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New Zealand’s top onshore based showjumpers are heading to Takapoto next week for an Olympic selection performance opportunity. The Tokyo Olympic Games long-listed athletes will ride a course designed by Frank Rothenberger with videos of each round being sent to selector Helena Stormanns...
Read moreThe Jumping Show Dates applications are now open for 2021-2022 Season. We would also like areas/shows to include their preferred dates for 2022-2023 season as part of this process. For more information click here ESNZ Jumping Team 14 April 2021
Read moreOne of New Zealand’s highest ranked FEI course designers is calling time on a very rewarding career. The Glistening Waters and ESNZ Series Finals Show will be Gerrit Beker’s last big event. The retired Tauranga civil engineer is quick to add he will still be available as a technical...
Read moreTegan Fitzsimon was the queen of cool as she rode Windermere Cappuccino to her second ESNZ Horse Grand Prix Series. As happy as she was to take the win, after placing second in a hotly-contested class, her preparation has a longer game feel about it. “Everything is about working on...
Read moreA feisty, sharp and very promising youngster has convincingly taken out the East Coast Performance Horses Five-Year-Old Series. Cortaflex Giulia MH and Melody Matheson (Havelock North) took the series before the final, finishing 18 points ahead of Amy McMullan (Timaru) aboard Pure Cascade....
Read moreRose Alfeld was happy to tick the box of her big goal for the year with her “big softie” Eye Catcher NZPH, in winning the Matthews Hanoverians Seven-Year-Old Series. The 17.2hh chestnut gelding, who is by Kannan and out of a Mr Blue mare, had much of last season off so Rose says she had...
Read moreOwner Penny Tapley has shown she’s a bit of a dab hand at breeding . . . even if it was a little bit lucky. Campari, who is by Corofino II and out of a Littorio mare, was her first dabble into the world of breeding. This season the somewhat quirky bay gelding was bolt-away...
Read moreSamantha Carrington’s season had the perfect finish when she and her homebred Double J Hurricane win in the grand final gave them the UltraMox Six-Year-Old Series. The victory backed up their shared win in the five-year-old series last season. The gelding is by Euro Sport Heartbreaker out...
Read moreTaupo teen Annabel Francis’ golden showjumping season has continued, this time at the Glistening Waters Series Finals Championship Show in Masterton where she won three series crowns as well as picking up minor placings. The 18-year-old from Taupo has added the POLi Payments Premier...
Read moreAnnabel Francis was a little lost for words when she and LT Holst Elizabeth came from behind to win the FMG Young Rider Series. True to form, the 18-year-old most definitely had her sights set on winning and knew exactly what had to be done. “Elizabeth is a very nice horse,” says...
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