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WHEN DID YOU MOVE TO AUSTRALIA? WHICH HORSES DID YOU TAKE?  AND WHY DID YOU MOVE THERE?

I moved to AUS in 2013 with my young rider horse Livewire II.  He was an OTTB who I won the Melbourne World Cup Show Young Rider class on.

I was working for Ross and Mel Smith in NZ and they decided to relocate to AUS.  Mel is an Aussie, and there is so much more business and competition opportunity here so it made sense for them to come home on many levels.  I considered it to be an awesome opportunity to relocate with them and have never....

Teeth Are Always in Fashion

And on this note, Cambridge Equine Hospital offers top quality dental care for your horse.  Did you know that a horse's teeth constantly erupt throughout their life.  Most horses are not eating tough grass for 16 – 18 hours per day anymore and therefore their teeth get abnormal wear patterns.  Some teeth erupt faster than others necessitating regular filing.  Horses are living much longer than they would in the wild, so nowadays their teeth won't always last for a lifetime.  Older horses....

Horses kick, horses bite and yes, horses can kill us.  I have been asked to blog about a recent experience of mine that left me in a bit of a bad way, due to a good old double barrel to the pelvis.

I have worked with horses for over 30 years and in many cases I work with horses who are extremely aggressive towards people due to the treatment they have received from people in the past.  

On December 6th last year, I was in the wrong place, at the wrong time with a horse who had been beautifully raised from a foal by caring owners.  She was momentarily frustrated and confused and she made a poor choice.  I say she....

When I was preparing to leave the UK, I contemplated packing breeches and riding boots.  But my idea was quickly scuppered by reminding myself that firstly, I was going to NZ to work hard, save and travel, and secondly, horses are scarce in central Auckland, so there'd be no point. 

I've ridden since I was small, and I've taught young riders since I was 15, at riding schools,  and at pony clubs in the UK, America and Australia.  Recently, I lost my little hunting pony, and I sold my youngster.  This together with my extensive travels of late, has meant horses have not been a possibility.  Occasionally, during weekends, I would visit my....

The NZ Warmblood Association is holding a Classification Tour in March for all equestrians interested in breeding the very best warmblood sport horses possible. 

Leading German Assessor, Gerd Küst, will be touring all parts of NZ along with members of the NZ Warmblood Committee.  Gerd is famous for being one of Germany’s most prominent breeders and producers of dressage and jumping horses and he is a regular assessor for some of the top Verbands in Germany,

He will most certainly be interested in the quality of the New Zealand Warmbloods being bred.  It has been several years since he was last here and in that time the....

More and more people are choosing www.ispyhorses.com as the place to go when they are looking to buy and/or sell horses, ponies, vehicles and more.  We’d like to share a few reasons why you may consider iSpyHorses when you are next selling or looking to buy a horse/pony.

"iSpy has been great for reaching a wide range of people through their many options for marketing. Their public Facebook posts and online marketing resulted in my phone receiving so many phone calls the day....

Here are a few points to think about when advertising that may help attract the right buyer.

A text exchange from last week.... Hi just wondering if you could ler me know if a schoolmaster 15.3/16.2hh 15yrs been there done that sort of a horse comes through your books... my horse you recommended from ispyhorses is awesome but i think she would like to be with a teenager who wants to do stuff on her. Cheers Hello Ok I think there could be one or two on the site right now. I'll have a look. Do you get our weekly LookBook? If you go to www.ispyhorsescom and subscribe for the weekly newsletter you'll see some of our latest on there. But I'll take a look too. When you want to advertise your gorgeous girl let me....