Saddleworld Horse of the Month – Meet Annapurna
Annapurna has a famous elder brother, but she's also a star with Gemma Tinney, and has quite a personality of her own. Read Article 1 Comment »
Category: Eventing
Annapurna has a famous elder brother, but she's also a star with Gemma Tinney, and has quite a personality of her own. Read Article 1 Comment »
Mark Phillips – a thinking coach
An in-depth interview with eventing coach, Mark Phillips, riding style, safety and more... Read Article 2 Comments »
Christopher Bartle – The Next Step: Part One
It’s official now, Christopher Bartle, eventing super coach after leading the Germans to two Olympic gold medals (three if not for Bettina Hoy’s blonde moment in the showjumping at Hong Kong) and one silver, is on the move, leaving the mighty German team to take over a consistently under-performing British team. Read Article Comments Off on Christopher Bartle – The Next Step: Part One
Bettina Hoy – The stages of becoming an eventing rider
Rebecca Ashton sits in on a clinic with the German Olympian. Rebecca also took the photos… It was an early start for eventing legend Bettina Hoy with her clinic at Northside Riding Club on Sydney’s northshore. “I miss that sound!” she exclaimed from the arena, as the kookaburras were cackling away, welcoming what would be a […] Read Article 1 Comment »
Anne Kursinski talks about showjumping for eventers…
Anne Kursinski is one of the incredibly successful, effective, and stylish American Showjumping riders. Here she talks about the development of the style that has seen the US dominate the world… Over the past twenty-five years, under the guidance of Bert de Némethy, the U.S. has become noted for both the beauty and effectiveness of […] Read Article Comments Off on Anne Kursinski talks about showjumping for eventers…
Jessie Fleming takes a lesson with Matt Ryan
The year 2000 was when Matt Ryan collected his second Olympic team gold medal, to go with the individual and team medals he had won at Barcelona in 1994. When Matt visited the THM office in Pakenham Upper, it seemed a good opportunity to put him to work, and make an article for the magazine… […] Read Article Comments Off on Jessie Fleming takes a lesson with Matt Ryan
French Eventing – Part Three: The Riders and the Trainers
Christopher Hector set out to find the reasons for the French Eventing success at the Rio Games… I was assisted in my travels by the French international horse marketing body, UNIC, but an added bonus was to meet up with Babette Schily at Pau****. Babette is an astute observer of the French eventing scene – as […] Read Article 1 Comment »
Ride with your mind over obstacles and in the dressage arena with Mary Wanless
Mary Wanless changed the way the riding world looked at the mechanics of riding. In this article she applies her knowledge to the problems faced by the dressage rider and the eventing rider... with some very interesting conclusions! Read Article Comments Off on Ride with your mind over obstacles and in the dressage arena with Mary Wanless
French Eventing: Part Two – The Anglo-Arab
It is something of a tragedy, that right at the time eventing riders are discovering that a good dollop of French Anglo blood is just the thing to produce an international eventer - the breed is in danger of disappearing! Read Article 1 Comment »
Saddleworld December Rising Star: Gemma Tinney
Nineteen year old Gemma Tinney is following in the footsteps of her father, Olympic gold medalist, Stuart. She is even riding a horse – Annapurna – out of the same mare as Stuart’s ride at Rio, Pluto Mio… Adelaide was pretty good for you… “She was so consistent throughout the event. She did a great […] Read Article Comments Off on Saddleworld December Rising Star: Gemma Tinney