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Australia ruled in the Land Rover CCI4*-S this afternoon, with the visitors claiming a hattrick in the Oceania Eventing Challenge and Olympian Shane Rose riding off with the individual title. Finishing behind Shane and Virgil’s 30.8 penalty score, was Oliva Barton (AUS) in second on 33.9,...
Read moreMelissa Galloway and Windermere J’obei W have done it again . . . this time New Zealand’s dressage superstar has placed eighth in the CDI-W Freestyle to Music at the Dutch Masters. The Marlborough combo scored 75.97% in the star-stacked class which was won by Isabell Werth (GER) aboard...
Read moreIt’s a lead apiece in the Oceania Eventing Challenge at the Land Rover Horse of the Year Show in Hastings after an influential cross country day. The Australians have a significant 70 penalty point lead in the Land Rover CCI4*-S while it is the way of the Kiwis by 24.5 penalty points in the...
Read moreThings didn’t quite go the way of the Kiwis in the $150,000 FEI CSIO4* Nations Cup in Florida this morning, but there is plenty to take away from the event. New Zealand was one of two teams not to progress to the second round of the 1.55m class. Sharn Wordley and Champion League were first...
Read moreESNZ have announced the senior and young rider teams to contest the Oceania Eventing Challenge at next week’s Land Rover Horse of the Year Show. Olympic hopeful Maddy Seivwright and Waitangi Pinterest spearhead the CCI4*-S senior team, joining Charlotte Penny aboard Festival, Christen Lane...
Read moreMaurice Beatson and Brooke Edgecombe may be barely on US soil but both have been named alongside Sharn Wordley and Kim Bird in the New Zealand team for the $150,000 FEI CSIO4* Nations Cup. The event, part of the Wellington Equestrian Festival in Florida, running from February 27-March 3, has...
Read moreIt’s official – New Zealand will be represented across showjumping, dressage and eventing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The FEI and NZOC have confirmed individual spots for New Zealand in showjumping and dressage, alongside the eventing team who qualified earlier. The individual slots...
Read moreIt’s been a while between drinks for 2004 Olympian Matthew Grayling but currently he’s in the throes of packing up his horse and gear to head offshore and chase some big titles. The 60-year-old Taranaki dairy farmer is one of a number of top Kiwi riders heading Stateside this month. His...
Read moreOlympic eventing hopeful Monica Spencer is giving it her all in an effort to make the New Zealand Olympic Games team for Paris. Monica flew out yesterday to the United States with husband Andrew and two-year-old son Gus on a fun family adventure with a real high performance twist. They’ve...
Read moreTwo of New Zealand’s top showjumpers are heading Stateside with the hopes of making a New Zealand Nations’ Cup team at the CSIO4* in Florida next month. Olympian Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) and HP Squad rider and FEI World Cup (NZ League) Series winner Brooke Edgecombe (Waipukurau) and...
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