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.

The creativity of course designer Giuseppe Della Chiesa could determine whether a New Zealander wins the Badminton horse trials this year.

New Zealand will make a formidable showing at the Badminton horse trials, starting in Gloucestershire tonight.

Two imported German horses took the top titles on the final day of the Farmlands Horse of the Year Show in Hastings yesterday.

Jock Paget has his sights set firmly on the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Thanks to people like Gina Schick, visions of former champion horses being trucked off to pet food factories are proving false.

The country around Clevedon, southeast of Auckland, is parched and brown. Hawks circle slowly in the blue sky and even at 10am, the sun is like a hammer blow. The occasional "Road May Flood" sign seems like a grim joke.

Dumped eventing star Andrew Nicholson could be back in New Zealand's high performance squad by the middle of this year.

Katie Laurie pulled off a fairytale finish when she won the FEI World Cup New Zealand Series final at Woodhill Sands in Auckland yesterday.

New Zealand's two best riders are preparing for a showdown in the New Zealand series final of showjumping's World Cup in Auckland this weekend.

Andrew Alderson looks at six of the best horses New Zealanders have ridden in the past 30 years.

Andrew Nicholson made history at the Burghley horse trials today, winning a third straight title on the same horse, his outstanding grey Avebury.

Normally the prospect of seeing the world's 379th-ranked eventer sitting in the top three of the World Equestrian Games might raise a few eyebrows, but not this weekend.