Horse Chats

Interviews with Equine Industry Experts

0039 – Hazel Hikins

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Less is More From a Judging Perspective   About Hazel –  Hazel started out riding when she was 10 years old at riding school and enjoyed the experience and spent 20 years teaching others to ride. Hazel became a judge when Harry Bolt and his wife did and seminar in Perth and said that Hazel […]

0037 – Julie-anne Humphries

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Three Day Event Riding, Training and Teaching . . . And Loving It! About Julie-Anne – Julie-Anne was born with the love for horses & the desire to ride, from a very young age had the mind set on riding correctly & competing eventing.  When times Julie-Anne’s life has dealt some heavy blows, horses & […]

0030 – Jim Collin

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Successful Dressage Competitor, Specialising in Riding and Training Young Warmbloods   About Jim Collin – Jim Collin Dressage Specialist and some Event Jumping works with young and warm bloods and does a lot of breaking and training and coaching. His Mother introduced Jim to horses at a young age and he became a professional rider […]

0029 – Lydia Jackson

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International Three Day Eventer, Now Successful Grand Prix Dressage Rider   About Lydia Jackson Lydia Jackson and her family own Kingston Agistment and Training Centre in Tasmania. Lydia commenced riding as an Eventer, producing five horses to 3 Star and representing her country twice as a young rider. She is also a dressage rider and […]

0026 – Judy Peel

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Straightness in the Horse is Very Important and Also Very Difficult To Achieve   About Judy Peel – Judy coaches and judges up to Grand Prix level and has taken three horses from just broken-in to Grand Prix. She has two horses in work who she is currently training for Grand Prix.   To Listen […]

0024 – Jenny Haines

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From Showjumping to Grand Prix Dressage to Equine Learning Facilitator     About Jenny Haines – Equine Industry Related Qualifications/ Experience/ Achievements – EA Level 2 Coach (Dressage) – EA Level 1 General Coach – Advanced Dressage Judge (retired) – Riding for the Disabled Coach – Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator – Ridden and placed at […]

0022 – Sue Leslie

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Improving the Lives of Horses, Every Day     About Sue Leslie – Sue is an EA Level III Coach who has been riding and competing at Three Star Level Eventing for the past twenty years, now focusing on Dressage   To Listen to Sue Leslie on iTunes – Click Here Or listen below Sue’s […]

0015 – Christine Doan

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Using ‘Wholism’ to achieve the Olympics Dream   About Christine – Christine’s first memories of horses was the horse delivering milk to her house. With a bit of luck, her first horse was trained by a rider from the Spanish Riding School which gave her the initial knowledge of dressage. Through her journey that takes […]

0013 – Terry Cowan

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42 Years on the Show Circuit with the Woodhurst Show Team     About Terry Cowan Terry remembers riding on the front of his father’s horse when he was still in nappies, and through his childhood. It was not until he met Vince that he really had to think about training and how he rode. […]

0011 – Lea Bierman

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Grand Prix Rider, Grand Prix Trainer, Grand Prix Coach   About Lea Bierman – From her early days working in a local riding school, Lea has set goals. When she first learnt about Dressage, she set the goal to be a Grand Prix Rider, Grand Prix Trainer/ Coach and Grand Prix Judge. She has achieved […]

0010 – Carlos De Cleermaecker

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Ask Why? . . . is the canter good enough, is the horse sitting enough, is there enough relaxation in the horse for a flying change?     About Carlos – Carlos is a qualified elite level rider and coach in both Australia and Germany, teaching to Grand Prix.   To Listen to Carlos De […]

0008 – Ron Paterson

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The Importance of the Rider’s Position (riding fitness, core strength and stamina) in the Rider and Horse Partnership   About Ron – Ron’s riding career started when he rode around in bare feet and shorts and rode a pony to school. A chance meeting with an ex-campdrafter and Ekka ‘red coat’, Bob Williams, led to […]