Caroline Hooper Dressage

22/10/2025

Reserve Champion National Novice for Furst Sir at the Australian Dressage Championships last weekend!!🦄🥰🌟

He had a very good win in the 2.2 in an incredibly strong field of horses.
Unfortunately a couple of not so ideal moments in the 2.3🤦‍♀️… ah the joys!!

A huge thankyou to Toni Venhaus and the hard working committee, the judges, stewards and volunteers.
Special thanks to the class sponsor McKinnon Sport Horses🙏🥂🙏
Massive thankyou to Kirsty Douglas from Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre for all your help and pony wrangling🙏😁🙏
Thankyou to Alyssa Wade and Paul from Wade Group Ltd 🥰

I’m forever grateful to Rebecca Skinner and Anthony for these 2 beautiful horses that have given me so much joy and purpose over the last years. Really looking forward to what is to come in the future with this special boy🦄❤️🙏🥂

27/09/2025

We had a great afternoon at the last Sugarloaf Dressage Club Inc dressage competition at SIEC last weekend.

Furst Sir competed in the Novice 2.3 for 1st place on 76.9%🦄🥇

One of the judges had him on 78.1% a new PB for me!!

Thankyou to Sugarloaf Dressage Club Inc committee and judges and volunteers for a great day while we all basked in the beautiful weather!!

The Sugarliaf club will be hugely missed. Thankyou for the many years of great competitions.

Thankyou Rebecca Skinner for the wonderful partnership… some exciting times ahead.

Thankyou Alyssa Wade from Wade Group Ltd. Paris loves his Wade Equine Signature Series.

Thankyou Kirsty Douglas from Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre for the great babysitting and Dianna De-Silva for the company!!

Very much looking forward to Australian Dressage Championships in a few weeks time😃🦄❤️

20/08/2025

🌟Regency NSW State Dressage Championships 2025🌟

What a wonderful week at AELEC with Dressage NSW Inc for the State Champs run by Karen Lever and her amazing team!!

I was totally delighted with the delightful Furst Sir who came home with the Novice Championship🦄❤️🥂🌟❤️🦄

A huge THANKYOU to McKinnon Sport Horses for sponsoring the Novice classes🙏🙏🙏🥂

Congratulations to the fabulous Denise Rogan who was the Reserve Champion and all the other riders👏👏👏🥂

Thankyou to Kirsty Douglas from Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre for all your help and babysitting!!
Thankyou to Rebecca Skinner and Anthony for the opportunity and being there to support us!!
Thankyou to Gareth Hughes for the most excellent coaching!!
Thankyou to Roger Fitzhardinge for the tips and the photos!!
Thankyou to Brett Peel Brooke Gatt Dianna De-Silva for looking after things at home!!
Thankyou to Bennet Conn for finding Furst Sir for us!!
Thankyou always to Alyssa Wade from Wade Group Ltd !! Paris travelled in style and comfort in the Wade Signature Series

It was a great show to attend and Thankyou to the judges, steward and volunteers

Looking forward to next year!!!

03/04/2023

EA DRESSAGE EQUIPMENT ANNEX UPDATED

Please be advised, in line with the recent FEI Equipment Annex Update, the EA Dressage Equipment Annex has now also been updated. Effective 3 April 2023.

The updated EA Dressage Equipment Annex can be located via the link below.

In conjunction with Section 5 of the Current Equestrian Australia Dressage Rules, the Equestrian Australia Dressage Committee seeks to provide the following information for clarification of permitted and non-permitted equipment for all dressage competition. This document is not intended to imply approval if the target item of equipment is not listed. The Dressage Rules provide clear guidelines as to the equipment permitted. Wherever possible, the EADC is guided by rulings from the EADC and FEI Equipment Committees.

EA Dressage Equipment Annex Update:
https://www.equestrian.org.au/sites/default/files/Equestrian%20Australia%20Equipment%20Annex%20-%20Version%2022%20-%2029.3.2023_0.pdf

EA National Dressage Rules:
https://www.equestrian.org.au/dressage-rules

For additional equipment queries, please do not hesitate to fill in the query application form: https://www.equestrian.org.au/sites/default/files/Application_to_Dressage_Equipment_Committee_updated23062021_13.pdf

For more information please do not hesitate to contact the Equestrian Australia National office [email protected]

12/03/2023

08/03/2023

Proud to be and be surrounded by strong women!!💪🦄❤️

International Women's Day 2023