Two Senior teams and two Young Rider teams have been named for the first leg of the Trans-Tasman Test Series.
At CHIO Aachen this year, Australian carriage drivers Boyd Exell and Tor Van Den Berge made history in winning the Baron und Baronin von Buchholtz CAIO Nations Cup – becoming the first Australian team to do so.
Australian carriage driver Tor Van Den Berge will contest his fourth FEI Driving World Championship for Pair Horses in Beekbergen, The Netherlands, from 20–24 August.
Olympic medallist Christopher Burton has voiced strong support for reforming Equestrian Australia into a unified, discipline-based national model. In an open letter, he argues that centralised governance would improve efficiency, attract investment, strengthen High Performance programs, and deliver long-term benefits for all levels of the sport.
Expressions of Interest: Equestrian estate on 40.75 hectares* across two titles, located just 45 minutes from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Australian Veterinary Association has urged vigilance following confirmed detections of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) in horses in Townsville and Toowoomba. The highly contagious virus can cause respiratory illness, abortion, or rarely neurological disease – however humans are not at risk.