Mega competition at Horse of the Year show
New Zealand’s Horse of the Year Show is nether means inward Hastings, amongst to a greater extent than than 2600 horses too riders from both sides of the Tasman battling it out for plough over honours inward xviii disciplines inward 28 arenas over the coming days.
An exciting add-on to the exhibit this twelvemonth is the NRM Mounted Games World Team Championship which has attracted teams from 10 countries.
Highlights include the instant of the Mitavite Trans Tasman Test Series on Fri night, the Bell Tea 3 star eventing cross province on Saturday, the basis mounted games concluding on Sat night, the Dressage freestyle on Sunday, followed past times Sir Mark Todd competing inward the BetaVet New Zealand Speed Horse of the Year too the gem inward the crown – the $200,000 JB Olympic Cup.
Katie McVean, who has won the championship 3 times, volition facial expression upward approximately serious opposition this twelvemonth from a record-sized field, one-half of whom are from Australia.
The Aussies are inward fine shape already – the senior squad is one-up inward the exam series, too much of the Long White Cloud Tour prize coin is already banked across the Tasman.
However, HOY exhibit manager Kevin Hansen is backing a Kiwi to accept the historic crown.
Wednesday’s Norwood Gold Cup is the outset ‘big’ degree of the exhibit too most prestigious to win. That’s followed on Th past times the New Zealand Lady Rider of the Year, the Young Rider of the Year on Friday, too the Pony of the Year crown awarded on Saturday. Paralympians Rachel Stock (Pokeno) too Anthea Gunner (Christchurch) are both competing.
Thursday evening’s Hall of Fame Gala Dinner is a sell-out, amongst all 350 tickets flight out the door on the dorsum of the tidings that Mark Todd volition endure invitee speaker.
Veteran New Zealand broadcaster Mark Sainsbury volition endure doing an on-the-couch interview amongst Todd.
“I cause got done a few interviews over the years amongst Mark too intend he is an amazing guy – it’s a lesson to us all that y'all tin forcefulness out cash inward one's chips along on doing materials for years,” Sainsbury says.
He describes Sir Mark every bit a “rock star of the equine world” too “one of those people who it is ever practiced to necessitate heed from”.
“Everyone admires him greatly too it’s a affair of what else tin forcefulness out nosotros larn well-nigh him – particularly since the knighthood.”
Sainsbury, who latterly finished presenting TVNZ’s nightly electrical current affairs programme, has 31 years sense inward broadcasting.
“I’m non laid upward to give it away yet, either,” he says. “We tin forcefulness out all accept approximately inspiration from Mark.”
It volition endure an informal interview at a rather formal eve affair, that volition besides include inductions to the Hall of Fame. Cure Kids, the chosen charity for the 2013 Horse of the Year Show, volition endure asset an auction during the evening.
More that 75,000 people are expected through the gates over the coming days. Behind the scenes it is a mammoth endeavour from the 400-plus volunteers who operate tirelessly to become inward all happen.
The exhibit pumps an estimated $12.5 meg into the Hawke’s Bay economic scheme each year.
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