Welcome to the August issue of Equestrian Life magazine!

With the FEI World Championships just days away from commencing, we catch up with our Aussie dressage, para dressage, vaulting and show jumping teams to find out more about their journeys to Herning. Exciting times ahead!

This issue, Heath Ryan continues his commentary on the World Championships, pointing out that we could be in for some thrilling performances — in particular when it comes to the eventers at Pratoni — while also voicing his concerns regarding Equestrian Australia High Performance’s management of our teams.

We catch up with rising West Australia eventing star Kenya Wilson, whose results at Melbourne International 3DE with Sandros Salute MW caught the eye, and we also chat with show jumper Tori Stuckey about merging her passion for horses and music to create her burgeoning business, ’Sand Dancer Freestyles’.

Roger Fitzhardinge revisits the story behind Kate Taylor-Wheat’s World Star and finds out how retired life is going for the former champion dressage horse, while on the lifestyle front we discover Nicole Kidman’s love of horses; hear from the author of a new picture book about the iconic duo of Subzero and Graham Salisbury; and review a movie about a donkey that made waves at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Finally, Roger also takes a look at how to train and manage your horse with competitive longevity in mind, while our resident vet Dr Maxine Brain emphasises the importance of teamwork when it comes to your horse’s health.

Happy reading!

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