Your Horse

Your Horse inspires its readers to enjoy every second in the saddle. Written by a team of passionate equestrian experts, Your Horse magazine helps you improve your riding, care for your horses and stay up to date on the latest gear. We also encourage you to try new and exciting adventures! Our three main areas of content are: Riding advice: From the best riders and trainers in the world Horse care advice: Expert tips and advice on all aspects of horse care Buying Advice: Helping you spend your money with confidence Your Horse magazine: share our passion for horses.

Welcome

A word from our experts…

Research shows ‘staggering number’ of equestrians have been bullied • Here's what you need to know about this month

MORE THAN A THIRD OF DRIVERS ARE ANNOYED BY PEOPLE WHO SPEED PAST HORSES

Rare breeds shine in Search for a Star Championship

Embracing green issues will help to protect horse sport's future, conference hears

This month we love… • One thing from the equestrian world that caught our eye

We bring you up to date with a recent case… RESCUE UPDATE

In the danger zone? • If a horse puts his hoof down and says no, should the rider ever listen? Mel Beale asks one hack enthusiast who found herself with this exact quandary…

Our #Hack1000Miles challengers have been busy this month…

That was the year… • … that shocking road accident figures were published, a drive continued to make equestrianism more inclusive, the Coronation involved 250 equines, while a dressage doyenne gave birth to her first baby - 2023 was nothing if not fascinating. Julie Harding looks back on the his and lows of the past year

YOUR HORSE MAGAZINE meets CAROLINE MOORE ‘I decided I wanted to teach riding at the age of 12’ • Julie Harding meets the esteemed eventing instructor and finds out about her glittering career, book launch, getting a new training academy off the ground and living with stage 4 cancer

ALL ABOUT OVARIAN CANCER

Bianca Dyer • Project manager/finance director at Freshwater Estates

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Your horse's TRAINING • Expert advice for riders of all levels

STAY grounded! • Top showjumper Antonia Platt explains how to transform technique with just a handful of poles

Say goodbye to a horse being bridle shy • No one wants a battle with their horse when putting on a headcollar or a bridle. Mel Beale finds out how to make this simple procedure go like a dream

Take back control THE WESTERN WAY • A nervous horse can create a nervous rider, but the cycle can be halted by taking back the reins and restoring yourself as the leader in the partnership using Western training tactics, finds Mel Beale

EXERCISE: MOVING THE RIBS

KEEPING ON THE straight and narrow • Winter is the perfect time to work on the basics to ensure clear rounds when the eventing season kicks off. In this extract from her new book, Training to Win, renowned trainer Caroline Moore explains how to teach a horse the fundamentals for success, including straightness, as well as the introduction of skinny fences

Narrow poles to hold a line

Fix it… Winter riding— minus the stress • frustrated, can't cram everything into winter's short days? You aren't alone, according to sports and exercise psychologist Steffi Dampney, who explains how to make limited ti Vith a horse more productive during the colder months

Your horse's CARE • Helping you to keep a happy, healthy horse

muck RAKING • Diarrhoea is invariably a sign that all is not well with a horse, but it can have a multitude of causes,some of them difficult top in point, as vet Lucinda Ticehurst explains

PROBLEMATIC BEGINNINGS?

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