New Zealand: Dozens of miniature horses readying for the Great Northern Gallop

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Chloe Phillips-Harris with Opi, who arrived at her Kerikeri farm with serious health and behavioural problems, but is now a star of the annual Great Northern Gallop. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf

28 March 2024
Peter de Graaf

Dozens of four-legged athletes standing no more than a metre tall will compete in an endurance race with a difference in the Far North this weekend.

Organiser Chloe Phillips-Harris calls it "the biggest miniature horse race in the world".

"That confuses a lot of people, because you're not riding the horses. They're tiny. You're running beside them.

"We do 100km over Easter, over four days, so that's 25km a day."

About 30 humans and their equine running mates will take part in this year's Great Northern Gallop on Ninety Mile Beach and in the nearby Aupōuri Forest.

Phillips-Harris, better known for her epic treks across Mongolia on full-size steeds, said she had dozens of miniature horses at her property north of Kerikeri...

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