News - March 2019
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Meech Makes Olympic Final
Daniel Meech has made it through to the individual jumping final at the Tokyo Olympic Games after a nail-biting wait to see if he would make the top 30 of the 73-strong class tonight. Daniel and Cinca 3 rode a beautiful clear, picking up two time penalties to qualify at number 30 on a balmy...
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#GameChangers – the South Island contingent to the National Three Day Event
#GameChangers – the South Island contingent to the National Three Day Event Kirsty Sharapoff, a #GameChanger in her own right, sent this wonderful message and like Kirsty says, this is an unusual #GameChanger nomination and one which hits all the high notes of our Change the Rein campaign. In...
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Fifth for Kiwi Eventers in Tokyo
New Zealand’s eventers have placed fifth in the teams’ event at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games, with the British continuing their unassailable march to gold. However, it wasn’t all their way in the individual where Julia Krajewski (GER) and Amande de B’Neville snatched victory and...
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Showjumpers at the Ready in Tokyo
New Zealand’s Olympic showjumpers are excited and ready for action. The team, comprising Bruce Goodin aboard Backatorps Danny V, Daniel Meech with Cinca 3 and Uma O’Neill on Clockwise of Greenhill Z, with Tom Tarver and Fiber Fresh Popeye the alternate, have settled in well to village...
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Kiwis Chasing Podium Position in Tokyo
New Zealand is still in the hunt for an Olympic eventing medal after an eventful day of cross country at Sea Forest in Tokyo. While the Brits are in a class of their own at the top of both the team and individual leaderboards, there is some heated competition for silver and bronze, with New...
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Kiwi Jumping Grooms on Debut at Tokyo
In our second behind the scenes look at our wonderful grooms we talk to the four women who will be accompanying the showjumpers to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Donning their own silver ferns for the Olympic Games will be Emelie Folkesson (Bruce Goodin and Backatorps Danny V), Steffi Whittaker...
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Equestrian Sports NZ and Petplan announce equine and pet insurance partnership
Equestrian Sports NZ and Petplan announce equine and pet insurance partnership Equestrian Sports NZ (ESNZ) and Petplan today announced their partnership which sees Petplan becoming ESNZ’s preferred equine and pet insurer. “This partnership will see ESNZ members accessing comprehensive...
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Honours Given to Equestrian Stars
Honours Given to Equestrian Stars The very heart of equestrian sport has been celebrated tonight at the ESNZ Hall of Fame Awards. Held in conjunction with the combined discipline’s AGMs, the awards, which had twice been postponed due to COVID, were held before a sell-out 230-strong crowd at...
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Kiwis Well Placed in Tokyo
World no.2 Tim Price and Vitali have bounced the Kiwi eventing team right back into contention with a super dressage test that saw the team move from sixth to third at the end of the phase. Tim’s score of 25.6 penalty points is just .5 off New Zealand’s best-ever which unsurprisingly came...
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2021 ESNZ Annual General Assembly
2021 ESNZ Annual General Assembly The 2021 Annual General Assembly will take place on Tuesday 28th September 2021 in Wellington at the West Plaza Hotel. We would like to advise all members of the upcoming 70th Annual General Assembly of Equestrian Sports New Zealand and invite all with a...
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