A new eventing season brings a tempting list of possibilities: more outings, higher levels, better dressage marks, confident cross-country rounds and a place…
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Eventing Goals That Guide a Stronger Season
Teaching Your Horse to Look at Fences With Confidence
A horse that looks carefully at a fence is easier to guide, safer to jump and more capable of making sensible decisions in the air. In eventing, this visual…
Barefoot Hoof Care for Sound, Confident Event Horses
For an event horse, healthy feet are the foundation of every phase: the balance and precision of dressage, the speed and strength of cross-country, and the…
Rider nutrition for stronger eventing days
Eventing asks a rider to change gears repeatedly. A long morning of preparation may lead into dressage, a demanding cross-country round and show jumping,…
How to Handle a Horse That Runs Out at Fences
Australian eventers know there's nothing worse than a horse swerving at the moment of commitment. Whether you're heading to the Melbourne Three Day Event,…
Why the warm-up walk shapes every dressage test
At a Boneo Park competition on the Mornington Peninsula, or under the big skies of an Adelaide Hills weekend, you can spot the riders who understand the value…
Reading the clock: smart speed decisions across country
Cross-country in three-day eventing is the phase where partnerships are forged and reputations shift in a single rail-to-rail gallop. Riders must interpret the…
Fencing And Pasture Management For Event Horses
Event horses need room to move, graze and recover, but a paddock must do more than provide green feed. It should protect an athletic horse from avoidable…
Using Video Feedback to Improve Your Riding
A well-timed video can reveal details that disappear while you are concentrating on rhythm, balance and the next movement. In eventing, where dressage…
The owner's place in eventing partnerships across Australia
Eventing is the triathlon of equestrian sport, moving from the calm of dressage through the bold test of cross-country and onto the technical demands of show…