Day: 4 September 2023

Exercises for an Ex-Racehorse

Suzanne Ashton
Exercises for an Ex-Racehorse

Exercises for an Ex-Racehorse with Victoria Bax Are you looking for some exercises for an ex-racehorse you are trying to bring on or retrain? Then this article may well help you out. Courtesy of Aloeride, the natural, organic aloe vera supplement for horses, we spoke to Victoria Bax, a professional event rider who specialises in producing ex-racehorses for eventing to ask Victoria which exercises she recommends. First Things First After buying an ex-racer, I tend to turn them away and give them a period of time off work in order…

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Shane Breen and Scarteen Conquer Hickstead Once Again

Suzanne Ashton
Shane Breen Hickstead September 2023

Shane Breen adds another Hickstead title to his list by claiming the top spot in Sunday’s ClipMyHorse.TV Sussex Cup, riding the 10-year-old grey homebred Scarteen II. The £6,000 1.40m Grand Prix class formed the feature class of week one of the All England September Tour, and plenty of showjumping’s leading national talents came forward for the final. Fourteen of the 35 qualified combinations produced a first round clear, to guarantee an ultra-competitive jump-off. But with the benefit of being drawn last to go, having qualified three horses for the final, Shane…

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FEI Dressage European Championship 2023: Europe’s Dressage stars all ready for Riesenbeck

Suzanne Ashton
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl riding TSF Dalera BB GER at the FEI Dressage European Championships 2021 in Hagen (GER) / FEI - Liz Gregg

FEI Dressage European Championship 2023, written by Louise Parkes It’s time for Europe’s best Dressage combinations to shine this week when the FEI Dressage European Championship 2023 gets underway in Riesenbeck, Germany.  The pirouettes have been practised and the piaffe has been perfected. A total of 70 horse-and-rider combinations from 23 countries are ready to put on their dancing shoes and show all their best moves as they battle it out for both team and individual medals. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,…

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Homebred one two for James Owen at Brighton

Suzanne Ashton
Victoria and Miss Rhea Betts win the Emirates Breeders (0-70) Handicap at Brighton © Debbie Burt - Equine Creative Media

Newmarket based trainer James Owen scored a one-two with his homebred half-sisters, Mayfair and Victoria in the Emirates Breeders (0-70) Handicap at Brighton this evening. Mayfair, partnered by Miss Rhea Betts, won by one and a half lengths from Victoria, ridden by Miss Teagan Padgett, both jockeys are amateurs who are attached to Owen’s stable. Betts, whose first winner came at the track last year was delighted, saying, “It’s lovely to have my family here, I think they’re my good luck charms! Mayfair can normally travel quite well at the start and then we…

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FEI Jumping European Championship: It’s individual gold Steve Guerdat

Suzanne Ashton
FEI European Jumping Champion Steve Guerdat (SUI) riding Dynamix de Belheme at the FEI Jumping European Championship Milano 2023 Copyright ©FEI/Leanjo de Koster

FEI Jumping European Championship 2023, written by Louise Parkes Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat has ridden many great horses during his sparkling career, but after winning individual gold at the FEI Jumping European Championship 2023 in Milan (ITA) on Sunday (September 3) he said his mare, Dynamix de Belheme, is simply the best. With a flawless run over four days of tough competition, as Italian course designer Uliano Vezzani tested Europe’s best riders as only he can, the 41-year-old rider and his 10-year-old mare were the only combination to finish the week…

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