THE Melbourne International Three-Day Event has again delivered a long weekend of highlights in spades.

THE 2025 Friends of Woady Yaloak Horse Trials at Smythesdale Victoria was so popular organisers had to close the entry book almost a month out and start a wait list.

JADE Woodhead Butler is one of those people you can’t help but admire for her ability to get jobs done. As a rider, coach and mother of a young baby, she was also the event director of Dressage and Jumping with The Stars, while at the same time still managing to keep one of the best dressage series in Victoria running.

THE Yarra Hills Hillbillies team of Jessica Welch, Annika Collins, Beth McCann and Paul Buckland from the Yarra Hills Equestrian Club was the winner of this year’s Top Teams Horse Trials.

ONE of the most important Federal Government inquiries into welfare issues specific to regional Australia in decades handed down its final report a year ago this week.

ADELAIDE’S city parklands have been once again transformed into the stage for one of the most prestigious equestrian events on the international calendar. The Adelaide Equestrian Festival, the only five-star eventing competition in the Southern Hemisphere, returned with four days of elite competition, drawing top riders from across Australia and New Zealand to contest the three phases of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping—right in the heart of the South Australian capi

THERE’S an old saying, "he's got a good eye for a horse". It means someone is skilled at recognising all-round quality and that undefinable “something” that is a combination of conformation, temperament and suitability for a specific purpose, such as racing or riding.

THE 2025 South Australian State Jumping Championships showcased the diverse showjumping talent in the region. Held across the ANZAC Day weekend at Talunga Park, Mount Pleasant, riders competed in two rings at the Equestrian South Australia event, culminating in a series of thrilling finales on the final day.

ABOVE: Global PPS (Harry) and Stephanie Barrington. Picture: DEREK O'LEARY THERE’S always a story behind a great show horse and Global...

ABOVE: Margaret Sperrin and her Welsh Mountain Pony Mosman Park Foxtrot put in a consistent performance across the three disciplines to...

ABOVE: Alice Hogan and Curious George from Maldon Pony Club looking the perfect partnership competing in grade four. Picture: DEREK...

ABOVE: Champion leading rein show hunter pony was Sandy Beattie's Bamborough Catapulte ridden by Elizabeth Alexander. Picture: LORELLE...

ABOVE: This year's Victorian Agricultural Shows Saddle Horse Championships at the Bendigo Showgrounds attracted more than 300 entries...

ABOVE: From the 2019 Bendigo Showgrounds Master Plan - the proposed sports pavilion in the equestrian precinct (circled top) and the...

ABOVE: Minister for Regional Development Jaclyn Symes gave the City of Greater Bendigo a $50,000 grant in 2019 to develop a master plan...

ABOVE: Courtney Munro was on fire riding her aptly named Jen Jan Dracarys. Picture: TY MANNING THE Jim Dunn Memorial Show continues to...

ABOVE: An artist's impression of the new pavilion at the Bendigo Showgrounds. WHO would have thought ping pong could get the Victorian...

ABOVE: The arena plan released this week showing where the new fence line will be. THE Bendigo Showgrounds – home of the Victorian...

WHEN does a bank cease to be a bank? Seven months ago, at a hearing of the Federal Government’s House Economics Committee in August 2024, Labor MP Tania Lawrence attempted to ask ANZ Bank chief executive Shayne Elliott about ANZ refusing to accept cash at the counter from customers.

ABOVE: Champion small show hunter galloway Contredance and Annabelle Richardson. Picture: TY MANNING THE 2025 Rising Star Show in South...