Tōmoana Showgrounds
New Zealand’s Equestrian Centre
A Facility for Everyone
100 Acres in the Middle of the City
Tōmoana Equestrian
Proud to be New Zealand's largest and most diverse Equestrian Centre, in the heart of the food and wine region. Supported by a community with strong equine roots, our venue is steeped in history and has a strong future ahead.
Our flagship events: HB A&P Show, Young Horse Jumping Championships, Dressage Championships and Horse of the Year.
On top of our flagship events, we support a variety of smaller events for the disciplines of eventing, dressage, show jumping, pony club, rodeo, mounted games, showing, and show hunter.
Tōmoana is proud to maintain and invest in one of the world's leading grass equestrian surfaces.
The venue is undergoing a unique period of investment to meet the needs of current and future events for the next 50+ years.
Our facilities
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Main Arena - 4 hectares of arena space.
Presidents Arena - 2 hectares of arena space surrounded by trees.
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Main Arena - 80 × 40 lime arena.
Warm up 1 - 40 × 40 lime arena.
HOY Dressage - 70 × 30 lime arena.
Lake Dressage - 70 × 30 lime arena.
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20x stallion Boxes
100x premier Stables
400x covered yards.
500+ open yards.
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50 Powered sites.
12 Toilet facilities.
13 External gates
6 Horse wash bays
Vets on site
FAQs
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Yes! Our strategy is to create a thriving equestrian community, where grass roots is connected to high performance. The Industry requires all levels to be thriving and collaborating, so our door is open to all, big or small and whatever discipline.
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We have a unique and robust pricing model that gives events options. Every event will filter into one of four pricing strategies. The focus is to ensure the venue is sustainable, reduce the risk for event organisers, and keep events affordable yet high-quality.
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At the moment we are not open for casual riding, but we are working through how we can facilitate this, so check back soon.
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Yes, if you need to stopover, please reach out to check availability.
Vet Services
Vet Services Hawkes Bay have an equine facility based on site which is active most days, and is operating during events.