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Mackenzie Marlo likes to Pay it Forward

At a time when most teenagers are up to their eyeballs in Tay-tay (Swift), one young local rider is reaching for the weed-eater, and not the pink lipstick.  Eighteen-year-old Mackenzie Marlo is just as committed off the field as she is on it, as a member of the 2022 Oceania Young Rider...

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Trampolining and Eventing – a Juggle that’s Paying Off

Campbell Robertson has just returned from the World Champs.  But he wasn’t there to compete in equestrian sports.  Instead, it was the heady heights of the double-mini trampolining for this 4* Eventing rider from Christchurch.  The “multi-tasker” was part of a squad of eight...

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Spotlight on nationals at a time when Kiwis are on top of the world

As kiwi Tim Price tops the FEI World Event Rider Rankings with his wife Jonelle sitting in second spot, New Zealand riders will soon head to the country’s most prestigious eventing championships to be held at Taupō’s renowned National Equestrian Centre on 12–14 May 2023. Like all New...

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Plenty of spoils on offer for Eventing Thoroughbreds!

                                    24 April 2023 Calling all owners of TBs who Event - if you haven't entered the New Zealand Three Day Event Championships, at Dunstan Fiber Fresh NEC Taupō, yet, then you might want to consider and get your entry in by tomorrow, so you...

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Jumping Investment Pays Dividends for All

  Riders are the winners of the $100,000 ESNZ Jumping investment into the two Dunstan Fiber Fresh National Equestrian Centres which have seen a new arena surface go on at Taupo and irrigation laid at McLeans Island. Each centre received a $50,000 boost for a project that aligned with...

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Artist all Class in 4* Dressage

Conditions couldn’t have been better for the second full day of competition at the New Zealand Three Day Event Championships in Taupo with clear skies and plenty of sunshine warming all. Monica Oakley (Taupo) and Artist produced a stunning test to lead the 14-strong DVS Home Ventilation...

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Chilly Taupo Produces Hot Dressage

It’s been a brilliant day of dressage competition at the New Zealand Three Day Event Championships in Taupo. The rain stayed away but there was certainly plenty of chill in the wind. Renee Faulkner (Auckland) continued her winning way and sits at the front of the NRM CCI3*-L Championship...

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Calling all FEI Eventing Course Designers/Builders

Eventing Auckland are calling for expressions of interest for International Course Designers and/or Builders for Puhinui Three Day Event (6-8 December 2019) and Puhinui One Day Event (31 Feb - 1 March 2020), for designing and building new cross country tracks. For further information, and...

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Canterbury Uni Student Top Pony Clubber at NRM3DE

You could say Lucy Turner is a pony clubber for life, so it is fitting the 18-year-old from Christchurch today won the Best Performed Pony Club Rider at the NRM3DE today. She and 13-year-old Carbon also placed fourth in the Bates CCI2* Championship, completing the class with 38.8 penalty...

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Felton Owns CCI2* Crown

Samantha Felton (Matangi) and Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ were comfortable winners of the Bates CCI2* Championship, finishing on their 28.1 dressage score. “There’s quite a lot of pressure when you are sitting on a good jumper,” said Felton. “This is a great way to finish the weekend . . ....

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