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In this issue

From Shane Roses’s epic determination to get back in the saddle, to Mary Hanna’s unflinching focus on her seventh Olympic bid, nothing compares to the stories of endeavour when the Olympic Games are calling. Heath Ryan updates his running leaderboards for the last time as the window for team selection draws to a close. And […]

EQ LIFEJune 2024

With Nations Cup representations, Olympic qualifications and two university degrees under her belt, Aussie show jumper Thaisa Erwin is also the driving force behind Erwin Equestrian in horse heartland Virginia, USA.

BY JESSICA GRANTMay 2024

Missing home but loving training with Patrik Kittel and finessing her skills with the best riders in Europe, Mary Hanna is enjoying her current horse as she aims for a record seventh Olympic Games.

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGEMay 2024

Two very different films with very similar titles demonstrate just how much horses help kick down barriers, from class to culture to sexual stereotypes, says Suzy Jarratt.

BY SUZY JARRATTMay 2024

Dan Steers follows up on his previous column, The Four Pillars of Horsemanship, by expanding on the principle behind making our idea our horse’s idea.

BY DAN STEERSMay 2024

John Tapp winces at the word “legendary”, but when it comes to race calling it is an appropriate description. For 33 years ‘Tappy’ broadcast over 50,000 races.

BY SUZY JARRATTMay 2024

The long-term consequences of repeated concussions are becoming more widely known. It's important that our sport understands how to recognise it and what action to take, write Kerry Mack.

BY DR KERRY MACKMay 2024

Young Australian dressage rider Kate Kyros has had a huge year in the saddle, competing in seven CDIs across two continents with her two stallions while also continuing her university education.

BY ADELE SEVERSMay 2024

Australia is sending a team of eight young riders to the “Aachen of youth”, the Hagen Future Champions competition this month, thanks to the driving force of Kate and Jessica Dertell.

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGEMay 2024

Jacqui Sims’s racehorses not only live out in the paddock with each other and spend more time training slow hill work than going flat chat on the track – they moonlight as adult riding club horses.

BY ADELE SEVERSMay 2024

Dressage is about the long-term development of individual horses, says Brett Parbery, and every horse can achieve remarkable progress if we change our definition of success.

BY BRETT PARBERYMay 2024

Following our gold medal performance at the Virtus Global Games last year, Australia is sending a team of eight to the inaugural Virtus Open European Equestrian Championships in the UK.

BY ADELE SEVERSMay 2024

Equine Recurrent Uveitis is an eye condition that has caused blindness in horses for centuries and sadly remains the major cause of blindness today, says veterinarian Dr Maxine Brain.

BY DR MAXINE BRAINMay 2024

The only rider to win Open and Non-Pro Futurity titles on the same horse – and the first woman to win the Open Futurity – Gail Ritchie will be a special guest at the 50th NCHA Futurity in Tamworth.

BY AMANDA YOUNGMay 2024

Olympic team contenders are on the home straight now, with just a few weeks before the window closes on selection for our equestrian teams for the Paris 2024.

BY HEATH RYANMay 2024