Seven Pillars of Deception to Delay Action on Horse Welfare
Scenario Consider a prominent international organisation that has global leadership and regulatory roles in a well-known area of competitive activity involving animals. Participants are members of a global elite, lauded and applauded for their mastery of the...
Living History: Saving the world’s last wild horse
Takhin tal Research Camp, Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, July, 2023. Lit only by a faint glow on the eastern horizon and the fading light of stars, we hike into the hills at 4am, stumbling on loose sheets of rock which shear away in thin vertical slices under...
Kiwi’s statue unveils striking welfare statements
Forty years after Kiwi’s remarkable dash to victory in the 1983 Melbourne Cup, a lifesize statue of the Waverley horse was recently unveiled in his home town. The statue was the last work of sculptor Fridjof Hanson, completed not long before his death in September...
Bernard Rollin ‘father of veterinary ethics’ died on 19th November
Bernie Rollin, one of the leading scholars in animal rights and animal consciousness, a longtime Colorado State University professor and "father of veterinary medical ethics," died Friday, November 19. He was 78 years old. Rollin leaves behind...
From Pony Club to Olympic Glory
From their regional Pony Club to the world stage: Australia’s oldest and largest equine organisation helped shape the lives of our Olympic Equestrian Team. Australia’s most elite athletes are in Tokyo, Japan, not just bringing home medals but testing their skills...
Confidence Boost
On the cover of the July-August 2021 Horses and People Magazine, we feature Chloe Durkin and Halo, who were photographed by Louise Sedgman for The Sweet Teen Project, an initiative that is raising funds for Headspace Australia, the organisation that is supporting the...
Equestrians in Lockdown
At the beginning of January 2020, Chinese authorities made the first public announcement that a new type of virus was circulating in the city of Wuhan. Little did we know at the time that this novel coronavirus would devastate global economies, shutter small...
A Small Change Can Make a Big Difference
Change is in the air in the equestrian world. It’s not a storm, yet, but there’s definitely enough breeze to fly a kite. Traditionalism, creaking and complaining, is starting to rustle in the wind as science begins to nudge it persistently. It’s an exciting time, we...
Life Lessons from 2020 and Beyond
On our cover this issue we feature Hanna Rush and her Quarter Horse gelding Triandibo Roc n Lynx, also known as Doug or Dougie. The pair were photographed by Louise Sedgman as part of the Sweet Teen Project, an initiative to fundraise for Headspace Australia, an...
A Wild Horse Fantasy
My obsession with horses apparently began at a very early age. There was absolutely no family background for this obsession to occur. My mother and father had never even been close to a horse, other than those which featured in their lives as working animals. They...
Oh But He’s Perfect! My ‘70s Horse-mad Girlhood
Wish for a Pony by Monica Edwards was first published in England in 1947 and has subsequently run to many reprints. It explores the feeling of being utterly and totally enchanted by horses, and it does so truthfully, and respectfully and in a way that also outlines...
‘The Horsemasters’ the book that inspired a way of life
I was lucky enough to be an only child in a family that had horses. My mother had met my father when she was employed as a groom from the same stable that he bought his best eventer! Being with horses and riding was how I spent my childhood. When I wasn’t with them,...
My Friend Floss
“High up on the long hill they called the Saddle Back, behind the ranch and the country road, the boy sat his horse, facing east, his eyes dazzled by the rising sun.” So begins My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara, the story of a boy and his desire to have a horse of his...
Riding Out 2020
Having access to horses is helping this young Victorian ride out the lockdown and ongoing challenges of 2020. On the front cover of the September-October 2020 edition of Horses and People Magazine we have a portrait by Louise Sedgman of Ashelee Capizzi and her first...
Memories Made on Horseback
Horses and People cover story The July-August edition of Horses and People magazine's front cover features up-and-coming youth Sara Leitch riding her mother’s Paint horse Duke (a.k.a. BPS I’m Obsessed), by the Quarter Horse An Obsession, and out of Ransoms First...
Rising to the Challenge; Australian Bushfire Relief
Throughout spring and summer, Australia has been burning. Although every state has a bushfire season, the scale of devastation and areas impacted during the 2019-2020 fire season have been unprecedented. Nearly 12 million hectares land have burnt, killing 33 people...
A Campaign to Give Hazel a Fair Go for Tokyo 2020
Give Hazel a fair go to Tokyo 2020. Hazel Shannon and her Off the Track Thoroughbred, Willinga Park Clifford have won the Adelaide 3 Day Event an historic three times. It’s never been done at any other 5* event in the world. For eventers, it’s like winning the...
The Certain Magic of a Beach Photoshoot
Beach Photoshoot As an Australian Equine Photographer my mission is to capture timeless moments showing the love and connection between my clients and their equine, using our incredible countryside and spectacular rural estates. Creating beautiful photographs that...
