Racing WA is delighted to showcase the latest team of Off the Track WA (OTTWA) Retrainers helping racehorses prepare for new ventures in retirement. The retrainers act as a key part of the OTTWA Retraining program, providing tailored education to each retired racehorse in preparation for new careers in their life after racing. Joining the team of retrainers this year is lifelong horsewoman, Linda Brenzi, and husband and wife team, Tim and Tracey Ellis. OTTWA Retrainer Linda Brenzi with My Hidden Gem – Photo credit: Vicki Tapper, Vickiphotos Linda started riding at the age of three, quickly mo ..read more

A victorious New Zealand young rider eventing team after winning the CCI3*-S Oceania Challenge at the Land Rover Horse of the Year Show today, (from left) Bridie Quigley, Scout Lodder, Mackenzie Marlo and Mia Gilbert. Photo by Kerry Marshall/KAMPIC Sophie Scott has owned the 2024 Land Rover Horse of the Year Show, this afternoon taking the quinella in Hastings in the Olympic Cup with her greys Waitangi Skynet and Benrose Stellar. The Oceania Eventing Challenge went one apiece to New Zealand and Australia, with the Kiwis winning the CCI3*-S and the Aussies marching off with the CCI4*-S. Austra ..read more

Embargoed until: 5pm Monday 6 November 2023 For more information, contact: Ashley Roan – 0437497934 Phone: (02) 8838 8600 Email: sales@cubcampers.com.au North Rocks, New South Wales (06/11/2023) – Cub Campers Pty Ltd will be introducing the ‘Classic Horse Float’ – Cub’s reimagined classic 2 Horse Straight Load. Cub is excited to return to our roots with the release of the “Classic” Horse Float. This reimagined classic is a 2 Horse Straight Load Float perfect for the demands of regional riders and horse people. Designed and built by three generations of active horse lovers, the Classic is ..read more

Monica Spencer and Artist, part of the bronze medal-winning Kiwi team at last year’s World Champs, is one of two New Zealanders competing at the Maryland 5* this week. Photo by Libby Law Photography Two-time Olympian Caroline Powell and World Champs team bronze medallist Monica Spencer are in the United States and ready to fly the Kiwi flag high at the Maryland CCI5* this week. Caroline is in on her 10-year-old bay mare Greenacres Special Cavalier, a horse she rates highly and one she has been bringing carefully through the grades. The combination were fifth in the 5* at Pau last year and com ..read more

World no.1 eventer Tim Price and Vitali have this morning placed fourth in the top-ranking CCI5* at the Burghley Horse Trials in the UK. Photo by Libby Law Photography Heartbreak for Tim Price at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials this morning after he finished just off the CCI5* podium in fourth place with Vitali. The Kiwi combo had three rails down in the showjumping to finish on a final tally of 38.7 penalty points. It was a real roller coaster of an event for the world no.1, who with the 13-year-old Vitali set a new record in the dressage at Burghley with their 18.7, the first sub-20 scor ..read more

World no.1 Tim Price and Happy Boy who will contest the CCI5* at Luhmuhlen this week. Photo by Libby Law Photography World no.1 Tim Price is hunting a third 5* Luhmuhlen crown when he lines up at the top-ranking German event aboard Happy Boy this week. He’s one of just two Kiwi riders heading to Luhmuhlen where the start list certainly looks like a bit of a who’s who in eventing. “It’s exciting to have a really nice horse who you think a lot of to step up to 5* level,” he says of the 11-year-old black gelding who is on debut at 5* but won the 4*-L at Boekelo last year. “I love Luhmuhlen – it ..read more

New Zealand’s Melissa Galloway and Windermere J’Obei W receive the John Lieutenant Trophy from Sue Cunningham for the highest FEI level freestyle score at the Sydney CDI. Photo by Franz Venhaus New Zealand dressage riders have produced a trifecta of quinellas at the Sydney CDI3* with Melissa Galloway and Wendi Williamson dominating the competition. The duo rounded out a stunning weekend with the quinella in the FEI CDI3* Freestyle to Music late last night, backing up the same results in both the FEI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special. Melissa and J’Obei won all three starts, scoring 70.891 ..read more

HEADLINE: Aussies Bag Trans-Tasman Victory Australian Clem Hughes, riding Dynavyte Cancion HSH who won the Angela Miller-sponsored best performed horse over the three days of competition in the Trans-Tasman Young Rider test at the Larsen Sawmilling 32nd Equestrian Championships in Gisborne. Photo by KAMPIC/Kerry Marshall Australia have marched off with the win in the Trans-Tasman Young Rider test at the Larsen Sawmilling 32nd Equestrian Championships in Gisborne, heading home the Kiwis by just three points. It’s the first time since 2017 the Australians have hoisted the trophy. Gisborne ..read more

Takapau teen Samantha Carrington is one of New Zealand’s young riders set to take on the Australians in a test at Gisborne this weekend. Photo by Sarah Lord/KAMPIC All roads lead to Gisborne this week for some of the nation’s most exciting up-and-coming showjumpers who will take on Australia in a young rider test series at the Larsen Sawmilling 32nd Equestrian Championships. The annual Trans-Tasman Young Rider Challenge sees four person teams from Australia and New Zealand go head-to-head on borrowed horses over three days of two round competition. Fronting for New Zealand are Georgia Bo ..read more

Tauranga horseman Phillip Steiner and Cassina Dior soar to victory in the POLi Payments FEI (NZ League) World Cup qualifier at the Metalform Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay Showjumping in Dannevirke this afternoon. Photo by Michelle Clarke Phillip Steiner bagged his second POLi Payments FEI (NZ League) World Cup qualifier win and did himself all sorts of favours as the top international series heads to the final later this month. Phillip and his 10-year-old mare Cassina Dior were one of three double clears over the Heather McDonald-designed course at the Metalform Central and Southern Hawke ..read more