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2005 Equitana
Photographs © Vicky – Horsewyse Magazine
"The 2005 Equitana event was a big success. The exhibition was flat out on the Friday and Saturday and a little quieter Sunday and Monday. Visitors were spending up big at the stands, there were usually long queues at the Horseland and Saddleworld cash registers and bargain-hunters were happy to stagger back to their cars clutching bags bulging with horsey goodies. There was lots of free horse feed samples on offer, and various celebrities were kept busy signing autographs. Stars of McLeod's Daughters Simmone Jade MacKinnon (who plays Stevie Hall) and Brett Tucker (Vet, David Brewer) were mobbed for three hours solid at the Virbac stand. Stuart Tinney had his Olympic 3DE gold medal on hand at the Coprice stand and was also fighting off writer's cramp autographing posters. The individual education programs were also a big hit...Guy McLean was especially popular and it was always 20-deep around the Barastoc demonstration arena during his displays. The Cavalcade, Reins of Fire at the Rod Laver arena drew mixed reviews, but star of the show Jean March Imbert was brilliant with his bridle-less displays and hair-raising trick riding.