NZ Three Day Event Championships

The 2025 NZ3DE programme is available here

Check out the Road tripping guide for travelling to the NZ3DE 2025 at Dunstan Horsefeeds National Equestrian Centre Christchurch.

This is a very helpful resource for those coming from the North Island and includes overnight facilities with contact details for your horse(s).

Check out the PDF here

Thanks to the South Island Eventers for pulling this together, especially Ellie Honeybone! Honorary South Islanders, Abby Lawrence & Savanna Stirling also contributed following their experience of travelling to Christchurch to compete. Thanks to Michelle Clarke for providing some of the photos. 

Information for Media and Photographers

We welcome registrations from photographers and media keen to cover the New Zealand Three Day Event Championships (NZ3DE) at Christchurch (April 17-20 2025).

There is always plenty to photograph and write about, and we are anticipating superb fields once again this year at a very special venue sporting incredible courses. 

Photographers will be asked to supply the event with six images each that will be used on our own website and Facebook pages, and possibly for promotion in the future. They will not be shared to a third party.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you.

WHAT: New Zealand Three Day Event Championships 
WHERE: Dunstan Horsefeeds National Equestrian Centre, Christchurch
WHEN: 17-20 April 2025 

CONTACT: Don Robertson [email protected]

Spectator and General Information

The Olympic sport of Eventing (also known as Horse Trials) is the equivalent of an equestrian triathlon where the three tests of dressage, cross country and show jumping are completed by the same horse/rider combination. Eventing is a discipline at which New Zealand has excelled with numerous Olympic and World Championship successes. It is also one of a handful of sports where men and women compete on equal terms and the genuine amateur can compete against a World or Olympic Champion.

The New Zealand 3 Day Event is the finale event for the New Zealand eventing season that runs from September to May. It is where the senior National 3DE titles are contested – the Wills Trophy, the Picadilly Trophy, the Mamaku Trophy and the Thomson Trophy, along with the National Young Event Horse Championship – The Mary Bowling Memorial Trophy. 

Trade Stands – 2025 information 

If you would like a Trade Stand at the 2025 Event, please email Don Robertson: [email protected]