The Aussies took the trans Tasman test but Kiwi star Katie McVean won the class... thanks to more than just a little help from the crowd at the…

Imported German stallion Donnerubin showed all the class of his famous bloodlines to win the Level 1 Horse of the Year Championship…

It was well worth the trip from Blenheim for teenager Nicola French. The 17-year-old beat off riders with vastly more experience to win the Level 3 Horse of the Year title.…

Olympian Kallista Field has dominated Advanced level at Horse of the Year for the past three years…

By Diana Dobson Top equestrian riders Gaylene Lennard and Maurice Beatson are the latest inductees into the Horse of the Year Hall of Fame…

Showtym Viking was every bit the fearless warrior today (Thursday) flying to victory in the seven year old championship at the 2011 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings…

Kumeu rider Wendi Williamson scored the winning trifecta – adding the Level 2 Horse of the Year Championship to her recent wins of the Bates National and the North Island Championships.…

The first day of the Para Equestrian competition got underway at Hastings today, included for the first time as part of the iconic Horse of the Year Show.…

Taranaki’s Vanessa Way knows how to save the best for last. Her starry young Anamour gelding, Arawn, proved too good for the rest of the…

By Diana Dobson Lucy Akers is the toast of the town tonight after a superb win in the Lady Rider of the Year at the 2011 NZ Horse of the Year in Hastings…