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BIG AUSTRALIAN SELECTION CHANGES

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In terms of selecting Australian teams for the FEI World Championships in Dressage, Eventing, Show Jumping and Para Dressage, we are now right down to the wire.

BY HEATH RYANJuly 2022

When Du Soleil won both the CDI4* Grand Prix and Freestyle at Wiesbaden, Kristy Oatley decided on the spot to let her 18-year-old “rocket” bow out at the top of his game.

BY ADELE SEVERSJuly 2022

Kerry Mack goes back to basics to help us grasp what getting our horse to be “on the bit” really means and how to achieve this important precursor to collection.

BY DR KERRY MACKJuly 2022

By giving your spring routine some advance thought in these winter months, you’ll be all set by the time the new season rolls around. 

BY ELLIE JOLLEYJuly 2022

Moving to Chedington Equestrian in Dorset, England was a dream come true for Australian Olympian Chris Burton and his wife, Bek, who found the opportunity too good to pass up.

BY ADELE SEVERSJuly 2022

The Horse Whisperer was such a phenomenal box office hit that the very word “whisperer” came to be applied to anyone with a strong affinity for a particular animal or being.

BY SUZY JARRATTJuly 2022

Veterinarians are often called out to “emergencies”, and it is a tough call deciding what is urgent and what can wait, says resident vet Dr Maxine Brain.

BY DR MAXINE BRAINJuly 2022

Michael Baker’s second instalment on understanding the language of dressage explores the concept of straightness and how it is developed systematically through training.

BY MICHAEL BAKERJuly 2022

This month, we celebrate the full spectrum of equestrianism – from classical dressage to western-style cutting, the best of what brings all horse lovers together is all around us.

ROBERT MCKAYJuly 2022

When Warwick McLean left Australia 12 years ago, little did he know he would marry a Finnish woman and be a contender for the World Championships on his favourite horse, Hendrix 11.

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGEJuly 2022

Melbourne International 3DE CCI4*L winners Shenae Lowings and her OTT Bold Venture may have started out a little rocky, but they’re now knocking on the door of international competition.

BY ADELE SEVERSJuly 2022

Tanya McDermott has found that the therapeutic benefits of Equine Assisted Learning don’t just extend to her clients; she has also become a better horse person.

BY ADELE SEVERSJuly 2022

Tanja Mitton has developed a unique blend of mindset improvement and horse and rider training to become an in-demand leader in the holistic approach to coaching.

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGE July 2022

Roger Fitzhardinge explains what the judges want to see in the extended paces – those elegant, lengthened strides that are a highlight whether in walk, trot or canter.

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGEJuly 2022

Cutting’s current stars and a legion of legends brought the house down in Tamworth for the 2022 NCHA Cutting Futurity, alive and kicking again after a two-year Covid hiatus.

BY AMANDA YOUNGJuly 2022