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Several Kiwi eventers have sent a strong signal to selectors ahead of the London Olympic team announcement with top placings at the Bramham International Horse Trials over the weekend.The ever consistent Andrew Nicholson finished second on Olympic hope Nereo and Caroline Powell was fourth with her lovely grey campaigner Lenamore.
A double clear by Nicholson and Nereo in the showjumping phase of the CIC3* wasn’t quite enough to take victory. The combination finished on their dressage score of 42 and in second place, just 3.3 penalty points behind William Fox-Pitt on Neuf des Coeurs. Powell and Lenamore finished on their dressage score for fourth place, with Nicholson just .8 of a penalty behind on Avebury in fifth.
Meanwhile, the Olympic selection deadline is looming as the countdown to London is down to under 50 days.The eventing team will be named on the July 3, with potential combinations looking to impress the selectors in their final run at Barbury Castle at the end of this month.
Dressage rider Vanessa Way and her mount KH Arvan have one further international competition in which the combination can achieve the Olympic standard for Dressage set by ESNZ and the NZOC – at the Hartpury International Dressage Festival (CDI3*) in the UK on July 6-8. Until then the combination will compete at national level shows in the UK. If successful, Way and Arvan will be the second New Zealand combination nominated for selection to the Olympics, after Louisa Hill and Bates Antonello. New Zealand will have a maximum of two dressage combinations at London and ESNZ has now confirmed that New Zealand will not field a dressage team at this year’s Olympics.
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Kiwi Care Team are a group of Equine professionals (vets, farriers, equine dentists) providing voluntary veterinary care to horses, donkeys and other animals around the world and animal welfare education to their owners. See how they help make a real difference for those in need.
They're offering 3 hour ride over beautiful farmland on Ngarimu Station, Waikato to raise funds for their next trip. Come along, enjoy yourself and support this very worthy cause. Find out more»
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Are you thinking of selling your horse or new or used equestrian items? Do you have any old, unwanted gear that you could turn into cash? List your classifieds now with Equine Trader for free. Check out this week's featured classified, SBF Lightning Strike, one of several Springbank Farm Equestrian horses on equinetrader.co.nz right now.
Members who list their classifieds on equinetrader.co.nz are in the draw to win a double movie pass each week till the end of June. Find out who won last week»
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Were you one of the 5 lucky members who won the fabulous Hachette Books New Zealand prize draw for the great new autobiography, "Second Chance", by Mark Todd?
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In this week's equisode, Jody Hartstone Grand Prix, dressage rider and Equitation Science specialist, talks about the habituation technique of approach conditioning.
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Edward Bullock, Grand Prix showjumper, explains more about gridwork and demonstrates another simple grid.
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The winner of last week's "need for speed" themed Vetpro Photo of the Week competition was Brya Wallace from Whitford. Check out last week's entries on the link above.
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Rachel Harford trained in Australia, Germany and England in human and equine therapy. She has been treating horses for 12 years and runs a busy full time business. Rachel also runs massage courses for people who want to help their own horses and saddle fitting courses.
Rachel uses thermal imaging as one of her diagnostic tools and she recently demonstrated this technique at Premier Equine Services in Dairy Flat, Auckland.
Watch as Rachel takes us through a very interesting thermal imaging session
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Ask the Experts
Rosie recently opened a bag of whole oats and found they were an odd colour. She asks Robyn Mauger, Equine Category manager at Nutritech, whether this means that the food value is diminished and is it safe to feed? See Robyn's advice
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