Tauranga's Ike Unsworth is participating in one New Zealand's most prestigious show jumping series.
The New Zealand show jumping series World Cup started on Friday at the three star Hawke's Bay A and P Show and has attracted all of the nation's top riders.

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Course builder Kevin Hansen has made it clear he will be giving no concessions despite the earliness of the season, vowing riders can expect a big and technically challenging course.
Expected to be watching from the sideline are Show Jumping New Zealand's three selectors and the new high performance leader Richard Sunderland.
Kevin says there will be no softening up with next year's World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in mind.
'I'm picking at least three of the riders who start on Friday will end up in the final five in Kentucky for New Zealand,” he says.
The world games rank alongside the Olympics and 2010 will be the first time they've been held outside Europe and are an integral part of New Zealand's bid to make the 2012 Olympics in London.