Are you a rider's parent? Check out this one hour webinar from Sport NZ "Mastering the art of sports parenting" Wednesday 21 April 7.30-8.30pm featuring special guest, Professor Camilla Knight. Camilla, is an internationally renowned expert in the space of parental influence in youth sport, and...
Read moreNew 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 moreA reminder the 2021 Dressage NZ Planning Meeting will be held by Zoom and you are invited When: Apr 17, 2021 11:00 - 4pm AM Auckland, Wellington Register here in advance for this meeting by 5pm on Friday 16th April After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing...
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 moreCelebrity auction featuring New Zealand racing royalty raises over $28,000 for the NZ Horse Ambulance Trust A highly successful celebrity auction on gavelhouse.co.nz, organised by NZ Jockeys’ Association executive officer Andrew Lacy, has raised a total of $28,600 to boost the NZ Horse...
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 moreAttention turns to Christchurch this coming weekend for the National One Day Event Championships being hosted by Eventing Canterbury, 17-18 April at McLeans Island. The event also includes the Melwood Equestrian South Island Young Event Horse Championships on Friday 16 April. Covid-19 caused...
Read moreGame Changers Taking Maddie Collins To Takapoto The ESNZ Game Changers programme has raised awareness that we can all change someone’s day for the better. Dressage NZ saw the TVNZ Seven Sharp clip about Canterbury dressage pony rider Maddie Collins whose dream to compete at the 2021 Land...
Read moreAntonio Matangi is still pinching herself after winning two show hunter crowns and placing runner-up in a third. “It is pretty surreal to be honest,” she says. “I have no words to describe how I am feeling!” The 23-year-old from Levin has never won a series before but she and...
Read moreAt the start of the year Molly Pike thought she would give up show hunter . . . but when the season drew to a close, she and Zig Zag had won the Gyro Plastics Junior High Points Series. “It’s very cool,” said the 16-year-old from Cambridge. “I bought a horse who didn’t turn out ....
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