Nicholson has kept his four-star veterans Nereo and Avebury, and continues to develop his latest hope Jet Set. He's planning for the former pair to accompany him to Badminton.

If New Zealand's Olympic team is to be aspirational at Rio next year, here's a suggestion: target the team events.

Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup win on Prince of Penzance struck a blow against sporting misogyny.

Obstacles have loomed as regularly as fences and jumps for former world and Olympic eventing champion Blyth Tait in his comeback, but his Rio Games dream remains alive.

Veteran rider Andrew Nicholson's neck injury shocked the equestrian community but New Zealand's two Olympic eventing gold medallists say the sport has never been safer.

Andrew Nicholson has undergone successful surgery to repair the injury to his neck suffered during a fall from his horse.

Nicholson fell after the last fence on the cross-country course at Gatcombe Park, where he was in the lead.

Kiwi sporting officials want answers from Olympic organisers after a deadly horse disease was discovered at the Rio 2016 equestrian venue.

Another top class performance from a NZ eventer yesterday rammed home the country's standing in the equine world, yet qualification for the Olympics has still to be confirmed.

Ingmar Vos, the first non-royal to head the FEI in 60 years, wants his sport to become more pro-active in introducing change.

Andrew Nicholson has won three Olympic and three World Equestrian Games medals since starting out as a groom at Badminton, writes Andrew Alderson.

Andrew Nicholson's Olympic career is expected to be decided at an Equestrian Sports New Zealand board meeting this month.

Andrew Nicholson has suffered a brutal denouement to his Badminton campaign after dropping three rails on Nereo in the showjumping phase to finish sixth.

Regardless of this morning's Badminton horse trials result, Andrew Nicholson's Olympic availability remains under threat.