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Last Year’s Runner Up Turns Tables On Olympian After Great Weekend At Puhinui Horse Trials
Monday, 14 December 2020, 8:05 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Taupo rider Monica Oakley and Artist managed to turn the tables on Olympian Clarke Johnstone riding Aces High in 2020 in the Veterinary Associates CCI 4* Three Day Event after being beaten into second by Johnstone at the same event last year. In ... More >>
Clarke Johnstone Aces Cross Country On Second Mount But Says Balmoral Sensation Is Still His Number One Horse
Sunday, 13 December 2020, 8:21 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Clarke Johnstone and Aces High showed their class and experience by putting in a faultless round and claiming the lead in the 4*Long format cross country at the Puhinui horse trials. “It was a very, very good round after number 7. He was pretty flightly ... More >>
Puhinui International Three Day Event - Day 1 Dressage Day Ends In Carrots!
Friday, 11 December 2020, 7:03 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Personal best scores were the order of the day at the Puhinui International Horse Trials with Amanda “Muzi” Pottinger producing a stunning test from her top horse, Just Kidding to take the lead from Olympian Clarke Johnstone with Aces High. Their ... More >>
Record Numbers Head To NZ Young Horse Champs
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3:46 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s future superstars are heading to Hawke’s Bay this week for the 2020 National Young Horse Jumping Championships with a record 510 horses taking part in the 25th anniversary event. It’s a very special event that was started by long ... More >>
Hawera Hosts World Cup Qualifier
Friday, 20 November 2020, 11:04 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
It’s the second round of the POLi Payments FEI World Cup (NZ) Series on Sunday and back to back victor Tegan Fitzsimon will be chasing a hat trick with her very talented horse Windermere Cappuccino at the Egmont A&P Show in Hawera. The ... More >>
Podium For Price At Pau
Monday, 26 October 2020, 4:39 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Tim Price, world No.2 eventer, has placed third at Les Etoiles de Pau in France at the only CCI5* to be held this year. Aboard his 17-year-old campaigner Wesko, the Kiwi combination notched their best-ever CCI5* dressage score of 23 penalty points ... More >>
Olympians Inducted Into Equestrian Hall Of Fame
Sunday, 15 March 2020, 12:40 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
New Zealand’s first-ever equestrian Olympic team and one of the nation’s most beloved horses were honoured this evening at the Equestrian Sports New Zealand Hall of Fame cocktail party. Sir Mark Todd’s Charisma along with the 1964 Tokyo Olympic ... More >>
NZ Victory at Gorgeous Gisborne Champs
Monday, 27 January 2020, 8:23 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
The Kiwis ruled in the Trans-Tasman Young Rider Test and Hawke’s Bay riders dominated Grand Prix classes at the Larsen Sawmilling Jumping and Show Hunter Championships in Gisborne today. More >>
Plenty to Chase in NZ World Cup Jumping Final
Thursday, 2 January 2020, 12:45 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
It’s a four-way battle for top honours in the FEI World Cup New Zealand League Series with the final on Sunday at the Golden Grove Stud Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay Jumping Show in Dannevirke. More >>
Lammers Lands Win in CSI1* at Taupo
Sunday, 22 December 2019, 4:37 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Taranaki horsewoman Nakeysha Lammers had lady luck on her shoulder today when she rode Balboa NZPH to a super win in the Events Capital TDC CSI1* 1.4m on the final day of the Taupo Christmas Classic. More >>
Bird and Cassina Fly to Victory in World Cup at Taupo
Sunday, 22 December 2019, 1:56 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Kimberley Bird and her 10-year-old mare Cera Cassina bagged a career highlight this evening with victory in the fourth round FEI World Cup at the Taupo Christmas Classic. More >>
Mighty Massie On Form at Young Horse Champs
Monday, 16 December 2019, 8:41 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Logan Massie was a very busy rider at the East Coast Performance Horses National Young Horse Show in Hastings at the weekend but it paid off with the Dannevirke farmer taking out the leading rider crown as well as an age group championship. More >>
Three Podiums from Three Starts for Tegan
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 1:20 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Tegan Fitzsimon and the delightful Windermere Cappuccino have notched another win in the POLi Payments World Cup (NZ) Series, this time at the Feilding IA&P Show at Manfeild. More >>
Johnstone and Paget show their class
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 11:58 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Olympians Clarke Johnstone and Jock Paget showed their years of experience in securing the overnight lead in 3 of the 4 classes at the Puhinui International Three Day Event today. In the prestigious Auckland Council 4* class Clarke Johnstone and Aces High ... More >>
Olympic riders to the fore after dressage
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 12:10 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
In yesterdays dressage at the Puhinui International Three Day Event experience shown through as Olympic riders lead two of the four classes. Today is cross-country day with plenty of talent waiting to show what they’ve got across 4 beautifully built ... More >>
Puhinui Three Day Event Attracts World Champion
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 9:17 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
This weekend’s Puhinui International Three Day event has attracted a top field of competitors from all over New Zealand. Horses and riders arrive Thursday for a preliminary inspection and settle into their new surroundings for the weekend. Their ... More >>
Triumph for Twerk at EQUITANA
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 1:24 pm | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
EQUITANA Auckland has been a happy hunting ground for Natasha Brooks who last night flew through the flags aboard Twerk to take victory in the Harrison Lane Grand Prix. More >>
EQUESTRIAN - Pottinger Fourth in CCI5*-L at Adelaide
Monday, 18 November 2019, 8:49 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
The Kiwis have just dipped out on the podium in both the CCI5*-L and CCI4*-S at the Mitsubishi Motors Australian International 3 Day Event in Adelaide. More >>
All Eyes to Adelaide for Final CCI5*-L
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 10:16 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Eight New Zealand eventing combinations are in Adelaide to compete in the Southern Hemisphere’s highest ranking event, the Mitsubishi Motors Australian International 3. More >>
Mighty Maurie tops 200 Grand Prix Victories
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 9:28 am | Equestrian Sports New Zealand
Winning a premier league anywhere is cause for celebration, but when it’s also your 200thgrand prix victory, it’s really time to get the good champagne out. Maurice Beatson did just that yesterday aboard his lovely chestnut mare Gold Locks, taking ... More >>