Tas horse vaulting team in training
Horse vaulting a combination of gymnastics and dancing on a moving horse has recently been taken up by a group of Tasmanians.
View ArticleTasmania's Horse of the Year Show brings out the best
The best veteran and up-and-comer Tasmanian horses and riders were on display over the weekend, vying for the chance to represent Tasmania in the National Show Horse Championships later this year. The...
View ArticleTasmanian dressage competitors impress and impressed with biosecurity levy
It seems the feeling among Tasmania's dressage competitors is that the agreement between the horse industry and government over funding a future disease outbreak is a fair outcome. The 2007 outbreak of...
View ArticleTasmanian horse owners warned over Ross River virus
Tasmanian horse owners are being warned to take extra precautions against Ross River virus this autumn. There have been a number of reports of horses getting seriously ill in Victoria, along the Murray...
View ArticleFirst Tasmanian team off to carriage driving championships
Competitive carriage driving is the fastest growing equine sport in the world, its proponents say. This year, for the first time, Tasmania is sending a team to the National Championships in New South...
View ArticleOpening the Vault
As part of Heritage Tasmania's Open Doors program, Grove Heritage Nursery in the Huon Valley is inviting the public to have a wander around their working orchard. Packed with hundreds of varieties of...
View ArticleA son recalls his father's achievements in equestrian sport
Australia's sporting prowess is being immortalised with rolls of honour for great achievers in almost every sporting field.
View ArticleMarathon riding, to complete is to win..
This Easter weekend national sports media attention will be focused on some of Australia's fastest sprinters, as they compete in the country's most famous race, the Stawell Gift.
View ArticleEquestrian Australia's Volunteer or the Year
"There's always something new to learn," Sandra Atkins says of her interest in horses.
View ArticleRodeo veteran in serious condition in hospital after being trampled by steer
A rodeo announcer is in a serious but stable condition after he was trampled by a steer at a rodeo near Launceston at the weekend.
View ArticleTasmanian rodeo girls keeping their eyes on the prize in male-dominated sport
Trying to hang onto a raging 900-kilogram bull for eight seconds is 17-year-old Tasmanian Jaz Hutchins' idea of fun.
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