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It was a clean sweep for the South Islanders at the NRM National Three-Day Event at the Fiber Fresh National Equestrian Centre in Taupo, filling the first five places in the NRM CCI3* and retaining the Silver Spurs for the Inter-island Team Competition in the process.
Overseas, Andrew Nicholson finished third in the International CCI3* Three Day event in Saumur, France. Mark Todd and NZB Grass Valley earned their qualification for the London Olympics with their seventh placing. In Olympics news, paralympian Rachel Stock and her horse Bates Rimini Park Emmerich have left for Europe on the first stage of their final leg for the 2012 London Paralympics. Read More»
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Trudy Nicholson is a well-known photographer and author, specialising in animal photography. Her beautiful images have featured on many book and magazine covers.
Trudy continues to write and fill photographic commissions for magazines and books Her latest work, two books and a canine calendar for a charitable trust in her area, is to be published in the near future. She also has a Certificate in Adult Teaching.
Combining these talents, Trudy is now offering a distance learning course designed for those with a special interest in photographing horses and animals. It's specially suited for people with busy lifestyles and those living in rural areas. The course consists of four modules and assignments and you can learn at your pace, at your place! Read More»
Need some tips on equine photography? Check out Trudy's excellent hints here»
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Don't forget to enter the Hachette Books New Zealand prize draw for 5 copies of the great new autobiography, "Second Chance", by Mark Todd. Entries close Monday!
Mark Todd’s eventing career is the stuff of legend and encompasses one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. In his auto-biography, Mark’s progress from dairy farmer to world renown is told with typically laidback humour, but it also reveals the fierce determination, discipline and personal sacrifice which lies behind the relaxed outlook. Enter Now»
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Are you thinking of selling your horse or new or used equestrian items? Do you have any old, unwanted gear cluttering up the shed that you could turn into cash? List your classifieds now with Equine Trader for free, with no listing fees and no success fees. Check out this week's featured classified, Dixie, one of several "Hobbit" stars listed on Equine Trader right now.
List your classified and be in to win a double movie pass each week till the end of June. List Your Classified Now»
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In this week's equisode, Jody Hartstone Grand Prix, dressage rider and Equitation Science specialist, talks about the annoying habit of the horse pulling the reins out of the rider's hands
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Edward Bullock, Grand Prix showjumper, explains more about gridwork and demonstrates a simple jump with two poles on each side.
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The winner of last week's "out and about" themed Vetpro Photo of the Week competition was Kim Rhind from Whangerei. Check out more great entries on the link above.
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Ask the Experts
How do you correct a ewe neck in a young horse? Equine Trader member Tori has bought a beautiful 4 year old mare mare and her ewe neck seems to come from bad training rather than a structural problem.
Jody Hartstone, our dressagetrainingonline.com Expert, gives valuable advice on how to correct this problem.
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Watch Andrea's latest blog for some hilarious out-takes from her ongoing video diary.
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Winter is often a time when it can be all too easy to turn your horse out.
If you are riding through winter it can be very hard to keep yourself motivated to go out in the wind, rain and mud, take your horse’s warm toasty rug off and head out for a ride.
However, winter can be a great time of year for you and your horses. Here are some tips to help get you through. Read More»
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