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Much Learnt from Shadowing World Class Designer
Hawke’s Bay course designer John Holmes has been involved with eventing for nearly 30 years but for him, “nothing equates” to shadowing the legendary Mike Etherington-Smith nor actually being at a CCI4*. A High Performance Sport New Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarship allowed John...
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Half Way in Eventing National Series
ESNZ EVENTING SUPER LEAGUE Consistency is the name of the game in any series, and consistency sees Samantha Felton top the standings in the ESNZ Eventing Super League following the Puhinui International Three-day Event, which marks the end of the spring eventing season and the halfway stage...
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Consistency Rewarded in Eventing Super League
Consistency is the name of the game in any series, and consistency sees Samantha Felton top the standings in the ESNZ Eventing Super League following the Puhinui International Three-day Event, which marks the end of the spring eventing season and the halfway stage in the series. Felton won...
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Performance Squad Riders Shine at Puhinui
ESNZ Eventing performance programme riders cleaned up the top three classes at the Puhinui International Horse Trials at the weekend. From the Future Potential Recognition squad, Samantha Felton (Matangi) won the Honda NZ CCI3* aboard Ricker Ridge Divine Right and was third aboard Ricker...
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Twenty Years since Epic Win by NZ Endurance Team
Kevin James, John Stevenson, Jenny Hearn, Alan McCaughan This December marks the 20th anniversary of New Zealand’s team gold medal win at the Endurance World Championship. The event was held in Dubai, despite the World Equestrian Games being held in Rome in October of that year. WEG was...
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Christmas Comes to Showjumping Canterbury
A large number of competitors got into the Christmas Spirit with Christmas Carols and costumes at the Showjumping Canterbury Christmas Cracker Show held over three days at the South Island NEC McLeans Island. Beautiful conditions and most importantly calm and sunny weather welcomed the first...
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Superstars of Tomorrow Crowned at Young Horse Champs
It’s billed as the biggest showcase of New Zealand’s young showjumping talent and today, the East Coast Performance Horses National Young Horse Show lived up to its reputation. Champions were crowned across the four, five, six, and seven-year-old age groups, with a record 480 combinations...
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What a Weekend for Sam Felton
It was so nearly a perfect weekend for Matangi’s Samantha Felton who scooped a win and two placings with her horses but fell in the water on the fourth one. In the Honda International 3 star competition Sam took the title on Ricker Ridge Divine Right with a rise through the field over...
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Exciting Potential in FPR Programme
It has been a positive year across all of ESNZ eventing squads according to performance leader Penny Castle. The ESNZ Eventing Future Potential Recognition Squad (FPR) may only be just over a year old but already those driving it are seeing massive improvements from the riders...
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Marlborough FEI Event a Success
ESNZ Endurance’s 2018-2019 FEI Series got off to a start with the beautiful Seddon CEI2* event, hosted by the Marlborough club. The ride went wholly over the Yealands’ and Pernod-Ricard’s vineyards at Seaview, with breath-taking views over the sea to the North Island, and the Awatere...
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