Our Groups

Show Jumping Waitemata

Show Jumping Waitemata aim to provide fun and professional show jumping for all to enjoy. They welcome all riders from Pony Club riders and amateurs, to full professionals. Each year, the team runs a mini circuit series of 5 or 6 shows in Winter/Spring where all horses/ponies and riders are welcome (no ESNZ registration required), at the end of the season there are many wonderful trophies and prizes presented at our AGM for successful local prize winners.

Website: sjwaitemata.co.nz

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjwaitemata

Show Hunter Waitemata

Show Hunter Waitemata is a group of friendly, dedicated volunteers who run winter training days and registered summer shows during the year.

They are passionate about show hunter and enthusiastic about the future growth of the sport.

Website: www.showhunterwaitemata.co.nz

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShowhunterWaitemata

Dressage Waitemata

Dressage Waitemata are a dedicated group who try their utmost to provide members with relaxed local competitions judged by our best local judges. They also offer training days where possible, which are low key days available free to members. The group is an enthusiastic team of volunteers whose focus is on helping their riders to achieve an environment for competitions which is both inviting and relaxing – to give everyone their best chance of achieving their goals.

Website: www.dressagewaitemata.co.nz

Facebook: www.facebook.com/dressagewaitemata

Waitemata Riding Club

The Waitemata Riding Club Incorporated was established in 1987 as a relaxed alternative to registered competitions and is proving just as competitive and fun. We provide a supportive, friendly environment for horse people who perhaps don’t want to register with Equestrian Sports New Zealand but who still want to attend clinics, compete, meet new people and learn more about their sport. Our members have a wide range of interests - from dressage, show hunter, cross-country to showing. Our competitions are famous for being well organised but also relaxed and informal – no plaiting or jackets required!

Website: www.wrc.org.nz

Local Pony Clubs

A number of local Pony Clubs hold rallies early in the season when their home grounds are not available due to wet conditions.

To find out more about Pony Clubs within your area please go to www.sporty.co.nz/wrapc

Waitemata Hunt Club Inc

The Waitemata Hunt has been part of the community in the Rodney District for over 70 years. We are a drag hunt where hounds follow a scent and riders follow the hounds. The jumps in the fence line are about 85cm in height and are prepared with a rail. You can choose to go through the gate or keep at a distance and just watch.

We are out riding (following the hounds) for about 2.5 hours The season runs from March through to the end of May with most of the hunts being on a Sunday. The Waitemata Hunt draws from the communities of Rodney, West Auckland, Waitemata up to Kaipara and involves the farm owners – who generously allow the Hunt to use their properties.

The Huntsman’s primary responsibility is to manage, run and care for the hounds on a daily basis as well as to attend all Hunt meetings with the pack. If you want the thrill of racing over the country side or just the pleasure of being out on your horse somewhere different, then come ride with the hounds. We may be called a Hunt, but it is in name only; nothing is chased or caught.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/186977751491736

Waimauku Adult Ride

Waimauku Adult Ride are a bunch of over 21s who combine their love of horses with social activities, shared lessons and low key competitions on Wednesday mornings.

The season starts on the 1st October and runs all year, including through winter. Membership numbers are capped to ensure that lessons do not become over subscribed.

There are 3-4 riders in each lesson.  We try where practical to group similar level riders together.

Along with our lessons our low - key competitions provide an opportunity to have a go at a discipline in a relaxed, supportive and above all FUN environment.

Facebook: sporty.co.nz/waimaukuadultride