Maris Equestrian

30/08/2026

✨ Eventing Canterbury One Day Event ✨

What a day for the Maris Equestrian gals ! 🧡

Blue absolutely delivered in the CCN80, taking out 🥇 I couldn’t be more proud of him - he gave me his absolute all and made the whole day so special. 🏆🧡

And a huge congratulations to Julia and Roman, who had an awesome jolly around the CCN65! It was so lovely watching these two out there having fun and putting everything they’ve been working on into practice. 🐴✨

Firstly, a thankyou to Millie and Julie my “superstar Nannie’s for a day “ helping watch Bailee while I was riding. 🌸

A massive thank you to my wonderful dressage coach Seija from On Top Equestrian for all your guidance and support. Your help with our dressage has made such a difference! 🤍

And of course, a huge thank you to our amazing sponsor Kerry from DSH Equine Therapy for your continued support of us and our horses. We are so grateful to have you in our corner! 🧡

Thank you also to the CCN80 & CCN65 class sponsors, Ute Nation and Southern Car Specialists, for supporting the classes and helping make events like this possible.

And finally, a big thank you to Eventing Canterbury for putting on another fantastic event and to everyone behind the scenes who makes these days possible.

Feeling very grateful for our horses, our team and all the wonderful people who support us. 🧡🐴✨

10/08/2026

💗 A VERY SPECIAL FAREWELL TO OUR LOVELY MILLIE💗

We have some bittersweet news to share with our Maris Equestrian family…

After many years of being one of our most loved little school ponies, Millie will be heading off into retirement in a few weeks’ time. 🥹💕

Millie has been such a special part of our riding school and has helped so many of our students learn, grow and gain confidence over the years. From teaching little riders their first lessons, to patiently putting up with wobbly reins, bumpy landings and plenty of pats and cuddles, she has certainly earned her retirement! 🐴💗

She has been a little superstar in so many ways, and we are incredibly grateful for all the memories she has given our riders and our team.

The very best part is that Millie isn’t going far from the things she loves. She’ll be joining her friends in her owners paddock, where she can spend her days enjoying the good life: plenty of grass, the occasional hack, sunshine, friends and absolutely no more lessons! 🌿☀️🐴

We wanted to let all of our students know now so that everyone who has loved Millie over the years has plenty of time to give her some extra-special goodbye cuddles, pats and carrots before she heads off into retirement. 🥰

So if Millie has been part of your riding journey, make sure you give this little legend an extra squeeze next time you see her. ❤️

Thank you for everything, Millie.
You have been very, very loved. 🥹💗

Here’s to retirement, little lady, you’ve more than earned it. 🌸🐴

30/07/2026

19/07/2026

We are incredibly grateful to officially be part of the DSH Equine Therapy sponsored rider team again! 🤍🐴

A huge thank you to Kerry for your continued support of Maris Equestrian, our horses, and our riders. Your generosity and belief in what we do means so much, and we’re so thankful to have you in our corner.

We’re excited to be working alongside DSH Equine Therapy throughout the season ahead. Keeping our horses feeling and performing at their best is a huge priority, and we’re lucky to have Kerry’s knowledge and expertise supporting our team.

We’re looking forward to an exciting season of training, competing, and celebrating plenty of milestones along the way. Here’s to a fantastic year ahead! 💙

Thank you again, Kerry, we can’t wait to see what this season brings together.

30/04/2026

Hello world
This is me
Life could beeee
oo oo yeah
Stats for everyone!

11/04/2026

Nicole took her new boy Blue around the 65cm ODE this weekend and he was picture perfect taking out the win.
Thankyou to the class sponsor as well as our personal sponsor DSH Equine Therapy for their ongoing support and Nicole’s amazing right hand (wo)man Julia for her pro groom skills. 🐴🤩

JOHN JONES STEEL - ONE DAY CHAMPS 🏆

Syncroflex CCN65 - S Championship

🥇 Nicole Daikee & Chill Factor
🥈 Suzanne Black & Lakoda APH
🥉 Lizzie Proffitt-White & Kristofferson

📸 Michelle Clarke

09/04/2026

We love that our awesome school horses get to stretch their legs in our spelling paddocks! 😍

08/04/2026

Contractor Appreciation Post!
As a family who moved from suburbian Sydney to a 10acre lifestyle block in New Zealand, adapting to the demands of the land was no easy task.
However Mike and Miranda from MJ Cable Ag have been there from the start to hold our hand and make sure our land stays happy and healthy.
Everything from new fencing, paddock resting, fertilising, w**d spraying and hay cutting and baling.
Thankyou 🤩🤩

07/04/2026

What a fantastic way to wrap up the term with our JRA Show Cross Day! 🤍
Our riders took on a dressage test followed by a show cross round, combining showjumping and modified cross country fences - and absolutely rose to the occasion.

Results:
🥇1st - Ruby on Jordy
🥈 Equal 2nd - Katherine on Blue (Kindly loaned from Nicole) & Quinn on Lockie
🥉 3rd - Izzy on Roman

So many smiles, so much fun, and such awesome progress from every rider. We’re so proud of you all!

Nicole was having so much fun she forgot to take any photos, Thankyou to all the parents who shared their great shots!

Bookings for Term 2 riders academy are open now!