National Capital Horse Trials Association

Everyone who booked a yard, and those on the waiting list, now have a yard.
Click here to see the list. This will be updated as changes are made.

While it is common for an equestrian brand or business to sponsor a class, sponsorship is about exposure to the community. NCHTA is very passionate about wildlife – anyone who has been to Equestrian Park knows that there are plenty of Kangaroos in residence! Therefore, we are pleased to announce that Hills Wildlife Sanctuary will serve as the class sponsor for EvA80.
HWS has been caring for injured and orphaned wildlife in Sydney’s northwest since 1977. The sanctuary rescues, rehabilitates, and cares for a variety of native wildlife on 35 acres of pristine bushland and provides vital community education. Future plans include a wildlife sanctuary on site, breeding programs for critically endangered species and aiding ecosystem recovery. Committed to the survival of Australian Wildlife, HWS has experienced vets, carers and volunteers making this happen. 

Any donations would be appreciated!

Make sure you visit their website for more information:

On Saturday night, flash flooding occurred in Curtin, causing significant damage to Equestrian Park. The individual dressage arenas have been left unusable, and XC jumps that were anchored down still floated up and have been redistributed around the grounds.

With this in mind, the schedule for the upcoming event is being adjusted, and entries will be limited so that we can manage with three fewer dressage arenas. We will manage a waiting list so that hopefully, everyone who wants to come can.
NCHTA are holding a meeting this evening to try and work out our options. Thank you for being patient.

There are several new rules in effect.

Sue Johnston, a founding member of NCHTA, passed away recently. She and her husband, Joe (who passed away last year), were integral to the establishment of Equestrian Park in Canberra. Without their contribution, the sport of eventing would have had a very different landscape! We are grateful that they chose Canberra as their home and that they instilled the dedication to the community in their son, Grant.

Thank you to everyone for coming to our event!
Here are the maps:

Once the technical delegates (who are ALSO volunteers -taking time off work) have completed their tasks of measuring every single jump to make sure it fits within the requirements, the maps will be published on the cross country app. We will share the link as soon as we have live link.
Thank you for your patience – we promise you the wait will be worth it!

On the eve of our event, NCHTA would like to remind all riders, volunteers, officials and all those attending the event that Equestrian Australia has developed a Code of Conduct, that by entering you agree to abide by. To this end, here’s the link to the document, and our committee will be happy to help if anyone feels that behaviour towards them or others is in breach of that.