Maree McAteer Clinic is going to go ahead on the 3rd & 4th April 2021 - more information about Maree, booking, costs & deposits below, those who had shown interest in this clinic should have already received this information via email.

Since we are now holding the Maree McAteer clinic we have had to move our next competition date till the 25th April 2021 which is Anzac day so we will hold it in the afternoon. Information on dressage tests, EOH course & description are now on the website, the entry form will be posted asap.

Our next Training evening is next Thursday 18th @ 6pm there will be more information about this Training evening early next week. 

This will be our last evening training as daylight saving will end on the 4th April, so remember to change your clocks if you are coming to the clinic :)

Maree McAteer

President of Working Equitation NZ

Is teaching a clinic Kaikohe, April 3rd & 4th

Contact Maree – mareemcateer2013@gmail.com    0272700043

Venue: Kaikohe Showgrounds,

Corner State Highway 12 & Ngawha Springs Road, Kaikohe

9a.m. to 4p.m.

Cost per day: Working Equitation NZ members $100, non members $120

$100 deposit to 38 9012 0386343 00 will hold your spot.

Use Kaikohe and your name as ref.

Ground fees to be paid to Working Equitation Kaikohe BOI Club by 1st April

 $15 for WE Kaikohe BOI members or $30 for non-members per day 

Working Equitation Kaikohe BOI 12-3091-0029856-00 

please email workingequitation.kaikoheboi@gmail.com

with your booking/payment details  

Format: Sat a.m. Intro to all 15 EOH Obstacles / Surefoot Pads

Sat p.m. EOH Course at all levels

Sun a.m.  Dressage & EOH

Sun p.m. EOH and Speed

No WE experience needed, ride as little or as much as you like, beginner to advanced, English or Western, bring 2 horses and swap out when you like.

Preference given to riders signing up for 2 days.

About Maree McAteer

Maree McAteer is a well respected international Working Equitation trainer, rider and judge based in both New Zealand and Colorado, USA. She is a key influence in developing this discipline as a sport within New Zealand.

Maree grew up in New Zealand in a horse crazy family. She started in Pony Club, was an Eventing rider then settled passionately into Showjumping. Twice winner of Lady Rider of the Year and also representing New Zealand against Australia. At 17 yrs old she flew two horses to England to compete for a summer. Highlights being 4th in Welsh Derby and competing at the Horse of the Year show in Wembley.

In 1983 Maree flew with horses from NZ to the United States and took on a position as a professional Showjumping rider. After many years of ‘life on the road’ all over the US and Canada, the draw to spend more time training got stronger. This started a fascination with all the different horse ‘training systems’. Classical Dressage, Competition Dressage, Natural Horsemanship, Doma Vaquero, California Vaquero, Philippe Karl School of Lightness, as the main ones studied.

Twenty years ago Maree discovered Working Equitation at the time that it was first adopted into England from Europe. The format impressed her in that it gave people from all different training systems a place to show off their horses. The use of Working Equitation together with a growing understanding of how horses work through dissection science and the biomechanics of both horses and riders leads to the present day of this exciting and ongoing journey.

Article added: Wednesday 17 March 2021