New Zealand Friesian Horse Society Inc

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2023 NZ Keuring in Taupo on Easter Monday. We are immensely grateful to everyone involved in organising this special event and to our incredible Friesian horse community for helping everything run smoothly on the day! We were so excited to see everyone and experience […]

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The New Zealand Keuring is drawing closer! We invite you to have a look at our , and come along for a fun day out! Our Welcome Ceremony will commence at 12pm on Monday 10th April, and at about 1:30pm we will begin our ridden and in-hand presentations. Location: 114 Rapids Road, Rotokawa, Taupo Date: […]

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The New Zealand Friesian Horse Society will be holding our Friesian Horse Keuring (inspection or judging) on 10th April 2023, starting at 10am! Location: National Equestrian Centre,114 Rapids Road, Rotokawa, Taupo. We are excited to welcome all our participants and observers, and would like to extend this welcome to friends, families, and anyone else who […]

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Hello lovely members! We’ve got two exciting clinics coming up and hope you will be able to join us for these in preparation for our Keuring at the NEC, Taupo, in April 2023. Get in touch via secretary@nzfhs.co.nz to secure your spot!   Palmerston North Keuring Clinic   We have organised a one-day Keuring Clinic […]

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Friesian Day 202221-23 August at NEC, Taupo We have an in-person social event coming up in Taupo on Sunday 21st – Tuesday 23rd August! Our Friesian Day will involve various fun activities, including individual lessons, informative talks and demos to cover Keuring preparation and presentation, a group dinner, and trail rides. To spice it up, we’ve […]

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The Keuring (inspection) is a fantastic opportunity for you to present your horse(s) in-hand and/or in a ridden test. Your horse(s) will be evaluated according to the KFPS studbook by KFPS judges coming from the Netherlands. We would like to encourage all our members to complete this short Keuring Interest Survey (3-min)! Your input is […]

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Isann van Braukhusen Kroon AAA (Julius 486) and Helmer T. fan ‘e Boppelannen Ster (Jurre 495) have won the Friesian Talent Cup of 2022! Read more about their results here: Isann (Julius 486) and Helmer (Jurre 495) win Friesian Talent Cup Global Edition

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An important update from the KFPS on avoiding a risk mating. Please take the time to read this to be aware of the new decision made by the KFPS member council. Number one in breeding with Friesian horses is to breed a healthy horse. That starts with avoiding a risk mating, a mating with two […]

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Last week, new ‘other regions’ representatives were elected onto the Member Council. For Europe, they are Line Grundtvig-Sorensen from Denmark and Sophie loannou Georgiou from Cyprus. For outside of Europe, they are Jose Rodriquez from Costa Rica, joining Jack Vanderkooi and Erin Miley. Read more about their official induction on the 20th May and work […]

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On Friday 13th May 2022, the KFPS is hosting an online Regional Meeting for ‘other regions’ (that includes us kiwis!). The leading language will be English. There will be two sessions and you can get in touch with evelinevankooten@kfps.nl by 29th April to secure a spot! Session 1: 9am (Central European Time) / 7pm (NZST) […]

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