Rough Island Equestrian Park

15/01/2026

15/01/2026

The excitement is real. This is a celebration post of all of the hard work by our Rough Island board to get this beauty to fruition. No negative comments or suggestions allowed on this post. Just cut us a break to celebrate this milestone.

14/01/2026

Arena 1 and 2 will be closed from midday Friday for arenas to be graded and built for Nelson Dressage’s competition this weekend.

11/01/2026

Happy 2026! We’ve got exciting news. Starting today we have heavy machinery turning up ready to start the ground work of a round yard tomorrow. Construction of the yard will follow the groundwork completion. Please stay clear of the construction site. Happy riding everyone.

13/11/2025

We have been lucky to receive a travel voucher from Interislander valued at $250! We are offering it for tender - please email [email protected] with the amount you would donate to Rough Island Equestrian Park for this item.
Please note the voucher is for use next year between March and early September, excluding Easter period.

01/10/2025

A big shout out to Wet & Forget for their Rapid Application giveaway to 500 Clubs! Rough Island Equestrian Park has just had our twin pack delivered today and look forward to using it soon.

10/09/2025

Thanks to all who supported our fundraiser quiz last night, including many generous donations of prizes. It was a full house at the Sprig + Fern Marsden! Round 1 was all horse related questions… tricky for the regular teams but the Marsden Mates still came away with the win.

08/09/2025

Don’t forget our Fundraiser Quiz tonight at Sprig + Fern Marsden … some awesome raffle prizes … it is going to be a great night!
Still time for you to get your team of 6 and book a table!

02/09/2025

Rough Island Equestrian Park Management Board are hosting next weeks Quiz night - Tuesday 9th September at the awesome Sprig + Fern Marsden.
We would love you to join us and make up a team!
Table bookings essential.

26/08/2025

URGENT ATTENTION
The council have been in touch to ask riders that are accessing the forestry at Rabbit Island to stop. You are trespassing. We will lose access to our new track down to the beach if you don’t. We have been sent photos, some are recognisable and some aren’t, you know who you are though. For the sake of the riders that enjoy the new track please stop.

20/08/2025

Annual General Meeting - tonight 21 August 2025 commencing at 7.00pm

URGENT 🚨 The Stables has had to close unexpectedly tonight and Armadillos is also closed.

We will now be holding AGM at the Tasman District Council Chambers.

11/07/2025

Rough Island Equestrian Park is currently being affected by this wet weather event. To prevent further damage to our park, we advise all members and user groups, that all aenas and yards are closed until further notice. Stay safe everyone.