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Nicole Horwood smiles with her steed, Capital Don Cumarco, with dignatories. Horwood produced the only clear round of the day to win the 2012 Avis at the Kyalami Equestrian Park on Sunday, 7 October 2012. Photo: Tamara Blake Images

Nicole Horwood Wins Avis SA Derby

By on 9 October, 2012 in Equestrian, Newsroom

SA’s top riders battled it out in the Avis SA Derby, which was won by Nicole Horwood in her first-ever Derby

21 year-old Jade Hooke won a second Avis South African Derby title on her horse “A New Era” in a nail-biting televised finish last year after making her way into the record books two years earlier, becoming the youngest-ever rider to win at just 19. Photo: Supplied

Top Riders for Avis SA Derby

By on 20 September, 2012 in Equestrian, Newsroom

Jade Hooke, Lorette Knowles-Taylor and Jodi Pieters tipped for success as SA’s top equestrian riders gear up for the 2012 Avis South African Derby at Kyalami Equestrian Park in Johannesburg from 3-7 October.

Vicky Scott’s 2008 Olympics Hopes

By on 9 January, 2008 in Equestrian

Vicky Scott is doing her best to qualify as an Individual Eventer in the 2008 Olympic equestrian events. Nineteen-year old Vicky Scott is one of South Africa’s foremost young horse-riding event riders, and is pursuing her dream of competing in the 2008 Olympics, in Beijing.