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

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

ABOVE: Supreme hack of Crookwell Show 2025 was Timothy Hadlow’s Rhythm. Picture: LORELLE MERCER YOU have to admire an agricultural show...

ABOVE: Jessica Dertell riding Cherie and Zali Mills’ Royal Diamond Jubilee. Picture: DEREK O’LEARY CROYDON is one of the state’s classic...

ABOVE: The final judging in the Alabar Hero series final for ridden Standardbreds. Picture: DALE WEBSTER AFTER a year of collecting...

ABOVE: Ali Kent rode the Pihan family’s Parklane to win both the newcomer hack and preliminary hack classes. Picture: DEREK O’LEARY THE...

THE 2024 Royal Adelaide Show’s show jumping competition has once again proven why it is considered one of Australia’s premier equestrian...

FOAL shows fill the time after the big autumn shows stop and finish just before the breeders decide which of their “ducklings” will...

ABOVE: Lamoza Velisha and Masterson NZ flying through their show jumping round of the CCN1*. They went on to finish in fourth place...

SPRING is in the air and with the Olympic dressage watched and rewatched, inspiration has flourished. New, young horses and ponies are...

THE Royal Queensland Show copped a drenching this year but this did not deter equestrian competitors who simply pulled on their oilskins...

THE elegance and versatility of Welsh ponies and cobs has been showcased at the South Australian branch of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society...

WHILE the world’s eyes have been on Australia’s event riders at the Paris Olympics, eventing action at home hasn’t stopped. The Currency...

PHOEBE Roche has been chosen as part of the eight-person team to compete at the 2024 Virtus Open European Equestrian Championships in the...

THE dressage and showjumping grand finals for this year’s Victorian Equestrian Interschool Series have been held over two huge days at...

THIS year’s Pony Club Victoria state championships was very much a big sky event, with competitors and their crews heading north to...

THE dressage world is bubbling with excitement with the Olympic Games just weeks away and the final CPEDI qualifier in Australia begins...

HORSE riders and drivers will be officially recognised as vulnerable road users in Victoria if recommendations from a state government...

CARRIAGE driving is one of the most beautiful equestrian disciplines and viewing it live for the first time is a special experience....

THE 2024 Adelaide Equestrian Festival has again lived up to the hype, with record-breaking crowds and some of the finest displays of...

ABOVE: Les Limpus is a familiar face at the Adelaide Equestrian Festival. Picture: TY MANNING EACH year at the Adelaide Equestrian...

THE 2024 Victorian Interschool Championships at Werribee attracted 400 happy riders from across the state. They ranged in ages from five...

SADDLE classes at the Sydney Royal Easter Show produced a good mixture of new faces in the lineups, particularly in the show hack section...

WHILE the big, elite events like Dressage and Jumping with the Stars and the Sydney Royal Easter Show were in full swing, the youngsters...

THE Sydney Royal Easter Show’s breed classes have again provided a highlight for spectators as the best of the best go under the judges’...

SOME of Australia’s finest horses put their best hoofs forward at this year’s Dressage and Jumping with the Stars at the Werribee Park...

IF ever a pony club could lay a claim to having produced famous riders, it’s Emu Creek. Four former members of the Victorian Western...

IT’S impossible to say anything uncomplimentary about the magnificent Wandin Park International Horse Trials. Run in a magnificent...

MORE than 80 of Tasmania’s best eventing combinations have fought it out for the spoils at this year’s State Eventing Championships at...

THE Arabian National Championships at Werribee Park in March was a delight to anyone who loves beautiful horses. There are few more...

THE young riders of the Sale and Rosedale pony clubs are lucky – they live in one of the “horsiest” parts of Victoria, with some of the...

ABOVE: Mackenzie Walch and Will flying high. Picture: CHRISTINE CORNEGE MACKENZIE Walch, 18, has only been riding seriously since 2014...

THE South Australian show jumping season is underway with events organised by local jumping clubs and the Agricultural Show Society of...

THE Welsh Pony breed has had an extremely busy month in Australia. The Welsh Cobs continue to make a real name for themselves as dressage...

THE Bass Coast Summer Show in Gippsland always opens the batting for agricultural shows in Victoria. Run by two experienced event...

WELSH ponies seem to bloom in March, with NSW leading the way, followed by the Victorian show later in the month. The 2024 NSW All Welsh...

THE Gypsy Cob is one of the “new” breeds being seen in Australian show rings in recent years. Their history is based in the Romani...

THE original Horse of The Year Show in Australia – known around the country simply as “Barastoc”– has cruised serenely through its...

The Victorian Pony Club State Dressage and Showjumping Championships at Elmore was a classic example of a well-organised, efficiently run...

THE quaint little town of Berry on the south coast of NSW comes alive for the annual show in autumn and hosts a full two days of horse...

VICTORIAN Renee Henry and Kollage MI have taken out the Snake Valley Dash Endurance ride’s perpetual line honours trophy. The lightweight...

THE Clydesdale and Heavy Horse Show Held at Werribee Park each year is an absolute spectacle. People have a deep love for the past and...

“NEITHER rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds.” According to Wikipedia, the original...

CARRIAGE drivers from all around Australia, plus volunteers and visitors from as far away as Canada, made the Level 2 “Battle of the...

THE course designers at the Lakes and Craters International Horse Trials at Camperdown excelled themselves, constructing an amazing cross...

WHERE not so long ago the show ring was the favourite playground of young riders, now, even diminutive seven-year-olds on 12-hand ponies...

IT doesn’t happen often, but when the stars align, an event will shine so brightly that people will smile and talk about it for months....

ABOVE: Tiffany Williams and Toby, captured by Sydney Morning Herald photographer Steven Siewert. THE Clydesdale cross is one of the most...

YOUNG showjumping riders in Victoria are certainly blessed with great opportunities. Two big events at Boneo Park wound up a long and...

THE Show Horse Council’s Spring Classic at Werribee Park is one of the last big shows for the year in Victoria before the action heads to...