Camden Equestriad – the riders’ event

April 28th, 2016
“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 »
 

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 on Basics for Eventers – Straightness over the fence
 

Gabby Pither: Our next big star?

April 20th, 2016
Eventer Gabby Pither smiles... a lot. And she has good cause to. With a win at Melbourne two star this year, second at Sydney International two star and now a member of the Australian eventing squad, what’s not to smile about? Read Article Comments Off on Gabby Pither: Our next big star?
 

The Classical Principles live on… training with Ingrid Klimke

March 30th, 2016
It’s fairly amazing that when the sport of eventing is dominated by riders like Michael Jung, Ingrid Klimke and Sandra Auffarth, that there is still a line of thought, thankfully sinking into the mists of ancient history, that dressage is not good for cross country. Not surprisingly, it is not a theory Ingrid Klimke agrees with… Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Where do you find your first really good horse?

February 26th, 2016
We asked some of Australia’s most successful eventers where they found their first good horse... Read Article Comments Off on Where do you find your first really good horse?
 

Tim Boland – Eventing has its ups and downs

February 19th, 2016
Story by Chris Hector & Roslyn Neave As someone who has been known to straighten picture frames in restaurants, I can relate to Tim Boland’s brand of obsessive compulsive. As he is showing us his new eventing stable block, he points to the door latches: “Look at that, no writing on the first two, then they […] Read Article Comments Off on Tim Boland – Eventing has its ups and downs
 

Ingrid Klimke – The tradition lives on…

January 19th, 2016
The day we visited Ingrid at her stables near Münster, she was showing the visitors to one of her monthly ‘at home’ training days, how she works her dressage horses... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Rider of the Month – January 2016

January 9th, 2016
The first International Animal Health rider of the month for 2016 is none other than Adelaide winner, Mr Shane Rose… Shane was a happy man after the cross country at Adelaide****, clear with the only run under time on Virgil and clear with just 3.2 time on Qualified… “I was very happy with them both. […] Read Article Comments Off on Rider of the Month – January 2016
 

Adelaide – Simply Sublime

December 18th, 2015
Australia’s International Three Day Event, known to its friends as Adelaide Four-Star, is truly one of the world’s great events. Read Article Comments Off on Adelaide – Simply Sublime