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Nicola Sime wins 2015 Highest Ranked South African Showjumper

[dropcap style=”font-size: 70px; color: #052b51; font-family: ‘Droid Serif’, Arial, sans-serif;”] W [/dropcap] e’re extremely proud to announce that our very own Nicola Sime has been named the 2015 Highest Ranked South African Showjumper in South Africa. It is an exciting win and once again cements Nicola’s consistent performance in the ring no matter the horse show.

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Hannah van Niekerk wins the 2016 South African Showjumping Pony Rider Derby

Two years ago Hannah van Niekerk arrived at Sunny Park Stables with her gorgeous grey pony Tiara, bucket loads of grit and determination, heaps of talent and very little experience in the saddle. After a few months Nicola quickly realised that the perfect pony for Hannah was one currently enjoying retirement… and it was time to bring him out of it.

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2014 South African Showjumping Championships

So last week we packed two trucks and headed off to Shongweni for the 2014 South African Showjumping Championships. A week off in warmer weather right? Wrong! We arrived on Tuesday and hit the ground trotting! Nicola had 9 horses at the show. Katie took Secret and Sam took both Beausejour and Zuperstar.  Continue reading 2014 South African Showjumping Championships →

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Rob Hoekstra clinic for the top 16 jumping coaches in South Africa

[dropcap style=”font-size: 70px; color: #052b51; font-family: ‘Droid Serif’, Arial, sans-serif;”] A [/dropcap] t the beginning of February 2013, the TOP 16 COACHES IN SOUTH AFRICA were selected to attend a “Coach the Coaches” course with British Showjumping’s Olympic Gold Medal winning Chef d’equipe – Rob Hoekstra. Nicola Sime is recognised as one of the top 16 showjumping coaches in the country and was invited to attend.

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