http://www.therideronline.co.uk Equestrian Information Portal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:19:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TOP class show jumping returns to Aintree Equestrian Centre all this weekend as the Aintree Summer British Amateur Four Day show leaps into action. Included in the stellar line-up of riders is Susie Gibson from Warrington, who was recently voted 2010 Trainer of the Year by the British Show Jumping Association. Ian ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/jumping-festival-leaps-into-action-at-aintree/ How many medals targeted by Team GB? Team GB are aiming to get medals in all the disciplines; eventing, dressage and show jumping and Paralympic dressage. Where are the chances? Team GB are best placed to succeed in eventing where we have medalled at every ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/equestrianism-guidelondon-2012-olympics/ British show jumping team manager Rob Hoekstra is to try out yet another rider combination in the penultimate leg of the Meydan Nations Cup at the Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, even though the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky are just ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/rob-hoekstra-to-blood-new-combinations-in-nations-cup/ Beverley Widdowson’s Carlo 273, ridden by Nick Skelton, finished in second place in the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix held in La Mandria, Italy at the weekend, bringing home a 65,000€ share of the 300,000€ total prize fund on offer. Jumping one of only three triple clear rounds of the entire ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/nick-sketon-and-carlo-win-at-la-mandria-global-champions-tour/ American dressage rider Courtney King-Dye is back on horseback after suffering a serious brain injury when she fell while schooling at home in Florida on 3 March. She suffered a fractured skull and small brain bleeds and fell into a coma. Mrs King-Dye, who was disqualified from the 2008 Olympics when her ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/injured-dressage-rider-tries-hippotherapy/ British show jumping squad performance manager Derek Ricketts has been sacked following the team's "disappointing" results in 2009. Mr Ricketts, who has been team manager since 2002, says he was warned that his position was under review in September — following Team GB's joint eighth place in the Nations Cup super ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/show-jumping-team-manager-sacked/ British showjumping is advertising for a new squad performance manager following the Great Britain team's poor showing last year. The move follows a review of the high-profile post after Britain finished eighth in the Nations Cup and sixth at the European Championships in Windsor. It is thought Derek Ricketts, who has been ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/showjumping-seeks-new-performance-manager/ The saddle you choose depends on the kind of riding you do. There are general purpose saddles, hunt-seat saddles, western saddles, dressage and show saddles. The saddle tree, the frame on which the saddle is constructed, is usually made of wood or sometimes fiberglass, then covered with leather. This frame is ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/horse-saddles-basics/ When the cold winter weather hits, many horse owners automatically bring out the horse blankets. However, a ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/winter-horse-blanket/ Over the winter months you horse will likely get a little grubby especially if they have been turned out during this time and hasn’t done much in the way of riding or grooming. This is the time when you should spring clean your horse. The mane and tail is ... http://www.therideronline.co.uk/cleaning-your-horse/