Masterclass: jumping balance and technique
For this Masterclass, our trainer Kirstin Kelly is helping Auckland university student Shannon Harvey with her 16.2hh six-year-old Carbonado (‘Fletcher’), a warmblood-cross by Corlando....
Unforgettable: Monopoly
Gorgeous black Monopoly was once almost as famous as the board game itself – especially in Canada and the USA. He’s even one of...
Unforgettable: Tregonning
Tregonning was twice crowned show jumping’s Horse of the Year, but he was much, much more than a superb show jumper. He was the...
Broodmare care
The exciting breeding season is well under way! Many of us have spent long months eagerly awaiting the birth of a beautiful new foal....
Christmas craft: door hangers
For our second horsey Christmas craft project, we are making a simple but stylish door hanger, using an old bit.
DOOR HANGER
Most riders have a...
Christmas craft: a horsey wreath
The thought of do-it-yourself Christmas projects probably conjures up a memory of sitting around the art table at school cutting out paper chains from...
Clover for horses
Q: Clover in pasture for horses – good or bad? From my high school horticulture lessons, I learned that clover is a nitrogen fixer...
Unforgettable: Hickstead
Hickstead, that never-to-be-forgotten jumping machine, was a surprisingly small horse, standing at just 16hh.
The Belgium-born Dutch warmblood stallion was widely regarded the best show...
When disaster strikes
Over recent years, most of us have become acutely aware of the devastation that natural disasters can, and do, cause. Fires, floods and earthquakes...
NOISY BREATHING
Noisy breathing, from various different causes, is quite common in horses. Many aspects of the horse’s anatomy and physiology enables them to be excellent...
