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The Diagnosis of Back Pain

April 20th, 2016
Sore backs are a very common and often overlooked problem in the performance horse. The soreness may be caused by a primary back problem or it may secondary to an underlying lameness issue, faulty or ill-fitting tack or even inadequate schooling... Read Article Comments Off

George Morris gives another dressage lesson to Ilse Schwarz…

Over the past few months, we have presented a couple of fascinating articles by US based, Aussie dressage rider, Ilse Schwarz about her lessons with great jumping coach George Morris... Read Article Comments Off

Educating Young Riders with Michelle Strapp: Part Three

Seventeen-year-old Jess Hurley is one of the amazing group of exciting young riders who Michelle Strapp currently has under her wing – and like many of Michelle’s riders, Jess is in the situation of having to ‘make her own’: horse that is. Read Article Comments Off

Headlong on the road to destruction…

April 15th, 2016
It seems to me that right now the FEI is following a policy that will lead to the destruction of equestrian sport. Previously the argument for keeping equestrian in the Olympic movement was that equestrian attracted the most royals of any sport, and the tiaras added lustre to the event. It may have been excruciatingly […] Read Article 12 Comments »

Jeremy Steinberg – Putting it into practice

April 11th, 2016
Story and photos by Rebecca Ashton Okay you loved Jeremy’s explosive interview last month (you were not alone, the web story went ballistic internationally, and filled dressage forums the world over) – this month sit in and watch the man do what he does best… Jeremy Steinberg can teach. That might sound like a given, […] Read Article 2 Comments »

IAHP April Rider of the Month

KRISTY OATLEY Kristy confirmed that she is well and truly in the running for a place in the Australian dressage team to go to Rio, with a 75% in the freestyle at one of Holland’s prestige World Cups – s’Hertogenbosch. This time round, Kristy’s Games contender is the Hanoverian gelding, Du Soleil who is by […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Doc Matthews – A man ahead of his time…

April 10th, 2016
Mary Hanna writes about the moment when her life was turned around… Every now and then we meet someone, or see something, that is truly inspirational. I would like to tell you about such a person, and an event that happened in my life that ignited a passion within me, that was later to become […] Read Article 6 Comments »

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