The Board held a videoconference meeting on Monday night to discuss the impact of the new Endurance rules voted in at the FEI GA in Moscow. The following decisions have been made: Due to time constraints and to minimise effects on riders’ plans for the season, the North and South Island...
Read moreWendi Williamson is heading back across the Tasman to take on Australia’s best in the FEI World Cup Pacific League Final at the Serata Equine Victorian Dressage Championships next week (December 12-15, 2019). The environmental engineer from Kumeu is no stranger to tackling the top of her...
Read moreThe ESNZ Dressage Rule Book (v7 2019)has been updated It incorporates not only the changes passed at conference 2019, but a number of amendments to align with FEI amendments, the new ESNZ legal system and administrative changes and clarifications where anomalies or conflicts have crept in due...
Read moreRules help in providing fair competition for everyone. It is important to know your rules and what they mean. The rules are instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not. All the rules for jumping and show hunter can be found here and general ESNZ...
Read morePortofino & Lucinda Askin photo credit Rosa Douglass Wild weather did little to dampen the Christmas Spirit at the Christmas Cracker Show, held over the last three days at McLeans Island, South Island National Equestrian Centre. Organizers were faced with at times challenging Norwest...
Read moreRichard Gardner has had a solid outing at the CSI4*/2* Show at Salzburg in Austria with his horses Cromwell and Roulette with both horses picking up placings. Aboard the 11-year-old German-bred gelding Cromwell, Richards placed 10th in the 90-strong 1.45m Alspespan Big Tour Opening with a...
Read moreOlympian Clark Johnstone showed his class in the Auckland Council CCI4*-L title at Puhinui International Three Day Event this weekend but Ella Morshuis, a 15 year old schoolgirl from Mosgiel stole the show by snatching a win in the CCI2*-L class from Clarke’s fellow Olympic team member...
Read moreTegan Fitzsimon and the delightful Windermere Cappuccino have notched another win in the POLi Payments World Cup (NZ) Series, this time at the Feilding IA&P Show at Manfeild. The inform Christchurch combination made it back-to-back wins in the series, heading home a small but quality...
Read moreHarrison Lane Pro-Am Rider winner Georgina Dormer & Casanova NZPH Photo Courtesy Rosa Douglass Competition continued on Day 2 at Canterbury Christmas Cracker held at the South Island National Equestrian Centre. Four riders returned for the Jump-off in the Equifibre Junior Rider, last...
Read moreOlympians Clarke Johnstone and Jock Paget showed their years of experience in securing the overnight lead in 3 of the 4 classes at the Puhinui International Three Day Event today. In the prestigious Auckland Council 4* class Clarke Johnstone and Aces High jumped double clear to move from third...
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