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Bits: Boort Show may not go on, but another event ploughs ahead
LIKE many agricultural shows that are finding trouble filling positions Boort needs help and has put out this plea. For the second year...

Fran Cleland
Apr 5, 20233 min read


Light harness competitors put to the test in windy conditions
WITH overseas success from Boyd Exell in teams and Janelle Marshall in singles setting an example, the light harness competitors have a...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Competition close as it gets at Tassie's pony club state trials
PONY Club eventers from all over Tasmania headed to the Tasmanian Equestrian Centre at Lauderdale recently for the Pony Club Tasmania...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Open win for 18yo a highlight of her campdrafting career
CAMPDRAFTING as a sport evolved naturally from young station hands competing around cattle yards and drovers' camps in NSW and Queensland...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20233 min read


Volunteers make sure Mohyu event wasn't a flood casualty
LATE in 2022, North East Victoria suffered the worst flooding it had seen for many years. It’s happened before and no doubt will again...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Championship win makes return trip for Kristy a pleasant one
KRISTY Bruhn made a happy return to Mount Pleasant for the South Australian Showjumping Championships. It had been more than two decades...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Bits: Sire retires, Bendigo Pony Club moves and endurance news
THE champion racehorse and sire Lohnro retired from stud work this week age 22 so it's appropriate that Lyn Beaumont’s famous painting of...

Fran Cleland
Mar 29, 20233 min read


Team championships take prize for happiest event of the year
THE Victorian Pony Club Team Championships held at the Bendigo Showgrounds in March each year is simply the best and certainly the...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20232 min read


Imported stallion dominates at NSW All Welsh Show
THE supreme led Welsh exhibit overall for the second year in a row at the NSW All Welsh Show was the Welsh Mountain Pony stallion Waxwing...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20232 min read


Competing at Kirkcaldy is no trial for 170 starters
THE Kirkcaldy Park Horse Trials at Meadows in South Australia has been run on a beautiful property owned by Karin Edwards for nearly 30...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20232 min read


Polish up your turnout with advice from boot master
SOME years ago, on an equestrian forum, there was a lot of discussion in how to make good leather boots shine. In an event like the...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20234 min read


Para riders get opportunity to ride under world-class coaches
THE para equestrian community in Australia has been fortunate to be able to attend clinics this month with some of the world’s finest...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20233 min read


Bits: Special horse gear auction, honour for volunteer and PC news
THESE are not just any old boots waiting to be sold at any old clearing sale. They could even be regarded as Olympic history, having...

Fran Cleland
Mar 22, 20233 min read


Wins in three sections for Sophia Hill a highlight of Tonimbuk
SOPHIA Hill rode a treble at the Tonimbuk Horse Trials, taking out three divisions on different mounts. Her Thoroughbred, Humble Glory,...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Harness racing youngsters and their ponies are hot to trot
WHILE spectators are used to watching youngsters mounted on their ponies doing all sorts of things, pony trots is attracting more and...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20233 min read


Showjumpers put on a fine display at Angaston 'aggie'
THE Angaston Agricultural Show in the Barossa Valley of South Australia produced some great competition in the showjumping this year but...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Young dressage camp offers innovative learning opportunities
THE Young Dressage Association has held its first ever dressage camp, with registrations filling within 24 hours of them opening. Fifty...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Quiet joy of showing traditional harness soothes the soul
THE jingle of chains, the sparkle of big, turning wheels and the steady clop of hooves made the Victorian Tradesmen and Delivery Horse...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Bits: Stockman's challenge, off-the-track dressage and a first for NSW show
THE Wimmera Equestrian Club held its Stockman's Challenge recently at the beautiful Dimboola Showgrounds as the third round of a super...

Fran Cleland
Mar 15, 20233 min read


Youthful approach at Heytesbury ensures a top day of showing
HEYTESBURY has for years been one of Victoria’s classic Western District shows. The finest of the state’s livestock gathers and in autumn...

Fran Cleland
Mar 8, 20232 min read
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