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Two Hemispheres, two jobs!
07-April-2019
07-April-2019 17:56
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So Mark now finds himself with a Badminton entry, the lovely NZB Campino ( Kinky) who at the age of 17 is now, in Mark's words, something of a "yard pet". The Badminton preparation is a bit diff...
Two different hemispheres, Two different sports!
04-December-2018
04-December-2018 12:30
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Just before Mark hopped on a plane to fly to Perth, Western Australia, for Eventing in the Park, he headed up country for a days hunting with The Grafton for a feature in Horse and Hound. Luckily for...
Winning at Eventing in the Park!
01-December-2018
01-December-2018 11:29
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What an amazing week in Perth, Western Australia. Mark's hosts have all been such fun, the sun has shone and the people have been just fabulous. The beginning of the week saw Mark teaching a cli...
Heading Down Under....
08-November-2018
08-November-2018 9:37
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Mark will be heading to Perth, Western Australia at the end of this month to conduct a clinic and also to take part in the Eventing in the Park competition which has become a huge event over the las...
WEG XC
16-September-2018
16-September-2018 17:28
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After the heat and humidity of the past week cross country day dawned misty and much cooler. It was still warm but without the sun it made it a much more comfortable day for the horses to go cro...
WEG Dressage
14-September-2018
14-September-2018 1:08
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Mark and McClaren ( Mac) are running number 2 in the team so they did their dressage in the afternoon. Sunny, hot and very humid here to day and still no sign of Hurricane Florence which is a bo...
WEG: First look at xc and jog
12-September-2018
12-September-2018 23:27
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All the NZ horses looked spectacular and flew through the jog which was held in brilliant sunshine after a spell of torrential rain which our guys got caught in when they were walking the cross countr...
Settling in at Tryon for WEG
08-September-2018
08-September-2018 23:52
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Hot hot hot here in Tryon and riders and horses were reunited this morning and went for a hack. Hack is a bit of an exageration as it is quite the building site still and apart from the gallop...
Burghley Dressage
31-August-2018
31-August-2018 9:42
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Supergroom Jess Wilson took the horses, NZB Campino ( Kinky) and Kiltubrid Rhapsody ( Raps), up to Burghley on Tuesday and Mark left on Wednesday in what was deemed to be good time for the trot up. B...
Haras du Pon CCIO 3 star
12-August-2018
12-August-2018 18:27
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A young and emerging talent and an established 4 star horse for Mark at Haras du Pin in France... McClaren ( Mac), who is on the up and Leonidas ( Leo) who was having his first international since B...
Wilton
30-July-2018
30-July-2018 10:01
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From the glitz and glamour of Aachen to a good old fashioned English event which of course, after two months of unbroken summer, ran in horrible conditions! We needed the rain for sure but not the ga...
Aachen CCIO 3 star
23-July-2018
23-July-2018 12:11
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Aachen never fails to deliver and this year it was better then ever as Team NZ took out the team competition in the CCIO for the first time and had a brilliant couple of days in the process. ...
Barbury Castle CIC 2 star & CIC 3 ERM
07-July-2018
07-July-2018 8:10
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Another simply glorious weekend in store at Barbury Castle where the backdrop of the rolling Marlborough Downs provides a spectacular setting for dressage with the cross country course zig zagging a...
Arville ERM SJ and XC
25-June-2018
25-June-2018 12:06
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After NZB Campino ( Kinky) had done such a nice test it was onwards to the jumping phases on Saturday morning. While we in the UK enjoyed a beautiful summers day it looked distictly cool in Be...
Arville ERM
21-June-2018
21-June-2018 10:34
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Mark is on his way out to Arville ( Belgium) for the next leg of the ERM series with NZB Campino( Kinky). He is travelling out with neighbour Rodney Powell so I am sure it will be a fun trip! ...
Greenlands Equestrian Centre Lecture Demo
31-May-2018
31-May-2018 16:14
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Mark has just returned from a hugely successful trip to Carlisle where he taught group lesons on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning and held an evening lecture demo on the 29th of May. The venue...
Saumur CCI 3
28-May-2018
28-May-2018 13:23
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What an amazing week in France at one of Mark's favourite events... he and Carolyn have always loved Saumur. As with most things with McClaren it was his first trip and he certainly embraced bei...
Chatsworth ERM
14-May-2018
14-May-2018 11:20
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The first leg of the Event Rider Masters for 2018 kicked off with the the stunning venue of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. It really is a privalege to event in a Park like Chatsworth with the grounds...
Badminton Showjumping
07-May-2018
07-May-2018 12:21
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Another superb day as the sunshine blazed down on the Park and it looked a world away from the cold and wet at the start of the week. Jess had done her usual incredible job and both Leonidas (...
Badminton Cross Country Day
06-May-2018
06-May-2018 13:46
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Leonidas was off and running and, as always, ate up the Badminton course with his usual relish. He is not always copybook but this year he looked better than ever and gave Mark a great ride for ...
