horsemagazine – Page 90 – The Horse Magazine

Exercise: Clams

January 12th, 2016
In part three, Rebecca Ashton introduces the exercise, Clams. This is a common exercise in pilates classes; here Rebecca explains how it will help your riding. This exercise allows you to use your legs individually and precisely; creating clearer communication with the horse. Now that we have brought awareness to our core, this month we are […] Read Article Comments Off

Exercise: Shoulder Stability

The control of our upper body should be focused in what we term the shoulder girdle. This is the area that wraps around us like a corset just under the shoulder joints. Read Article Comments Off

Exercise: Shoulder Mobility

In this exercise, we will look at shoulder joint mobility and independent hands. Read Article Comments Off

Rider of the Month – January 2016

January 9th, 2016
The first International Animal Health rider of the month for 2016 is none other than Adelaide winner, Mr Shane Rose… Shane was a happy man after the cross country at Adelaide****, clear with the only run under time on Virgil and clear with just 3.2 time on Qualified… “I was very happy with them both. […] Read Article Comments Off

Adelaide – Simply Sublime

December 18th, 2015
Australia’s International Three Day Event, known to its friends as Adelaide Four-Star, is truly one of the world’s great events. Read Article Comments Off

2015 WBFSH World Stallion Rankings Analysed…

Christopher Hector analyses the WBFSH stallion breeding rankings for 2016…. Read Article 2 Comments »

Grace Kay looks for inspiration in Europe – Part Two

December 9th, 2015
Talented Australian dressage rider, Grace Kay won the Marcus Oldham sponsored Aachen scholarship, and put her time in Europe to good use, visiting top trainers Johan Hamminga and Jennifer Sekreve in The Netherlands… Read Article Comments Off

Brett Parbery and a vision for Australian Dressage

December 8th, 2015
Rebecca Ashton concludes her extraordinary series of articles with Australian dressage star, Brett Parbery. In this episode, Brett outlines his plan to turn around the future of Australian dressage…. Read Article 9 Comments »

IAHP December Rider of the Month

December 4th, 2015
Our December International Animal Health rider of the month is Chris Chugg who has been dominating the Australian World Cup Showjumping circuit with three wins so far. It is quite a feat since Chris first represented Australia at a World Cup final back in 1986 on the stallion, Skyhigh. Since then Chris has ridden in […] Read Article Comments Off

Talking with Tim Boland

December 3rd, 2015
For Tim Boland, 2012 was a bit of a roller coaster ride. Great performances at Sydney and Melbourne with Billy Elliot saw him almost become a member of the Australian Eventing team at the London Games only to miss out at the last moment, but Tim is determined to focus on the good things that happened… Read Article Comments Off