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Vol 34 No 5 Feb/March 2013
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THE CROOKED TAIL
by Bert Hartog
Sometimes a result of injury, a tail carried to one side more commonly indicates
tensions due to rider error.
12 R&D - THE FuTuRE OF REsEARCH
by Kaye Meynell
With government and other sources of funding drying up, how can equine research
hope to advance?
16 PLOTTINg THE COuRsE with Natalie Blundell
Course reconnaissance is essential to performance in the cross country element of
Eventing.
24 PLEAsE ExPLAIN - with Brett Parbury and Dr Holly Lewis
I
ntroducing our new section, where experienced horsemen and women guide readers
through those many questions they have always wanted to ask in relation to
commonly accepted equestrian terms, traditions and health factors.
28 EquITANA COLLECTION 2012
There is just so much to see at Equitana Melbourne so we have featured a range of
new releases, innovative and interesting products from this event.
34 INTRODuCINg WEsTERN DREssAgE
by Jennifer Chisholm-Høibråten
Pioneered at the World Equestrian Games in 2010, this new discipline is generating
excitement across The United States and Europe and now in Australia.
39 ALL ABLAzE
by Carole Watson
As Australia experienced record temperatures this summer the bushfires that raged
across Tasmania, Victoria, NSW, Qld and SA left a trail of destruction behind.
The gREEN HORsE
- sustainable horsekeeping
42 Information Exchange - Reader's Tips, Views and questions
43 Pasture species Profile - Rhodes grass
by Andrea Carmody
43 green Product News
44 Weed Watch - Wisteria
by Nicola Field
45 Choosing a small-Farm Tractor
by Roger Martyn
46 Climate Change and the Horse
by Rebecca Cassells
46 Doing it in the Dry
by Chris Ferreira
48 Holistic Management Pt 3: Forming an Holistic goal
by Mariette van den Berg and Nick Huggins
Inside
All Ablaze - page 39
Western
Dressage
- page 34
Equitana Collection - page 28