April 2016 – The Horse Magazine

Bloodlines at the European Champs – Breeding for dressage – is it random?

April 29th, 2016
Christopher Hector analyses bloodlines at the 2009 European Championships... Read Article Comments Off

Grace Kay looks for inspiration in Europe

April 28th, 2016
Young Australian dressage rider, Grace Kay put her Marcus Oldham Scholarship to good use, not only enjoying the greatest show on earth - Aachen - but also visiting two of Europe’s great trainers. The first was the German master trainer (and breeder) Wolfram Wittig... Read Article Comments Off

Sydney Royal with Vicki Roycroft

Vicki Roycroft reports from the action at the Sydney Royal Easter Show... Read Article Comments Off

Camden Equestriad – the riders’ event

“Shane is one of the few people in the world that can make me look lazy. I sit back and watch him and just shake my head,” laughs Sonja Johnson as I talk to her at this year’s enormous Equestriad Event at Camden Bicentennial Park, run by Shane and Nikki Rose and their wonderful committee... Read Article 1 Comment »

IAHP May Rider of the Month

April 27th, 2016
This month's IAHP Rider of the Month is Chris Chugg who had a sensational ride at the World Cup Final in Gothenburg... Read Article Comments Off

Basics for Eventers – Straightness over the fence

April 21st, 2016
Ingrid Klimke is one of those rarest of creatures – the complete horsewoman. An evener, a show jumper, a dressage rider, and most important of all, a wonderfully sensitive rider in all three disciplines... Read Article Comments Off

The Misunderstood Half Halt: The Alphabet of Riding

Perhaps there is no single term in riding so used, so abused, and so confused as the expression: Half Halt! We asked German trained, New Zealand based, dressage expert CHRISTIAN THIESS to shed some light on this most important, and most puzzling, of the equestrian skills… Read Article 9 Comments »

Megan Joyce – Making your own breaks…

April 20th, 2016
It's a full day for young showjumping rider, Megan Joyce, and it starts at sunrise, riding work at the racetrack... Read Article Comments Off

Breeding Values – are they valuable?

It’s time for my annual rant about breeding values… are they worth the paper they are written on? Read Article 2 Comments »

Jumping with the Stars

I missed day one when it was searing hot, and ‘enjoyed’ the rain and icy blasts of day two, and finally on the third day, the weather was OK. I’m a little puzzled to find the action back on the cramped and somewhat spooky space that is Bruno’s Lawn, when last year it was so nice on the Oz Championships arena. It’s also a bit of a puzzle as to why Henk Nijhof Jr, from one of the world’s great studs in Holland, was first invited to judge, and then replaced by Canadian, Jody Sloper, who is best known as a coach educator. It’s not puzzling, just downright rude that no one bothered to inform the Nijhofs. I guess it’s the last time I help anyone find a European judge… Read Article 1 Comment »