Top New Zealand event rider Andrew Nicholson is in hospital in Oxford after suffering a neck injury at a British event.

Andrew Nicholson's chances of being selected for a record eighth Olympics have improved.

Kiwi sporting officials want answers from Olympic organisers after a deadly horse disease was discovered at the Rio 2016 equestrian venue.

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.

Ingmar Vos, the first non-royal to head the FEI in 60 years, wants his sport to become more pro-active in introducing change.

Andrew Nicholson has suffered a brutal denouement to his Badminton campaign after dropping three rails on Nereo in the showjumping phase to finish sixth.

Regardless of this morning's Badminton horse trials result, Andrew Nicholson's Olympic availability remains under threat.

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.

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.

It's amazing what a win can do for the spirits, and the ambition. New Zealand's best showjumper, Katie Laurie, discovered that in Las Vegas this week.

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.