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Are you a Trainer or a Rider?

Are you a Trainer or a Rider?

As a full time equestrian trainer and coach, I’m constantly amazed at the perception by many riders, especially young riders, who seem to assume that their horse(s) just knows what to do.  Many riders expect that if they pull on the reins, the horse should stop, or if they squeeze with their legs the horse [...]

New Look Allied Equine Takes Off!

New Look Allied Equine Takes Off!

Please forgive us, here at Allied Equine, this one inward-looking piece – a newsletter of sorts – for those countless thousands of you who have been repeatedly coming back to our site day after day, week after week.
Here at Allied Equine, we’ve been pretty lackadaisical about keeping this website up-to-speed. For good reason. When we [...]

Acacia Ridge Reggae – First Show, Arthurton, South Australia, April 2009

This is Acacia Ridge Reggaes first outing as a showjumper at the Arthurton Showjumping Spectacular in April 2009. She is competing in the second ring for young horses (80 cm class)

“Jarrah” – Wistow May 2009 – Very first show!

Jarrahs very first show and jumping round, 60cm, Wistow Freshmans Training, Sat 2nd May 2009.

“Kenny” – Wistow Training Day, Sat 2nd May 2009

Kenny jumping an 85cm training class at Wistow Freshmans Training Day, Sat 2nd May, 2009

2009 World Cup Final Showjumping - Las Vegas - Videos

2009 World Cup Final Showjumping – Las Vegas – Videos

With the 2009 World Cup Final recently completed, and Merideth Michaels Beerbaum, once again taking honours on the freakish Shutterfly, we’ve compiled a number of videos from the finals, including Rodrigo Pessoa, Marco Kutcher, Rich Fellers, and others.
Enjoy!
Rich Fellers on Flexible in the Jump Off of Round 2 at the FEI World Cup in Las [...]

UK Equestrian Events Now Managed By I Know Where Its At!

We’ve been waiting for this day for some time now, and its great that we can make an announcement now! UK equestrian events are now handled entirely by our sister site, I Know Where Its At! (IKnowWhereItsAt.com) where those organising such events can add their events, and all of us planning to attend one or [...]

“Players” – 2009 Grand National – Sydney, Australia

“Players” competing at the 2009 Grand National Championships, Sydney, Australia,

Metro Showjumping - Pre State Champs Show 28th & 29th March 09

Metro Showjumping – Pre State Champs Show 28th & 29th March 09

We had a nice little lead up show at Metro to the South Australian State Championships next weekend.  We took 3 horses, Tenacious D and Super Pony, for the smaller 1m -1.10m classes, and APH Lukas for the 1.30m classes.
All in all we had a successful show, with Tenacious D placing second in the 1.10m [...]

2009 Cheltenham Festival - Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th March 2009

2009 Cheltenham Festival – Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th March 2009

Get in quick as there a still tickets availabe for this years festival, especially for the Gold Cup on the Friday.
Check for tickets here.