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Around 20 family and friends had gathered at Wellington Street beach before 9am on Friday. The incident follows a tragic start to New Year for those swimming in the waters throughout Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. On January 4, four-year-old Mystique Genuine Pairama, of Upper Hutt, died at Lake Rotokawau in Rotorua. The following day, Zion Brown, 18, of New Plymouth, died after a water incident on Lake Arapuni. On Wednesday, January 6, two men drowned at opposite ends of the Waikato. A father of three, Revell Douglas, 46, died after he tried to help some children who got into trouble in the waters at Karioitahi Beach, north Waikato. ....
Shock and grief reverberated through the entire industry on Wednesday when word spread that South Auckland horseman Revell Douglas had died in the most tragic of circumstances. The 46-year-old horseman, a former racing administrator and journalist, drowned at Karioitahi Beach near Waiuku shortly after working his new trotter, Scrappylittlenobody. Douglas, universally liked through both the racing and equestrian industries, departed this earth a hero after helping save the lives of six children. While 2020 was calamitous for most people, for Douglas it had seen him buy a new house and start a new relationship with partner Lou Watkin, who was with him at Karioitahi Beach on Wednesday, along with seven children. ....
Dutch young horse rider Marlou de Ruyter has announced that she is pregnant with her first child. The 26-year old and her partner, Dutch photographer Maarten de Bruin, announced the news on Facebook. The couple, which has been together for three years, went on holiday in December to Curaçao where they took photos with the ultrasound. The baby is due in June. De Ruyter rides for stallion station De Dalhoeve. American Under 25 Grand Prix rider Lauren Asher has sold her Wellington farm, which was offered for sale for 9.6 million dollars. Asher recently bought a property in Germany and has permanently relocated to Europe, where she will develop her training and sales business in dressage and show jumping horses at her property, which she named ....
He was pulled from the water but was unable to be revived. In a statement sent to Stuff by Douglas’ family, they said he was a passionate horseman and had been in partnership with his father, Don Douglas, training a number of successful trotters. Supplied Revell Douglas drowned at Karioitahi Beach on January 6 while rescuing children who got into trouble in the water. “Revell worked in the racing and equine industry most of his life including time as racing manager of Alexandra Park and general manager of Pinjarra Trotting Club in Western Australia where he and his family lived for 3 years. ....