The Power of Pink Dressage & Showjumping

Tweed Valley Equestrian Group held a Breast Cancer Fundraiser,The Power of Pink Dressage & Show jumping on the 10th & 11th of October at the Murwillumbah Showgrounds. The event now in its seventh year was awardedCommunity Event of the Year by Tweed Shire Council in 2011, twice a finalist in Equestrian Qld's Event of the Year and a finalist in The Wonders of Women awards.

So far the Club has raised just over $38,000 for Breast Cancer Research. All funds raised are donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. "Last year we raised a staggering $11,300! This year it looks like we will be very close to hitting $15,000! We had 159 dressage entries and 70 rounds of show jumping over the two days. Our monster online Auction raised just over $6,000. Our introduction of Official classes had large numbers with entries right up to Intermediate 1," said Keighley Leeson from the Organising Committee. 

"There were over 100 riders coming from Port Macquarie to Brisbane entering last year’s event. Tweed Valley Equestrian Group awarded prizes to the winners in all divisions but also fun prizes for the Pinkest Horse, Pinkest Rider and "Pretty in Pink" best dressed horse and rider in pink. All riders had a fantastic day with smiles everywhere you looked. There was also a large division of junior riders (all girls) and the Organising Committee hopes that from a young age it can help them understand the importance of being aware of this disease that affects so many women. Dressage is often a very serious sport, so to see every rider with a splash of pink somewhere was fantastic.

"Dressage is mainly dominated by women; we thought this event is a perfect partner to raise awareness and a fun way to raise money for such a worthy cause,” said Keighley.