Young rider Thomas Triggol certainly is one to watch at this year's Nissan Easter Festival Who are the horses that you’ll be competing at this years Nissan Easter Festival My name is Thomas Triggol, and the horses that I’ll be competing on at NEF are: Callaho’s Fiona Callaho’s Charlien 7 Callaho’s Faith Topbet…
Marlene and Camaro have placed in the last four years' Nissan Outdoor Grand Prix Having placed 6th in the 2017 Nissan SA Outdoor Grand Prix, Marlene Sinclair is looking forward to the 2018 competition, in which she hopes to better her 2017 placing. Who are the horses that you’ll be competing at this years Nissan Easter Festival?…
Crowd favourites, Nicole Horwood and Mark White Nissan Capital Don Cumarco [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 52nd edition of the SA Derby is officially SOLD OUT come 2pm on 1 October 2017 at the Kyalami Equestrian Park. The Cell C South African Derby is the toughest showjumping challenge: the 18 obstacle, 1200m course that is a one of a kind with obstacles…
Ronnie Healy and Blue Turtle Atmore at the recent World Cup Qualifier [dropcap]“I[/dropcap] remember sitting at school and counting down the hours until I could go and ride. I wanted to compete at the top as well as overseas and nothing was going to stop me,” says Kyalami resident Ronnie Healy. Watching the warm up He’s determined…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]he’s a wife, a mom, an instructor and business woman. She’s also in top form on the back of her win at the recent 2017 Revil Stables Reonet FEI World Cup Qualifier riding her horse Sunny Park Stables Elpaso. We caught up with Benoni resident Nicola Sime Riley who says that her horses are going…
Anthony Kay and Assagai Sherman [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he flamboyant and life-loving Anthony Kay says that whilst there’s nothing quite like Derby, his preparations going into the show have been far from ideal. “My horse Sherman had an injury at the end of last year resulting in this year being a bit slow: I’ve only jumped him in two 1.40m…
Liam Stevens and Nissan Wanda [dropcap]L[/dropcap]iam Stevens was born into a horse-loving family, with his father Damian having started riding when he was six years old with Trevor Lovegren and continued to ride with some of South Africa’s best, among them Rogan Asken, Phillip Smith, Barry Taylor and Janie Myburg. Liam started aged 13 at Lane…
Bronwyn Short and Fountain of Love going over the St Andrew's Cross [dropcap]D[/dropcap]ynamite comes in small packages and so can be said of the gutsy and talented Bronwyn Short who will no doubt come out firing come derby day 1 October. “We have had so many shows this year that I feel that my horses are fairly…
Lorette Knowles-Taylor will be cheering from the sidelines for a second year running [dropcap]S[/dropcap]uperwoman Lorette Knowles-Taylor will unfortunately be watching this year’s derby from the side lines for the second year running due to back-to-back concussions which have ruled her out of riding for three months. The ever energetic athlete will still give the show all…
Anne-Marie Esslinger will be riding Alzu Oregon in this year's Cell C Derby [dropcap]C[/dropcap]o-owner of Burlington Stables in Midrand, Anne-Marie Esslinger says she’s extremely excited ahead of this year’s SA Derby: a personal highlight on her competition calendar. Derby prep “My preparations for the big event will only start now that the Revil World Cup Qualifier is…
