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By the time this issue hits the shelves, the business end of the competition season will be underway, with the countdown to Horse of the Year well and truly on. If you’re heading to Horse of the Year or to national finals in any discipline, we hope you have the best of luck and your preparation and hard work throughout the season pays off. The TVNZ series ‘Keeping Up With the Kaimanawas’, documenting the exploits of the Wilson sisters Vicki, Kelly and Amanda and their work with New Zealand’s Kaimanawa horses, has made them into household names. Middle sister Kelly has so far has published six bestselling books, with many more planned. She tells her story on page 14. There is so much to be excited about in all things equestrian. This issue is filled with articles that feature some of our best riders as well as our rising stars. There is plenty of new talent storming the World Cup qualifying rounds, including Melody Matheson, who took out both the Feilding and Taupo World Cup Qualifying rounds with her young superstar mare, Graffiti MH. We talked to her on page 46 about her talented horse and her plans for the future. Speaking of show jumping circles, a well-known character will be missing in the major classes for the second half of the season, with the sad retirement of the fabulous Tinapai, a horse who has been successful at the top level for many years. We’ve got the exclusive story about Tinapai’s retirement from his owner and rider of 13 years, Lucy Fell, over on page 20. As always during the competition season, we’re bringing you photos and results from events across the country – a whole 38 pages in this issue, including the FEI World Dressage Challenge, which was won by New Zealand! Congratulations to the team riders. And for a bit of humour, turn to page 56, “The Guy In Jandals”, for an outsider’s hilarious take on the equestrian world. Until next time, we wish you all the best for 2018 and the months ahead.

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in this issue. FEB / MAR 18 REGULARS 12 76 78 122 137 138

Top Shot Retail | Are You Horse of the Year Ready? How To | Turnout New Products Subscribe Directory

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Dannie Lodder |Training Off-The-Track Thoroughbreds Focus On | Cavaletti Exercises Blyth Tait | In the Driver's Seat Focus On | Show Jumping Uprights

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World Dressage Challenge Cambridge A&P Show Waitemata Show Hunter Puhinui International Three Day Event

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Horsewoman, wild horse trainer, adventurer, motivational speaker, writer, designer and photographer; 28-year-old Kelly Wilson leads a diverse and busy life. To date she has published six bestselling books, with three more in her Showtym Adventures series coming out in 2018, yet she still finds time to travel the world and pursue her love of horses.

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elly’s story is inextricably linked to those of her sisters, Vicki and Amanda. The Wilson sisters are known synonymously for their successes in the show jumping arena and for taming wild horses around the world. While Vicki and Amanda both compete with success to World Cup level, middle sister Kelly gets more enjoyment from working with the wild horses than competing, although she’s had plenty of success to 1.30m, including a long list of placings in the Amateur Rider series. In fact, at the age of 16, she only competed in her first ever ESNZ show jumping class to prove a point to her older sister. “You’ll never stay on,” were the words Vicki used when 16-year-old Kelly offered to compete a temperamental pony she was training, after someone else had fallen off him in the practice arena. At the time Kelly was recovering from a back injury and hadn’t ridden for a year, so the offer to ride the quirky and inexperienced pony was made half-heartedly. “As soon as she told me that I couldn’t do it, I wanted to prove her wrong,” Kelly remembers. “I’ve never liked being limited by other people’s expectations.” Determination is one of Kelly’s many strong suits, and within three months the unproven duo had reached Grand Prix level. As a latecomer to the show jumping scene, Kelly only had one season on ponies, while also trying to balance her final year at high school. Despite extended absences to compete at shows, her dedication to her education saw her win a scholarship to Auckland University of Technology to study a Bachelor of Design. However, after two years in Auckland and interning at an advertising agency, Kelly was uncertain that she wanted to pursue a design career in the city. She returned to university for her third and final year with a completely new perspective – that education was about finding herself and discovering what she wanted out of life. Interpreting one of her design assignments in the most abstract way possible, she spent a month creating a book of 100 things she wanted to do in her life – a bucket list of sorts. “In the 10 years since, I’ve crossed over 90 things off that original list and added almost 100 more. When I wrote ‘Publish a Book’ and ‘Tame a Wild Horse’ down all those years ago, they were just two things on a far-fetched list of dreams, goals and aspirations. I never imagined they’d come true.” Kelly’s passion and keen sense of adventure keep her striving for more. “Whenever I get bored, or feel unsatisfied with life, I go back to my list and find something I haven’t crossed off, then I make a plan to go out of my way to achieve it.” City life, high heels, makeup and an eventual career as a designer and photographer for equestrian magazines consumed Kelly in her late teens and early twenties. However, everything changed six years ago when the Kaimanawa

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pony Watch Me Move (who had previously been owned by the Wilsons) won the Pony of the Year with Tegan Newman, and they were all invited down to the ranges to see the Kaimanawas in the wild. That experience opened the sisters’ eyes to the plight of the nation’s wild horses and they went on to save 11 Kaimanawas from slaughter during the 2012 muster. Initially it was supposed to be Vicki taming the horses while Amanda filmed a documentary following their journey to domestication, but when a show jumping accident left Vicki with a broken hand a week into the training, Kelly relocated back to her family’s Northland property to help – a decision that would change the course of her life. Even then, Kelly never dreamed that the work with wild horses would lead her to win awards for her photography and use of social media, and she had no plans to become an author. That all changed five months later

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He’s definitely the most difficult wild horse we have ever worked with. It’s taken a huge amount of patience and perseverance to reach every milestone – but once he accepts something, he’s fine with it from then on.”

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Elder in his happy place out for a ride Ngahiwi Showtym Dancer in the Amateur Rider at the 2015 World Cup Final

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when Major, the 18-year-old stallion that Vicki had tamed, passed away from colic. “He defied every stereotype of what an old wild stallion was supposed to be,” Kelly reflects. “Just six week after the muster Vicki was cantering him down the beach, bareback in a halter alongside seven other horses. I wrote his story down so we’d never forget how special he was.” That book was only intended for friends and family, but after reading it they urged Kelly to consider publication, and in 2013 she approached Penguin Random House. “That original story was never published, but they loved my writing style and the work we were doing with the wild horses, so they commissioned me to write an autobiography about our life growing up and our work with the Kaimanawas. I was only given five months to write 60,000 words so it was quite overwhelming.” Major’s story evolved into ‘For the Love of Horses’, Kelly’s first number one bestseller. The success of that first book, and Amanda’s original documentary Wind Eaters, led to the Wilson sisters getting their own television show, Keeping Up With the Kaimanawas. From there, opportunities opened up to tame wild horses in America and Australia. “Our early work with the Kaimanawas has had a huge ripple effect, impacting every facet of our lives. Vicki’s invitation to compete in the World Championships of Colt Starting, which she won in Kentucky in 2017, came about

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Jackie, the Mustang Kelly trained for the Extreme Mustang Makeover in 2015 where the pair finished 6th overall

because of our work with the Brumbies. Even our Team WS initiative with the show jumpers came about largely through an idea that was sparked while we were road tripping through the Wild West taming mustangs in 2015.” For the half-a-million viewers that watched the top-rating Keeping Up With the Kaimanawas, it will be impossible to forget Elder, the troublesome 17-year-old stallion that Kelly saved from slaughter during the 2014 muster. Even by the final episode, when most of the other Kaimanawas were competing at Equidays and safe for children to ride, Kelly could barely touch the fearful stallion. “He’s definitely the most difficult wild horse we have ever worked with,” she says. “It’s taken a huge amount of patience and perseverance to reach every milestone – but once he accepts something, he’s fine with it from then on; as long as you do it exactly the same way every time.” Patience doesn’t even describe the dedication and commitment Kelly required in handling Elder. It took two and a half years before he could be haltered normally or ridden, and almost four years to be able to touch him all over and pick up his hind hooves. And after all this time, he still only likes to be handled by Kelly. “The worst thing is that he has had terrible problems with his hooves, and unless they are regularly cared for he is crippled with lameness. Because of his issues with being touched we have had to put him in the crush and sedate him to lie him down, so that his feet could be done without putting anyone in danger. It was costing about $600 every time.” Finally, in December last year, the breakthrough came when Elder let Kelly trim his hind feet without panicking and trying to kick her. “The reason I’ve persevered with him is because he gets such genuine enjoyment from going out on rides. I’ve often felt sorry for him because he gets so worried and stressed about everything and is so nervous of strangers, and all of that has

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an impact on his quality of life. But when I take him out for a ride on the farm or to the beach or forest, he’s in his happy place; he’s on the buckle, his ears are pricked forward and it’s like I’ve returned a little bit of freedom to him.” Elder’s recent progress, and a run of bad luck with her show jumpers following the retirement of her top mare Ngahiwi Showym Dancer in 2016, means that 21-year-old Elder is currently Kelly’s number one riding horse. “I’ve got eight horses, all in varying stages of training or recovering from injuries, but at the moment it’s Elder who joins me for a swim in the river, a gallop down the beach, or to muster cattle. He even joined us for our midnight ride on New Year’s Eve!” But she’s hopeful she’ll have her young show jumpers out next season, so she will have a personal interest while she’s at events watching her sisters compete their flashy imported Team WS horses. “The first three horses – Daminos, Carpaccio and Quintesse – are even better than we dreamed,” Kelly says, smiling as she describes the joint-ownership initiative which enables her sisters to ride such world-class horses. “And they’re only the beginning. Hopefully a couple more horses will be joining us this winter.” But first Kelly has some big adventures planned, beginning with an expedition in January to Mongolia, riding by camel 300km across the Gobi desert, living with nomads in up to -40oC conditions, before photographing Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild horses left in the world. This is just the start of a two year project to travel to various countries around the world and photograph indigenous wild horses in their natural environments for a further book – just one of 17 books Kelly currently has outlined for publication over the coming years. “I hope our stories inspire others to improve horse welfare, give unwanted horses a second chance and most importantly, to live life to the full.” C

I hope our stories inspire others to improve horse welfare, give unwanted horses a second chance and most importantly, to live life to the full.”

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T I NA PA I tips his hat on a magic thirteen year career Known in show jumping circles as the fiery thoroughbred capable of clearing a 1.60m oxer, no matter how wild his approach, 19-year-old Tinapai is a horse adored by many, not least by his partner of 13 years, Lucy Fell. Due to injury, Tinapai was sadly retired from top level show jumping late last year. We look back at the show jumping career of this true legend. WORDS Laura Hunt | PHOTOS Show Circuit Photography (home) & kampic.com (competition)

ew horse and rider combinations can boast of a partnership that spanned 13 years, especially with many of those years spent competing at the highest level of their sport, but Palmerston North rider Lucy Fell (33) and her special Tinapai have earnt themselves those distinct bragging rights. Tinapai, or Tina as he is more affectionately known, was a six-year-old when he was first discovered by Lucy, then aged nineteen. At that time, Tina was living at Bryce Newman’s yard, where he had been tried as an eventer. However, it had quickly become clear that due to how hot and enthusiastic he was on cross-country, his future career wasn’t going to be in eventing. “After a few starts, it became evident he wasn’t suitable for the sport. He didn’t always complete the cross-country!” laughs Lucy. “Bryce had raved about this horse for a while and said he thought he’d have to be sold as a jumper. At the time, I wasn’t looking for another horse, but then my good horse damaged a tendon and was going to be out for a season.” With her younger sister Chloe in tow, Lucy went to Bryce’s for a look and was instantly impressed by Tina’s elegance, looks and impressive jump. “He literally jumped the top of the stands, so we went home and told Mum about him. He was a bit of an impulse buy, but he became my horse.” Despite his obvious talent, Lucy never predicted that Tina would eventually become her horse of a lifetime. “At the time, he was just another horse in my team and I didn’t realise he would become such an important part of my life. I never

thought he would take me to do everything we’ve done,” says Lucy. “It seems like such a long time ago, and I was very young and naïve. I was an average young rider – I wasn’t one of the ‘guns’ – and it was just me and this crazy thoroughbred.” Lucy and Tina started out slow, doing a few small classes and a couple of six-year-old starts while they got to know each other. Lucy says at the start Tina was a little more relaxed in his way of going, and she doesn’t remember him being quite the handful he became. “I don’t remember him being so crazy back then. It was once we started jumping up the heights and needed more engine that he started to show more of his personality, and the zig zagging and side stepping started!” It wasn’t until the end of their first full season together that they got their first real taste of success, taking out what Lucy says was an unexpected win in the Seven-Year-Old title class at Horse of the Year. “It was quite a surprise for us – and everybody else. There were three of us in the jump-off – two fancy imported stallions, Lindberg Des Hayettes and Senator VDL, and then this crazy thoroughbred that I struggled to even get to a practice fence!” Tina had another good season as an eight-year-old, winning the Premier Stakes at Horse of the Year and placing fourth in Lady Rider of the Year, which, like the Seven-Year-Old Title the year, before was quite an unexpected result. “We started to realise that he really liked Horse of the Year and everything seemed to come together there,” says Lucy.

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“Not many people spend 13 years with a horse, and we did have low points, but what was so special was that we always got through them and came back.” It was at the start of 2008, halfway through Tinapai’s nine-year-old season, that he and a 22-year-old Lucy boarded a plane to Belgium, where they based at the stables of Kiwi horse dealers, John Gray and Anne Symes. They did the famous Sunshine Tour in Spain and competed in France, Holland and Belgium. It was a tough learning curve for Lucy, who says she underestimated the toll the trip would have on Tina, going from a New Zealand summer to the middle of a European winter, where he went from living outdoors to living in a stable. “He lost a lot of weight, was depressed and had bad skin. He was cantering around and jumping, but it was nothing spectacular,” she says. When Lucy met Kiwi show jumper Sharn Wordley, who was over in Belgium campaigning for the Beijing Olympics, she took the opportunity to relocate to Florida with him, where she says Tina improved instantly. “He did much better in America, being able to be outside in a paddock. He picked up straight away.” Even so, in February 2009, Lucy’s mother Jayne made the call to bring Tina home. “It was very expensive being over there and things weren’t going as well as they needed to be to justify it. He arrived home in March 2009.” Lucy says that it took Tina about a year to settle back into life in New Zealand, but 2010 marked the start of their best years together. In the early years, Tina’s wild way of going between fences had sparked some concern, with a few people calling Jayne to say “Get Lucy off that horse, he’s going to kill her!” and Lucy admits that there was lot of trial and error used to find out how to get the best from him. “He didn’t make it easy for me. We tried many different systems, from a lot of lunging, to trying to take energy away by working him, which never worked because he’d tire me out first! Then eventually I learnt to stay really relaxed, and trust that if I could get him to a fence at an okay spot, he would try and jump it for me.” By the end of that season, Lucy and Tina had started having consistent success at Grand Prix and World Cup level, and they went on the following season to place third in the World Cup series, before winning their first Lady Rider of the Year title in March 2011. They won the Grand Prix Series in 2012/2013 and the Lady Rider of the Year again in 2014, which Lucy says remains one of the most special wins to date. “I don’t think I appreciated in 2011 just how hard it was to win that class, and 2014 was the first year of the new format with a qualifying round on the same day. We jumped about 50 fences that day and finished on zero faults, so it was a very special win.” Lucy says there have been ups and downs, and Tina not only taught her how to win, but also how to lose. Famously unpredictable, Tina would keep a crowd on the edge of their seats as no-one, not even Lucy, could ever be quite sure what he might do in a class. “He had some shows where he’d get eliminated on the first day at the first fence, and then would win the Grand Prix the next day. It definitely became an unconditional love though, because I could never be mad at a horse that had done so much for me.” It was a matter of simply accepting the bad times and focusing on the good. “Not many people spend 13 years with a horse, and we did have low points, but what was so special was that we always got through them and came back.”

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Despite Tina’s wild way of going, Lucy learnt to trust that if she could get him to a fence at an okay spot, he would try and jump it for her

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Lucy thought the end had come for Tina in 2015 when she ran into the first lameness he’d ever had with her. By then he was 16-years-old, and arthritis was discovered in his left front coffin joint. “He’d always been a super sound horse, and my mindset was that at 16 he was far too young to retire,” Lucy says. “We had to do a lot of management to get him to Horse of the Year in 2015, and I thought that would be the end.” This management included the help of vet Tim Pearce, who Lucy says has been both Tina’s doctor and her own psychiatrist. “Tim has been a huge part of keeping him jumping at this level for so long, and he would get a lot of texts from me on the Sunday morning of a show. So much of jumping those big jumps is psychological, and Tim would say ‘Lucy, the horse is good, you just need to ride it’ which was the confidence I needed to get on with it.” Over the winter of 2015 before his 17th birthday, Tina had his first Athramid injection, which Lucy also credits with keeping him sound for so long. The start of his 17-year-old season also saw a complete overhaul in Tina’s fitness and management plan, with Lucy no longer sitting on him at all between shows, instead opting to swim him or lead him down the beach off another horse to keep fit. Jumping the big classes without getting to practise together at all beforehand shows just how much of a special bond Lucy and Tina had built by this point. “It made me realise what an incredible horse he was, that he knew his job and never needed reminding of how to jump between shows. I tried to jump a few crosses at home before a new season, but he was a lunatic, so we just had to go out and trust each other!” From then on, Lucy treated every single class as a bonus, which is why she rates their first World Cup win at Mystery Creek in November 2015 as their most special win. “We’d had lots of placings through the years at World Cup level, but we hadn’t had a win and I really wanted it for him before he retired.” The fact that they then won another World Cup round at Hawke’s Bay in October 2016 was icing on the cake. Like a fine wine, Tinapai got better with age, and Lucy says that his last two seasons as a 17 and 18-year-old were the best he’d ever had. “He was definitely late-maturing,” she laughs. “To get him to do what he’s done in the last two years has been incredible – when most horses his age are retiring, he was getting better and better!” Having known since 2015 that she was on borrowed time, Lucy was waiting for the day to come when she would have to make the decision to retire her special horse. Sadly, that day arrived at the end of November last year, when an x-ray revealed that Tina had broken the tip off his pedal bone in his right front hoof at some stage during the Grand Prix jump-off at Wairarapa A&P Show a month earlier. With Tina trotting up almost sound before the x-ray was taken, the diagnosis came as a total shock to both Lucy and vet Tim. “It was a month after the Wairarapa A&P Show, when he’d gone lame after the Grand Prix, but he seemed to have been getting better each day since then. Tim thought he was almost sound, so neither of us expected to see that come up on an x-ray. It shows what a brave athlete Tina was that he finished the jump-off to place second in his last ever Grand Prix, even though he’d broken that bone somewhere on course.” It was all Lucy needed to see to make the decision. “We could have done surgery to remove the chip and he’d likely have been fine, but I didn’t want to put him at any risk. I had been preparing for that moment for three years and seeing that x-ray actually made it easier to decide.” Tina is now comfortably retired at Lucy’s family property in Opiki, but it has been a tough few months for her, with many tears shed. However, she is full of gratitude for the years and adventures that she has shared with her “crazy thoroughbred”. “He came into my life at just the right time,” she says. “You change so much in your 20s, and he not only shaped me as a rider, but also as a person. He may have been bred to run, but I think he was born to jump, and the feeling he gave me over a fence was so magical that I don’t think I’ll ever feel that again. So thank you, Tinapai, for lending me your wings for 13 wonderful years. You will forever be my horse of a lifetime.” C

“Thank you, Tinapai, for lending me your wings for 13 wonderful years. You will forever be my horse of a lifetime.”

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“Levi’s personality is exactly like mine! We both get angry and frustrated. When he wants his food he will get in a really cranky mood and try and bite all of the other horses around him. He loves humans and getting cuddles, and is also really cheeky.”

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At just 10 years old, Scout Lodder won the CCN 105 class at the Puhinui International Three Day Event on the aptly named Overnight Success, pointing to a progidious talent. But her parents Nick and Dannie Lodder still want their daughters to experience a traditional rural Kiwi childhood with their equine companions – playing games, riding bareback at the beach and experimenting with many facets of horsemanship. Show Circuit recently spoke to Scout about her big win and her equestrian lifestyle. WORDS Pip Hume

Do you go to Pony Club?

Yes, I attend the Clevedon Branch of Auckland District. I’m working on my C+ Certificate at the moment.

What school do you attend?

Bombay School, Year 7.

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Overnight Success is known as Levi at home, and he’s a Thoroughbred. My mum bought Levi off a friend, Bronte Belian, who had rescued him from going to the abattoir. He was very skinny so Bronte fed him up a lot, and when we got him we did the same. Mum started riding him at the low levels and then slowly started taking him higher. He was very strong when jumping so Mum spent a lot of time trying to find the right bit. Levi was going to be sold after he won the Pre-Novice at Taupo 3DE, but luckily for me, when he was vetted he was found to have cataracts in both eyes. This stopped the sale and meant that I could have him! So now Levi belongs to my mum and her good friend Jo Shuker. When I got the ride on Levi he had done quite a few events with Mum up to PreNovice. Since he couldn’t be sold, Mum let me start in my first few events on him at Pre-Training and we progressively started moving up. Levi’s personality is exactly like mine! We both get angry and frustrated. When he wants his food he will get in a really cranky mood and try and bite all of the other horses around him. He loves humans and getting cuddles, and is also really cheeky. At our beach house he will stand in the driveway and he won’t move when we try to drive the car past. He is very laid back at home, but sometimes a bit spooky at shows. Levi is always so happy to be jumping. He is very easy to keep fit even though he looks a bit fat! He’s like a pet dog with me, he will stand in his yard and lick my face. He is just now learning to be ridden bareback and he loves it! I take him for lots of hacks and jump him about twice a week. The rest of the time I’m trying to get my dressage really good.

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“I also had a full height show jumping pony called Blitz. She taught me a lot about judging distances to jumps and also to not pull too much, even when ponies get strong!”

Tell us about your other horses.

My other horse is Mako (Pioneer Makokomiko) who I got from Ashleigh McKinstry. He is the most amazing horse I have ever seen and he has the cutest knees jumping! He has always been one of my dream horses, and when Ashleigh decided that she didn’t want to keep competing him at such a high level (3*) she let me have him. I started at Training level on him. Ashleigh was worried that he would be too strong for me, but he wasn’t that bad. Mako knows that he has to look after me so that’s what he always does. I had a 12hh chestnut pony called Solly who I competed Pre-Training on but then I got Mako, who took me from Pre-Training to Pre-Novice in one year. Mako has taught me the most and I hope he’s still going strong in four years’ time so I can do 1* on him! I also had a full height show jumping pony called Blitz. She taught me a lot about judging distances to jumps and also to not pull too much, even when ponies get strong!

What would you like to try as an equestrian?

Which of your horses is your favourite?

Who do you look up to as a rider? What horse would you love to have a ride on?

I can’t choose between Mako and Levi because they both have such different personalities and they both mean so much to me. They are both so different and I love them equally. I like doing dressage more on Levi and show jumping on Mako. I love cross-country on them both because they are both awesome.

What is your favourite thing to do with your horses?

I love riding them bareback. I’ve just taught Levi to be ridden bareback and he loves it. I also love riding them at the beach. Levi went for the first time this Christmas and loved the water. Mako was crazy and really strong!

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I love watching a series called Heartland. It’s set in Canada and they ride western. That’s something I would love to do. When I was at Equidays, I watched the Cowboy Challenge and that’s something I would like to try on Levi. I would also like to do a lot more show jumping at higher levels.

I would love to ride like my mum, also Blyth Tait, Jock Paget and Clarke Johnstone. I would love to ride Clarke’s horse Richie (Balmoral Sensation) and Charlotte Dujardin’s Valegro. I love riding all of Mum’s babies, but my favourite would have been Moochi. I wish Mum hadn’t sold him and I really want him back!

Outside of horses, what are your interests? Do you have a career in mind?

I love playing netball and skiing, and I want to play hockey. When I’m older I would like to be a horse trainer, or a horse physio like Claire McGowan. C

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Rosa Buist-Brown wasn’t even that keen on riding when she was younger, despite the best efforts of mum Rochelle to encourage her. But at the age of five, her older sister Molly’s pony, Court Jester, proved too much temptation - and her whole world changed as a result.

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“Mum likes to say I was a bit of a brat about my riding,” explains the now 15-year-old. “I just didn’t enjoy it at all.” “The bottom line was, she just hated being told what to do!” her mum Rochelle laughs. However, little Court Jester proved the winning ticket in getting Rosa into the saddle. “We did 80 or more events together and won heaps. He was just the best,” she says. They did Pony Club together, then showing, and when Rosa was nine, they took to show jumping with vigour. She then decided that she needed her own pony and “not a hand-me-down” from her sister, so Rochelle bought a 13.1hh “cheapie” sightunseen from Otago. Lil’ Pony, who had done nothing but farm hack before, turned out to be a real star, and together the combination jumped all the way up to 1.10m. But once she’d outgrown the pony and it came time to sell her, Rosa again decided to give up riding. Everything was sold – the pony, the saddle and all of her riding clothes. Until in true Rosa spirit, she sparked up again, set her sights on Molly’s pony Oscar (Springair Wizard) and was straight back into competition, eventing and show jumping him to Mini Prix level.

“I definitely feel the pressure riding Molly’s horses. They were going so well with her, so I feel I have to do the same when I get on.”

She has now taken on the ride on her sister’s horses, Vali and Prestige, while Molly is sidelined with injury. “I definitely feel the pressure riding Molly’s horses. They were going so well with her, so I feel I have to do the same when I get on, but I am a bit more hot-seated than her,” Rosa says. “Vali is lovely – he is slow and scopey with a big future.” However, the leading light in Rosa’s world is her skewbald pony mare, Junior Disco. “Disco is my favourite. She really is the best. She is so easy to ride and can jump everything.” Rosa has had the mare for nearly four years now. They won the Canterbury Pony Grand Prix Series in 2016-2017 and are proving a winning combination again this season. She has her sights set on competing in the Pony of the Year class, but much will depend on how their season goes. “We did it a couple of years ago, but the atmosphere was a lot for Disco to handle.” Bridgemere Havana is Rosa’s Junior Rider mount, one she describes as “pretty consistent” and a good, sweet and gentle horse. Rosa’s efforts this season haven’t gone unnoticed and she has picked up her first official sponsor. In early November she had a call from Emma Champ, the Saddlery Barn’s new owner. “She called in and asked to sponsor Rosa, as she was impressed by what she had seen,” says Rochelle. As part of the sponsorship Rosa received clothes and horse rugs, along with a much appreciated discount on any other gear required. Rosa trains regularly with Duncan McFarlane. “I find him really helpful, and he explains thing in a simple way that is easy for me to understand.” Her sister Molly’s accidents have impacted slightly on Rosa’s riding, but she doesn’t like to let it get in the way. “I won’t get on the babies we have at home to break in, but I do handle them. And I am not cautious in the ring. I love to go fast,” she says, then quickly backs that up with another comment. “I am careful, really. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt anyone.” Rosa draws her inspiration from the world’s top show jumpers and loves to watch the international World Cup riders compete offshore. “One day I want to ride for New Zealand,” she says. But first the year 10 student from Darfield High School plans to base herself overseas. “I need to be in Europe in a good barn so I can learn a lot and compete successfully at that higher level.” In the meantime, she will continue her schooling, and learn all she can by riding the 13 horses the family has at their Burnham home.

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A second accident in as many years has forced Molly Buist-Brown to rather reluctantly give up her rides to younger sister Rosa for some time, while her recently re-broken foot takes time to heal. The 17-year-old’s November riding accident has meant complete couch rest for around six weeks, and a long recovery period. “It is a bit of a shame really,” says Molly, rather bravely. “It is the same as I did last time, only worse.” The accident happened at the South Island Champs at Ashburton, while competing aboard Prestige in a speed class. “We were going quick, and I am told she stood on her own shoe and she fell. I was knocked out for a couple of minutes and don’t remember anything until waking up in tears in the Ashburton Hospital.” The damage this time was significant and on the same foot as last time, but far worse, breaking everything below the navicular joint. But as frustrating as it is not being able to ride her horses, Molly’s happy that it is Rosa who has taken up the reins.

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“She knows them better than anyone else,” says Molly. “We do ride reasonably similarly so the horses don’t need to change too much.” And is it stressful watching her go? “I’m pretty chill about it. She does listen to what I say and while she can be blunt, I know she takes it in.” Both sisters have enjoyed success on nineyear-old Prestige, but Molly has made the tough call to put the warmblood mare on the market. “I had big hopes for her this season,” she says. “We only got to three shows but in those she won a Junior Rider and was second in the other two. She is so consistent at that height.” Rosa has also placed on the mare, picking up a fourth and sixth in the Junior Rider classes, Molly notes. “It just sucks I didn’t get to the end of the season with her.” Her other horse is Vali, a six-year-old gelding by Eurosport Centavos. “He is just a baby but he is incredible.” Once she gets back into her riding, Molly has no doubt that she and Vali will shine, and is hopeful of going right through to World Cup level with the horse. C

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Stakes her Claim Melody Matheson Taking her first World Cup qualifier win at Feilding with the eight-year-old mare Graffiti MH was a thrill for 23 year-old university student Melody Matheson. But following it up with a second win at Taupo proved that her success at this level wasn’t just a one-off! WORDS Pip Hume

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elody has had the ride on Graffiti MH since the mare was five years old. She is co-owned by her breeders Matthews Hanoverians with Angela and Rod Miller. The ride on Graffiti came about through Melody’s association with another Matthews Hanoverian-bred mare, Roulette MH. “I originally met Angela when she purchased Roulette for dressage and to have a bit of fun with,” Melody explains. “Angela was having lessons with my mother (Lesley Matheson, who is a former Grand Prix dressage rider). Roulette could be a bit naughty, so I would have the occasional ride on her for Angela. Then one day we had a jump and she was so good, we just kept jumping her!” Growing up with ponies and horses, Melody has competed in all of the major disciplines. “Earlier on, I was quite keen on eventing and competed up to 2* level,” she says. “I’ve also done quite a lot of Show Hunter as well as show jumping. I’ve competed in the dressage arena too, but I found it just wasn’t my thing.” When Graffiti joined Melody’s team, she had competed in the Young Event Horse class for a second placing, also taking Best Mare, and was Level 2 dressage champion as a four-year-old. “I got her three years ago, the day before the National Young Horse Show in Hastings,” Melody says. “I wasn’t sure whether I would compete her at the show, but I took her along to see how she would handle it and we ended up winning the Five-Year-Old Show Hunter title.” As a five- and six-year-old, Graffiti went out and did some age series classes, although she had the second part of her six-year-old season in the paddock. “We didn’t really do enough to feature in the series leaderboards,” Melody laughs. However, as a seven-year-old, Graffiti was the winner of the national Seven-Year-Old series. “The more she does, the better she gets,” comments Melody. “She’s very clever, and also quite full-on. She’s so full of energy and just raring to go. She’s not the type of horse happy to sit in the paddock. “In the warm-up, she will often follow the warm-up jump with a leap, as though she is going over another jump. It’s like, ‘woo hoo!’, but it can be a bit surprising and unseating!”

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PHOTO kampic.com It’s still relatively early in Graffiti’s career, and Melody says that together with the mare’s co-owners, she is constantly assessing how Graffiti feels, and where horse and rider are at as a partnership. “There are two more World Cup qualifying rounds to go and we plan on contesting both, but at each outing we’ll be assessing how she is going and whether she is ready to go out again for more experience at this level. It would be nice to gain a Certificate of Capability for the World Equestrian Games, but it’s early in her career yet for big things to happen. “We’re also planning to do the two main classes at Horse of the Year, but again, it just depends on how things are going.” With Roulette now in the broodmare paddock following a successful career, Melody’s team is comprised of Graffiti MH and Enya MH, another Matthews Hanoverianbred and owned mare. Enya took out the Five-Year-Old class at Taupo Christmas Classic this year, going double clear for the win, so she will be one to watch for the future. Until recently, Melody’s number one horse was Conyers, originally produced by legendary Maurice Beatson. “I had Conyers to do some of the bigger tracks and Grand Prix classes on while Graffiti was growing up,” Melody explains. “He’s a quite quirky horse to ride – very horse-shy in the warm-up, but a very good jumper and a great horse to get out and gain more experience on. I really wanted to keep him for HOY as well, but with those quirky horses the right home doesn’t come along so often, so when the opportunity came up to sell him to someone who could ride and handle him, off he went! “ While life with her horses is quite busy,

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Melody is also completing a Bachelor of Business degree, with a Finance major and an Economics minor. “I’m hoping to be finished mid-2018. I did summer school last year and I’m doing it again this year. At the moment I’m doing a banking paper which is interesting, and I’m also quite interested in investment analysis, but I’m really not sure where I will end up. I think it just depends on what is around jobwise when I finish my degree.” In terms of her equestrian career, Melody says that riding overseas is on her horizon, although she is cautious around any longterm planning. “If the opportunity came up to go overseas for a defined period and take a horse with me, I’d be keen! I don’t think I would like to go overseas as a rider for someone else. I’ve seen other young New Zealand riders take that route, but I’m not sure that’s the path for me. “Of course I would love to ride for New Zealand in a World Cup final, World Equestrian Games, the Olympics or whatever! We’ve talked about a trip to Australia with Graffiti – she is the best horse I have had so far, and definitely my favourite ever. “It’s very special to have so much support from her owners, Angela (Miller) and Judith (Matthews). Angela is my mentor and I wouldn’t be where I am today without her support. I’m also grateful to Jenny Yule of Arena on Ormond who has also supported my horses. “I also get support from Corteflex – I’m a brand ambassador for them and having experienced such good results with their range, I’m very confident in feeding their products to my team. Conyers was on their calming product and the difference it made to him was amazing.” C

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The world of competitive riding can be a complex one, with many rules, rituals, do’s and don’ts. If you’re a newcomer, getting up to speed when your child takes up riding is full of learning, particularly if their casual interest in horses turns into a busy competitive sport! The great news is that you’re not alone. In this special feature, parents of competitive riders in showing, show jumping and eventing share the journey they’ve been on, supporting their children’s dreams while learning the ropes themselves. WORDS Laura Hunt | PHOTOS Show Circuit Magazine

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Lianne and Laura Inkster

At 19 years old, Laura Inkster is one of New Zealand’s top young show jumping riders. Regularly in the winner’s circle in Young Rider classes on her top horse, Oporaes Jackamoe, Laura also has a few promising youngsters in her team that she is quietly producing for the future. Coming almost out of nowhere to win the Junior Rider of the Year title at Horse of the Year in 2014, in her first season of show jumping, Laura went on to win the FEI World Jumping Challenge the next season, amongst other successes. Surprisingly enough, Laura doesn’t come from a family of show jumpers, and while her mother, Lianne, rode casually at a younger age, competitive show jumping was something they knew nothing about. But they had to learn fast, when Laura’s show jumping interest took off overnight. Growing up in Glendowie in suburban Auckland, Lianne always loved horses and says she constantly pestered her dad for one, until, eventually one Christmas he got a Standardbred for Lianne and her three siblings to share. “My parents had separated, but Dad would bring the horse round on a Sunday. I’d ride, and all of four of us would sit on it.” When Lianne moved to Christchurch with her mother a few years later, she had to leave the horse behind, so soon she went back to pestering. Eventually, she convinced her mother to buy her a horse. “That horse went after a while and I met a guy called John, who used to break horses in, so I had a few injuries riding freshly broken horses! I had

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horses in my younger life, but have never gone any further than casual riding.” When Laura started riding, her father Murray bought her a four-year-old pony, which proved to be not the best choice. “Laura was nine and we knew nothing,” says Lianne. “We took the four-year-old to Pony Club and Murray accidentally gave it a fright. The pony went sideways, and Laura fell off and had a compound fracture in her arm, which needed four operations. She couldn’t ride for a year.” Once her arm had healed, Laura started riding again. As the family property was only about an acre in size, she kept her pony at their local Papatoetoe Pony Club, and Lianne has been involved there since. “I went on the committee and did the rally coordinator role for four or five years,” she says. Competing first in low level eventing, dressage and show jumping, it wasn’t until Laura got Oporaes Jackamoe (Quan) that she started to show jump seriously. “I happened to look on Trade Me and see this Gisborne-bred Welsh Cob who was a cheap buy, so we got him. Laura rode him and decided she would go show jumping,” Lianne says. As the combination stepped up through the heights, and started competing at all the major show jumping events in the 2013-2014 season, there was a lot to learn in a small amount of time. “I remember standing at a show, not knowing anything, and overhearing someone say ‘That horse doesn’t even have a stud guard on’. I remember thinking ‘What are they going on about?’”

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As Laura’s competitive focus became more serious, and she acquired more horses, Lianne recalls plenty of stressful moments. “It was quite overwhelming when we started out. We were staying overnight in the horse float, and I remember being very stressed if two horses got into a jump-off because we had to change all of the gear over – literally all of it!” Fast forward to 2018 and Laura has a strong team of horses, a three-horse truck and she, Lianne, and often Murray, travel the countryside almost every weekend during the spring and summer show season to compete. Lianne is also very hands-on between shows, helping Laura with the horses every morning. “We are always with the horses at 7am each morning. It is a huge time and financial investment,” she says. Although there have been learning curves and moments of feeling like a fish out of water, Lianne says both she and Murray are right behind Laura’s riding. “I love it! I’m involved with the Pony Club and helping with the Brookby Show Jumping Show. You have to be careful, though, that you don’t live through your kid’s interests, and with Laura’s riding, it’s got to be driven by her. We are just happy to help and give her the opportunity.”

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EVENTERS: Vicky Browne-Cole is a full time up-andcoming eventing rider, working towards making it to the top. With neither of her parents or any of her three older siblings having an interest in horses, her father Nick often jokes that there must have been a mix up at the hospital when Vicky was born. “Vicky was born in Timaru. Rachel picked up the wrong kid – that’s how we ended up with a kid that rides horses!” he jokes. Though both Nick and Rachel grew up rurally, neither had an equine interest. Rachel, who is actually terrified of horses, is a very good netballer, which she plays and is heavily involved in coaching. “I love netball, but Vicky didn’t show much interest and at about six years old, she started having riding lessons. I remember thinking back then how expensive it was compared to the other sports at $20 a fortnight. What a joke that is now!” laughs Rachel. From the start, Vicky was set on the horses and Nick and Rachel say she never walked anywhere, only cantered, and would spend as much time as she could at the riding school, cleaning gear and helping. As keen as Vicky was, they still thought it was a phase that would pass. “We never intended to get her a horse. We thought she’d grow out of it,” says Rachel. From the time that Vicky got her first pony

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Vicky & Rachel Browne-Cole at age seven, and started attending Waiuku Pony Club, through to when she started eventing a few years later, there were countless moments where the family had no idea what they were doing. “I can remember standing at Pony Club and hearing people say something about changing the rein, and I was thinking ‘We can’t change the reins, she’s only got one bridle!’” As confusing it was, Rachel says they weren’t alone. “When we went to Pony Club, there were a lot of people in the same boat as us, and we muddled through with lots of great people around to help.” When Vicky was about 13 years old, her parents realised how serious she was about the sport, so after having borrowed a float to get around in for years, they bought a horse truck, which Rachel now drives. “I had to get my Heavy Truck license and learn to drive the horses, though I hide in the cab until they are loaded. I remember once I had to take Vicky’s horse, Eli, to meet her somewhere and my heart was pounding while I was loading him. I refused to unload him at the other end!” Along with her role as truck driver, Rachel is head chef at the shows, is in charge of videoing and will help out by setting up yards with hay and water, provided there are no horses in them. She also does a lot of jump

judging and dressage writing at events, and is happy to help Vicky out as much as possible, though her stubborn fear of horses means she draws the line at some tasks often asked of a riding mother. “I’m terrified of the practice fence. Vicky is always trying to signal me to come and put the fences down and I just don’t make eye contact. I don’t do any gearing up, but I do help to pass stuff. I always have my antennas out for loose horses at shows so I can get out of the way!” Rachel’s confidence has grown over the years and she says Vicky is good at looking out for her. “I used to wear jandals on purpose so I had a reason to keep safely away from the horses, but Vicky is very good at looking out for me and making sure I don’t end up in a situation I’m not comfortable with.” Though the horses continue to frighten Rachel, both her and Nick are their daughter’s biggest supporters and continue to be impressed by Vicky’s commitment. “To be fair, I didn’t really know where it would go, but it’s been easier to support Vicky because of her commitment and dedication. There’s no pressure from us to do well and keep riding, she’s got to want to do it and I’m happy to be involved. I love seeing her compete and ride.”

SHOWIES: In just over seven years, Anne Annabell’s daughters Eden (13) and Olivia (11) have gone from riding around on saddle pads on borrowed Shetland ponies, to starring in the showing ring, with five show ponies between them. It hasn’t always been easy, and Anne never expected they would go this far, but nonetheless she loves the sport which has become a big part of their lives. Growing up in a non-horsey family, Anne rode with a friend when she was younger at Sonshine Ranch in Clevedon, and even had her own horse for a little while. “I had a horse for about year, but ended up selling him and bought a stereo,” Anne says. “We were just hooning around doing whatever, half the time with no saddles or bridles and I loved it, but I was never competitive.” In her 20s, Anne and the girls’ father, Phil, went dairy farming for a lifestyle change and she got a chance to have a horse again. “Phil hadn’t been a dairy farmer before, but was finishing up at a job. We wanted to eventually have land and a friend suggested we go dairy farming, which we did for about five or six years before the kids. I got to have a horse, who I just hacked around the farm, until we moved to another farm and I had to sell him.” It was several years later, when they were living back in town with the two girls that Eden, who was six at the time, and Olivia,

Anne, Eden and Olivia Annabell three, got the chance to ride a couple of Shetland ponies. “They belonged to a friend of ours who had been given these ponies, but their kids weren’t interested. We met showing rider Amanda Barlow, who watched the girls ride and thought they showed potential, so she went on a hunt for a pony for us.” It took about a year, but eventually Amanda found Nanteos Autumn Gwyndaf (Eddie). He was a handful at first, but has gone on to be very successful with both Eden and Olivia. “He was a tough first pony and I wondered what I’d got myself into! At first we grazed him in Ardmore before we bought a few acres in Hunua.” For the first couple of years, Eddie was too much for Eden, so she only got to a couple of shows on a borrowed pony. “I had no idea what I was doing and just did what Amanda said. I even had to learn to plait on the day at Nationals!” Once they had got the hang of things, Anne and the girls went to their first Horse of the Year Show in 2013, where Olivia finished Runner Up in the Lead Rein Rider of the Year title on Eddie. They didn’t get back to Horse of the Year for a few years, but on their eventual return in 2016, they had another successful show. Amanda won Rising Star Saddle Hunter and Eden won Open Saddle Hunter Pony of the Year 128cm and under on Eddie, along with placing third in

Rider of the Year 11 years and under. “It’s been very exciting,” Anne recalls. “I had watched these people at Horse of the Year a few years earlier, when we’d first gone down just to watch, and I thought ‘Wow, imagine being able to compete here and win a title!’ and now the girls have become part of it each year.” With Eden and Olivia now competing almost every weekend throughout the show season from September to Easter, Anne says the sport has become a huge part of their life. She describes it as tough and consuming, but rewarding. “It has been stressful at times, but it’s really cool to watch the girls and nice to see things click for them. The smiles say it all! It’s a team effort and Amanda is a very good instructor, teaching the girls to do everything correctly, and she’s been such a help to us as we’ve been learning everything. I still ask her questions all the time.” Asked what advice she’d give to other parents who find themselves in a similar position to where she was a few years ago, Anne’s biggest advice is to “Keep out of all the politics. There are going to be decisions that you don’t agree with at shows, but you’ve just got to remember your kids are doing it for the long term improvement and it’s not just about the win on the day. Other than that, watch and learn!” C

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Comeback King Shane Rose Olympic eventing rider Shane Rose is a big believer in looking forward; and when life as a full-time horse breaker and eventing rider knocks him down, he comes back fighting harder. Speaking to Show Circuit straight from the saddle, the resilient horseman told us about his life with horses, his busy young family and what keeps him going through the tough times. WORDS Laura Hunt | PHOTOS Julie Wilson

lthough Shane has had a successful eventing career with many major wins – and no fewer than two Olympic medals to his name – the 44-year-old has also had more than his fair share of bad luck and terrible injuries, some of which would be enough to put most people off horses for life. At Bimbadeen Park, the property southwest of Sydney that he owns with his wife Niki, Shane works full-time breaking in 40-50 thoroughbreds at a time, while running a team of up to 30 eventing horses. He’s ridden for as long as he can remember, learning on a Shetland pony with his brothers and sisters, all of whose interest in horses eventually fizzled out around age 18. Shane’s passion, on the other hand, never has. He grew up competing in show jumping and eventing, enjoying everything except dressage, before turning his focus to eventing when he was 18. “I just love cross-country – galloping and jumping big solid fences!” After spending six months working with a carpenter when he left school, Shane decided to commit to horses, and headed to England. He was a working pupil for nine months with former British eventer Jane Wallace (Thelwall), before returning to Sydney and setting up his own horse agistment business. “I never really wanted a real job,” he admits. “I would love to have played rugby if I was bigger, but I went down the horse route instead.” He and Niki have been at Bimbadeen Park for 14 years now, starting out small with the breaking-in business and growing each year, which Shane sees as a good sign that they are doing a decent job. Now, with about 300 young thoroughbreds passing through their gates every year, and up to 14 staff working for them, Shane says the business is crucial to his eventing career. Happily, he also thoroughly enjoys it.

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“I can’t afford to do this sport without the breaking-in business. It’s something I really enjoy, seeing the horses progress from here to the racetrack. You never get an opportunity in a horse’s life to influence them more than what you do at this stage.” Due to the high-risk nature of the job, Shane has had a few bad days at the office over the years, including multiple broken bones, and a kick to the jaw in 2005, which left him in a coma for a week, barely recognisable, and needing four operations to reconstruct his face. Yet amazingly, he was back in the saddle within a month. But it was getting kicked in the ribs by a young breaker and puncturing a lung a couple of years ago, that he found the hardest to recover from. “It took three or four months for my lung to get back to normal capacity, so I couldn’t bounce back quickly. It took a long time to get over that.” After working with the breakers in the morning, afternoons are for the eventers, as Shane continues training towards his lifelong dream of winning a gold medal. “On average, we have 20–30 eventing horses at a time – seven or eight good competition horses, half a dozen threeyear-olds, half a dozen four-year-olds and then some five- and six-year-olds as well.” He’s had a great eventing career, but it hasn’t been without ups and downs, and has also included the odd broken bone. Shane made the Australian squad for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, but never had a proper chance for selection when his top horse was injured. He also had to give up his place in the team to the reserve rider at the London Olympic Games in 2012, when his horse went lame on the eve of the competition. While these have been heartbreaking moments, Shane has never given himself long to dwell. “A lot of people in this industry have had horses go lame, and unfortunately it’s happened just before

“It took three or four months for my lung to get back to normal capacity, so I couldn’t bounce back quickly. It took a long time to get over that.” the Olympic Games for me,” he says. “It hurts at the time, but you can’t change it, so you just have to put it behind you. Because of the nature of our sport, you’re preparing a horse for years for big events, and even when you’re at the Olympics or World Championships, you’re preparing for the next one, so you just have to come home and focus on what’s next.” Alongside the tough times, however, there have been plenty of special moments. Shane has had some wonderful horses, including All Luck, who took him to his first Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, where he achieved a career highlight being part of the silver medal winning team. One achievement he is particularly proud of was winning first and second place in the CCI**** at the Australian International 3DE in Adelaide in 2015. This impressive feat was managed on his two current top rides, CP Qualified and Virgil, with CP Qualified beating Virgil by just over one penalty point. “My plan was to go and win first and second, so when you pull it off and what you had planned materialises, it’s pretty pleasing.” Shane sadly lost one of his top horses, Shanghai Joe, while competing at Badminton Horse Trials in May this year, so CP Qualified and Virgil are his major hopes for the World Equestrian Games in 2018 and the Olympic Games in 2020. He believes that both horses have what it takes. “In the right conditions, CP Qualified can be competitive with the best horses in the world, and Virgil also has a good chance of being competitive at the World Championships, or the Olympics.” With four young children, Olivia (5), Harry (4) and twins Lachlan and Zara (1), Shane is very grateful for the support of his wife, Niki, an accomplished rider herself who keeps everything ticking over at home, so that Shane can devote a huge amount of time to the horses.

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“My wife is pretty amazing! She looks after the kids during the day and then does the accounts at night,” he says. “She does ride as well and has a nice dressage horse, an eventer that has been around two and three star competitions and another young horse.” Though horses are a passion and way of life for the couple, they won’t be putting any pressure on the kids to join the family business. “If they want to do it, they will, but that’s their choice and we won’t push them into it. I don’t really care what they do, so long as they are happy. It’d be great if they rode, but ultimately it’s up to them.” Along with his wife, family and team of staff, Shane has the support of a small team of sponsors, including Bates Saddles, who have been with him for over 21 years, and he has ridden in their saddles almost all his life. “I may have had some other saddles when I was younger, but I do remember riding in a Bates as a kid. In 1996, after the Atlanta Olympics, we approached Bates for sponsorship and have been working closely with them since then.” After many years working with horses and riding so many different ones, Shane says he knows “a fair bit about how a saddle should sit on a horse” and finds the adjustability of all the Bates Saddles a real advantage when preparing for a major event. “We can adjust them ourselves and it’s

especially useful when you have a good horse that’s been fitted to a saddle, but changes significantly throughout its preparation for a major event, to be able to then adjust to its changing shape.” Shane jokes that he is “a simple kind of guy” and sticks with just one model of saddle for dressage, the Bates Innova with Standard Contourbloc, and one model for jumping, the Bates Elevation + with Luxe Leather. “Both saddles are very comfortable, and help me get in a good position and to use my position effectively.” Despite the many challenges in his career, Shane remains relentlessly positive and driven. His advice to young riders wanting to make a go of an equestrian career is to work hard and stick at it. “You’ve got to work hard and you’ll see that with any of the top riders. There might be some people who get things given to them, but for most, the harder you work, the better your results will be. Keep working towards a goal and it will start to pay off.” For Shane, that means working hard towards his next shot at the gold medal he’s been chasing for over 20 years. “I absolutely want to win gold at a World Championships or Olympic Games. Things haven’t gone my way and I haven’t quite got there yet, but I’m confident that it won’t be too long before it happens.” C

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“We had a pony in the family before I was born, and I was put on the pony straight out of the pushchair, before I could walk!”

19-year-old Amy Sage from Whitford, Auckland has been riding since before she could walk. After a very successful career in the show ring she has moved to the dressage arena, where plenty more success has headed her way. Show Circuit caught up with Amy before Christmas to see what this season might hold.

How did your riding career begin and how did you get your start in the show ring?

My mum has always had horses. She used to event and still does a bit of dressage if she gets time. We had a pony in the family before I was born, and I was put on the pony straight out of the pushchair, before I could walk! I started Pony Club at five years old (Whitford Pony Club) on a lovely grey Welsh pony called Penny. I got into showing largely because we bought a gorgeous palomino pony, Greenlee Sungold, from Frank and Rae Flipp. They suggested that I try First Ridden classes with him, which we did with some success, although it was a steep learning curve. I really enjoyed the turnout and ringcraft side of showing so when I outgrew Sunny we bought Mansfield Park Magnolia (Lilly). Lilly was the pony that really taught me how to ride, because until we got her I couldn’t even ride the canter properly – I used to ride like a jockey!

What have been your greatest successes?

I have been lucky enough to have had some fantastic showing ponies. Mansfield Park Magnolia was Medium and Supreme Show Pony of the Year at HOY with me in 2013, and in 2015 at HOY she won the NZ Bred Pony of the Year. That same year she won the National Arabian Championships too (she is partbred Arab). Ataahua Allure was my large hunter pony and he won the Wonder Memorial Equitation class at HOY in 2015. In 2016, on Maxwellton Tuesday Treasure, I won the Intermediate Show Rider of the Year. This was a special win, as it was on a pony we’d bought as a two-year-old and I had produced her myself. In 2016, I was chosen to be part of the RAS NZ Showing Team which travelled to the UK to compete against Scotland, Wales, England and Australia. Our NZ team swept the board and won the whole competition. We were billeted at professional showing yards and I was at the Aherns’ yard just north-east of Manchester. I was lucky enough to be given a beautiful park hack, Roseberry Super Trooper, to ride in the events for the competition.

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Why did you switch to dressage?

When I was turning 17 in 2015 and moving off ponies into horses, I was undecided as to whether I should try show jumping or dressage, because I wanted a new challenge. In the end we decided to go and look at some dressage horses to see what was around. We were so lucky, because we went to Peter and Debbie Barke’s yard to see Acorn (RM All About Me). She was six years old at the time and competing at Levels 3 and 4. I had never ridden above Level 2, nor had I ever had a dressage lesson in my life, so I was making it up as I rode. When I tried her, we did my first ever flying changes and half-passes. She also did some little half steps which I thought was really cool. Sheena Ross knew Acorn and she was really keen for us to buy her as she thought I would learn a lot – and that was the start of me getting my first riding lessons from Sheena.

What can you tell us about your horses?

How did your first dressage season go?

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Last season was my first season focusing totally on dressage, and Acorn and I won the Champion Young Rider at Level 5 at Auckland Manukau Dressage Group. I am a member of Papatoetoe Pony Club, so we went to the NZ Pony Club Association Dressage National Championships, where we won the Senior Individual and Overall Team Awards. Then I decided three weeks before the Young Rider Championships to have a go at Level 6, and was blown away to win the Level 6 Advanced Championship and the AMS Pony and Young Rider Performance League, which came with a gorgeous saddle.

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At the moment my only competition horse is Acorn (she also gets called Pie). She is a 16hh dark bay mare by Anamour, out of a Witzbola mare. She has a very strong personality and her name All About Me describes her perfectly. She loves mints and pushes us around her stable asking us to scratch her tail or her sides. In our first season together we only did a handful of shows at Levels 3 and 4. Last season we did a full season at Level 5 and this season we are competing at Level 6. I also have a two-year-old black gelding at home, HPH Fürst Welcome (Floyd), by Fürstenball. He was bred by Stacey Hartshorne. I am really excited to ride him, but it is painful waiting for him to grow up! He is absolutely beautiful. I would love another horse to join my team, so am keeping an eye out for a young horse to ride.

“I would love to train Acorn to Grand Prix – this is a big goal of mine.”

What are your future plans?

I want to compete in the CDIY classes at Nationals and HOY with some regional championship shows in between, and to finish the season off with the Under 25 Championships in April. I was fortunate to be chosen as a demo rider for Richard White at Equidays recently, and then for Rozzie Ryan and Johnny Hilberath at Equitana. That all gave Acorn a lot of exposure in different situations, and it was particularly interesting warming up at Equitana in a 60x20 arena with reining horses galloping towards you and stopping and spinning right in front of you! Ultimately I would love to train Acorn to Grand Prix – this is a big goal of mine. Another dream is to compete overseas at Grand Prix level. I would also love to experience being a working pupil in a yard overseas one day, just to get a taste of the running of stables in Europe. A shorter term goal is to try to find some sponsors to help me on my dressage journey!

How do you fit your riding in with student life?

I am a full-time student at the University of Auckland where I am studying business. Luckily a lot of the lectures are online so I could do a lot of the work from home last year, which left enough time to fit in a ride most days. We have stables and an arena at home and often during winter I school in the dark or rain, although I’d love a covered arena. I am very lucky to have my mum Nicole to help me do the stable work. She is an unpaid groom and truck driver, and I couldn’t do it without her. I have regular lessons with Sheena Ross, and also with Vanessa Way when she is in Auckland. C

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONCUSSION ISSUES -

A REAL HEAD CASE! There are two issues giving me a sore head these days – social media and concussion policies – and both are fraught with difficulty in a member-based organisation.

n any corporate organisation or small business, policies are set and employees abide by them as part of their contractual agreements. However, the complexities in a member-based organisation are far more wide-reaching. Some of the questions I ask myself are: Where do you draw the line? Who is responsible for implementing policy in a large and geographically spread out sport? How can an organisation with so few resources implement new systems and processes with a huge reliance on volunteers? And how do we explain clearly that we all have some responsibilities in these things? Oh, for the days when we talked on the phone that was attached to the wall, with the twisty cord stretched at full capacity to the nearest door so our parents couldn’t hear what we were saying. As the world has changed, information is so freely at our fingertips, news travels so fast and people can hide behind their keyboard or even make up pseudonyms to post comments. As a parent of teenagers, I know how hard it is to monitor the maddening life of devices, but we all owe it to ourselves and to our kids to teach them what is appropriate, which discussions should be held face-to-face, and what to do if we read or get sent something we don’t like. Sometimes you have to bury the phone in a bucket of feed and go ride your horse – cowardly comments on social media say more about the person making them than anything else. So, in light of recent events, here is my two cents’ worth on social media. Facebook is not the place for airing grievances or making reference to people and their riding, their involvement in the sport or their efforts to be a participant in our sport. We urge you to think twice before you post statements or comments on social media that may cause offence. If you have an issue with someone or something, firstly find out the full story, then either address it in a respectful and professional manner, or suck it up. Sniping does nothing for anyone – it doesn’t make you look good, and it doesn’t make the people on the other end feel great either. Online bullying is a serious issue and everyone needs to learn how to deal with that, but check your own behaviour first. I also want to reiterate that ESNZ is not the social media conscience for every person who happens to be a member. Adult members and parents should know better than to post inappropriate comments, and parents need to take responsibility for teaching their children what is appropriate and what is not. It is not my job. If you wouldn’t say it to their face, then you definitely should not be posting it on social media forums. People should also be very aware that your digital imprint lasts forever and be under no illusion that one of the first things employers or companies look at when hiring staff, consultants and contractors is their social media activity. ESNZ will not tolerate criticism of its volunteers, officials, or organising committees. We have written to members about their social media activity and we will act if we need to, but we are not here to patrol private social media pages and comments between individuals.

So – on to the other head case! Increasingly over the past year, concussion and concussion testing has been a topic of conversation at board level, at AGMs and at horse events. Whenever this discussion comes up, people always seem to fall into two specific camps – those who think that no-one can tell them that they can’t ride their horse after they’ve fallen off it, and those who have had some experience with head injuries and know the long-lasting and sometimes life-changing effects that a bang on the head can have. I’ve heard the stories of the riders (and yes there are lots of them) who fell off, thought they were fine, but for the next four shows, couldn’t see a stride and fell off again and again. Not their fault, they were great riders, but their brain was injured and needed to heal. Only when they actually couldn’t ride any longer, because of other injuries sustained in the falls, did their brain get time to heal and they realised what had happened. This issue cannot be ignored in equestrian sport any longer. The complicating factor is how can we administer a system that checks people for head injuries at events and stands firm on its commitment to keeping people safe? ESNZ is going to have to take a position on this and spend time and resources in developing a way to ensure that riders with head injuries have time off the sport. This will require a huge amount of education for officials, riders, parents and volunteers, as there will inevitably be a large “self-responsibility” component to this. Auckland-based Axis Sports Medicine Specialists have written a Concussion Policy specifically for ESNZ. They run Auckland’s most comprehensive sports concussion service, and it’s free of charge to use it – you can make an appointment at any time if you are worried or want to be assessed. The policy will be considered by the ESNZ board and will be the subject of discussion with the ESNZ Technical Committee before any rule changes are proposed for the next season. In the meantime, we haven’t just been sitting on our hands. There are already plans for ESNZ, NZ Thoroughbred Racing, and ACC to prepare awareness materials for all equestrian-related sports. ESNZ has changed the General Regulations to now insist that all events must have, at least, a First Aid certificate holder at all times. And we collect fall reports from all events and log them into our system for analysis. We have also developed a dedicated section on our website relating to concussion assessment. What happens next? Further education of all officials, riders and parents is required to ensure that everyone is aware of the longlasting effects of concussion. Rules will need to be changed and new systems developed. These all take time and are being worked on at the moment – we will keep you posted. So, the next time you fall off your horse at an event, think you’re fine, load your horses in the truck and disappear off down SH1 for four hours, consider getting yourself checked out first. We have a very strong culture of “getting back on the horse” and that’s admirable – but maybe it’s not the smartest idea any more. C

From all the team at ESNZ, we hope you have a great 2018 and we look forward to seeing you out there taking part, in whatever form that might be – competing, judging, building courses, driving your kids to events, grooming, organising events and so much more. The sport survives on volunteers and you are our heroes. Dana Kirkpatrick - ESNZ General Manager

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The Guy in Jandals

Musings from ringside

Anyone who rides knows that horses and injured humans go hand-in-hand – we all have a gruesome story of our own. But remarkably, there are plenty of people outside of the equestrian world who go through life without ever breaking a bone! In this issue, our sideline commentator tries to figure out why riders continue to hop back on, even after sustaining horrific injuries.

shattered my elbow once. I was 11, and on a camping holiday, when I tripped over and landed on a tent peg. It was not a pleasant experience. In fact, it was downright excruciating. I tell that story everywhere. I have dined out on that story for 20 years. That story is my bread and butter at dinner parties. That’s because I always thought a shattered elbow was a pretty gnarly injury. Until, that is, I started dating a horse rider. Broken ribs. Cracked pelvises. Kicks. Stomps. Bites. On and on and on went the list of injuries from my partner’s friends and colleagues and acquaintances. And all in the space of five minutes, at the first equestrian event I’d ever attended (outside of going to the polo in Clevedon, which doesn’t really count because no one actually watches the polo, right?!). Frankly, I was shocked. I’d been telling my partner for weeks that I wanted to ride – I thought “It’ll be a breeze”. We’d hop on, go for a bit of a canter, easy as. But suddenly I was having second thoughts. I quite enjoy the use of my limbs, thank you very much. Plus, I’m busy. I don’t have time for a lengthy hospital stay. If the jaw-dropping list of excruciating surgeries and debilitating injuries wasn’t enough, it was the cavalier attitude in which people recounted these accidents that had me truly speechless. Everyone had a story that began with “Oh, that’s nothing…” before launching into a macabre game of oneupmanship. “Think a broken arm is bad? Wait ‘til you hear about the time I broke my collarbone, cracked three

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ribs and suffered a collapsed lung!” Let me assure you, it is not that common, it doesn’t happen to everyone, and it is a big deal. I got a significant amount of pitying “Oh, what a cute townie” looks that day when I expressed my dismay. I do have the distinction of being one of those people whose every single thought can be read in their facial expressions. But in my defence, most people do go through life not expecting to wind up in the emergency room. You lot are regular ambulance passengers, and you actually wear it like a badge of honour. Wanna know how ridiculous it is for you? Well, I asked. The reply email I received made for some grim reading. Last year there were 2,852 claims to ACC because of people falling off their horse. 981 people lodged claims for being bitten. 535 of you had your horse stand on you. And then there’s the 3,184 claimants who just fall under ‘other’, so God knows what the hell happened there. It’s not cheap, either. The total cost of all those horse-related injuries, which approached 8,000 in total in 2016, was $9,669,964. Nearly $10 million to fix you poor buggers. I’ve also seen far more concern given to the horses that do the injuring, than to the riders they actually injured. The horse is huge. Horses, according to a quick Wikipedia search, can weigh upwards of 600kg. That’s, like, six Richie McCaws. And the horse is the one that just shattered your pelvis. But, no, fair enough – think of the horse before you think about your extensive hospital stay and painful rehabilitation. But by far the craziest thing – crazier

than hearing someone talk about the time their horse bucked them off and literally trampled on them – is that you all just jump straight back on, no questions asked, with total disregard for what just happened to you. I once stubbed my toe on the corner of the couch, and ever since, I’ve ensured I take a wide berth when walking close to a couch’s edge. You lot end up with life threatening injuries and in a matter of days throw caution to the wind and get back in the saddle – literally. It just seems so crazy to me that you wouldn’t be the least bit cautious. It defies logic. But there must be a reason for it. There must be a reason that despite the stories, despite the medical bills, the bruises, the scars, the flashbacks, you’re so keen to ride again. So I figured I’d go straight to the horse’s mouth, so to speak, and asked my partner. Because, quite honestly, the idea that he could get hurt is terrifying to me, and also I must admit I was starting to question his sanity in quite a big way. But then he said something to me that all of a sudden made me realise why you do it. He said there isn’t a choice. Riding isn’t something you do because it’s cool or fashionable or lucrative. You don’t ride because you want to. You ride because you have to ride – it’s simply a part of you, ingrained into who you are as people. So of course you throw caution to the wind and ride again – you wouldn’t be you if you didn’t. For the record, I still think my shattered elbow on a tent peg story is pretty crazy. I’ve just decided I won’t tell it around any riders, because I’ll never win that one. C

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Gymnastic exercises are great training tools to help your horse build strength and work on balance, and offer an alternative to your standard training routine. Expand your exercises by adding in cavalettis to increase the complexity.

CAVALETTI EXERCISES

THE SINGLE/LINE

THE CIRCLE

THE FAN

To set up:

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Place a single cavaletti somewhere in the arena.

Use this exercise to: • • • •

Encourage articulation by making your horse pick up his feet Work on approach to fences (spacing and pace) Try incorporating it into circles and serpentines on the flat You can add additional single cavaletti to form a line for an extra challenge.

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Arrange the cavalettis on a circle (place on the quarter lines of the circle) Start with two cavalettis then add more as your horse gets used to the exercise.

Use this exercise to: • • •

Encourage articulation in the joints Keep your horse supple and balanced, and engage the hind end Work on spacing and pacing.

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Arrange four poles in a fan pattern This exercise is a step up from the circle, and is more complex for the horse to navigate.

Use this exercise to: • •

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BLYTH IS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIS TEACHING AND IT MAKES THE LESSONS SO FUN. I ALWAYS LEAVE FEELING HAPPY ABOUT WHAT I’VE ACHIEVED!

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In a nation that has consistently produced so many top eventers, Blyth Tait is undoubtedly one of our very best. So it was no surprise that many riders jumped at the chance to secure a lesson with him at one of his recent clinics around New Zealand. Show Circuit Magazine was there, along with four lucky riders, at Abderry Equine Centre. WORDS Ryan Teece | PHOTOS Show Circuit Magazine

THE TRAINER:

BLYTH TAIT MBE

Originally from Whangarei, Blyth became a significant figure in the equine industry through his talents in the racing industry, and as a Grand Prix show jumper, before moving into the world of eventing. In 1989, Blyth headed to Europe for the first time to prepare for the 1990 World Equestrian Games. Fast-forward 28 years and he is one of the world’s greatest eventers and one of New Zealand’s best performed Olympians. With two individual and two team World Championships, four Olympic medals (including one individual gold) and two 4* victories at Burghley Horse Trials, this man has achieved nearly all there is to achieve in the sport. Pictured right: Blyth Tait & Bear Necessity V during the CCI4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2017

THE RIDERS:

LE LISA CHAPP 25-year-old Lisa and Zacharias Playboy (Zach) had their first start at Training level the weekend prior to her lesson with Blyth, finishing a credible 12th in the CNC95 at Puhinui HT. It is Lisa’s first season of eventing, so she is hoping to become more consistent and step up to PreNovice at the end of the season.

ISON ALYSSA HARR Alyssa is just 15 years old, and is already competing at Pre-Novice eventing and Level 3 dressage, with her sights set firmly on moving up to Level 4 by the end of the season. She has had plenty of success with Da Vinci Code, including Reserve Champion Level 1 at Horse of the Year and the Young Rider Dressage Championships 2017, and finishing 5th at the 2017 NZ Pony Club Eventing Championships. A regular at Blyth’s clinics, Alyssa comments, “Blyth is so enthusiastic about his teaching and it makes the lessons so fun. I always leave feeling happy about what I’ve achieved!”

VINUE ASHRA MCA Ashra arrives for the lesson still beaming after her sixth place finish in the CNC105 at Puhinui Horse Trials on TR Wanderlust a few days earlier. She’d had a lesson with Blyth just before the Puhinui event, and it had clearly paid off. “I love how Blyth reiterates your strengths to you before giving you constructive feedback,” she says. Aiming for 1* in the future, Ashra is keen to have some cross-country lessons with Blyth sometime soon!

ER EMILY CART For an aspiring rider, having a lesson with one of the world’s best riders would have to be up there on your birthday wish list, and that’s exactly what Emily got when she turned 16 on the day of the lesson. Riding 10-year-old Pretty Wicked (known at home as Amore), Emily hopes to compete in the 1.15m show jumping classes at Horse of the Year, and the North Island Pony Club Show Jumping Championships.

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aving spent an hour and a half with Blyth during his clinic at Abderry Equine Centre in Pukekohe just prior to Christmas, he can be likened to a friend’s uncle at a barbeque. The cool uncle. The one who keeps everyone entertained with his silly jokes; the one who is the life of the party; the one people can’t help but listen to when he’s sharing some of his experiences and knowledge. As uncles do, he forgets names from time to time, too. He also just happens to be a double World Champion, dual 4* winner and an Olympic gold medalist. The man is a great. It’s a privilege to have him back on home soil, and we are lucky that he is taking the time to travel the length and breadth of New Zealand, sharing knowledge that can only be obtained after an international eventing career.

From the start, the direction of the lesson was clear. Blyth made sure the girls enjoyed themselves – how else can someone’s attention be held for 90 minutes? He also told it how it was, although always in a positive light, and made sure the riders all left with plenty to work on. Three of the girls have had lessons with Blyth before this clinic, and clearly enjoyed his approach. It was easy to see why – ten minutes of watching is enough to make one want to saddle up and get out there too. Lisa’s only previous lesson with Blyth was when she was just 11 years old at Pukekohe Pony Club, yet she remembers it well and says that the simplicity of his teaching style hasn’t changed. That says a lot about a trainer. For someone to be able to remember a lesson some fourteen years later emphasises the power of his coaching.

GET OUT OF NEUTRAL To start with, Blyth talks about the direction and plan for the lesson ahead. “We are going to be working on rhythm, balance, control, engagement and impulsion – all of those ‘dressage-y’ things you probably hoped we weren’t going to be working on. But there are going to be jumps included,” he explains, then set outs the ground rules. “Our flat work is going to be all leg-to-hand, not using our seat, because we want to be nice and light in our jumping position.” With that in mind, the riders head off to warm up. “I want you to have a little canter on both reins, getting them nicely in front of the leg,” directs Blyth. ‘In front of the leg’ is a term we hear often, but Blyth explains it with his simple approach to terminology – “That means you kick them once, and they keep going until you ask them to stop!” he says. “Then, when they are in front of the leg, you’re going to ask them to come together in a balanced fashion, so that they start to engage –

Blyth encourages the riders to guide the horses with their inside rein, not just pull on it

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so you feel as though you have a connection in your hand from their hind leg. “I should be able to say to you, at any stage, ‘halt’, and you should be able to halt. You shouldn’t need to get organised to halt, you should be in that balance where you are controlling the energy and you could come to a halt straight away. “At any moment, if I say ‘lengthen your stride’, it should happen instantly because you have him with his hind leg underneath him and he’s working into the rein.” As the riders use the arena, they take the early advice on board, working on being able to ask for a forward or collected transition straight away. Blyth likens it to being ‘in gear’, where the horse is ready, not just coasting around in neutral. “Ready means that, should the jump arrive in front of you, nothing would have to change. You wouldn’t need to do anything before the fence.”

EANS M Y D A E ‘R ULD THE O H S , T T THA IN FRON E V I R R D JUMP A G WOUL N I H T O ,N OF YOU GE. YOU N A H C HAVE TO NEED TO DO ’T E WOULDN FORE TH E B G N I ANYTH FENCE.’

ON THE RIGHT TRACK While setting up a small upright in the middle of the arena for the first exercise, Blyth makes it very clear what he wants to see. “I’m looking for suppleness, I’m looking for balance around your inside leg and I’m looking for nothing to change at the jump.” He explains to the riders how important the landing is, as he wants them to concentrate before the fence, over the jump, and keep concentrating after the fence as well. Because of the small size of the fence, Blyth wants the riders to approach in a relatively “sneaky” canter. “If you are standing off this jump, your canter probably isn’t how it should be. If you get in close and chip into the fence, your canter probably isn’t how it should be. If it passes easily beneath you, you’re probably winning,” he adds, with two thumbs up for encouragement. As they ride through this simple exercise, Blyth encourages the riders to guide their horse with the inside rein, warning them not

to just pull on the inside rein too much. “Push the weight into the inside stirrup, and push your shoulder around, and that will be enough.” The fence seems to take the horses by surprise when each rider approaches for the first time. “That tells us that we could have the canter a little more dynamic. I wanted it collected, but I didn’t want it lacking in impulsion – remember, I want the horse to be ready to jump a big fence should it come up in front of them, so have them ready.” Lisa and Zac ride the fence with a lovely rhythm, keeping every stride exactly the same, which pleases Blyth. But he now wants to work on their canter being a little bit more together, so that they can ride a little closer to the fence. “You’re going ten times wider on the circle than the other riders. The reason is because your stride is ten times longer,” he explains. “Let’s shorten it and make smaller turns so that we make him more supple.”

Set up for five strides - approximately 72ft - 22m

The line is set up for a nice five strides, but Blyth also expects the riders to be able to come through and do it in six

DON’T BE THE PASSENGER Blyth has set up a second exercise of a related distance with five strides between an upright and an oxer. To start with, they are just set up as crosses to keep them nice and small, and he wants the girls to ride the line in a “positive” canter. “I’m not that interested in the first fence and I’m not that interested in the second fence. I am very interested in what happens in between,” he explains. Before they head off, he asks the riders to make sure they are counting their strides. “To start with, we are going to do five strides, and then we are going to come through again and do six. Why?” Ashra is quick to offer up an answer. “To check that you have them in front of your leg, so that you can close them up but keep the power,” she suggests. “No, it’s because I said so,” is Blyth’s reply, which is met with plenty of laughter. “You’re right, it’s because you should be able to. You should be in the driver’s seat. You shouldn’t be a mere passenger, going along saying, ‘Well he prefers to do this and he prefers to do that’!” When Blyth last taught Alyssa a few weeks ago, on her pint-sized mount Da Vinci Code, he was

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making allowances for his size – because he thought Davey was a pony, he was letting her take an extra stride in the combinations. This time around, Alyssa corrected Blyth and shared that he is in fact 15hh, making him very much a horse. However, Davey has previously had some issues with being a bit nervous, so Blyth decides to stick with that allowance for today. “I don’t want to change things overnight, because then he will get nervous again. So we will stick to that today, particularly here, where it is small. When he gets a little more powerful and braver you can go more forward, because you’ll have the tools to go more forward.” Before the riders head down the line for the first time, Blyth reminds them that he wants them to maintain a rhythm, and that ideally they should be in their jumping position throughout. “That means riding independently – not using the horse for your own balance.” Lisa gets five-and-a-half strides the first time through, and when she tries for the six on her second attempt, Zac knocks down the front rail of the oxer. She looks a little disappointed, but Blyth explains that this is great for her. “I’m highlighting his need to collect and engage. When you can achieve this, you

would have trained him a bit more. You’ll have elasticity in his frame, because he’s a little bit wooden. He has a beautiful rhythm and you can be proud of that. Now we just need him to a be more effective in his canter.” The next time through, Lisa plans ahead more, establishing the right canter before the first fence. As she heads towards it, Blyth adds a quick reminder not to accelerate towards the jump. “Let the fence come to you,” he says. This time, although she gets a little deep to the oxer, Lisa makes the six strides happen. When Ashra attempts the six, she gets a lovely rhythmic seven strides instead, leading Blyth to tease her about “showing off”, before offering some advice. “You need to be more subtle in your variation of canter. You just want to be able to bring the canter back slightly, but keep the engine running to jump the fence. Don’t turn the engine off! “I don’t expect everything to be perfect straight away,” he tells the group, “but I want you to be aware of what you’re doing with each of your horses to make them normal. Normal is good. Michael Jung would do this exercise in five strides, and he’s pretty good!”

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CHANGING GEARS

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In his early days, as a Grand Prix show jumper, Blyth thought he was already pretty good, until an American instructor came to New Zealand and gave him a lesson. “She said to me, ‘Blyth, you only own one canter’,” he told the group, in his best version of an American accent. “And I said, ‘Well how many should I own?’ Her reply was ‘At least three’. Those three canters are ordinary canter, ‘sneaking about’ canter and ‘going places’ canter. I think flash people call them collected and extended. But it drove the point home to me, because I had made my horse go in one canter. Sometimes a course designer is going to introduce different problems in the course, so we need to have a few gears of canter to use.” As they ride through the next exercise, Blyth asks the group which of the strides is the most important in a combination. Emily, who has been quiet throughout the lesson, speaks up. “The first one.” She’s right, and Blyth elaborates. “We are working and engaging early, so that we can be softening and putting our leg on late. I don’t want you landing after a nice jump and thinking, ‘Oh, that was awesome, now I’m going to have a cup of tea… and, oh my God, now I’m going to

Four strides approximately 60ft - 18m

THE FINAL LAP Pleased with everyone’s progress and satisfied that they have plenty to work on when they go out for their next ride, Blyth adds just a little bit more homework. Throughout the lesson, he notices a missing piece to their riding. “Everyone’s a bit tight through their knees and their thighs, because I can see their legs swinging like pieces of spaghetti. Everybody’s homework for the next fortnight is this – when you’re in your jumping saddle, you’re going to trot for five minutes without your seat touching the saddle. Imagine there’s a six-inch nail sticking out of it and every time you sit down it jabs you in the backside. I want to strengthen your lower leg. I need you to get your weight down into your heel. Get the strength and balance coming from your lower leg. That will help everything a lot.” There’s a lot to like about Blyth’s lessons. He explained about awareness and how well riders can learn visually. As each rider rode through their exercises, he would be both watching and commenting but also explaining to the other three riders what he was seeing, both good and bad. C

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have to work at the last minute!’” The last exercise, which again is nice and simple and not too big, is an upright, two strides to another upright and four strides to an oxer. Blyth reiterates that the riders need to ride every stride, stay dead straight and maintain a rhythm. “Be nice and still. It’s just a matter of keeping the correct canter to allow these jumps to pass easily beneath the horse. Just like driving a car – you use the accelerator and the brake to keep it on an even plane. But I also want you to do whatever you need to do, to get to the other side of the fence, so you must ride. Get the job done, is what I say.” When Emily heads down the line on Amore, she does something of a serpentine between the second and third fences, and ends up adding a stride. “You set out fantastic,” Blyth tells her. “You chose exactly the right canter, but then you just got crooked.” What she did do, just as Blyth asked, was whatever it took to get to the end of the line. On their second attempt, the pair go down the line a lot straighter, and get the four strides. “There you go, we are all becoming normal,” Blyth says with a grin. “Normal is good!”

Two strides approximately 36ft - 11m

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FOCUS ON

TACKLING UPRIGHTS

While uprights may appear to be quite straight-forward, they can cause many problems and knocked rails. During training, uprights are used to encourage the horse’s hind legs to engage more, so that the horse is propelled up and over with a tidy technique. The highest point of the horse’s bascule should be over the centre of the fence. If this isn’t the case, knock-downs will result. For a horse with a flat jump, big uprights can be disastrous.

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Early preparation is the key! If your horse’s canter is weak and lacking in energy, his jump will be flat and dead. He may also back off from the jump on your approach.

APPROACH Often riders think they need to slow down on the approach to a tall upright, but in fact, what is required is a strong medium canter from the previous fence or from 10-12 strides out. Between 5-7 strides from the upright, you should collect the canter while looking ahead to your take-off point. Your take-off point should be slightly further away from the fence than normal.

PREPARING TO JUMP From the point where you collect your horse, think about sending him forward towards your take-off point. Sending him forward should ensure he is in the best position for take-off.

TAKE-OFF At your take-off point, keep your leg on while maintaining a light, elastic contact through the rein. Make sure you don’t fold too early or your horse will lift his front end too soon and take the rail with his front legs. As the horse bascules over the jump, try and stretch through your lower back so your hand can follow the rein and allow the horse to stretch forward over the fence, hopefully giving the top rail plenty of air.

LANDING If your next jump is within six strides of landing, you will need to be in an upright position ready to jump again. For a longer distance between jumps, ride forward in medium canter. C

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Tess Clark - SINATRA II, 6th in the World Cup Taupo Grand Prix

Matt Irvine - BLUETOOTH, in the Five-YearOld Series class

Samantha Morrison - BIARRITZ, 3rd in the World Cup Taupo Grand Prix

Maurice Beatson - MANDALAY COVE, 4th in the World Cup Taupo Grand Prix

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The aim of the World Dressage Challenge is to give less experienced dressage riders who, under normal circumstances, cannot take part in international dressage competitions and live in the more remote countries. It offers the opportunity to compete internationally without having to leave their own country.

The competition is currently divided into 12 geographical zones, made up of between four and six countries. There are two age groups (12-15 years and 16 years and over) across five performance levels: • • • • •

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New Zealand is included in Zone 9, along with China, Hong Kong, Philippines and Chinese Taipei.

INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION:

The FEI World Dressage Challenge offers an individual classification per geographical zone, per level and per age group. These are based on the results obtained by each rider throughout the competition.

TEAM CLASSIFICATION:

The FEI World Dressage Challenge offers a team classification per geographical zone, based on the highest total percentage obtained by the three best riders of a National Federation’s team. A team is composed of a minimum of three and a maximum of four riders designated by the National Federation. It is of no importance whether all team members participate at the same level or whether they compete in different levels.

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ULCERATION Kylie has specialist training in equine sports medicine and experience in equine reproduction and stud work. She completed her Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree at Massey University in 2008, and then moved to Australia for a one year equine internship at Agnes Banks Equine Clinic in Sydney. What was meant to be one year in Australia turned into eight, and for the next four years she worked as a Thoroughbred Stud Veterinarian for Scone Equine Hospital in the Hunter Valley. During this time she became a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Equine Medicine, and completed a six month artificial reproduction internship in Texas, USA. In 2017 she completed a three year residency in Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Sydney to further her interest and skills in lameness and diagnostic imaging. During this time she also completed a clinical and research Masters of Veterinary Science. Kylie will sit her American Board Specialist examinations in Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in early 2018.

Gastric ulceration is a common condition that affects horses of all ages, including foals and weanlings as well as adult horses. This article will focus on gastric ulceration in adult horses, where the condition has been divided into two separate syndromes – equine squamous gastric ulcer syndrome (ESGUS) and equine glandular gastric ulcer syndrome (EGGUS). WORDS Dr Kylie Huxford BVSc, MANZCVS, MVSc, MVetClinStud SACCUS CECUS NON GLANDULAR SECTION

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The proximal third of the stomach in horses consists of non-glandular (squamous) mucosa. In adult horses, gastric ulcers commonly occur in this proximal region along the margo plicatus (which divides the squamous and glandular mucosa). The remaining two-thirds of the stomach is covered with glandular mucosa, which is further divided into the glandular fundus (body) and the pyloric antrum (most distal). Ulceration in the glandular mucosa

most commonly occurs along the side of the pyloric antrum. Ulcer development is thought to be an imbalance between the protective and aggressive factors in the equine stomach. Hydrochloric acid is the most significant aggressive factor while bile acids and pepsin play a lesser role. Protective factors include the mucusbicarbonate layer, mucosal blood flow, prostaglandin E, epithelial growth factors and cellular repair.

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Stomach lining is intact but there are areas of reddening. Small single or multiple ulcers. Large single or multiple ulcers. Extensive ulcers which have merged to form areas of deep ulceration.

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We don’t yet know exactly why horses get ulcers, but the continuous production of gastric hydrochloric acid which leads to decreased pH levels (more acidic) in the stomach has been recognised as an important factor in the development of squamous ulcers (ESGUS). For athletic horses, the increased use of abdominal muscles during exercise results in the splashing of gastric contents up into the squamous mucosa of the stomach. Ulcers have been found to be more likely to develop in horses in training programs that require them to exercise for longer and more intense periods of time each day. Other risk factors such as diet, environment, stress, stabling, transport and medication with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have also been associated with the condition. Unfortunately, the reasons that horses develop glandular ulceration (EGGUS) are even less understood, and the risk factors for glandular ulceration are not necessarily linked to those of squamous ulceration.

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Stomach lining is intact and there is no appearance of reddening.

HOW MANY HORSES ARE LIKELY TO HAVE ULCERS?

It is, of course, impossible to say for sure, as the prevalence of gastric ulcers varies widely from 22% to 93%, but the rate appears to be highest in horses that are in active training.

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HOW CAN I TELL IF MY HORSE HAS ULCERS?

The signs of ulcers commonly include decreased appetite and feed consumption, weight loss, mild colic after eating, poor performance, and poor coat. However, while these clinical signs may indicate ulceration, the severity of the symptoms don’t necessarily reflect the severity of the ulcers themselves. Diagnosis is based on history, clinical signs, gastroscopy and response to treatment. Currently the only way to definitively diagnose gastric ulcers is with gastroscopy, which is performed by a vet under standing sedation after a period of fasting. A complete examination of the stomach is essential, and the presence (or absence) of squamous ulceration does not necessarily indicate the presence (or absence) of glandular ulceration.

IT’S THOUGHT THAT UP TO 50% OF FOALS DEVELOP STOMACH ULCERS DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE

WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR ULCERS?

The primary treatment method is with veterinary-prescribed medication, but also includes dietary, environmental and training modifications. Currently the most effective proven treatment is omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor that suppresses hydrochloric acid production in the stomach. Recent research has shown that while omeprazole is very effective at treating squamous ulceration, it is less effective as a stand-alone treatment for glandular ulcers, which is where additional treatment with the mucosal protectant sucralfate appears beneficial. Esomeprazole is a newer proton pump inhibitor commonly used for the treatment of gastric ulcers in humans, and is currently undergoing research for use in horses.

WHAT CAN I DO TO REDUCE THE RISK OF MY HORSE HAVING ULCERS?

Some studies have shown that horses fed twice daily on high concentrate diets have an increased incidence of gastric ulcers, compared to horses that have constant access to grazing and ad lib access to hay. Saliva and the presence of food in the stomach are important factors in keeping the pH levels at a healthy level, so horses that aren’t able to graze throughout the day are more likely to have decreased buffering and more acidic pH levels, leading to a higher likelihood of developing ulcers. As well as dietary modifications, horses in intense training appear to benefit from ongoing preventative treatment with omeprazole. Also, feeding horses prior to exercise, rather than exercising on an empty stomach will help reduce the splashing of gastric acid up onto the squamous mucosa. If you are concerned that your horse may have gastric ulceration, talk to your vet, and they can advise you on the best course of action. C

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From his incisors to his premolars, your horse’s teeth all play an important role – find out what they do and how to care for them WORDS Imogen Johnson | PHOTOS Matthew Roberts

his issue we’re looking into what happens to your horse’s teeth from birth to old age and getting you clued up on dental ageing, common problems and essential dental care

NATURAL DEVELOPMENT

When he’s five, your horse’s teeth are still largely buried deep within his jaw. These teeth erupt at a rate of 2-3mm per year, wearing themselves down as a self-sharpening mechanism, until he’s 18-20 when the

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eruption rate slows and eventually ceases. If he lives out in a field of coarse grass, the eruption process can happen quite naturally, but due to the way the majority of us keep our horses, it’s much more difficult for them to wear down their teeth at the necessary rate – eating soft grass, soft hay, wearing bits and time in the stable are all contributing factors to this problem. Read on to find out more about your horse’s teeth and to learn how you can ensure his pearly whites stay in excellent condition.

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Incisors

ESTIMATING A HORSE’S AGE A horse’s age can often be accurately assessed by examining his teeth. Knowing how to spot the telltale signs that differentiate one age bracket from the next will help to ensure you always get the horse you pay for – not a twoyear-old being sold as a horse rising five or a 16-year-old sold as a five-year-old. To give you some pointers, here’s a quick guide to help you on your way.

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A NEWBORN – 1 YEAR

Your foal’s 12 baby premolars will have erupted at birth or within a week after birth, then at six days old his central incisors will erupt. At six weeks, his intermediate incisors erupt (either side of his centrals) and at six months his corner incisors will come through (either side of his intermediates). At around five to six months, his wolf teeth will erupt – these sit just in front of his premolars. Not every horse gets wolf teeth so don’t be alarmed if none are present.

1 YEAR

At one year your foal will now have 24 deciduous (baby) teeth and potentially two wolf teeth. His first molars erupt at one year and his second at two years.

2½ - 4½ YEARS

Central incisors At 2½ years old your youngster will shed his top and bottom deciduous central incisors. Underneath, you’ll see his permanent teeth, which will now start to erupt. Within six months (at three years old) his top and bottom permanent centrals should now be touching – or be what your dentist will describe as ‘in wear’. Intermediate incisors His deciduous intermediates are shed at the age of 3½ and his permanent teeth will be in wear six months later. Corner incisors These are shed at 4½ years and his pre molars will be in wear six months later.

2½ YEARS

Premolars The premolars are shed from the front of the mouth backwards (one by one) at two years, two and a half years and three years. Just like the incisors, the permanent teeth will be in wear six months later. Molars His third molars erupt at the age of three but unlike his premolars, these won’t be in wear until one year after they erupt.

5 YEARS

At the age of five your horse should now have all of his permanent teeth – between 36 and 42 in total. The canines in male horses will also have erupted by this age and can be found on the upper and lower ‘bars’ – the space between his incisors and premolars. His corner incisors will now be in wear and at this stage his gums should look healthy and less red as his teeth have now stopped erupting.

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10 YEARS

At the age of 10, the formation of ‘Galvaynes Groove’ occurs on the horse’s corner incisors – you’ll see a small, indented groove, which can become slightly stained over time. This appears at the top of the tooth, close to the gum (pictured right).

15 YEARS

At 15, Galvaynes Groove will now reach half way down the corner incisors and the angle

of the incisors is becoming noticeably oblique (although the angle does start to change from the age of five).

20 YEARS

At the age of 20, Galvaynes Groove will now have reached the bottom of your horse’s corner incisors and the angle of the incisors will be noticeably oblique. The upper incisors may also appear shorter in length. It’s important to note that the likelihood of ‘diastema’ (gaps

10 YEARS

between the teeth) increases now due to the older horse’s incisors becoming less oval and more triangular in shape and the average width of the teeth reducing. Diastema in turn increases the likelihood of ‘feed packing’ whereby excess feed and grass matter becomes trapped between the teeth. It’s therefore important to take measures to prevent this – see the essential dental care tips below for advice on how to do this.

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ESSENTIAL DENTAL CARE

As an owner, of course you want to make sure you take care of your horse’s teeth and gums. As well as ensuring regular dental check ups with your EDT or vet, here are four simple steps you can take to help keep your horse’s teeth and gums healthy:

Pay attention to his eating and general behaviour. For example, dropping feed, quidding hay (dropping balls of food or hay after chewing), drinking during feed time, slow eating, poor digestion of feed and more seriously colic or choke can indicate a dental problem. If your horse develops any behavioural problems, these may be linked to problems with his teeth. Get it checked out, just as you would his back or the fit of his saddle.

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Ensure that feed isn’t getting trapped between your horse’s incisors by using a stiff toothbrush to remove any excess feed or grass build up.

As well as brushing away any excess build up between the incisors, which is especially important for older horses, many horses will benefit from having their mouths flushed with clean water from a hose or a large dose syringe to get rid of any bits of feed.

Feed your horse from the ground – this is beneficial as it’s how horses were designed to eat and ensures his jaw remains aligned when breaking down food, reducing the risk of abnormal wear to his teeth.

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LOOK AFTER HIS GUMS

The importance of healthy gums should never be overlooked, especially as your horse ages. Over time the stability of the older horse’s teeth becomes more reliant on healthy gums because the teeth no longer have large roots anchoring them into the gum.

COMMON PROBLEMS

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CAPS occur when deciduous teeth are retained

after the permanent tooth has erupted. These can be problematic, causing impaction, displacement of teeth and the prevention of normal tooth eruption – they can also cause laceration to the gums and even infection.

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Hook

HOOKS

are common dental abnormalities and occur due to abnormal wear, usually as a result of misalignment of the upper and lower jaw. When misalignment occurs, areas of the tooth don’t wear down as they should, instead forming a ‘hook’. Hooks are commonly found on the first premolar and also the corner upper incisors.

Hooks are common and easily treated

RAMPS can be found on both the first upper

and lower premolars and the last upper and lower molars. Unlike a hook, a ramp can take up a larger portion of the tooth and occur due to abnormal wear of the tooth. These normally occur due to the misalignment of the upper and lower arcades.

PARROT MOUTH is a hereditary condition in

Regularly check his teeth for build up

which the horse’s upper jaw is longer than the lower jaw. Because of this misalignment there’s no contact between the upper and lower incisors, first pre molars or last molars. It’s therefore critical that horses with parrot mouth are treated by an EDT or vet every six months to reduce the height of the overgrown teeth. Wave mouth often occurs in conjunction with parrot mouth and the occurrence of caps leading to a variation in the height of the horse’s molars. As a result the teeth wear unevenly, affecting growth and developing a wave-like appearance from the side.

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WOLF TEETH

are usually only on the top. It’s not entirely unheard of to find them on the lower jaw but it’s rare (unlike canines that are staggered on the top and bottom). Often owners will have wolf teeth removed at an early age to prevent irritation and interference with the bit.

PERIODONTAL DISEASE

begins when bacteria in the horse’s mouth multiply around the teeth and gums causing inflammation and discomfort. Factors such as food becoming trapped between or around the teeth and the formation of plaque are both potential causes. The earliest stage of the disease is gingivitis. C

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HEALTH

HYDRATION

AND ITS ROLE IN RIDER PERFORMANCE

With competitions happening every weekend and long clinics in the summer heat around the country, I thought it would be a good time to discuss rider hydration and how it could impact your performance as a rider through this busy competition season.

ne hundred percent of your body’s cell reactions need water. This happens every millisecond! A dehydrated body lacks energy, motivation and slows down reaction times. However, remembering to drink water throughout your day can be hard work, and while we focus on hydrating our horses, often when it comes to ourselves we tend to reach for the caffeine instead. But what if I was to tell you that hydration could be that thing you’re missing on competition day? That it helps you stay focused through to the last halt in your dressage test, because it keeps your neurons firing in your brain to aid you in remembering your test, ensuring the accuracy of your transitions and improving the reaction time of your aids? What if hydration helped you stay energised and alert and focused through every test you were riding over the long championship weekend? What if it helped reduce fatigue and recovery time? And what if the water you were drinking could be enhanced to help improve your performance even more? The truth is that hydration is so crucial to getting you functioning optimally, that it would be wise to consider it as part of your competitive edge and performance strategy.

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WORDS Nicol a Smith Nicola is a pers onal trainer & wellness coach who also happens to lo ve dressage. She runs a po pular dressage website, helpin rider training g riders improv e their health and fitness off the horse. Nicola applies her knowledg e in sports conditioning, biomechanics & scientific co training to help re riders improv e their riding performance. Download her free Dressage Rider Fitness Guide at dres sageridertraini ng.com

WHEN THE FEELING OF THIRST SETS IN, YOUR BODY HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPROMISED. YOUR NERVES, MUSCLES, AND TISSUES THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY ARE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF FLUID LOSS

WHAT EXACTLY IS THIRST?

Thirst is a response that is triggered by decreasing blood volume. When this response occurs, the brain activates hormones and nerves to help reduce any further losses. This mechanism translates into a dry mouth and often the overwhelming need to quench our thirst. Other signs your body is experiencing the effects of thirst are headaches, dry lips and feelings of lethargy and fatigue. The problem is that these biological responses occur after the body has already lost a lot of the fluid it needs. In fact, when you experience thirst, your body has already lost an incredible 1-2% of total body weight, which could equate to in excess of one litre of water. It is a response, just as bleeding is to a trauma. When the feeling of thirst sets in, your body has already been compromised. Your nerves, muscles, and tissues throughout your body are dealing with the effects of fluid loss. They are not happy, and your body’s function will slow down.

WE NEED TO CONSUME .033 OF OUR BODY WEIGHT IN WATER PER DAY. 0.033 X 70 =2.31 KG =2.31 L

70KG

=ROUGHL 9 GLASSE Y S!

THE KEY IS TO BE PREPARED AND NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE FEELING OF EXTREME THIRST ARISES BEFORE YOU DRINK MORE WATER.

NATURAL SPORTS DRINK RECIPE

WHEN YOU WORK OUT, YOUR BODY ATTEMPTS TO COOL ITSELF DOWN BY SWEATING. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SWEAT DRIPPING DOWN YOUR FACE, YOU WILL BE LOSING A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF FLUIDS AND SALTS. KEEPING HYDRATED

Let’s get specific – we need to consume .033 of our body weight in water per day. The rate at which you lose fluid is going to vary from one person to the next, and will fluctuate from day to day depending on heat and exertion, not to mention the environment you are in and the water content of what you are eating – and, of course, how much riding you may or may not be doing. When you work out, your body attempts to cool itself down by sweating. Even though you might not have sweat dripping down your face, you will be losing a measurable amount of fluids and salts. Obviously, the higher the intensity of your training session, the more quickly you will become dehydrated, so keeping adequately hydrated before and after you ride is vital if you want to be functioning optimally. If you drink coffee or tea, you need to remember that drinking these beverages is not a great way to hydrate your body. Although caffeine doesn’t trigger more fluid loss, it won’t help to restore any fluids and can cause you to go to the toilet more frequently. In fact, a hot tea or coffee may actually raise your core body temperature. The key is to be prepared and not to wait until the feeling of extreme thirst arises before you drink more water. Make sure that drinking water is the first thing you do in the morning; remember, you have just slept for seven or so hours without any hydration. Get into the habit of having 500-700mls of water on waking, with a squeeze of lemon or apple cider vinegar to set your digestion system up. Stay hydrated throughout the day, if you drink a coffee, have a glass of water too. Before you do any form of exercise or head out for a ride, remember to hydrate, and then follow it up with a generous amount of water after your training. If you struggle with drinking water, focus on its benefits – increased focus, reaction time and energy – all the things we need to be a great rider. Mix it up by adding herbs like mint, some berries or citrus fruits to your drink bottle, or try out my sports water drink below.

When our body sweats it loses salts and fluids, and replacing these and keeping on top of them will help you stay more on top of your performance and keep your energy up. So before you reach for the sugary store-bought sports drinks, I thought I would share how easy

they are to make. Remember to be smart about what you put into your body. What does it actually need? Take your own hydration as seriously as you do your horses’ and notice how much more focused you can be.

INGREDIENTS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

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1 litre of filtered water (for flavour you could use coconut water or add brewed tea, such as green or fruit teas) ⅛-¼ teaspoon Himalayan Sea Salt (this has 72+ trace minerals in it) Citrus juice (lemon, orange, lime, grapefruit – these are high in vitamin C for adrenal support and to help with energy) Optional – honey (as a sweetener)

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Brew tea if you’re using it (use filtered water). Pour into bottle once brewed, or brew in bottle if using tea bags Add salt Add juice and shake it up Place in fridge and cool for when you need it.

My regular sports drink for most days is green tea with added sea salt and lemon juice. Fast and effective hydration! C

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HEALTH

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Raspberry Mocktail

This refreshing Raspberry Mojito Mocktail is just what you need at the end of a hot summer’s day. A combination of fresh raspberries, mint, lemon juice, sparkling soda and a hint of sweetness from the honey will leave you wanting more.

Ingredients: MAKES TWO •

½ cup frozen raspberries, divided

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6 fresh sprigs mint

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2 tablespoons honey

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2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice

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Pinch of rock salt

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Ice cubes

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Sparkling water

Instructions •

Mash up mint, honey, salt and raspberries in a bowl with a fork, or a mortar and pestle, until it is well blended, but not so much that you lose the raspberries’ texture

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Place into a tall glass and add the ice cubes on top

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Drizzle lemon juice over top and pour in sparkling water

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Garnish with a few extra sprigs of mint.

Want more? Nicola Smith has plenty of tasty recipes in her cookbook - Real Food, Real Health - which is available for download on her website, foreverfit.tv along with a further 300 recipes to get your taste buds excited! C

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