The 2012 Inglis Scone Broodmare Sale was conducted at White Park on Friday, with young commercial mares demanding the day’s highest prices. The one-day sale recorded a clearance rate of 84%, as the highest price of $36,000 was recorded for five-year-old mare North Pole Dancer ....

Are you a budding marketing student with an interest in horses, or an equine student who’s played a part in marketing an event or competition? The PagePlay Equestrian Social Media Awards (ESMAs) is running a global competition to select one promising student to take a place on the 2013 Expert Panel....

Four Australians are among the 153 riders set to compete at the 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships. When the 160 kilometre event gets underway this Saturday, among the line-up will be two of Australia’s most seasoned Endurance riders and two riders making their World Championships debut....

Eventer Jade Findlay has been feeling very privileged lately. Jade runs a successful eventing training and competition yard in the Hawkesbury region of NSW, where, in addition to training great horses for clients, she has several talented horses of her own. One of those just happens to be HP Leilani, who with devoted pilot Chris Burton in the saddle, kept us all enthralled during the cross country phase of the eventing at the London Olympics. To add to her feeling of being a lucky girl, as owners of Leilani, Jade and her mum Jean (who is also an owner of the mare), were on the frontline for all three phases of the Olympic Eventing....

The Hawkesbury Riding Club Unofficial Showjumping will be held at Hawkesbury Riding Club, Gate 5 Racecourse Road, Clarendon on Saturday 25 August. There will be three arenas in operation throughout the day with classes to suit all levels of ability....

From Friday, 31 August to Sunday, 2 September riders from across NSW, along with a strong group from Queensland and other States, will gather at SIEC to take part in the NSW Dressage Championships. The event will be a good indicator of form leading up to the Nationals at the end of October....

The annual Inglis Scone Broodmare Sale will be held at White Park this coming Friday 24 August, right on the edge of the 2012 southern hemisphere breeding season. Supplementary entries have taken the number of fillies and mares catalogued for the timely sale to 115. The complete catalogue is available online at www.inglis.com.au...

Have you had a chance to check out the new Sydney Equestrian Supplies website yet? It has everything for you and your horse, with a huge range of products, fantastic specials and personal service, plus a mail order service that delivers anywhere. Great Rugs Special! Are your winter horse rugs looking a little worse for wear after the colder months? Then check out these great rug specials currently on offer:...

NSW Department of Primary Industries has advised that from 1 September 2012, anyone who keeps livestock in NSW will be required to obtain a PIC for the land on which the livestock are kept. The expanded requirements also include deer, bison, buffalo, camelids, equines (ie: horses and donkeys), 100 or more poultry birds or 10 or more emus or ostriches....

The FEI World Vaulting Championships 2012, which were held in the horse sport centre Boulerie Jump in Le Mans, France (15-19 August) attracted a field of more than 150 athletes, 50 lungers and 56 horses from 17 nations....