Lucy Scott – Chairperson. Judges Training. Working Equitation advocate, based in the Manawatu. Lucy started Working Equitation in about 2015 with her station-bred gelding and quickly became hooked! She is currently based in the Manawatu, is president of the local club and competes her Lusitano x mare AliMay at Novice level.

Janine Van Der Horst – Super Treasurer, Membership and Highpoints. Having started Working Equitation in 2023, I became involved in the BOP group, mostly in the event Secretary (+ extras) role, I have ridden all my life, predominantly in dressage. Based in Awakeri, Whakatane and hooked on WE!

Andrea Hammond – Meeting agendas, minutes and correspondence. I entered my first WE show in 2021 because it sounded like a heap of fun – and it was! Since then, I’ve been involved in getting WE Bay of Plenty up and running, learning more about the sport and meeting some amazing like-minded people. I’m excited for the future of WE in New Zealand, and personally look forward to progressing with my homebred mare Twigalicious.

Jody Hartstone. Based in the mighty Waikato, Jody is an amazing champion for Working Equitation. Jody Hartstone is a NZ Representative Grand Prix rider and coach specializing in Equitation Science. She owns a Lusitano Stud Farm in Raglan and dreams of competing at Masters level for New Zealand.

Philippa Fourie. Philippa rides with North Waikato and Franklin WE Clubs and has come from competing in eventing, show jumping and show hunter. Philippa is also Chair and Director of Woodhill Sands Equestrian Centre and works full time in a management role with Fonterra. She has many years of governance experience so brings a variety of useful skills to the committee.

Jo Bard. I am hugely passionate about the sport of Working Equitation. Having lived in the UK, I became involved in this sport in 1998, where I had the opportunity to compete throughout Europe, including representing Great Britain at Masters level in 2007. On returning home to NZ at the end of 2007, I brought three Lusitanos home with me and started a small breeding stud in the Waikato and trained my young stallion through to Masters level. When not with my horses, I spend most of my weekends helping to support and train other WE riders of all levels.

Gwen Gilmore. Website updating. Gwen resides in Canterbury. She has ridden and competed in working equitation since coming back to NZ from work in Australia and the UK in 2017. Currently on the sidelines recovering from a partial knee replacement she is confident she will be back in the saddle in July. Gwen has had a lifetime of roles in a variety of educational roles. Gwen brings scope and capacity to take a number of roles, is keen to listen to the membership and improve the sport.

Paulina Mudgway. I found Working Equitation 5 or 6 years ago and immediately fell in love with the sport and the ethos I found around the training. I qualified as a judge early in 2022, went to a WE judge training event in the UK and formalised the Kapiti Working Equitation Group Inc later that year. I have ridden eventing, dressage, polo and side saddle. I continue to challenge myself by coaching and riding Working Equitation. My career in IT and project management will bring skills to the WENZ committee that can further the education of both judges and riders.

Hi, I’m Maggie Lees. I have been crazy about horses all my life, I didn’t start riding properly until high school when I finally got a horse. I was super determined & loved eventing, I spent a couple of years as a working pupil with Sally Dalrymple, I learnt so much. I continued eventing for a number of years riding & selling horses for others and myself. It was great fun and always exciting. I also started horses for people, but was definitely different from most of the others out there. My priorty was to develop happy, relaxed horses. I loved doing this & learnt so much about how they thought, learnt and trusted. I then spent over 6 years in Holland. I learnt so much, about what I didn’t want as well as what I did and was lucky enough to train with an amazing lady Geerteke, who made me think more about the why, with the horses & working together with them. Coming back to NZ I have continued to learn more about how horses think, survive and react and developing as much as I can as a rider & trainer. I love sharing this knowledge & coaching people & horses. My lovely Coloured boy 14yr old ESKER LAD, aka Scooby I have ridden since he was 7yrs. We did Dressage, show Hunter before I found W.E. We both enjoy the sport, it’s super fun & encourages all the things I like in my riding & training with developing relaxed happy horses, which is what I like, so it feels like a match made on heaven. I’m looking forward to helping WE grow & see it encouraging all riders to grow & learn more about this sport. Looking forward to seeing you all out there having fun!!