A successful on property Haydon Horse Stud sale offering 16 colts held on Saturday 8 October saw top colts go to leading breeders. Top priced colt of the sale, Haydon Orbital, sold for $26,000 to Terry Blake’s Rosebrook Stud, one of the leading studs in Australia. Orbital is by Haydon Nightwatch and has the distinction of having his full brother standing at Stud in the USA. ...

This week the world of eventing turns its attention to France. Les Etoiles des Pau CCI4*, the fifth and final competition in the 2011 HSBC FEI Classics series, starts this Thursday and concludes on Sunday. 75 competitors from sixteen countries are entered, including six Australian combinations. Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Sweden and USA will also be represented. ...

It's countdown time, with just four days to go to the opening of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 at Oslo, Norway this Sunday (16 October). And, across the globe, many riders from the 12 other qualifying leagues have already been battling it out for a place at the prestigious Final that will take place in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands next April. ...

Horsezone sponsored the 2011 IGA Perth Royal Show, which ran from 1 - 8 October and featured a large program of horse events. Horsezone provided a cash prize for the Horsezone Champion Showjumping Rider and sashes for Champion Working Hunters - Big and Small, plus $25 vouchers for all Working Hunters and for all entrants in Class 460 Part 3 Mini Prix. ...

Two British riders, long-time team mates and friends, will do battle for the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2011 top spot this weekend (13-16 October) at Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), which is also the 2012 season opener. Athletes from 17 nations will compete at the popular CCI4* in the shadow of the Pyrenees, where they have the unique opportunity to secure points for the 2012 season which for the first time includes Australia’s premier event, the Adelaide International Horse Trials (18-20 November). ...

Andrew Nicholson (pictured) spear-heads a small but quality Kiwi field to Les Etoiles de Pau, a top ranking international three day event in France this weekend. While it is the final leg in the HSBC FEI Classics – the grand slam of eventing – it is also the first event of 2012 season, and run in the most picturesque surroundings at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains. Mark Todd is sitting in fourth spot on the classics, but isn't competing at Pau. However, Nicholson is well placed to move up the board from his sixth spot, with Caroline Powell in seventh and Jonathan Paget 15th. ...

On 7 - 10 October the first ever competition, the Nathan Floats Queensland Dressage Championships, was held at the prestigious new Queensland State Equestrian Centre (QSEC) and proved to be the perfect event to kick off QSEC's life as a premiere equestrian venue. Competitors and organisers alike gave the venue a big thumbs up! The stabling and camping area is really well designed, safe and practical, and the indoor and outdoor arena surfaces are fantastic to ride on. All structures - stables and indoor arena - are designed to be beautifully cool in the Queensland heat and all involved with this competition were very positive about QSEC and its future as a top class facility for all types of events. ...

This year's Bates Saddles Pony Dressage Championships will be held on the weekend of 15 - 16 October, at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre and some super ponies will be competing across the levels. Spectators are welcome and entry is free. Horsezone is one of the proud sponsors of this event and we look forward to the competitions, which will include Preliminary to Advanced including freestyles, Pas de Deux, FEI Pony and four, five and six year old Young Pony qualifiers. ...

The countdown to EQUITANA Sydney has certainly begun, with less than one month left to the event, excitement is in the air! The EQUITANA Sydney Official Program will be inserted in Rural Press regional newspapers, in just a couple of weeks! You will be able to read up about your favourite presenters, competitions, breeds and exhibiting companies. Planning your day(s) will also be made easier with the full Event Timetable, Education Timetable and daily highlights overview, all available in this full colour keepsake. ...

Each year, P.S.I.-auctions feature an exclusive collection of young dressage and show jumping horses. Many national and international Grand Prix and Championship horses have been purchased over the 30-year old history of the sale including horses like Grunox, Brillant, Cappucino, Weinrausch, Lord Sinclair, Poetin, Livello, Der Stern, Mambo Nr. 5, Whizzkid, Triviant, Lawarino, Pozitano, Epsom Gesmeray, P.S. Priamos, Pilot's High Fly, Quifilio, Ramonus Z, H.S. Europa, L´Espoir, Paparazzi, Quin Chin, Caballero and many others....