Kiah Equine is also proud to sponsor Natalie  Blundell and Algebra.

Natalie is of course renowned for her win in 2000 in the Four Star event, Adelaide Horse Trials, with her horse Billy Bathgate.

Successes in the 2006/07 season (less the 8 months lost due to the EI Outbreak in Australia) include 1st placings at both Canberra CCI* and Scone CCI*, 3rd at Sydney Eventing CNC*, 3rd State Eventing Championships CCI* (Albury) and 5th at both Camden and Mirrabooka CCI**.

All within 10 months of Natalie obtaining the ride on Algebra.

Algebra was awarded the Arthur Clothier Trophy for 2007 as the winner of the ANSA High Point Eventing Horse for the year.

2008 was capped off with a brilliant second placing at Lakes and Craters, Camperdown VIC in the Two Star followed by the appointment to the Nation Eventing Training Squad for 2009.

Natalie is using a WOW Club Jump and a WOW Competitor Dressage.

She also particularly likes the Korrector Pad, using it under her other jumping saddles and finding it both beneficial to her horses and easy to use as she switches from one to another. 

In her own words: “The Korrector pad is perfect under the flat jump saddles. It gives the wither and spine great clearance and allows the horse to use their back over a fence without restriction from the saddle. You can use it to balance the saddle on horses with different shaped backs and is especially brilliant with horses narrow in the wither.“

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Kiah Equine is proud to sponsor Jessica Robinson on Aloha Redeemer, jointly owned with  Elizabeth Bloomfield.

In 2008 Jessica was named EFA NSW Young Dressage Rider of the Year!  She has been a member of the NSW Dressage Young Rider Squad for two years……

Her many successes in 2007 included, as a team member, a win for NSW at the Young Rider Dressage Championships as well as winning National Advanced and Medium Championships. 

Jess is sponsored by Kiah Equine, choosing to ride in a WOW saddle. She loved the WOW Club so much she and Redeemer were measured up for a WOW Competitor with the features of Jess’ choice and she continues to be impressed with its fit and functionality.

In 2009 Jessica continues to excel, being selected as Reserve on the Australian Youth Olympics Festival Dressage Team and continuing successes at Advanced level with Aloha Redeemer.

In addition to using a WOW Competitor Jessica is using Korrector under another saddle, her initial skepticism being replaced by confidence demonstrated by a young horse with a soft relaxed back, happy and responsive in his work.

We are very proud of Jessica’s achievements.  Jessica is a young woman with her eye on the future and is a rider to watch.

Photo by Tracey  Bavinton, Horse Photography

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May 2009—Jessica Robinson and Aloha Redeemer, Advanced Champions, Central West Dressage Championships and 2nd PSG.

 

January 2009— Jess was nominated as Reserve to the Australian Youth Olympics Festival Dressage Team which given the vast amount of talent that exists in her age group competing in the FEI levels, as well as unfortunate injuries endured in 2008, this is a massive achievement.

More out and about with Kiah Equine

Shunsuke Terui of Japan on Aloha Redeemer at the Australian Youth Olympics Festival, SIEC, January 2009

Photo: Main Event

National Capital Horse Show, November 2008, Trilogy and Julia McLean—5th in the All Breeds Halter Challenge and Supreme Champion Hack (ridden)

Photo: All Creatures Photography

February 2009, East Coast Arabian Championships, SIEC—Julia McLean and Trilogy attain Top Five in the East Coast Cup (Derivatives)

Photo: Tracey Bavinton

July 2008—Natalie Blundell and Just a Blonde, 2nd Pre-Novice, Sydney Eventing

Lakes & Craters 3DE, Camperdown VIC, December 2008 - 2nd in the 2 Star Event and recipients of  the Nature Vet Star Search Award.

Photo: Main Event

Hoofbeats Magazine is a lifestyle magazine for the Australian horse owner and rider covering a great many topics pertaining to training both horse and rider, health, show and event coverage, stable and arena design and a vast array of horse management issues

 

Hoofbeats Magazine incorporates the Green Horse, an 8 page magazine addressing specifically the environmental issues of maintaining horses and properties.

 

Recent Articles published in Hoofbeats:

¨ Badminton Horse Trials 2007

¨ Eyes on the Ground with Andreas Helgstrand

¨ Riding on Science—exploring the amazing technological advances in design and manufacture of saddles in the last 20 years.

¨ Does Australia need a national equine identification system?

¨ Steffan Peters—A Philosophy to Ride By

¨          Leasing—in a series written with Aaron Koffel, Koffels Solicitors & Barristers, legal questions are

           asked and answered by this firm specializing in Equestrian Law.

The Current Issue  of Hoofbeats

Out & About with Kiah Equine

October 2009—Jessica Robinson  and Aloha Redeemer competing with success at Inter I,   Photograph by Belinda Head

Massive Congratulations to Eleanor Osborne and Mighty High (QLD) who placed 5th in the CIC** at Adelaide — fantastic achievement!    Eleanor uses WOW in all phases.  Eleanor and Lofty backed up this success with a 5th Placing in the CCI** at Lakes and Craters, Camperdown VIC. 

Photo Julia McLean

Annette Lowe rode Mulawa Stud’s Alchimia to Champion Arabian Show Hunter at the East Coast Arabian Championships March 2010.

Photo Julia McLean

Natalie Blundell competed two horses at Lakes and Craters—both having their first run in a three day event.  Just a Blonde placed 5th in the 1 Star while Algebra was 10th in the 3 Star.  Photograph by Julia McLean

Robyn Pearce takes delivery of her new WOW saddle specifically assembled for Klaas fan Bokuum, a 4yo Friesian stallion owned by Mary McMasters.  Robyn particularly likes the freedom of movement the horse shows working under WOW.

Photo Julia McLean