A Session With Stuart
Feel for horse riding is something you have or you don’t have. Whether that is specific to cross country riding I don’t know. I think it is probably for everything... Read Article Comments Off on A Session With Stuart
Category: Eventing
Feel for horse riding is something you have or you don’t have. Whether that is specific to cross country riding I don’t know. I think it is probably for everything... Read Article Comments Off on A Session With Stuart
Horses For Courses?
How Heidi Hewitson’s dream of riding in an event at SIEC became a character test. As told to Sean Woodland. Pictures by Andrea O’Meara Competing in the midweek horse trials at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre (SIEC) is at the forefront of my mind. I bid students farewell, smile at the prospect of not seeing […] Read Article Comments Off on Horses For Courses?
David Middleton: The Next Step
I do a lot of canter / halt, even with the young ones because I find if you can do good downward transitions, from a canter to a short trot, or a short trot into a short canter, you get a much more balanced canter... Read Article 1 Comment »
Amanda Ross takes a lesson with Lucinda Green
There are always going to moments when you are in trouble, no matter how brilliant you are, and no matter how well you see your stride. I never had a very good eye for a stride, so I always wanted my horse to learn to get me out of trouble... Read Article Comments Off on Amanda Ross takes a lesson with Lucinda Green
Megan Jones – Getting Your Eventer Fit
Everyone has different ways of getting their horses fit (and themselves for that matter) and people are often limited to what they can do by the available facilities they have at home or where they agist their horses, and time! If you work full time and keep you horse an hour from home and also have a spouse and kids you don’t have much time... Read Article 2 Comments »
Talking Cross Country with Kevin McNab
I think apexes are fences that once you get used to riding them, you get comfortable with them and they are not so bad. It’s just a matter of training... Read Article Comments Off on Talking Cross Country with Kevin McNab
Clayton Fredericks Easy Exercises For Excellent Eventers
Good teaching, like good horse work, consists of doing very simple things very well, and the lesson that Clayton Fredericks put together for his class at Equitana was a perfect example of elegant simplicity in action... Read Article 1 Comment »
London Olympic Games – 1948
A look at the Olympic Games of yesteryear... Read Article 2 Comments »
Sam Griffith’s Lead Up To London
Words by Alexandra Bruggisser & Photos by Kit Houghton It’s no surprise that the person Sam Griffiths would most like to meet is Don Bradman, or that his most admired sportsperson is Steve Waugh because Sam was actually touring the world on cricket teams before he turned his hand to eventing! These days, the dream of winning […] Read Article Comments Off on Sam Griffith’s Lead Up To London
Back To School with Megan Jones
Eventing star, Megan Jones takes a cross country lesson... Read Article 1 Comment »