Emerald Park Equine

26/03/2026

This is absolutely brilliant!

**Update: Riders Fuel Grant**

The Adelaide Equestrian Festival is pleased to announce that the 2026 Riders Fuel Grant has received additional support, with a $3,500 contribution from Combined Horse Transport.

This brings the total funding available to $13,500, to be distributed among riders travelling to Adelaide to compete at the 2026 Festival. We extend our sincere thanks to Glen Day of Combined Horse Transport for his generosity and support of our competitors.

Announcement: Riders Fuel Grant 🐴

The Adelaide Equestrian Festival is honoured to announce the introduction of the 2026 Riders Fuel Grant, made possible through the incredible generosity of the Marleston Foundation. 🙌

Following a significant contribution to the Festival in 2025, the Marleston Foundation has this year chosen to directly support competitors by helping offset the considerable costs associated with travel. A total of $10,000 will be distributed among riders competing in the 2026 event.

The grant has been structured to provide scaled support, with riders travelling from Queensland and Western Australia receiving the highest level of assistance in recognition of the greater distances involved.

On behalf of all competitors, we extend our sincere thanks to the Board of the Marleston Foundation for their continued support and this thoughtful initiative, which will make a meaningful difference to riders participating in the Festival. ❤️

13/03/2026

QUICK QUICK QUICK … if you would like to come along to a fab day out and about with your horse… this is a great friendly local club with their first 2026 event next weekend!!

Spectators and/or volunteers are also welcome

⏰Reminder⏰

Our March Dressage event closes tonight at midnight! There's just a couple spots left for prep, so enter now to snag a spot in the test you want.

Enter below:
https://www.nominate.com.au/equestdn/Event.aspx?e=9D08551B08BD4EA9BC9BEA39EB8CB84D&eventlist=2

03/02/2026

28/01/2026

23/01/2026

SooooOOOO excited!

BOOKINGS

https://www.nominate.com.au/EquestDN/Event.aspx?e=8DFA8AD33656425E8EC83F2B0A5F7FF2&eventlist=57

14/01/2026

📆Save The Date📆

The WEC events for the year have been finalised! We tried to dodge as many clashes as possible. Also fingers crossed the committee wont be too busy this year, we may be able to squeeze in some member-exclusive mini events in between 🤞

Sidenote, check out our website! It got a major facelift and will now stay up to date (and a lot more modernised) so it is actually worth googling us 😂

Thank you again to the lovely Arcadia Images for providing so many stunning club photos to represent our community in every post we make ❤

Website link below 👇
https://www.watagan.org.au/

08/01/2026

☀️ ❗️Hot weather tips ❗️☀️

With the ongoing heatwave it is very important to take extra care of your horses and any other pets and animals. Please read the following tips and suggestions to keep your horses healthy and comfortable at all times.

💧Hydration
- Monitore water intake, horses consuming between 20 and 60L of water per day.
- Drinking water has to be clean and fresh.
- Use molasses to sweeten water if your horse is reluctant to drink.
- Add electrolyte supplements to feed daily. During exercise horses can lose up the 15l of sweat, containing critical electrolytes that need to be replaced.
- Use electrolyte pastes to deliver concentrated doses of electrolytes following exercise.

❗️Interestingly, when horses become 10% dehydrated and have low salt concentrations in their blood, they often refuse to drink and require salt and electrolyte supplements to stimulate their thirst.

💧Paddock and Stables
- If your horse is in a paddock, ensure they have adequate shade or shelter.
- Keep rugs and boots as light as possible and at a minimum.
- If your horse is stabled ensure there is adequate airflow. Remove all rugs and boots.
- Access to clean and fresh drinking water at all times.
- Provide your horse with a salt lick in their paddock and/or stable to encourage salt intake.
- Use misters and fans in stables and shelters if available.

💧Exercise
It is important to minimise exercise during hot weather, try working your horse early or late in the day to minimise the risk of a heatstroke.
- Avoid exercising your horse during the hottest time of the day between about 10am-4pm.
- Walk your horse for at least 5-10 minutes following exercise to allow to cool down.
- Hose your horse off with cold water, focusing on high heat areas such as the flank and chest.
- Allow your horse to completely cool down before rugging.
- Use electrolyte pastes to replace electrolytes following exercise.

💧Feeding
- If possible, feed three small meals during the day, instead of one or two big feeds. This prevents excessive overloading of the digestive tract while also minimising the heat of digestion which may increase core body temperature.
- Dampen feeds, especially hay and chaff if possible.
- Consider feeding high fibre mashes such as speedibeet.
- Add daily electrolytes to feed.

Please call us immediately if you have any concerns about your horse.

Stay cool 🥵

05/01/2026

Orarapark Finn ⭐️ SOLD ⭐️

Sire: Orarapark Moscato Dam: Orarapark Serina

6yo 15.2H Palomino Stock Horse gelding (eligible to be registered)

Finn is the coolest little dude that will make the most amazing competitive all round dressage, jump, eventing or interschool/adult riding horse. He has a lovely soft mouth, a really nice balanced trot and canter.

He has had a well grounded education which includes being brought up doing trail riding and mustering cattle, road/bush work.

Over the past year he has produced and schooled on the flat with professional dressage rider Sue Walker. He has started leg yield and shoulder in, counter canter and has been out to several clinics, ridden in different arenas gaining exposure to ready him for competition!

Since being here, I have started teaching him to jump and go out the paddocks over XC fences/logs. He had no trouble jumping a ditch and roll tops, Brush fences. He is taking jumping it all in his stride. He would make a quick little showjumper as he has that stock horse turn of foot. He is careful without over jumping.

This horse is a lovely little fella to ride. He is smart and sensible. So much fun to ride! He is generally very quiet, but we are looking for a knowledgeable home to further produce this talented young horse!

Price : $SOLD

08/12/2025

Great day out at our local club.
Thank you for everything you offer and do at these events, it is special to see all the different levels of riders and guests catered for.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2026
Thank you to the hard working committee who put on these fantastic days! We appreciate everything you do for the club and members do

04/12/2025

𝔸𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕕𝕤

As the end of the 2025 year is fast approaching we would like to send out a reminder that your Active Kids Vouchers are coming up to expiry as at 31 December 2025.

As an approved provider if you have vouchers you wish to claim we can process these for you and credit will be placed on your booking account.

18/10/2025

November 2022