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2007 'Weight Lifter' Saddle Horse Championship
- Program of Events (PDF 48 kb)
- Entry Form (MS Word 903 kb)
- 2007 Saddlehorse Championship Results (Sat 6 January) (Ms Word 264 kb)
- 2007 Saddlehorse Championship Results (Sun 7 January) (Ms Word 295 kb)

BLUE RIBBON 5 YEAR SPONSORSHIP FOR VAS LIMITED

Weight Lifter Horse Food, sponsor of the winner of the Garryowen at the 2006 Royal Melbourne Show, is set to become the Major Sponsor of the VAS Ltd Saddle Horse Championships, being held at the Werribee Park Equestrian Centre in January and for the next 5 years.

The VAS LTD Saddle Horse Championships are the Premier Event on the Equestrian calendar, and a total of 61 events will be decided over the weekend of January 6th & 7th 2007.

The standard of the Championships is expected to be leading edge with all entrants having qualified over the year through their participation at VAS LTD Affiliated Agricultural Shows.

Chairman of the VAS LTD Horse Committee Mr. Wayne Loughnan said, "We are now being run under the VAS LTD banner and along with that we have re-vamped the competition so that it is more user-friendly, being run over a two day weekend, allowing us to cater for our Exhibitors and Sponsors as well as our large Voluntary workforce".

Pam Ahern seen on Harvey after taking out the Garryowen at the Royal Melbourne Show last week. Photo Courtesy of Julie Wilson

Weight Lifter will be providing $7500 worth of cash and product to winners throughout the events over the weekend.

Weight Lifter horse feed was originally developed by Rob and Lisa Neely on their Yarra Glen property 4 years ago and is now being sold in over 1100 stores nationally around Australia. The success of Weight Lifter is such that a bag of Weight Lifter is purchased every 15 seconds throughout the day somewhere in Australia.

Lisa said "This is our first major Sponsorship and it will coincide with the launch of Weight Lifter in England. We have been approached by a major stock feed producer in Britain and now Weight Lifter will be produced under license in the UK from January 2007 and will be available in over 3000 stores in Britain from then on".

Rob Neely said "As the major sponsor, we were very pleased to see Pam Ahern take out the Garryowen and we see this association with the VAS LTD Saddle Horse Championships each year as another step in growing our brand. We intend for Weight Lifter to be Australia's number one feed in the marketplace over the next 5 years and the VASL Saddle Horse Championships will be our launch pad to cement our claim to be Number One by 2011."