International star Samantha McIntosh took out a memorable double at the Tauranga Show Jumping Championships that ended yesterday afternoon.
On Thursday night's opening event, the 38-year-old won the Mills Reef Classic on Argento WHS and yesterday triumphed on the same horse in the featured Bayleys Tauranga Grand Prix.
The large crowd in attendance at the Tauranga Racecourse was enthralled as the 40 riders were whittled away in the balmy late summer conditions to just six for the ride-off.
McIntosh, Luke Dee and Jack Lambert rode clear rounds while Vicki Wilson, Olympic rider Katie McVean and Tessa Williams all had four faults. So the first prize of $2500 was decided by the fastest round, and it was McIntosh (35.67 seconds) who took it from Dee (36.83) with Lambert (37.11) third.
McIntosh won the same grand prix in 2012 and is impressed with the set-up.