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Equidays

Peter Besley —

New Zealand’s premier equine event Equidays was held at Mystery Creek on October 12-14.

The Equidays event supports a vast range of disciplines across New Zealand’s equine sector.

Many of our students and their families attend this event as spectators. This year five of our students took part in events. Catherine Turnbull competed in the show jumping events, Katie Rousell was a demo rider for one of the show jumping clinics, Jayne Donker and Sally Carter took part in the Equidays Fibre Fresh Youth Camp (unfortunately Jayne ended up with a broken ankle – and we wish her well for her recovery).

Samantha Besley was selected for the Sunday night Equidays Top Talent show aimed at showcasing some of the country’s best equine talent and skilled trainers. Competitors performed various tricks and shows with their horses to impress a team of judges as well as entertain the crowds. Samantha and her horse Lexi came 4th in this event!