The EA Annual General Meeting was held in Sydney on 17 October, bringing together EA’s members, those being the six state branches, for an annual review of the organisation’s operations. View the 2014/15 EA Annual Report. 

State representatives were presented with a progress report on the organisation’s key achievements, of which some include:

• EA membership increased to 19,519 members, a rise of 4.40%
• EA accredited coaches increased to 1,018, a rise of 12.24%
• 1,609 Ready Set Trot participants for the year, a rise of 16.93%
• Resigning of an MOU with Pony Club Australia and signing of MOU with Riding for the Disabled Australia
• Australia was one of only 10 countries to field teams in all disciplines at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games where Boyd Exell won back to back individual Driving gold medals
• All Olympic disciplines now qualified for Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Brett Parbery is our Ariat Rider of the Month after he won his third Australian Grand Prix Championship at last month's Saddleworld Australian Dressage Championships held in Sydney. MORE  

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More success for Endurance rider Ben Hudson after he won the Equestrian Australia Endurance Championship, 3* 160 km event which was held at Red Range on 24 October. The winner of the Equestrian Australia Best Managed horse was Tayla Hadzi (left). MORE