Fran Cleland
Bits: Wallaby Hill winners, a vale and summer reminder
WALLABY Hill Farm in NSW held CCI4*-S, CCI3*-S and CCI2*-S classes last week. The Bowral Kubota CCI4*-S was won by Cathryn Herbert riding...
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Fran Cleland
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Weather no obstacle as Geelong club holds it first 3PE event
AFTER years of practising with obstacles at rallies, Working Equitation Geelong held its very first three-phase equitation competition on...
Fran Cleland
Nov 30, 20223 min read
It's finally on with the show at Castle Hill after two-year break
CASTLE Hill Show in NSW has been held for the first time since Covid hit more than two years ago, attracting exceptional, national-level...
Fran Cleland
Nov 30, 20222 min read
Mother and daughter step up to the challenge with Brumbies
MOTHER and daughter Carly Loughnan and Asha, 12, took part in the Australian Brumby challenge at Wesburn Park in Gippsland on the...
Fran Cleland
Nov 30, 20223 min read
HRCAV members gather for celebration of the year
THE Horse Riding Clubs Association of Victoria (HRCAV) awards night is the highlight of the year for members who stretch from clubs...
Fran Cleland
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Bits: Extra CCI comp, damages bid fails and children checks now mandatory
BECAUSE of the almost non-existent Spring season and the lack of qualifiers for higher level horses, Eventing Victoria has announced a...
Staff writer
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Euthanised Shetland Pony had Japanese Encephalitis
A SHETLAND Pony in Young, NSW, has been euthanised after contracting Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV). Equine Veterinarians Australia...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Pony club 'dream team' pulls off last-minute venue change
THE Midland Zone of Pony Club Victoria covers a vast area and is home to 17 pony clubs ranging from Horsham across to Charlton, down to...
Contributed
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Parties scored on welfare performance and you might be surprised at results
THE peak welfare body representing the keepers and breeders of pets and companion animals in Australia has published a score card of how...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Riding Ponies turn out in force at Hawkesbury
A FINE line-up of Riding Ponies at the NSW State Riding Pony Show at Hawkesbury is proof of how popular the breed has become since it...
Tania Hay
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Fourth time lucky as Tasmanian HOTY finally gets a run
EQUESTRIAN Tasmania’s Horse of the Year show for 2022 has finally been held. The event is usually in January but due to Covid and flood...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Conditions testing but Lilydale gets through show program
LILYDALE Agricultural Society is one of the few that has managed to conduct a full show in this year’s very wet spring. With a packed...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 20222 min read
The Master: inside the world of an Olympic showjumper
BOOK REVIEW: OLYMPIC showjumper John Fahey’s memoir, The Master, pulls no punches. It is a great read for any horse lover, even if...
Fran Cleland
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Bits: Showjumper dies, NZ opportunity and mozzie publication for downloading
WITH the flood events and prevailing wet weather leading to increased waterlogging and an excess of water across many parts of eastern...
Fran Cleland
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Arenas come alive as Equitana returns after four-year break
THE competition arenas at this year's return of Equitana to Melbourne after four years were filled with some of Australia’s finest horses....
Fran Cleland
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Horse lovers in paradise with something for everyone
TRY to describe Equitana to someone who has never been. Wikipedia says “Equitana is a trade fair organisation for equestrian sports. This...
Dale Webster
Nov 16, 20225 min read
Quest for safe pony began life-long mission to save rare livestock breeds
AFTER Katy Brown notched up her fourth broken bone at the tender age of 10, her mum decided that if she couldn’t buy her daughter a safe...
Fran Cleland
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Sneaky ride turns into a life passion for Rory
RORY Hamilton, 17, was two years old when he climbed onto his sister’s pony while nobody was looking and has been riding ever since....
Fran Cleland
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Melbourne club still leading the way in showjumping
IN early 1957, Bert Jacobs, Eric Rundle, Joan Pearson and Mary Williamson called a meeting at Narre Warren to discuss the creation of an...
Fran Cleland
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Bits: EV measuring, award winners, Brumby news and more
RIDERS in the northern part of Victoria have found it difficult to get to a central point to get their horses and ponies measured so an...
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