The 12 ways of winners
What defines true star quality in a rider? Does it come down to having extraordinary feel or courage – or is sheer hard work...
The spring fling!
As we emerge from the winter months into spring there are lots of changes: longer days, warmer temperatures and fresh green grass growing at...
Beating the lockdown bulge
One additional side-effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is the ‘Lockdown Bulge’ – the unwanted kilos that have crept around the belly region ever since...
The Irish renaissance
Ever since her teenage years, Tracy Crossan has been passionate about Irish horses. There’s been barely a time since then that she hasn’t had...
Ridir clothing: homegrown chic
When fashion designer Porscha Pearce returned to riding almost 20 years ago, the former showie wasn’t impressed by the ‘dull and boring’ riding clothes...
Native planting for horse properties
While we still have some winter weather ahead of us, it’s a great time to be planting on your property. Winter and early spring...
How to breed a pony
Q: I'm interested in breeding a large (ideally full-sized) pony for my children. The mare that I have is a park hack, around 15.1hh....
From racehorse to riding horse
Taking on an off-the-track thoroughbred or standardbred as a sport or pleasure mount can be very rewarding, but there can be certain problems or...
Bundy Philpott: back from the brink
There can’t be too many horse and rider combinations that have both recovered from a broken pelvis and gone on to Olympic selection, but...
Meet the riding Multi-taskers
‘I’ve had to learn to ride again’
It seems like everything Scott Borland does in life, he does well. The former mounted games World Champion...
