 Highlights
from our
MAY 06' magazine
The days are shorter, getting colder and the last of the
seasons competitions are rounding up, or just quietening
down for some winter series days. Hunting is underway,
the clipper blades are out and we can’t quite get used
to the fact of not riding late into the evening. Though
we are sure there are plenty of horses/ponies that have started
their well earnt rest after a long season – Horse of
the Year being their last event. So for you we have
complete and indepth coverage with loads of photos from this
wonderful show. There is also the usual fantastic
stories to help you improve your riding, have experts answer
your questions, a special report covering chronic foot pain
and lots, lots more!
You can
also be a part of our FANTASTIC Canon Digital Camera Competition
that runs through to June 1st!! So get snapping and
send them in. Unless you’re already a subscriber,
you’d better get cracking and pick up your copy of
May NZ Horse & Pony – in store now!
SPECIAL
REPORT
The truth about chronic foot pain: Navicular
disease may be a common culprit, but it’s not the
only cause of chronic foot pain, as Alec Jorgensen and
Dr Julie McDade discuss in the first of their three-part
investigation.
READ
MORE…
EFFECTIVE LUNGEING – Lungeing
needs to be done well to be effective, as Fiona Cameron
eplains.
READ MORE…
ALSO FEATURED:
HORSE
OF THE YEAR 2006: Complete event coverage!! 7-page
Show Jumping review, 3 pages of Show Hunter, 4 pages
of Dressage and 4 pages covering Showing!
SPECIAL
REPORT – THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRONIC FOOT PAIN: Navicular
disease may be a common culprit, but it’s not the
only cause of chronic foot pain, as Alec Jorgensen and
Dr Julie McDade discuss in the first of their three-part
investigation
JUMPING
CLINIC – WITH DALE PEDERSON: International
trainer and show hunter judge Dale Pederson, critics
four readers jumping photos
DREAM
LESSON – DRESSAGE FOR EVERTERS – with
Louisa Hill: 16-year-old Devan Wilson and her eventer
Upbeat Lady get some handy tips from the best, Olympic
dressage rider Louisa Hill
NELSON’S
RISING STARS – RIDER PROFILES: We meet
two successful young dressage riders Emma Melcolm and
Hannah Appleton, both from Nelson
THE
QUIET ACHIEVER: Helen Firth meets the unsung
hero of the NZ eventing scene, Matthew Grayling
IMPROVING
YOUR RIDING IN A ‘MURDOCH MINUTE’: #10
Your ribcage. A series of 60-second tips to help
your riding, from international trainer Wendy Murdoch
LETTERS: From
our readers with Saddlery Warehouse voucher winners, for
the “Letter of the Month” and horse owners “One
in a Million”.
EFFECTIVE
LUNGEING: Lundeing needs to be done well to be effective,
as Fiona Cameron explains
ASK
THE EXPERTS: We have experts from all aspects of
the equine industry, answer your questions
LE
TREC – OREINTEERING ON A HORSE: Jenny Kain
learns about Le Trec, a new equestrian discpline being
introduced to New Zealand
NOT
JUST FLUFFY PONIES: Annie Studholme meets the Oamaru
couple passionate about promoting the Icelandic Horse
to New Zealanders
ME
AND MY HORSE: The newest profile
in the mag – An everyday reader invites us into
their lives & lets us know how they fit horses into
their routine – this month features Nikki Addison.
PLUS
THE USUALS…
People & Places
Equiscene – Eventing
Equestrian Diary
Jump-off – with Claire Wilson
Product News
Tried & Tested
Pony Pals
Pony Club & Bulletin Board
Shop Direct
Till
next month, hope you all manage to fit time in the saddle
with the short daylight hours… and again a bit
thanks to all our faithful HOY subscribers – happy
ridding! |
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From the Editor's Desk
Daylight
saving is over, the horses are all getting fuzzy...
and it’s time to face up to the fact that winter
is nearly here and another season is all but finished.
It’s a good time to be setting your goals for the
year to come, and maybe putting some plans in place to
help you achieve them.
Personally, I’ve had a frustrating time on the
competition front, with Jet being on-and-off with an
intermittent injury which has finally (I hope) been diagnosed
and treated. The upside of that has been lots of time
to spend on young Vinnie, who as you can see here has
moments of being quite civilised!
Having finally worked out that my fear and loathing of
show jumping is the main thing holding me back on the
eventing front (I’ll happily jump 1.25m on
a cross-country course, but anything much over 1.10m in a show jumping arena
gives me the heaves), I’ve decided to spend the
winter sorting this out.
And after watching lots of our talented and successful young show jumpers at
HOY spend time over in the show hunter ring, especially with their younger horses,
I figure a few show hunter training days might be on the agenda.
What are your goals for the season? Why not drop me a
line and let me know?
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Great
Hage
Rider of the Month
May’s
Great Hage Rider of the Month is Waipukurau
show jumper (and NZ Horse & Pony columnist)
Claire Wilson.
Claire was the hugely popular winner of the
Horse of the Year title in Hastings with
her gorgeous stallion, Sacred Hill Answer
Back, otherwise known as Brat.
She’s ridden the 12-year-old Brat,
who was bred by her mum Di Murphy, since
he was first broken in, and describes the
pocket-sized (16 hands on tip-toes) grey
as very cheeky.
“He has small man’s syndrome – he
has to be loud and proud to make up for his lack
of size,” she says.
“He’s been spoilt from day one. And
being a stallion he can be rather full of himself
sometimes. But I feel absolutely safe on him.
I never worry about the size of the jumps –he
gives me confidence to jump the moon.”
While Claire’s efforts in the Bomac
Super League Grand Prix at HOY, in which
she completed the first round with eight
faults, means that she and Brat have qualified
for the World Equestrian Games in Aachen
this year, she won’t be heading for
Germany – her second baby is due a
few weeks beforeWEG.
We hope that Claire puts her feet
up for rest of her pregnancy, and that Brat enjoys
his Great Hage.
The
Great Hage Company Rider of the Month receives
a voucher for two bags of the Great Hage
Company’s feed, redeemable at any stockist
of the Great Hage range, which includes HorseHage,
SweetHage, ChaffHage or MixHage |
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