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It is fitting that when EQUITANA Auckland need top-quality surfaces at the ASB Showgrounds it turned to Harrison Lane.

The equestrian design and construction project management service provided by Harrison Lane often includes arenas for clients.

The company are laying five arenas for EQUITANA Auckland, ranging in size from 20mx20m through to the largest which is around 100mx130m. It’s no mean feat to complete the arenas to the highest of standards in a short period of time for the four day November event for which they are a platinum sponsor.

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There’s an exciting new reason to follow the Junior and Amateur rider classes this season thanks to a partnership between Main-Events and EQUITANA Auckland, and you’ll be in the running to score some amazing prizes and premium tickets to EQUITANA this November!

We’ve teamed up to create the EQUITANA Auckland Quinella where people pick the first and second placings in the Dunstan Horsefeeds and Equifibre Junior Rider and Caledonian Holdings Amateur Rider at 8 upcoming shows including 5 this weekend.

John Thompson is one of the nation’s top dressage stars. While born in New Zealand, he has spent much of his life in Australia, returning to his homeland to follow his heart just a few years ago.

He’s now engaged to fellow dressage rider Holly Leach and the two run the very successful JHT Equine in Gordonton, near Hamilton.

Thompson and JHT Antonello were the reserve combination at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Applications have officially opened for riders to be a part of the highly anticipated Eventing and Dressage Masterclasses at EQUITANA Auckland!

Have you always dreamed of having a lesson with New Zealand Eventing legend Andrew Nicholson or German Gold Medal Dressage Coach Jonny Hilberath? Well this is your chance you win your spot for FREE!

Clarke Johnstone has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games and World Equestrian Games. He was New Zealand’s highest placed individual at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with his sixth placing aboard Balmoral Sensation. The team finished in fourth place.

In 2010 he was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and in 2016, as part of his build-up to Rio, he placed fifth on début at the Badminton Horse Trials.

20-year-old Lily Tootill is one of New Zealand’s most accomplished and talented young show jumping riders. Competing at Grand Prix level aboard her talented gelding Ulysses NZPH, she has taken out the coveted New Zealand Horse of The Year Show’s Olympic Cup and has travelled abroad to ride and compete on the world stage.

Lily will be competing at this year’s EQUITANA Auckland in the prestigious New Zealand Open - Harrison Lane Jumping Grand Prix and will be blogging her lead up to the event!

It’s fair to say horses are well and truly in the bloodlines of Australian Way of The Horse competitor Kathleen Reid.

A seasoned Australian Stockman’s Challenge competitor, EQUITANA Auckland will be the first time the 36-year-old has competed in TWOTH . . . but it is hardly surprising.

Dressage star Jody Hartstone has a new take on her beloved horse Ali Baba.

The Lusitano stallion had a potentially career-ending paddock accident in mid-April and is only just coming back into light work. It doesn’t help his rider also had a leg ‘incident’ and hasn’t been on a horse for two months.

The team at Harrison Lane didn’t need to think twice about stepping in as one of EQUITANA Auckland’s key sponsors.

“EQUITANA raises New Zealand’s profile on an international level,” says Harrison Lane director Laura Daly. “We feel it is key for our industry to get in behind it and make it successful.”