In this issue
Isabelle Luxmoore is the latest young rider to enter the Australian Big Tour ranks. Runner-up in both the Big Tour and Medium Tour championships at the Victorian Dressage Festival, she’s looking forward to the year ahead.
Brett Parbery is reinventing what high performance is all about by drawing on a network of specialists and motivators to enhance his unique Performance Riders program with his wife, Melinda.
Clinching victory in the CCI4*S at Wallaby Hill, Cathryn Herbert and Wimborne Constable are an Australian eventing combination on the rise. It was the pair’s second four-star together, resulting in a breakthrough win for both halves of the partnership.
The story of Dutch Warmblood mare Jazzabelle and Gypsy Cob foal Fury has elements of both heartache and triumph and shows that even after the roughest of storms, there can still be a rainbow.
With her father, mother and grandfather all being successful show jumpers, it is no surprise that Jamie Priestley is not only following in their footsteps, she is now the family flagbearer.
Lyndal Oatley draws on her extensive international experience to analyse what drives the equestrian powers such as Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain and the USA, and what Australia can learn from them.
As a new year dawns, we check in with seven Australian dressage riders based overseas to learn about their current equine stars, exciting horses for the future, and hopes for the Paris Olympics – which is just 18 months away.
When Jemima Key was first smitten by a sad grey pony facing an uncertain future, little did she know what she was in for and who would end up teaching who on their tortuous path to Equitana’s Liberty Championships.
Phar Lap and Secretariat were both supremely successful chestnuts who shared the nickname, and both have had films made about them. Suzy Jarratt takes us behind the scenes of the other ‘Big Red’ in Secretariat, the movie.
As a new year dawns, we check in with seven Australian dressage riders based overseas to learn about their current equine stars, exciting horses for the future, and hopes for the Paris Olympics – which is just 18 months away.
Welcome to 2023! I hope you’ve all had quality time with your human loved ones and quality riding time with your other dependants. While the rest of society calls this the holiday season, equestrians well know there is no such thing!
The veterinarian’s role is not to tell you whether to buy the horse or not, says Dr Maxine Brain, but to provide a reasonable assessment of the health of the horse, including any cardiac abnormalities.