Sauryaram Indukuri was the rider of the Championship and Dilano was the horse of the week during the 2nd Telangana State Equestrian Championship at the Hyderabad Polo & Riding Club (HPRC), Gandipet, Hyderabad.
Sauryaram Indukuri was the rider of the Championship. Over the two days he and Happyness won the 100–105 cm Under 18 and the 80–90 cm Under 14 state titles and finished second in the 110–115 cm Open, and he added a third place on Peter Bolt in the 60 cm Open. Dilano, ridden by three different riders, was the horse of the week — first in the 100–105 cm Open under Abdul Manan on Saturday, first in the 8090 cm Open under Aarnav Reddy and first in the 110–115 cm Open under Pothuraju Sridhar on Sunday. Siddharth Dutta won the Children I Dressage on Wilbur with his second horse, Burning Arrow, in second place, and Dhruva Potineni won both the Children II Dressage on Grace and the 60 cm Under 12 Show Jumping on Sin.
Sixteen state titles were decided over Saturday and Sunday, from the Under 12 Hacks and the 40 cm entry classes, kept deliberately affordable so that beginners on club horses can compete for a state medal, to the 110–115 cm Open, the Championship’s premier class.
In that class on Sunday evening, Pothuraju Sridhar on Dilano took the title and the ₹20,000 first prize, ahead of Sauryaram Indukuri on Happyness and Mohammed Amaan Ali on Flying Champ, with Jaiveer Varma on Valensky VDL Highly Recommended.
For the host club, Ananya Gupta of HPRC won four state medals — second and third in the Children II Dressage on Achilles and Sky, and second and third in the 80–90 cm Under 12 Show Jumping on Achilles and Brave Indian — while Gautam Sanjay Sujanaani took the Junior Dressage title on Airstrike. Among HPRC’s youngest riders, Luv Manne was second in the 40 cm Under 12 on Duke, and Vir Reddy on Trustful and Akira Manne on Baretta shared third place in the Under 12 Hacks.
The championship came to a close with the 110–115 cm Open Show Jumping under lights and a closing ceremony on the club lawns at which B Mahesh Kumar Goud, MLC, president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, P Uday Kumar, zonal commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, and Ch Srinivas, DCP, Serilingampally Zone, Cyberabad, presented the state medals.
The Championship was conducted in association with the Telangana State Equestrian Association (TSEA) and followed directly on the second National Qualifier of the season, giving HPRC five consecutive days of competitive equestrian sport.
At the closing ceremony on the HPRC lawns, Mahesh Kumar Goud presented the medals of the 110–115 cm Open and the Young Rider Dressage and the Championship trophy. P Uday Kumar presented the Children II Dressage and the 80–90 cm Under 14 and Open classes, while Ch Srinivas presented the 60 cm Under 12 and Open and the 80–90 cm Under 12 classes.
Sauryaram, Hridhaan and Jagadeesh ride away with honours at HPRC’s 2nd National Qualifier
The Championship’s cash prizes, ₹1,02,500 across the 110–115 cm, 100105 cm and 80–90 cm Open classes, were presented on behalf of Title Partner Phoenix Group, Hyderabad, by Chandra Rama Rao, committee member of HPRC.
“Two years ago, Telangana’s riders had to travel out of the state to be ranked. This weekend sixteen state titles were decided at home, in front of their families, and the youngest medallist was in the Under 12 Hacks,” said Chaitania R Kumar, president, HPRC.
Results: Dressage (Children II): 1. Dhruva Potineni (Grace), 2. Ananya Gupta (Achilles), 3. Ananya Gupta (Sky). Highly recommended: Anjali (Vikram)
Show Jumping (60 cm) Under 12: 1. Dhruva Potineni (Sin), 2. Kori Vivaan (My Star), 3. Naag Hridhan Mulugu (King). Highly recommended: Anjali (Ican).
Show Jumping (60 cm) Open: 1. L Samara Reddy (Veeru), 2. Nalli Raju (Tara), 3. Sauryaram Indukuri (Peter Bolt). Highly recommended: Prem Madhav Bali (Carnival Lady).
Show Jumping (80–90 cm) Under 12: 1. Kori Vivaan (Cornelius), 2. Ananya Gupta (Achilles), 3. Ananya Gupta (Brave Indian). Highly recommended: Khaja Kashifuddin (Veeru).
Show Jumping (80–90 cm) Under 14: 1. Sauryaram Indukuri (Happyness), 2. Yuvraj Rohit Gupta (Brave Indian), 3. Yuvraj Rohit Gupta (Achilles). Highly recommended: Bathula Shouryan (Perfect Hella).
Show Jumping (80–90 cm) Open: 1. Aarnav Reddy (Dilano), 2. Venkat Nadh (Tyson), 3. Bhanu Vathula (Roxie). Highly recommended: Hussain Zaid (Star).
Show Jumping (110–115 cm) Open championship class: 1. Pothuraju Sridhar (Dilano), 2. Sauryaram Indukuri (Happyness), 3. Mohammed Amaan Ali (Flying Champ). Highly recommended: Jaiveer Varma (Valensky VDL).
