Equestrian Australia will have a third chair in six months when Zac Miles, mayor of Sydney’s Hunters Hill Council, steps down after a tumultuous period for the Olympic sport.

Australia has a proud history in equestrian at the Olympic Games, collecting six gold medals in eventing and boasting the country’s most experienced Olympian, Andrew Hoy, who competed at eight Games between Los Angeles in 1984 and Tokyo in 2021.

Zac Miles became Hunter’s Hill mayor at the age of 30. Credit: Nick Moir

However, the taxpayer-funded organisation has been plagued by unrest this year, the sport’s state bodies having questioned Equestrian Australia’s financial management and pushed to spill the board.

Peace talks brokered by Equestrian Australia interim chief executive Ben Houston, the president of C

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