Horse Chats

Interviews with Equine Industry Experts

0169 – Christine Doan (Listener’s Choice)

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Using ‘Wholism’ to achieve the Olympics Dream  (Listeners’ Choice)   By Popular Demand we have re-published this episode.   Each weekend we are choosing the most listened to and  commented on episodes for you to enjoy. This interview was previously published in 2017 Christine Doan (015)   About Christine – Christine’s first memories of horses was […]

0167 – Anna O’Keppel

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I Am Doing What I Love Doing, It Is Amazing.  Riding Cheers You Up, It is Therapy   About Anna – Anna is a dressage specialist instructor, she is also a National A Level Dressage Judge and teaches riders from beginners to advanced at her property in Pheasants Nest NSW.   To Listen to Anna […]

0166 – Rebecca Ashton

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Pilates For Equestrian Riders and Equestrian Journalist   About Rebecca – Rebecca is a dressage rider, trainer and coach, she is also a Pilates Instructor for Equestrian Riders and an Equestrian Journalist.   To Listen to Rebecca Ashton on iTunes – Click Here Or Listen below   Rebecca’s Favourite Inspirational Quote – If you do […]

0165 – Anne-Katrin Liebe

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Achieving a Harmonic Dialog with Horses   About Anne-Katrin – Anne-Katrin has a background in dressage, showjumping and eventing.  She is also a dressage rider, trainer and competitor.  Anne-Katrin also coaches students, beginners to advance on her property at Arcadia. She also breeds German riding ponies   To Listen to Anne-Katrin Liebe on iTunes – […]

0162 – Terry Cowan (Listeners’ Choice)

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42 Years on the Show Circuit with the Woodhurst Show Team  (Listeners’ Choice)   By Popular Demand we have re-published this episode.   Each weekend we are choosing the most listened to and  commented on episodes for you to enjoy. This interview was previously published in 2017 TerryCowan (013)   About Terry Cowan – Terry remembers riding […]

0158 – Paul Cairns

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Classical Dressage and Showjumping With a Strong Focus on Effective Execution and Elegance in Execution to Maximise Results   About Paul – Paul started as a dressage, showjumping and eventing rider and then went to train with Philippe Karl and Heather Moffett.  He teaches classical dressage and showjumping with a strong focus on effective execution […]

0157 – Kate O’Connor

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Get a Horse Industry Qualification and Know That There Is a Lot of Manure to Pick Up Before You Get To The Glamorous Bits   About Kate – Kate is a show horse and dressage rider and she has a Diploma of Teaching.   Kate is showing horses of several breed types at national level shows and dressage at […]

0156 – Lea Bierman (Listener’s Choice)

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Grand Prix Rider, Grand Prix Trainer, Grand Prix Coach  (Listeners’ Choice)   By Popular Demand we have re-published this episode.   Each weekend we are choosing the most listened to and  commented on episodes for you to enjoy. This interview was previously published in 2017 (Lea Bierman) (011)   About Lea Bierman – From her early […]

0150 – Danielle Keogh

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Using Physiotherapy To Improve Rider Position As Well as Lower Back and Pelvic Pain   About Danielle – Danielle is a dressage specialist, rider, trainer and coach up to FEI (Prix St George/Inter 1).  She also busy with her training and agistment yard on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.  Danielle is sponsored by Picture The […]

0149 – Sue Chandler (Listeners Choice)

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Riding, Travelling, Teaching, Judging – Sue is living the horse person’s dream (Listeners’ Choice)   By Popular Demand we have re-published this episode.   Each weekend we are choosing the most listened to and  commented on episodes for you to enjoy. This interview was previously published in 2017 (Sue Chandler) (006)   About Sue – Sue started […]

0145 – Emily O’Connell

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Use Dressage For The Horse and Not The Horse For Dressage     About Emily – Emily is a dressage rider currently competing Small Tours on her off the track thoroughbred.  She is also a future PhD student in Equine Ethology.  Emily has been a groom, rider and is currently a disability support worker Grade […]

0140 – Jenny Carroll

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There Are Rewards In Seeing Progress and Improvement in The Way a Horse Goes   About Jenny – Jenny is a graduate from one of the first Horse Management Programs in Australia at a time when there was some opposition to the need for formal education in you wanted to work with horses.  Thankfully attitudes […]

0138 – Fiona Heysen

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It Is The Trust Element That I Find Quite Extraordinary About Horses   About Fiona – Fiona has a background in dressage, showjumping, eventing.   She now is focusing on dressage, where she has ridden and has trained to Grand Prix level.  Fiona is the grand daughter of Sire Hans Heysen (Famous Artist), she has been […]

0136 – Julie-Anne Humphries 2

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“Ten Hot Tips to Becoming a Better Horse Person”   About Julie-Anne – If you would like to know more about Julie-Anne then have a look at her first interview (037) http://horsechats.com/JulieanneHumphries.   About This Episode – Ten Hot Tips to Becoming a Better Horse Person   To Listen to Juile-Anne Humphries 2 on iTunes – Click […]

0133 – Iris Huisman

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Clicker Training: The Importance of the Time Between Click and Reward   About Iris – Iris started riding with an interest in dressage and had a brief interest  in cutting before returning to dressage.  Her area of research has been in clicker training with horses, focusing on the importance of the time between the click […]

0127 – Kate Fenner

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Have Empathy To Be Able To See Things From The Horses Point of View   About Kate – Kate is a coach and trainer and who has competed in dressage, showjumping, western, working equitation, hacking and polo.  She is a equine scientist working towards her PhD.  Her research is on training and welfare and she […]

0125 – Sam Lyle

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It is a Challenge for Professional Riders to Find a Balance Between Horses, Family and Mortgage   About Sam – Sam is an eventing specialist rider, coach, trainer and competitor up to 4 star.  He was also the Assistant Coach for the Australian Three Day Event Team at the Beijing Olympics and World Cup.   […]

0116 – Kerry Crees

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Enjoy Your Horses and Treat Them as You Would Like to Be Treated     About Kerry – Kerry has a background in dressage, showjumping, eventing as well as racing and is a coach and coach educator.   To Listen to Kerry Crees on iTunes – Click Here Or Listen below   Kerry’s Favourite Inspirational […]

0115 – Michelle Despax

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Using Alexander Technique in the Holistic Approach to Improve the Rider and Horse Combination   About Michelle – Michelle has a dressage, showjumping and eventing background.  She specialises in dressage, is a  FEI Rider, trainer and coach.  Michelle is teaching the Alexandra technique – interacting with riders and coaches   To Listen to Michelle Despax […]

0114 – Jamie Murray

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We Can’t Just Dominate, We Must Educate To Allow the Horse to be Part of the Team About Jamie – Jamie is a showjumping specialist, trainer and coach.  He has ridden to World Cup level and is a winner at National Championship level.  Jamie is also a Master Farrier.   To Listen to Jamie Murray […]

0113 – Arianne Nijhuis

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Getting Fit and Getting Strong Can Really Influence Your Riding   About Arianne – Arianne has a background in dressage, showjumping and is a coach and coach educator.  She is now focusing on dressage.   To Listen to Arianne Nijhuis on iTunes – Click Here Or Listen below   Arianne’s Favourite Inspirational Quote – Horse […]

0112 – Heath Ryan

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To Achieve the Dream, the Rider Has to Have a Horse Who Can Do The Job and A Horse Has to Have a Rider Who Can Do The Job   About Heath – Heath is a dressage and eventing specialist, who has competed at Olympic and World Championship level.  He has also won numerous championships […]