Eventing training – Page 6 – The Horse Magazine

Straightness for Eventers with Ingrid Klimke

December 3rd, 2014
Ingrid Klimke is one of those rarest of creatures – the complete horsewoman. She was part of the German Gold Medal Eventing Team at Beijing. At the 2009 German Young Horse Championships she qualified horses in three disciplines, placing in dressage and eventing and winning the Young Riding Horse class for three year olds... Read Article Comments Off

Emily Anker takes a lesson with Matt Ryan

It was an exciting combination to put together, triple gold medallist, Matt Ryan and Emily and her lovely seven year old mare, Blind Love, alias Betty, for a special lesson over some of the schooling fences at Wandin. We all know what a great competitor Matt Ryan is, but he is also a natural teacher... Read Article Comments Off

Andrew Hoy and the Eventing Formula – Part 2

All these event riders were dying to get out on the cross country training course at Marcus Oldham College, but Andrew Hoy had other ideas. After lunch the second group was off to the indoor arena for a session on polishing up rider position and more pearls of wisdom on how to train an event horse. Read Article Comments Off

Mary King – the Ultimate Eventer

November 10th, 2014
Story – Chris Hector & Photos – Roz Neave and Kit Houghton Mary King is a phenomenon, seemingly ageless, she produces horse after horse and keeps on winning the world’s biggest, toughest three-day events. Mary rode in her first Badminton in 1985 at the age of 24, and finished seventh on Divers Rock. Seven years […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Tinney the Teacher

October 3rd, 2013
Story by Suzy Jarratt and Photos by Cameron Grant “Stuart Tinney is such an amazing influence as he shows ever so much positivity and respect to upcoming junior riders.” Written by 13-year-old Emily Stirling from Victoria this was the winning entry in a competition conducted by EA and ‘Be the Influence: Tackling Binge Drinking’. In […] Read Article Comments Off

Catching up with Christopher Burton…

January 25th, 2013
Christopher Burton returned home to Australia after a great Olympic campaign and an impressive European season. He instructed a clinic on the Mornington Peninsula and discussed his plans for the future. Story Christopher Hector, Photos Roz Neave and Libby Law. Read Article Comments Off

Solving Problems with Emma Mason

October 19th, 2012
When THM editor suggested that I write a “How to” series, providing eventing advice and tips for upcoming riders, my first thought was that I’m a bit under-qualified for the task – after all, I haven’t ridden at an Olympic Games like Rebel, or piloted countless horses to 3 and 4-star victories like Shane and […] Read Article Comments Off

Eventing For Dummies

Eventing For Dummies – with Sharon Ridgway Illustrations by Andrea O’Meara Eventing is a wonderfully rewarding blend of challenges requiring so many different skills and emotions. The calm, controlled precision of the Dressage, the adrenalin rush and thrill of the Cross Country and the all important accuracy and skill required in the Show Jumping phase […] Read Article 1 Comment »

A Session With Stuart

October 18th, 2012
Feel for horse riding is something you have or you don’t have. Whether that is specific to cross country riding I don’t know. I think it is probably for everything... Read Article Comments Off

David Middleton: The Next Step

October 15th, 2012
I do a lot of canter / halt, even with the young ones because I find if you can do good downward transitions, from a canter to a short trot, or a short trot into a short canter, you get a much more balanced canter... Read Article 1 Comment »