Congrats to Coach of the Month Dee McVicker, NSW "By the time I was 9, I harassed my parents into buying me a pony. He was 5yrs, 12.1hh & came at the bargain price of sixty quid, incl tack – the saddle had a broken tree that never occurred to me to fix...equestrian.org.au/news/coach-mon…

Congrats to April Coach of the Month, Stephanie Spencer, EA L1 Dressage Coach in WA! "I was on the back of a horse before I could walk. It wasn’t until I was about 15 that I turned more towards the fine art of Dressage (an unplanned stack XC probably helped make this decision...

Congrats May Coach of the Month Suzan McDermott L2 Dressage Coach, TAS. "As a child, I attended a riding school run by a take-no-prisoners English lady. One lesson per wkend soon turned into riding all day, provided I worked the naughty ponies - so there was a lot of falling off!

Congrats to April Coach of the Month, Robyn Oram-Thomson, EA L1 Vaulting & L1 Dressage Coach, SA. "My early horse experience was cattle musters twice a year. It wasn’t uncommon for Dad to coincide sending breakers away for a quick couple of weeks of basic training just beforehand

How good is this -Our Olympic Dressage team, for the first time ever, head to Tokyo from three different corners of the globe. Across three continents, Mary Hanna & Calanta (AUS), Simone Pearce & Destano (Europe) & Kelly Lane and Samhitas (North America), will team up in Tokyo!

Great job to our Aussie Dressage combination of Kelly Layne and Samhitas who scored 58.354% Kelly and Samhitas showed us some beautiful moments, well done.🐴😊💕 Photos by @ausequestrianteam/@libby_law_photography

Well done to our Aussie Dressage duo of Simone Pearce and the stunning Destano on 68.494% So lovely to watch 🐴🤩💖 Photo credit @ausequestrianteam /LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

Well done to Mary Hanna and Calanta, our first Dressage combination riding at #Tokyo2020 ! Mary and Calanta scored 67.981%, a beautiful horse and rider combination to watch. 🐴🤩 Photo credit @ausequestrianteam /LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

Our Eventing team in the arena for familiarisation prior to competition at the #Tokyo2020 Equestrian Park. Andrew Hoy, Shane Rose, Stuart Tinney and Kevin McNab are looking great on their horses - cool, calm, collected focus! 💪 Photos by @ausequestrianteam /LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

History in the making - 🥈 SILVER 🥈 - what a team, what a ride! Our amazing #Tokyo2020 Eventing Team has made our whole nation so proud. 🤩 Photos by @ausequestrianteam / LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

Our wonderful show jumpers of #Tokyo2020 rode their hearts out and made us proud. Photos by @ausequestrianteam / LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

Our Bronze-Medal Olympic Eventing Champion - Andrew Hoy! Photos by @ausequestrianteam / LIBBY LAW PHOTOGRAPH

Well done to our entire Australian Para-Equestrian Team, you made us all so proud! 💪 Photos Jon Stroud & Australian Equestrian Team

Congrats to EA September Coach of the Month, Kristin Pitt - L1 General Coach, TAS. "Both my parents’ parents had racehorses...it was in my blood. When I was 10, I got given one of my grandfather’s retired racehorses I named Rocky. I loved jumping & had so much fun with this horse

Congrats to EA Coach for Oct - Robert Stewart, EA L3 Jumping & L2 General Coach & EA L1 Jumping Course Designer, NSW. "My father bought four unbroken ponies and we broke them in bushman style and started competing with them at Pony Club and local shows." equestrian.org.au/news/coach-mon…

The equestrian community is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Rachel Watts. Rachel was a stalwart of the Australian Eventing Team for more than a decade & will be remembered as the ‘super-groom’ who treated everyone with kindness and generosity- both horse & human

A fantastic result this weekend for Andrew Hoy and 'Cadet de Beliard' in the CCI4*L Strzegom (POL). The combination finished 3rd on 37.3 with an impressive clear and under time cross country phase. Full results can be found at: livejumping.com/ap/event/9191/… 📷 Mariusz Chmieliński

EOIs must be submitted by 31 October 2023 for all athletes who wish to be considered for nomination to the Australian 2024 Olympic Equestrian Team. Please use the following link to complete the submission form. bit.ly/2024_Olympic_E… *** DEADLINE: 31 OCTOBER 2023 ***

Aussies in Top 10 at the 2023 FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Le Lion d’Angers (FRA) last weekend - including two Australian combinations at the top of the leaderboard in the 6-year-old class.

Boyd Exell takes the win in the new FEI Driving World Cup™ series at the 37th Stuttgart German Masters. That's 3 from 3! Photo: FEI/Leanjo de Koster