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Saddleworld November Rising Star: Annie Simmons

November 16th, 2016
Eighteen year old Annie Simmons won the FEI Young Rider CDI-Y Individual test at the Australian National Championships on her mare Florett while also coming second in both the CDI-Y Teams test and Freestyle. Originally from the Northern Territory, Annie grew up, “…two hours out of town on a mango farm.” So why the horses? “It’s […] Read Article Comments Off

PAU – A charm of its own…

November 14th, 2016
Story by Christopher Hector and Photos by Roz Neave & Eric Knoll Coming so soon after the Games, this year’s Pau was never going to be a vintage crop. Of the Germans, only Michael Jung has sufficient four-star power to make the trip with not one, but two of his… and some of the mainstays […] Read Article 6 Comments »

Australian Dressage Championships

November 11th, 2016
It was a story of ‘The Next Generation’ at the Nationals this year. From 18 year old Mary Warren beating the “older riders” in the Grand Prix Freestyle with her 24 year old coach Elliot Patterson, to 27 year old Alexis Hellyer winning the Inter A and B classes. The top three of the Inter 1 freestyle were all under 33... Read Article Comments Off

Making it on your own! Rebecca Ashton profiles Allison Brock…

November 10th, 2016
Rebecca Ashton profiles the newest star on the American dressage team – Allison Brock! Rebecca also took the photos… Allison Brock was a member of the bronze medal winning US Olympic dressage team at Rio. The 36-year-old upped and left home in Hawaii as a teenager and through sheer hard work, has reached the top of […] Read Article Comments Off

Bates Showjumping Leaderboard

November 9th, 2016
Bates Showjumping Leaderboard Read Article Comments Off

IAHP November Rider of the Month

November 2nd, 2016
Mary Warren had the weekend of her life at this year’s Australian Dressage Championships. Successfully competing her eight year old Mindarah Park Raphael in the FEI Young Rider CDI-Y classes, she went on to pleasantly shock us all by winning the Saturday night Willinga Park Grand Prix CDI-W Freestyle with a score of 71% on her 13 year old stallion (and Raphael’s Dad) Mindarah Park Ramadan. Because that wasn’t enough pressure for the 18 year old, she also sat her HSC maths exam in-between tests! Read Article Comments Off

November Hanoverian of the Month: Private Diandra

She was the highlight of the 2003 Verden Autumn Auction! Diandra was her name when she showed up at the auction at the age of three. The legendary Donnerhall is her sire with the bloodline of Alabaster – Glorieux – Grundstein on the maternal side of the pedigree. Her breeder, Kerstin Albers-Büker, knew that Diandra […] Read Article Comments Off

Making contact… Stefan Wolff in Australia

With contact being the main point of discussion, it can only mean one thing. We must be at a Stefan Wolff clinic. The young German trainer, a regular to our southern shores for many years now, was back at Lesley-Ann Taylor’s property making sure this important concept was being well understood by Australian riders. Read Article Comments Off

When a Showcase is just that… A SHOWCASE!

October 27th, 2016
When I arrived at The Polo Fields in Richmond, just west of Sydney, I was greeted by Jamie Kermond’s mum, Sue, who was manning the entrance of the VIP tent. The two Jamies (Kermo and fiancée Jamie Winning) were in the arena, moving jumps and organising riders - in between competing their own horses... Read Article Comments Off

World Young Eventing Horse Championships – the Mondial du Lion

What I love about the Mondial du Lion - the world championships of young eventing horses - is that it is so totally unfashionable... Read Article Comments Off