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Two Senior teams and two Young Rider teams have been named for the first leg of the Trans-Tasman Test Series.
At CHIO Aachen this year, Australian carriage drivers Boyd Exell and Tor Van Den Berge made history in winning the Baron und Baronin von Buchholtz CAIO Nations Cup – becoming the first Australian team to do so.
Australian carriage driver Tor Van Den Berge will contest his fourth FEI Driving World Championship for Pair Horses in Beekbergen, The Netherlands, from 20–24 August.
Olympic medallist Christopher Burton has voiced strong support for reforming Equestrian Australia into a unified, discipline-based national model. In an open letter, he argues that centralised governance would improve efficiency, attract investment, strengthen High Performance programs, and deliver long-term benefits for all levels of the sport.
Expressions of Interest: Equestrian estate on 40.75 hectares* across two titles, located just 45 minutes from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Australian Veterinary Association has urged vigilance following confirmed detections of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) in horses in Townsville and Toowoomba. The highly contagious virus can cause respiratory illness, abortion, or rarely neurological disease – however humans are not at risk.
Two Senior teams and two Young Rider teams have been named for the first leg of the Trans-Tasman Test Series.
At CHIO Aachen this year, Australian carriage drivers Boyd Exell and Tor Van Den Berge made history in winning the Baron und Baronin von Buchholtz CAIO Nations Cup – becoming the first Australian team to do so.
Australian carriage driver Tor Van Den Berge will contest his fourth FEI Driving World Championship for Pair Horses in Beekbergen, The Netherlands, from 20–24 August.
Olympic medallist Christopher Burton has voiced strong support for reforming Equestrian Australia into a unified, discipline-based national model. In an open letter, he argues that centralised governance would improve efficiency, attract investment, strengthen High Performance programs, and deliver long-term benefits for all levels of the sport.
Expressions of Interest: Equestrian estate on 40.75 hectares* across two titles, located just 45 minutes from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Australian Veterinary Association has urged vigilance following confirmed detections of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) in horses in Townsville and Toowoomba. The highly contagious virus can cause respiratory illness, abortion, or rarely neurological disease – however humans are not at risk.
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INGRID KLIMKE SHARES HER WISDOM
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HARLEY MCNAUGHTON'S JOURNEY TO THE WORLD STAGE
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‘FREE REIN’ TAKES MANY LIBERTIES
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TAZZIE EGGINS BRINGS AN AUSSIE TOUCH TO KENTUCKY
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LE GRAND D’AMOUR FINDS HIS HAPPY PLACE WITH MARLÈNE
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Australian Tayla Desmet and homebred gelding Dark Diamond posted a personal best 79.6% in the Small Final for Five-Year-Old Horses at the World Breeding Championships in Verden, improving over 8% from qualifying to finish sixth from 30 combinations.
Australian Olympian Simone Pearce won the recent S*** Intermediaire A in Epfach, scoring 73.728% with nine-year-old mare Daenerys Targaryen 4 in their debut together – marking an exciting milestone in the mare’s progression toward elite level.
Helgstrand Dressage Germany will relocate to Isabell Werth’s new state-of-the-art facilities from January 1, 2026, with Werth overseeing training and horse development.