August 2016 – Page 3 – The Horse Magazine

Sitting in on another clinic with Jeremy Steinberg

August 8th, 2016
Last month we featured an interview with Jeremy conducted by Rebecca Ashton, now join Rebecca and sit in on a clinic watching the man do what he does best... Read Article Comments Off

RIO: Day Two of Eventing Dressage Highs and Lows

It would seem our morning chanting soldiers take the Sabbath off and we were left to our own devices for waking up this morning. So far, no more bullets have dropped through the media tent roof so we’re all good – although it has been revealed that the bullet came from a machine gun located […] Read Article 2 Comments »

RIO: Shane Rose after his test

….in which the American judge at C, Marilyn Payne consistently scored Qualified and Shane about 2 points below the other two judges…. and no, you can’t see me in the press scrum, I don’t like getting the same answers as everyone else has, so this is our one on one: Did you do something awful […] Read Article 12 Comments »

RIO: Christopher Burton after the dressage…

August 7th, 2016
Where did you first see Santano? “It’s a great story. Rebecca, my wife, sat down one night in the winter time, with the Ipad and she said, I’m going to find you a horse. He was in England, Sarah Gallop who is still very supportive, had him as a dressage horse, but the cat is […] Read Article 2 Comments »

RIO: Day Two – Eventing Dressage

I even beat the soldiers up this morning. The jet lag has finally kicked in (or could it be just the excitement that it all begins today) and I was up at 03:00am. The whole media village was buzzing with the first day of sport and we sambaed our way to the equestrian stadium with […] Read Article 13 Comments »

RIO: Day One Trials and Tribulations

August 6th, 2016
Rebecca reports: “First days” can often be a little trying while you sort the system and work out where everything is and so it was today. Because our accommodation is a military base, our wake up call is the 6am cry of offices….in serried ranks assembled. We are feeling quite safe with the multitude of […] Read Article 3 Comments »

Back to 2000 and Gold…

August 5th, 2016
Remembering Sydney 2000 and Gold for Australia, I can still hear it ringing out – Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi! Read Article Comments Off

Hanoverian of the Month – Comte

August 1st, 2016
Comte descends from the dam line of Gaeta and was born in East Frisia in 2003. His pedigree features the well-known Contendro, one of the most influential jumper sires in Hanover, combined with the blood of foundation stallion Grannus, via his dam’s sire Granulit... Read Article Comments Off