Zealand completed their Dressage Olympic Regional Teams Assessment today at Palmerston North but was unable to better the score that Japan had set at the assessment in Cannes (FRA) last month.
Australia and Japan were the two highest scoring teams from the Region and have secured their team entry at the Equestrian Events at the 2008 Olympic Games.
The New Zealand riders will have a chance to qualify individual riders through the FEI Olympic Riders Ranking-Dressage based on standings on 01 May 2008.
The official announcement of the two successful teams will be on 13 February 2008.
The New Zealand scores are yet to be confirmed.
Australia 196.167 Qualified
Japan 194.792 Qualified
New Zealand 178.300 Not Qualified
Australia
1. Brett Parbery Victory Salute 66.917%
2. Heath Ryan Greenoaks Dundee 64.708%
3. Rozzie Ryan Donna Carrera 64.542%
4. Maree Tomkinson Lanzaro 63.708%.
Japan
1. Hiroshi Hoketsu Whisper115 66.917%
2. Mieko Yagi Dow Jones 64.167%
3. Yuko Kitai Rambo 394 63.708%
4. Hiroyuki Kitahara Why Me 61.875%
New Zealand
1. Jody Hartsone Landioso 60.292%
2. Kallista Field Soda 59.708%
3. Nicole Magaoffin Jaybee Anzac 58.300%
4. Bill Noble Vincent St James 57.875%
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Achievements:
1999
• Intermediate I Champion and Prix St George Freestyle Champion, NSW State Dressage Championships
• 3rd Prix St George Australian Championships
• 3rd World Cup Challenge Prix St George (Australian Final)
2000/02
• Training and competing in Holland and Germany. No.2 rider for Anna van Olst (Atlanta 1996/Sydney 2000) and stable rider for Holga Finken.
2003
• 4th Medium NSW State Championships
• 4th Medium National Championships
2004
• Winner 6 from 7 Advanced competitions NSW Dressage Council
• Trainer of team of riders (in conjunction with George Sanna), winning 5 from 6 Gold Medals at XVI PON, Indonesian National Games, Sumatera, Indonesia
• 6th Prix St George World Cup Challenge (Aust Final), Prix St George Championship
• 3rd Prix St George NSW State Championships
• Winner Advanced 5.4 NSW State Championships
• Winner 4yr old Young Horse NSW State Championships
• Also 4th and 7th 4yr old Young Horse NSW State Championships
• Invited to KB Financial Solutions Prix St Georges Cup and;
• Qualified three finalists for PSI Young Horse Australian Final, Dressage and Jumping with the Stars, Werribee Victoria 17 - 19 November 2004
An Update from Brett
"This month I have been in Thailand coaching Singapore at the SEA Games. Even though Singapore didn't win any medals, I had the chance to make a lot of connections in all of the South East Asian countries. Last weekend I conducted another successful clinic at Boneo Park on the Mornington Peninsula.
We have also hosted an Australian Squad clinic at our place in the middle of December. All members of the high performance panel were here during the week. Since the clinic I have spoken to the Australian selectors, who have indicated that they are looking very closely at Victory Salute and me for Australian representation in February at the Pacific League Qualifier, and in August for the Olympic Games. So in all, things are going well for us in spite of the horrible time everyone has been through over the past four months.
This month I have been in Thailand coaching Singapore at the SEA Games. Even though Singapore didn't win any medals, I had the chance to make a lot of connections in all of the South East Asian countries. Last weekend I conducted another successful clinic at Boneo Park on the Mornington Peninsula.
We have also hosted an Australian Squad clinic at our place in the middle of December. All members of the high performance panel were here during the week. Since the clinic I have spoken to the Australian selectors, who have indicated that they are looking very closely at Victory Salute and me for Australian representation in February at the Pacific League Qualifier, and in August for the Olympic Games. So in all, things are going well for us in spite of the horrible time everyone has been through over the past four months"
Brett Parbery is a professional dressage competitor who has dedicated his life to the understanding and training of competition dressage horses.
Brett Parbery was raised on a cattle property in the mountainous district of Dorrigo, NSW. He was raised within a professional training stable producing horses for western sports such as cutting, campdrafting and rodeo.
After a fruitful career in the western sports, including a successful stint competing on the pro rodeo circuit of North America and Canada, Brett decided to return to Australia to search for new challenges in the equine industry. Having always been fascinated with the equestrian sports, Brett decided to try his hand at the most complex of them all, Dressage.
This was at the end of 1998. Since committing to dressage, Brett has had success at both State and National levels, and has spent three of the last five years abroad learning his chosen trade from the best in the world, the Germans and the Dutch.
Nowadays, Brett has built up a professional training stable and is based just north of Sydney in the popular equestrian locality of Arcadia. At Suntori Park, Brett and his elite team of dressage horses enjoy the world class facilities provided by the Rapson family.
