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Sydney's Weekend of World Cups Starts Tomorrow!
Published on 05.05.2011
From Friday 6 May to Sunday 8 May the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, where Australia won Gold at the 2000 Olympic Games, comes alive again with the best Eventing and Show Jumping riders and horses in the country. Nearly 600 horses will converge on the venue for Sydney's Weekend of World Cups. With 30 high profile athletes in the Equestrian NSW FEI World Cup Eventing Qualifier and 25 in the Jumping NSW Greater Sydney FEI World Cup Jumping Qualifier this weekend's event is of vital importance to Australian riders as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The eyes of Australian selectors will be watching the outcome intently.... "Operation Greenwich Gold" Launched at EA Awards Night
Published on 05.05.2011
In front of 300 guests at the Equestrian Australia Sport Achievement Awards Night held at ANZ stadium “Operation GREENwich GOLD. Galloping to gold in 2012” was unveiled in spectacular style. The equestrian events for the London Games will be held at the famous Greenwich Park.... 2010 EA Sport Achievement Award Winners
Published on 05.05.2011
International Horse of the Year - Vivant The 'best of the best' in Equestrian sport gathered last night at the Equestrian Australia 2010 Sport Achievement Awards Night at ANZ... Equestrian Australia Welcomes First Hall of Fame Inductees
Published on 05.05.2011
The Equestrian Australia (EA) Hall of Fame is the sport's opportunity to recognise the achievements and efforts of its members in equestrian sport. Australia's success on the... Dan and Dan Through to Second Round of Australia's Got Talent
Published on 04.05.2011
Congratulations to Dan James and Dan Steers from Double Dan Horsemanship on getting through to the next round of Australia's Got Talent. Most horse people have seen these amazing guys and their wonderful horses and now everyone else in Australia has too!... Horses to Make New York's Central Park Home Again
Published on 04.05.2011
Central Park, New York, is laced with bridle paths and dotted with pastures, and its plants were once fertilized with manure. Although carriage horses trot through it, police horses occasionally patrol it, and wooden steeds gallop around the carousel, horses have not called the park home for more than 100 years. This summer, they will return!... Futuristic Venue of Valencia Takes Shape for the Global Champions Tour
Published on 04.05.2011
With just under a week to go until the second round of the 2011 Global Champions Tour that will be held in Valencia, Spain (6th-8th May) preparations of the arena have begun. This is a mammoth operation in itself, as the Oxer Sports group work with the City of Arts and Sciences complex delegates and the Valencia City Council to make sure that the surface is perfect for the world’s top international show jumping horses.... Life After Racing at Sydney’s Weekend of World Cups
Published on 04.05.2011
At the 2011 Weekend of World Cups in Sydney, starting this Friday 6 May at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, there are a large number of ex-racehorses competing in both Eventing and Show Jumping from the lower grades all the way through to the top level. 19 horses in the top three eventing levels were racehorses with five out of the 31 entries in the Eventing World Cup and one out of 25 entries in the Show Jumping World Cup beginning their lives on the track.... NZ Performance Horses Hit Hard by Weather
Published on 04.05.2011
The weather may have decimated Hawke's Bay's Haupouri Station but the multi-million dollar New Zealand Performance Horses breeding operation will not be hindered. It's been a heart-breaking few weeks for Juliet and Warwick Hansen as they've had to stand by and watch great chunks of their land just slip away as relentless rain fell from the sky.... Does Your Horse Recognise You?
Published on 03.05.2011
Does your horse recognise you? Does he behave differently with you then with other people and strangers? Maybe he always acts a certain way with you and differently with another person who also handles him? Recented studies indicate that horses use auditory and visual information to recognise specific people, and that they expect certain behaviors from those people based on previous experience.... 
