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The year is turning into a hat-trick special for Olympian Katie McVean.    Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison  more info...

A Kaimanawa pony from the Bay of Islands brought on the tears at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings tonight (Saturday).    Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison more info...

Katie McVean and Dunstan Daffodil pulled off the double tonight (Friday), in winning the $50,000 Silver Fern Stakes at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings, but it wasn't enough to give New Zealand victory over the Aussies in the Trans Tasman Test      Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison more info...

Logan Massie pulled off a pearler of a day at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings today.   Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison more info...

Spectators were treated to plenty of exciting action at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings today (Saturday).   Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison more info...

A big rattle at the last fence didn't stop Katie McVean winning her third Lady Rider of the Year title at the 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings today (Thursday).     Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison more info...

Catherine Cameron has had the dream start to her 2012 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show with victory in the Norwood Gold Cup.    Report by Diana Dobson, HOY Media Liaison

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Olympian and World Champs representative Katie McVean aboard Dunstan Daffodil spear-head a strong New Zealand team to take on the Australians in a two-test Trans Tasman Teams clash next month.  Report by Diana Dobson. more info...

Paula Mussen left several more fancied combinations in her wake as she steered Meersbrooke Flintstone to victory in the horse grand prix at the one star Showjumping Waitamata Show at Woodhill Sands today (Sunday). Report by Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison more info...

Olympian and World Champs representative Samantha McIntosh showed she’s settling perfectly back into life in New Zealand with a convincing win in the horse grand prix at the Tauranga World Cup Final Show today (Saturday).  Report by Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison more info...

Maurice Beatson made the most of home-ground advantage with an easy win in the horse grand prix at the Dannevirke A&P Show today.   Report by Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison more info...

Lisa Coupe has won the New Zealand league FEI World Cup final today at Tauranga, with defending champ Katie McVean making history in taking the series for the third consecutive year.    Report by Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison  more info...

Katie McVean may be on the cusp of securing her third World Cup series but there will still be plenty of competition for final honours in Tauranga this week at the New Zealand World Cup Final Show.   By Diana Dobson  more info...

Julie Davey and Air Hill Myka added a nice title to their trophy cabinet in winning the Horse Grand Prix crown at the Larsen Sawmilling North Island Championships in Gisborne today (Sunday).   Story by Diana Dobson, ESNZ Media Liaison.

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Briar Burnett-Grant showed herself as one to watch for the future in winning the FEI Children’s International Showjumping on the second day of the Larsen Sawmilling North Island Showjumping Championships in Gisborne today (Saturday).  more info...

Katie McVean showed she’s got plenty of rising talent in her stable winning two of the big classes at the National Young Horse Jumping Championship Show in Dannevirke today. Report by Diana Dobson. more info...

An extravaganza of Showjumping will be on display at Taupo's Fiber Fresh National Equestrian Centre this month when more than 850 horses converge for the Fiber Fresh Christmas Classic Showjumping 4 day event over Thursday 15 Dec to Sunday 18 Dec 2011.  A press release by Jo Bell. more info...

Double clear in a slick time was just the ticket for Katie McVean and Dunstan Daffodil to take the honours in the World Cup class at the Feilding IA & P Show last night (Saturday).  Report by Diana Dobson. more info...

Hawke’s Bay teenager Rebecca Porter notched her first ever pony grand prix win today (Sunday) at the Wellington Horowhenua Showjumping Championships in Foxton. Report by Diana Dobson. more info...

Locals ruled in most classes over three days of shows in Taranaki at the weekend. more info...

Rolleston’s Tegan Fitzsimon on the starry Alacazam MH have continued their strong run of form winning the Cathay Pacific Horse Grand Prix at the Southern Canterbury A&P Show this weekend. more info...

Lisa Coupe’s golden season is starting to pick up pace with a quinella in the horse grand prix at the two star Woodhill Sands Show today (Sunday). more info...

Lily Tootill has earned herself a silver fern after qualifying for the World FEI Children's Classic Challenge in Hong Kong in the new year. more info...

Maurice Beatson's golden run is continuing with a victory in the horse grand prix at the Central Hawke's Bay A&P Show at the weekend. more info...

It's likely to be the battle of the team-mates once again in the second round of the New Zealand Bomac World Cup series at Kihikihi on Sunday afternoon. more info...

Doug Isaacson and Major Brown blitzed the field in the horse grand prix at the one star Wairarapa A&P Show today (Sunday). more info...

Lisa Coupe rode a perfect clear to take the three star Bomac Super league grand prix at the Wairarapa Area Showjumping and Show Hunter Championships. more info...

Maurice Beatson is on a roll. The Dannevirke farmer was today (Friday) a convincing winner in the opening round of the New Zealand World Cup series on the final day of the Hawke's Bay A and P Show. more info...

World Champs team-mates Maurice Beatson and Katie McVean will start as hot favourites in the opening round of the Bomac World Cup New Zealand showjumping series in Hawke's Bay on Friday. more info...

It was team mate against team mate when Maurice Beatson and Katie McVean went head to head in the jump-off of the horse grand prix at the Gisborne A&P Show today (Saturday). more info...

A carefully ridden double clear round was all that it took for Erin Clark and her horse Reflector to take the honours in the horse grand prix at the one star Eastern Bay of Plenty Show in Te Teko today (Sunday). more info...

Robert Steele led the way aboard Gospel in the horse grand prix at the two star Central Districts Show in Foxton this afternoon (Sunday). more info...

Slow and steady won the money for Catherine Cameron aboard Kahurangi Tardak in the horse grand prix at the two-day Dunstan Rotorua Spring Show today (Sunday). more info...

Californian based Kiwi Duncan McFarlane and his lovely big Hanoverian showjumper Mr Whoopy have finished second in the Pfizer $1million grand prix in New York this morning (Monday NZ time). more info...

New Zealand's hopes of having showjumping represented at the 2012 Olympic Games are looking slim, with news that Katie McVean has returned from Europe this weekend. more info...

Top Kiwi showjumper Katie McVean continues to set the equestrian world alight – this time in announcing the sale of her stunning home-bred mare Dunstan Delphi for an undisclosed multi-million dollar deal with the Saudis. more info...

Richard Sunderland can hardly contain his excitement. The Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) showjumping high performance leader says he is naming one of the nation's strongest ever showjumping teams for next month's World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. more info...

Dropping the last rail in a $CAN90,000 grand prix proved expensive for top New Zealand showjumper Katie McVean in Canada this morning (Monday).

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Samantha McIntosh knows just when to impress New Zealand showjumping selectors. more info...

Star New Zealand showjumper Katie McVean and her in-form mare Dunstan Delphi have ridden the round of their lives this morning (Monday NZ time) to beat Olympic gold medallist Eric Lamaze at Spruce Meadows in Canada. more info...

New Zealand showjumpers have shown they can foot it with the best this morning (Sunday NZ time) finishing fourth and fifth in a $CAN200,000 CSI5* grand prix at Spruce Meadows in Canada. more info...

Guy Thomas created history today (Sunday NZ time) as the first rider ever to win all three grand prix on one horse to take the Triple Crown of showjumping in Northern California. more info...

US based Kiwi showjumper Guy Thomas is continuing a golden run after finishing first and second in the $US30,000 grand prix at the Golden State Horse Show in Sacramento today (Sunday NZ time).

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Katie McVean has had a dream start to her offshore World Equestrian Games bid winning a $25,000 grand prix in Canada this afternoon (NZ time). more info...