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It doesn’t matter who you talked to, everyone was delighted to finally return to Hastings and come together to celebrate the country’s equestrians. Mother Nature shone down upon us for five days after taming an ill-directed wind earlier in the week. Horses and ponies gleamed, riders...
Read moreAustralia 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 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 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 moreAt 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...
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 is with great sadness that we learnt of Helen Thomson’s passing at Wellington Hospital on 2 February 2024. Helen has been a stalwart of the eventing community for a long time. As a member of the small Eventing Taranaki committee, she was a strong contributor to the running of their...
Read moreSeven months ago, Sarah Milne was lying on the operating table having major surgery to reconstruct her knees. Last month, she achieved her rehab goal: she won her dressage class and came a close second in another class, at her first competition since the operation. “Young people...
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...
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