In this issue
Hawkesbury Dressage Festival set new benchmarks on how competitions are run, with its online program and social media vibe making it a festival to be enjoyed by competitors and spectators alike.
Australian driving star Boyd Exell has won the prestigious individual combined driving title at CHIO Aachen for the 11th time, confirming his status as the most successful four-in-hand driver in the event's history.
The echoing thrum of thousands of equine enthusiasts, the bronze equine statues and water features honouring 125 years of history. This is CHIO Aachen, the greatest horse show in the world.
If we can train to be “in the zone” where you achieve a sense of mind and body working as one automatically, explains Kerry Mack, then we are more likely to be able to achieve this peak performance at a competition
US Eventing has created a special award for “fools” like her, says Susanna Rodell. It is the Century Award and is given to a horse and rider combination who compete successfully at a USEA-sanctioned event with a combined age of at least 100.
Christan Trainor never set out with the goal of having one of Australia’s top young dressage ponies at Glenhill Sporthorses, and never planned on campaigning a four-year-old stallion – but it seems German Riding Ponies are here to stay at Glenhill.
Veteran competitor, horse lover and respected judge Ros Quist reflects on what drew her to a life with horses and why she still looks forward to the fun and excitement that each new day brings.
Olivia Barton is excited by what lies ahead of her and Hollyander HG over the next 12 months, after she and the mare that she admits is not a conventional eventer took out the CCI4*L at the Melbourne International Three-Day Event.
Craig Barrett recently recounted a story to me that he laughs at now but was very painful at the time, and it got me thinking about what coaching is really all about.
The Victorian Equestrian Interschool Series has long been popular with young dressage and show jumping riders keen to represent their schools, strive for state team selection – and have a whole lot of fun in the process!
Our equestrian community can be a small world sometimes. With a big heart. And with riders determined to represent their country. As a result, we now have a new bunch of gold medallists and national heroes.
When Yulgilbar Magic Stevie, ridden by Todd Graham, won cutting’s ultimate competition, the NCHA 4CYTE Open Futurity Champion, it was a dream come true for devoted owners and breeders Tracey and Jason McClurg.
Australia’s team of Andrew Driffield, Sarah Sherwood and Sui Watts have returned from France as heroes after winning team gold on top of individual medals in the first live equestrian competition at the Virtus Global Games.
Jenny the donkey is the scene stealer in the 2022 box office hit, The Banshees of Inisherin, a black tragicomedy set on a remote, fictional island off the west coast of Ireland, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
Kicking a solid object or being kicked by another horse can result in fractured splint bones, explains Dr Maxine Brain, but they can also be caused by excessive swelling in a limb stressing the splint bone to the point of fracturing.