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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 »

IAHP March Rider of the Month

February 29th, 2016
Maree Tomkinson grabs the lead and features as our March International Animal Health rider of the month! In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a leap year, and that means it’s a Games Year and the race is on for spots in the Aussie team to go to Rio next August, and after the first CDI […] Read Article Comments Off

IAHP October Rider of the Month

October 5th, 2015
This month’s rider of the month, Sue Hearn is on a roll, with a victory at the Brisbane CDI she has staked her claim to a place in the team for Rio – and best of all, she did it on a horse she trained all the way from the beginning… Lloyd (Remington) is 13 […] Read Article Comments Off

Are our events safe?

September 2nd, 2015
What makes an event successful? On a global level, the Euro Classics in Bremen, a huge indoor event, the Dressage Festival in Lingen, once marked as the venue for the 2015 German Nations Cup, and the Schenefeld Three Day Event have all been cancelled this year due to financial problems and lack of sponsorship. What […] Read Article Comments Off

Princess Haya: Should she stay or should she go?

September 1st, 2015
Ute Raabe found a range of opinions from our panel of international experts A kingdom for a horse? Or a perhaps a horse for a Princess? The recent General Assembly of the FEI in Montreux certainly would have delivered enough material for dear old Shakespeare to write another sequel to Richard III, this time with […] Read Article Comments Off

IAHP June 2015 Rider of the Month

May 28th, 2015
In eventing it is never over until it really is over, and Libby proved that when she took out the Sydney Three Star title in the last round, the showjumping. Libby is another who has been quietly building her partnership with her horse, KL Kismet. “I got my horse about five-and-a-half years ago from my cousin, […] Read Article Comments Off

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March 11th, 2015
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