Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson sit inside the top 10 after the first phase of the Badminton Horse Trials.

The queen of New Zealand showjumping won her fifth JB Olympic Cup at the NRM Horse of the Year Show in Hastings yesterday.

Aussie polo legend keeps his supposed charm - and his bubbles - hidden, but he's certainly fun and tough and not at all scarily posh and polished

Once a pony girl, always a pony girl it seems, as Joanna Mathers reacquaints herself with her love of horses.

Champion NZ horseman Jock Paget is facing a lengthy ban after a B sample from his horse Clifton Promise returned a positive test for a banned substance.

The son of a former Wellington mayor died from severe head injuries after falling off an untrained horse, which then fell on top of him.

In the wake of equestrian star Jock Paget's horse testing positive for a banned substance, Phil Taylor asks whether our reaction betrays a double standard

To Erik Duvander fell the task of breaking the news to Jock Paget that his eventing career was about to plunge into a doping nightmare.

Jock Paget says nothing can be ruled out as he searches for answers as to why his horse Clifton Promise failed a doping test.

Champion New Zealand horseman Jock Paget is facing a lengthy ban and the loss of his Burghley eventing title after his horse returned a positive drugs test.

The lure of competing alongside New Zealand's senior eventing statesmen Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson is a huge motivator for the young riders coming through.

US-based Kiwi showjumper Sharn Wordley has finished third in the Zoetis $US1 million grand prix at the HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties in New York.

Jock Paget completed a memorable double as New Zealand took a clean sweep of the podium at the Burghley horse trials in Lincolnshire today. The 29-year-old Olympian won the three-day classic aboard Clifton Promise to complete a double of Badminton and Burghley - not achieved in the same year, on the same horse, since 1989 with Virginia Leng and Master Craftsman.

An emphasis on improving dressage in New Zealand's equestrian stocks is paying dividends, with Jock Paget and Andrew Nicholson in strong positions at Burghley.

New Zealand's two in-form riders Jock Paget and Andrew Nicholson have put themselves in a strong position to challenge for the prestigious Burghley horse trials crown after the opening dressage phase in Lincolnshire.