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Equestrian
12th May 2017
NEGS Equestrian was very pleased to see Narrabri Pony Club members riding in the Anzac Day march. Club captains, India and Laura with fellow members, Molly and Sahvanah.
Jaimie McElroy at Camden
Check out high performance squad rider, Jaimie McElroy cruising around her first 2* at Camden with HH Hawke!
Over The Top
Over The Top is heading up the highway to deliver some jumps to one very lucky customer! If you would like to order any equipment, please get in touch with Karl on 0413 767 865. He makes cross country jumps, show jumps, stables, yards plus much more!
NEGS is lucky enough to have fantastic equipment from OTT, so please call in and check it out!
Quirindi Polocrosse
On the weekend of the 6 th and 7 th at Quirindi Polocrosse carnival the girls once again showed off their incredible skills on the field. The teams were:
NEGS 1: Jessie Ross (1), Gemma Stuart (2), Josie Wilson (3), Olivia Adams (1), Abby Finlayson (2), Sophie Wells (3)
NEGS 2: Maddy Teague (1), Grace Brown (2), Laura Frear (3), Heather Adams (1), Akasha Beresford (2), Torie Fielder (3)
NEGS 1 won their first game in A-B Womens division, bumping them up into the A grade competition! The A grade competition was very tough, with the girls coming up against some of Australia’s best polocrosse women. Unfortunately they lost the rest of their games – although the girls deserve a lot of praise considering two of the team are still junior players!
NEGS 2 showed their women’s division how good they can be! They won all games, with Heather being awarded ‘Best Number 1’, Akasha ‘Best Number 2’ and Laura ‘Best Number 3’ for their division.
Well done girls, you make us all proud.
Year 9 and 10 visit to Hunter Thouroughbred Breeders Association
Year 9 and 10 students had a brilliant day at Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association & “Thoroughbred Explore” day last week.
The day was action packed and included workshops, demonstrations, tours and simulations!
The day began observing the Australian National Title Farrier and Blacksmiths competition. The girls got to see how shoes are made, including heart bare shoes, egg bare shoes and sliders. They even met master farrier,James, who kindly explained the reasons why each of these shoes are used.
Next, they participated in a workshop by Horsesanity. This proved to be a very interesting and challenging exercise for the girls. They were in two different teams and had to guide a horse through many different obstacles without using any language or touch. The exercise aimed to promote leadership, self-awareness, team work, communication and mindfulness.
The girls then had front row seats to grand prix dressage rider and thoroughbred re-trainer, Scott Brodie. He is employed by the NSW Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Trust and rehomes over 100 horses every year.
Scott gave the girls a step by step demonstration of how he retrains off the track thoroughbreds. The experience was very beneficial to all the girls.
Next up was a tour through the HTBA education tent. The girls were given an insight into the racing industry and different career paths in it. They met Holly Lewis, who works full time riding track work in Sydney and competes at upper level dressage. She shared her experiences of the industry and explained how she balances two very different but demanding riding styles.
She also explained the importance of feeding horses properly, regardless of discipline and why quality feeds are a must.
The girls then all had the chance to ride the racehorse simulator to experience the feel jockeys have.
The strength and balance that was required was clearly demonstrated in this exercise. They then learnt how thoroughbreds are named according to their pedigree and entered three names in a competition.
After a quick lunch, they were off to leading thoroughbred stud, Godolphin. Godolphin is owned by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and has studs located in many different countries.
The girls were very fortunate to have a private tour of the stallion section of the stud. The entire breeding procedure was explained to them which proved to be a very big operation. They learnt both the practical and logistical side to breeding thoroughbreds with over 18 Stallions standing at Stud.
Godolphin was very kind to allow the girls to meet 8 of their stallions.
All in all, the girls had a brilliant excursion that gave them insights into many different areas of the equine industry. We are looking forward to doing more excursions like this one in the near future.
Welcome to NEGS Equestrian
The NEGS Equestrian Centre brings together both competitive and recreational riders, equestrian professionals, family, friends, staff and coaches in a supportive and vibrant community.
The NEGS Equestrian Community supports all riders as they work towards achieving their equestrian focused goals with confidence, building strong industry based networks along the way.
More than just a riding school, the NEGS Equestrian Centre provides quality agistment facilities including paddocks, stables, day yards and wash bays, a CNC 2* X-Country course, 2 undercover Olympic sized arenas, outdoor dressage arena, campdraft/cutting arena, round yard, polocrosse field, picturesque grassy open riding areas, horse and rider schooling, live bison, specialty equestrian clinics and much more.
About Us
Our world class Equestrian Centre is unique to NEGS supplying elite coaches, programs and training facilities to equestrian students from right around Australia. Coupled with its Academic prowess NEGS is the only boarding School of its kind where both students and their horses have access to outstanding programs in a number of equestrian disciplines. Not only focusing on competition riding and horse management, the NEGS Equestrian Centre facilitates an environment where our students learn the highest standard of etiquette and conduct desirable to become well rounded horsewomen who can excel as future employees in all fields of the Equestrian Industry.
NEGS has invested a number of high calibre equestrian staff and coaches to deliver personalised training programs that have seen exceptional results from students at all competition levels to date. NEGS has produced a number of elite sports women over the years including Olympic Showjumping and Dressage riders. NEGS currently has an array of highly successful and respected Alumni competing and working in all sectors of the Australian and International Equestrian Industries.
The NEGS Equestrian Centre is home to the High Performance Eventing Squad, Development, Campdraft, Polocrosse and Show Riding Squads.
In addition to our regular training and in-house competitions, NEGS holds an annual Dressage Gala, Stockman’s Challenge, Ribbon Days and our extremely popular and biggest competition of the year, the NEGS CNC One Day Event that brings competitors from all over Australia. We host regular clinics providing students and the community with opportunities to be coached by some of Australia’s most respected specialist clinicians. Along with the specialised high performance training programs, the NEGS Equestrian Centre brings together both competitive and recreational riders, equestrian professionals, staff, coaches, family and friends in a supportive and vibrant community. NEGS offers International Equestrian Study Tours to the USA which give students a fantastic opportunity to broaden their horizons further and discover the Equestrian Industry functions and operations abroad, and opportunities for International Competitions such as those held in Malaysia and New Zealand in 2018.
More than just a School, the top level Equestrian program here at NEGS continues to produce outstanding young horsewomen. Our world class facility includes quality paddock and stable agistment, a 2* Cross Country course, two undercover Olympic sized arenas, a polocrosse field, outdoor campdraft arena with live bison, outdoor dressage arena, a mechanical cow training aid, horse schooling and open riding areas in a picturesque setting nestled in the New England. A perfect setting for talented young horsewomen to flourish.
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