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Olivia Hamood and Knockout 111 in the first round of the 2019 Total Animal Supplies Boneo Cup (Image by Geoff McLean, Gone Rising Media).

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4 Our Contributors 7 From The Horse’s Mouth 8 Spotlight on Olivia Hamood 18 Brister’s Brief 23 Delivering Dreams 36 Culture Corner: For the love of words 42 Facing down your fears 50 Nutrition: Feeding your older horse 56 Christmas Gift Guide 60 Equipment: The power of go 66 Healing comes naturally 72 Travel: Sunshine Coast dreaming 76 The Horse Listener 82 Life After Racing 88 Horse Breed: The elegant Thoroughbred 94 Remi Stud Young Rider 2020 98 Around The Traps 99 Saddle Review: Defiance Dressage 100 Around The Traps 102 On My Tackbox: A saddler’s tale 106 Around The Traps 108 Training Tips: Endurance for the long haul 112 Young Rider: Phoebe Roche 114 Around The Traps 116 Perfect Partners: Hugh Bowman and Winx 118 20 Questions with Alex Townsend

ISSUE #5 • NOV/DEC 2020

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

Marissa Kuhlewein

A Queensland-based journalist, Marisa has worked for national and international media organisations. She enjoys all things art, travel and photography, and in her spare time loves to hike. In Culture Corner, Marisa speaks to Anne Crawford on why a passion for words and horses has worked so well for this Australian author and journalist.

Amanda Mac

Amanda has had two lifelong love affairs: one with horses, and the other with writing. Now she happily combines both passions as the editor of HorseVibes. In this issue, she chats to champion showjumper Olivia Hamood on why there are always pluses and minuses, and then finds out what it takes to face down your fears.

Ian Lancaster

Ian, a master saddler, has been crafting beautiful saddles of all descriptions for the past 40 years. He is the only saddler to have won the Overall Showcase of Excellence at the Melbourne Royal, and in this issue’s On My Tackbox shares some valuable saddle fitting tips, along with some of his pet peeves.

Geoff McLean

A horse-lover since age eight, Geoff is a freelance journalist, photographer and consultant with a passion for horse sports. His great joys in life include family, his dogs, cooking, gardening and cycling. In this issue, he reports on the Remi Stud Young Rider Scholarship, awarded to Elise Payne at the recent Saddlefitter Brisbane CDN.

Victoria Ferguson

A member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society and the International Institute for Complementary Therapists, Victoria is an author, an EA Level 2 dressage coach, and for 20 years has been an advocate and practitioner of herbal medicine for horses. In this issue she shares ex-racehorse Aussie Bob’s extraordinary healing journey.

N.G. Quinlan

N.G. Quinlan, otherwise known as ‘Q’, is a writer, musician and poet. A resident of the Northern Rivers of NSW, he has been contributing to HorseVibes since August 2019. So, with the Spring Racing Carnival in full swing, what better subjects for his Perfect Partners article than the indomitable Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman.

Charlie Brister

Regular columnist Charlie is an allround horseman whose expertise is in re-training problem horses, as well as coaching riders in the art of cross country, show jumping and dressage. In this issue we share the second instalment of Charlie’s three-part series, in which he explores the benefits of lunging for both horse and rider.

Alex Townsend

Alex and husband Derek Pascoe are owners of well-known Wallaby Hill Farm. Alex manages the property and is the Event Director for Wallaby Hill International Horse Trials. She is also a 4* Eventer, a Level II Eventing Instructor and a Coach Educator – and yet still found the time to answer our 20 Questions!