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Equestrian: Having to jump start his career
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.
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Tight rein on risks despite veteran's fall
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.
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Grave concerns for Andrew Nicholson
Top New Zealand event rider Andrew Nicholson is in hospital in Oxford after suffering a neck injury at a British event.
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Equestrian: Nicholson still a chance to make Olympics
Andrew Nicholson's chances of being selected for a record eighth Olympics have improved.
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Fatal horse disease hits Olympic venue
Kiwi sporting officials want answers from Olympic organisers after a deadly horse disease was discovered at the Rio 2016 equestrian venue.
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Kiwis' form horses to book a spot at Rio
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.
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Changing the horse world at a canter
Ingmar Vos, the first non-royal to head the FEI in 60 years, wants his sport to become more pro-active in introducing change.
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Nicholson's Badminton title chances slip
Andrew Nicholson has suffered a brutal denouement to his Badminton campaign after dropping three rails on Nereo in the showjumping phase to finish sixth.
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Place at Rio Olympics still under threat
Regardless of this morning's Badminton horse trials result, Andrew Nicholson's Olympic availability remains under threat.
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Equestrian: Nicholson is hot to trot at top event
It's one of the only titles that has eluded Andrew Nicholson and the highly-decorated eventer knows what's at stake in the showjumping phase of the Badminton horse trials.
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Hopes for Kiwi success in Italian hands
The creativity of course designer Giuseppe Della Chiesa could determine whether a New Zealander wins the Badminton horse trials this year.
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Kiwis have top Badminton chances
New Zealand will make a formidable showing at the Badminton horse trials, starting in Gloucestershire tonight.
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Mediation might sort equestrian stand-off
David Leggat wants to bang a couple of heads together as the gulf between one of the country's leading eventing riders and his national body grows ever wider.