Scone Horse Festival

Celebrating all of the horses and everything equine!
Scone, NSW - Horse Capital of Australia. Lock it in your calendar for 2025 - May 9 to May 18.

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The theme for the 2025 Warburton Estate Agents Scone Horse Festival will be announced THIS WEEK!

Tune into the ABC Upper Hunter Breakfast on Thursday morning or Country Hour at midday to hear the exciting news.

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It's the horses birthday! The date in our calendar signalling the start of the foaling season in the southern hemisphere. Did you celebrate your horses today? We hope they got their favourite treat!

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Did you love Scone Horse Festival in 2023? Come and join us for the AGM at 6pm on Wednesday 19 July in Scone at the Hunter Valley Equine Research Centre!.
Following the AGM, we will hold the first committee meeting to prepare for the 2024 Festival!

Come and get on the float!

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Thank you to our bronze sponsors who contributed to our Festival, showcasing all that Scone has to offer. With tens of thousands of visitors to our region we are grateful for our sponsors support:

🐴Glastonbury Farms
🐴Potter Macqueen
🐴Scone Chamber
🐴Tonilly Home Support

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Our silver sponsors are fundamental to our community & we were thrilled they came on board to support us in celebrating our equine industry. Our thanks goes to:
Barastoc Horse
Daracob
Regional Australia Bank
Scone RSL
Equine Podiatry & Lameness Centre
Wideland-Muswellbrook Toyota

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Thank you to our Gold Sponsors of the 2023 Scone Horse Festival!

We would like to thank:
⭐️Arrowfield Stud
⭐️Godolphin
⭐️Hunter Equine Centre
⭐️Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Assn
⭐️JBS
⭐️R.M.Williams
⭐️Scone Equine Hospital
⭐️Scone Race Club
⭐️Upper Hunter Shire Council

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That is a wrap on Scone Horse Festival 2023! What a spectacular festival with tens of thousands of visitors to our region celebrating our equine industry!

We are so grateful for all those who made it such a success, from our volunteers, to participants and sponsors, thank you!

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🐎Today is the second day of the Scone Polo Peisley Cup and wow we cannot wait for more after a brilliant start yesterday!
We also have a delightful afternoon coming up at the @warburtonestate Picnic by the lake 🧺 followed by JBS finale fireworks to wrap up our 2023 Festival!

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Today is the Dark Jewel Race day which is part of one of the largest racing events of the year in our Hunter Valley, we are so excited🏇
You can also spend the day at the Scone Polo Peisley Cup or attend the Scone Arts & Crafts Members Exhibition supported by Belltrees Pastoral🖼️

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The highly anticipated Darley Scone Cup Race Day is here 🏇🏇🏇Today will bring together the best of the best in horse racing!

The racetrack will be alive with colour from the jockey’s silks to the fabulous fashions on the field💃🏻

See you at the races!
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@daveystan1 hosting the Sportsman’s Lunch today in Scone as part of the triple header! All leading into Scone Cup tomorrow! #SconeNSW @sconeraceclub @tomhagan88 @smithdimity

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Good day to be out and about for brekky 📻🐴 ⁦@sconefestival⁩ ⁦@tomhagan88⁩ https://t.co/MsWZ3lamly

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Scone Grammar school ⁦@HorseFestival⁩ Sports trivia night! Congratulations to all involved it’s a great little warm up for the next few amazing days ⁦@sconeraceclub⁩

Happy to be on the winning table again and shout out to ⁦@damosaunders⁩ great night mate

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⁦@HorseFestival⁩ Golf day. 180m par 3, $50k hole in one is fairly safe today I think

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Are you ready for race day? With only one more sleep until Scone Cup Day, don’t forget to skip the queue and save by purchasing your General Admission tickets online - https://t.co/1yvaJs45tZ #skipthequeue #onemoresleep #2023sconecupcarnival #thejewelofcountryracing

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Today we have a busy day enjoying all that the Scone Equine Hospital Triple Header event has to offer🏌️‍♂️

We also have some beautiful artwork by our very talented local artists on display at the Scone Arts & Crafts Member’s Exhibition, supported by Belltrees Pastoral from 10am🎨

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The Scone Arts & Crafts Members Exhibition supported by Belltrees Pastoral is on this Saturday showcasing the artistic talent of our local artists! It is also a wonderful place to find a beautiful, unique gift for Mothers Day🌷
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📸Magic Lantern Photography

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We would like to celebrate the winners of the Muswellbrook Cup 🏆

Ellerston Grey
1. Lucas Grimes
2. Blake Grimes
3. Jack Grimes
4. Guy Gibrat

The Best Playing pony “EOP Ash” played by Guy Gibrat

We are looking forward to seeing some more Polo this weekend across May 13-14 🐎

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Today we are looking forward to the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association Annual Awards Night✨

🙋‍♂️We also have a great time coming up at the Sports Trivia Night held at the Scone Bowling Club. If you haven’t got a spot,📞call Scone Bowling Club to book in!

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👏Do you have someone in mind whose service to the Scone Horse Festival should be recognised?  

We are calling for nominations for our recognition of service awards.
Please visit this link to submit your nominations before the May 16 👉 https://t.co/388LkPd84b