The Horse Magazine – Australia's Leading Equestrian Magazine

THM EXCLUSIVE: Interview by Chris Hector. Kit Houghton took the stunning photos… The timing simply could not be better, as we run up to the London Games, for the first time ever in the history of equestrian sport at the Olympics, the British Dressage Team is the very hot favourite for team gold, and for…[More]

Aussies in handy position The Aussies are looking good as we head into the cross country. There’s less than ten points separating the top ten with the leading Australians in a good position to catch the leaders on a pretty tough and demanding track. Walterstown Don and Clayton Best score for the Australians came from Clayton…[More]

Badminton Horse Trials has been cancelled due to what the organisers have called, “totally waterlogged and partially flooded” grounds. This is the first time since 1987 that the prestigious event has been cancelled. Unlike 1987 though, 2012′s competition had an extra focus on it in the lead-up to the London Olympics with several combinations hoping…[More]

A tribute to the late dressage trainer, Bimbo Peilicke

The opening round of the 2012 Global Champions Tour was held in Doha on the weekend where Edwina Tops-Alexander won a tough jump-off round to claim victory on her horse, Cevo itôt du Chateau. With seven riders making the final round Edwina was the first to ride and jumped clear with a time of 40.99…[More]

Below is Christopher Hector’s Editorial from the April issue of The Horse Magazine.   This morning, I read a disturbing report in The Age. It seems that Andrew Duff, a barrier attendant at Warrnambool races, was charged by the RSPCA with animal cruelty arising from an incident in which a jumping horse, Sirrocean Storm broke…[More]