Australian Performance Horse Magazine

Welcome to the 2021 January-February Edition of the Australian Performance Horse Magazine. We hope all our readers have had a chance to sit back, relax and enjoy Christmas and the New Year. We are looking forward to getting out and about this year an

Groundwork can carry a lot of negative connotations for some people, but if you go near your horse on foot, then you are doing groundwork. Any time you are interacting with your horse on the ground, you are teaching your horse something, good or bad,

The small village of Binnaway in Central West NSW ran their first ever Cow Horse show in the newly built multipurpose arena from Friday the 6th to Sunday the 8th November 2020. One of the weekend’s features was a Pre-Futurity held on the Friday after

‘Because of my parents, Mavis and Robert,’ Jess Simpson begins. ‘My sister, Cassandra and I grew up around Quarter Horses, with our family showing in various classes, like Halter, Reining and other Western Performance events. From this, I developed m

Adam Wrobel grew up in suburbia, on the Central Coast of NSW, and to this day has no idea why, at around the age of 4, he became completely obsessed with horses. ‘None of my family rode, and we had no contact with horses, whatsoever. But I had a pict

Each item in a grooming kit serves an important, but particular purpose, so in order to get the right kit together, it makes sense to get a good knowledge of just what you need in order to groom and prepare your horse for the show arena, no matter wh

The DDCC held the only aged event for 2020. It was held on the 23rd to the 28th of November due to border restrictions. The club was aware that the time of year the show was held would effect the numbers, the club was fortunate to have an indoor venu

The White Park Arena at Scone hosted the Australian Reined Cow Horse Association finals on Nov 25th to 29th 2020 for five days of entertaining reined cow horse activity worth watching. The program included the Call Me Mitch Cow Horse Futurity, The Th

It is great to be back campdrafting! Being one of the first few campdrafts held since the easing of covid-19 restrictions, the three-day event was hugely supported by the local Tamworth community and competitors. The overwhelming response required th

The BHFA is the beginnings of great things for the Australian Bucking Horse Industry. It’s been a long time overdue but it has now arrived, Bucking Horse Futurities here in Australia. It has been a topic of many a Bucking Horse enthusiasts’ conversat

AUSTRALIA’S BEST AT THEIR BEST Due to Covid-19 The SHA Australian championships were transferred from the Royal Melbourne Show to The Boneo Park Equestrian Centre on the Mornington Peninsular Victoria. The Geo Tech surface at Boneo Park lends itself

Hi, my name is Stephanie Greig, I’m 14 years old and I live in Toolern Vale Victoria. My horse’s name is Little Ripper and she is 8 years old. I have been a member of Sporting Horse Australia for 3 years and have worked very hard with Little Ripper,

The Enforcer and Matt took out their 3rd Overall Australian Champion Title in a row and their 4th consecutive Flag & Barrel Australian Championship title. Matt says"the journey with The Enforcer has been nothing short of amazing, I am so grateful tha

Coming into this event I really wasn’t expecting much at all. I had only competed at some local jackpots on Jackson and even though Hammer 'aka Smart Like Cooper' was fit due to being roped on I had not got to run him all year. I also had to retire m

The South Australian Barrel Horse Association was founded in 1998 as a stand-alone club. SABHA was created to encourage riders of all ages to the sport of barrel racing and train young horses without the hype of a rodeo. In 2013, SABHA become an affi

History was made in Queensland on the 30th October and 1st November 2020 in the sport of barrel racing. The biggest and the richest single weekend of barrel racing competition in the state of QLD culminated on a State level, The Katie B ABHA Qld Stat

The CWBHC (Central West Barrel Horse Club) has been running for over 10 years catering to all levels of riding and ages. The committee is made up of dedicated volunteers from all ages and from all over the Central West. Despite COVID impacting us pre