WHY YOUR HORSE FEELS AMAZING ONE DAY

And awful the next The same horse can feel like two different ‘beasts’ from one ride to the next, and from what we’ve been reading, the reason usually has less to do with the morning of the ride than with the eighteen hours before we got on. The previous 18 hours Every one of us knows the…

ByMauray WolffSeptember 24, 20260Comments

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WHEN IN DOUBT, CALL

What new wound research means for our horses Most of us will have, at some stage, dealt with a wound, whether our horse has come in from the paddock with a gash or we spot a kick mark that wasn’t there yesterday. It is the everyday emergency, and a new study suggests that how we handle…

ByMauray WolffSeptember 23, 20260Comments

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THE NIGHT SHIFT

What really happens between last feed and first A look at the overnight hours, the part of the feeding day we plan the least, and what new work on the equine body clock suggests we could be doing better. Most yards have a feeding routine that ends at evening stables and resumes at dawn. Concentrates fed, hay…

ByMauray WolffSeptember 22, 20260Comments

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WHEN A HERITAGE BREED BECOMES INCONVENIENT

What Dartmoor teaches us about valuing our own. If you have never stood on Dartmoor, picture a high, windblown moor in the southwest of England, and scattered across it, in small family groups, semi-wild ponies that have grazed that ground for thousands of years. They are tough, low-set and unbothered by weather that sends everything else…

ByMauray WolffSeptember 21, 20260Comments

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LANDSKROON STUD – THE HOME OF THE AKHAL-TEKE

Few horses carry the mystique of the Akhal-Teke. Bred for more than three thousand years by the nomadic Teke people of what is now Turkmenistan, these desert horses are known for a fine coat that can catch the light like metal, and for the deep, almost singular bond they form with one person. They are…

ByMauray WolffSeptember 18, 20260Comments

Janina Rexrodt leaving the dressage arena after her round

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THE LONG GAME – TOYOTA SA DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Over five days at Kyalami Park Club in September, the best dressage horses and riders in the country worked their way through the grades, from Preliminary up to Grand Prix, first in the Championship Tests and then in the Freestyles, with the two results combined to decide the overall Victor Ludorum at each level. There…

BylizzieSeptember 16, 20260Comments

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FROM A NORMAN FARM TO AACHEN GOLD

How a Selle Français mare from a small farm in Seine-Maritime carried Steve Guerdat to the one individual title that had always eluded him, and why her pedigree reaches back through more than half a century of French breeding to the horse that won his first Olympic gold. When Steve Guerdat and Dynamix de Belheme cleared…

ByMauray WolffAugust 28, 20260Comments

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WHY AACHEN MATTERS?

Why the 2026 World Championships are returning to one of equestrian sport’s most important places Why Aachen matters When the FEI World Championships start tomorrow, they will be returning to one of the most established and celebrated homes of international equestrian sport. For generations of riders and supporters, Aachen has represented something beyond an ordinary competition.…

BylizzieAugust 10, 20260Comments

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HOW THE SA SHOWJUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS ACTUALLY WORK

The Toyota SA Senior Showjumping Championships are held at Kyalami Park Club this week. Here we explain how the competition works. The Toyota SA Senior Showjumping Championships run at KPC from 5 to 9 August, and the biggest thing to understand is that the championship is not a single class, but rather a three-part system. Two…

BylizzieAugust 4, 20260Comments

Giorgia Scribante jumping in her debut Grand Prix with Ultime d'Eliapi

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CONGRATULATIONS, GIORGIA SCRIBANTE

Photography: Megan Wright Media We caught up with Giorgia Scribante after she achieved a double clear in her first-ever Grand Prix! Here's what she told us: HQ: How did you feel before the class? Giorgia: I was rather nervous the night before the Grand Prix, but my parents and riding friends gave me a pep talk before, which…

BylizzieJune 21, 20260Comments

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