News - February 2018
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Mama Mea!
Christmas came early for Gisborne farmer Fraser Tombleson when he and his homebred mare Mea I topped a far more fancied field to take the honours in the fourth round of the FEI World Cup New Zealand League in Taupo this evening. The 27-year-old was one of just two to go clear from 18 starters...
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A Cracker of a Round Expected at Classic
Olympian and former World Cup finalist Maurice Beatson spearheads a big field for the fourth round of the New Zealand FEI World Cup Series, being held at Taupo this weekend as part of the Taupo Christmas Classic. The Dannevirke farmer is at the top of the leaderboard on 41 points, with young...
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Class Level Name Changes – January 2019
This January will see a change in the way we name our Eventing classes in New Zealand. This change is to ensure we remain aligned with the FEI and how international events will be named. The change to the international naming of classes was first proposed back in 2016 and was approved by the...
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Dressage Training & Development Opportunities for Judges & Event Managers
Event Manager Workshop - The Nationals from the Inside Out Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th February @Manfeild Park As part of the Dressage strategy to support volunteers, Celine Filbee will be facilitating an Event management workshop. Dressage NZ invites existing or prospective event...
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ESNZ Endurance – FEI Officials’ Courses
ESNZ Endurance is running FEI Officials’ courses in February 2019 in Wellington. On Friday the 8th will be a Level I/II Stewards’ course and on Saturday and Sunday, 9th and 10th, a combined Level I/II Judges and TDs course. If you are a current FEI Official and last did a course in 2016...
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Eventing Royalty Coming to Land Rover Horse of the Year
Two Kiwi stars of the world eventing stage have announced they will head home to compete at New Zealand’s most prestigious equestrian showpiece, the Land Rover Horse of the Year Show in Hastings. Tim Price and wife Jonelle will be the headline acts of the show’s new Burghley Day themed...
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National Performance Selector Position Open for Applications
Become a NATIONAL JUMPING PERFORMANCE SELECTOR and influence the lives of deserving riders around New Zealand! ESNZ Jumping is inviting applications for this position, to join the existing selectors. Ideally, you will:have a passion for the sport have a good eye already be traveling...
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Show Hunter Calendar Change
Show Hunter Waitemata (Woodhill Sands) 19th January is now replaced with Woodhill Sands HOYQ Show Hunter Show. The series classes originally scheduled on the 19th will be moved to Show Hunter Waitemata (Woodhill Sands) 23rd-24th February which will now have 2 days of Series classes.
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Much Learnt from Shadowing World Class Designer
Hawke’s Bay course designer John Holmes has been involved with eventing for nearly 30 years but for him, “nothing equates” to shadowing the legendary Mike Etherington-Smith nor actually being at a CCI4*. A High Performance Sport New Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarship allowed John...
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Half Way in Eventing National Series
ESNZ EVENTING SUPER LEAGUE Consistency is the name of the game in any series, and consistency sees Samantha Felton top the standings in the ESNZ Eventing Super League following the Puhinui International Three-day Event, which marks the end of the spring eventing season and the halfway stage...
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