Tim Boland – Eventing has its ups and downs

February 19th, 2016
Story by Chris Hector & Roslyn Neave As someone who has been known to straighten picture frames in restaurants, I can relate to Tim Boland’s brand of obsessive compulsive. As he is showing us his new eventing stable block, he points to the door latches: “Look at that, no writing on the first two, then they […] Read Article Comments Off on Tim Boland – Eventing has its ups and downs
 

Malcolm Barns – Learning riding in Europe and Australia


Malcolm Barns is one of the unsung heroes of Australian Dressage. A rider whose huge natural talent carried him to a win in Australia’s first ever 3DE over 50 years ago, and then saw him star in the show ring, and emerge as one of our first serious dressage competitors... Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Keeping it simple with Albert Voorn

February 12th, 2016
Albert Voorn has not only been a top level competitor, but he is also a very gifted coach, with a unique style... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Showjumping’s Glamour Couple, Eva Bitter and Marco Kutscher

January 29th, 2016
I’d met Eva Bitter last year at Spangenburg Show, and interviewed her about the great stallion that shared so much of her showjumping life, Stakkato... Read Article Comments Off on Showjumping’s Glamour Couple, Eva Bitter and Marco Kutscher
 

Jeremy Steinberg – telling it like it is…


The American dressage trainer is not afraid to speak his mind – as you will find in this interview with Rebecca Ashton… Jeremy Steinberg is a great clinician. “Who is Jeremy Steinberg?” I hear you say. In the past he’s been the coach of the United States Youth Team and been New Zealand’s High Performance […] Read Article 42 Comments »
 

Wilken Treu and the future for Westfalia

January 22nd, 2016
Wilken Treu is the Breeding Manager and CEO with the Westfalian Verband. I caught up with him at this year’s Bundeschampionate. He’s one of the new breed of breeding association professionals… Read Article Comments Off on Wilken Treu and the future for Westfalia
 

Ingrid Klimke – The tradition lives on…

January 19th, 2016
The day we visited Ingrid at her stables near Münster, she was showing the visitors to one of her monthly ‘at home’ training days, how she works her dressage horses... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

sBs – Jumping to the Top


It is really nice when a breed society welcomes you with open arms - and that is exactly what happened with the Belgian studbook, sBs... Read Article Comments Off on sBs – Jumping to the Top
 

FEI World Breeding Young Eventing Championships 2015

January 15th, 2016
Alas I was not able to get to Lion d’Angers for this year’s Young Eventing horse championships, but even from the other side of the world it is possible to see some interesting developments in the breeding of horses for eventing. Read Article Comments Off on FEI World Breeding Young Eventing Championships 2015