ISSUE 59
OCTOBER 2020
FABULOUS FOALS
TO BREED OR NOT?
KERRY MACK’S
KINDERGARTEN TIPS
& ADVICE FROM THE VET
CHRIS BURTON’S
SUNNY OUTLOOK

PLUS: EMMA FLAVELLE-WATTS & CABARET C, EVENTING ABROAD WITH LISSA GREEN & ISABEL ENGLISH, A SECOND CHANCE FOR A SPECIAL RACEHORSE, RACING WITH HIGHCLERE, NAVIGATING THE LAMINITIS LABYRINTH & MORE

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ISSUE 59

CONTENTS

OCTOBER 2020
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Opinion

THE NEW AGE OF EA

FROM THE CHAIRMAN ROBERT MCKAY

Opinion

OLYMPICS FULL STEAM AHEAD

RYAN’S RAVE BY HEATH RYAN

Dressage

A TALE OF TWO EMMAS

BY EQ LIFE/ROGER FITZHARDINGE

Special feature

COURAGEOUS KIWI BLAZES HER OWN TRAIL (Part 3)

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGE

Eventing

DIFFERENT PATHWAYS, SAME GOALS ABROAD

BY ELLI BIRCH

Racing

HIGHCLERE RACING DELIVERS A CHANGE OF PACE

BY ADELE SEVERS

Dressage

10 TIPS FOR RIDING THE MEDIUM TESTS

BY EQ LIFE & ROGER FITZHARDINGE

Health

FOAL DIARRHOEA
(DON’T PANIC!)

BY DR MAXINE BRAIN

Special feature

ALL EYES ON THE PRIZE

BY AMANDA YOUNG

Health

NAVIGATING THE LAMINITIS LABYRINTH

BY EQ LIFE

Eventing

CHRIS BURTON SEES THE BRIGHT SIDE OF 2020

BY ADELE SEVERS

Training

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN FOR FOALS

BY DR KERRY MACK

Breeding

TO BREED OR
NOT TO BREED,
THAT IS THE QUESTION…

BY AMANDA YOUNG

Lifestyle

POETRY JUMPS TO LIFE & YES, HORSES CAN TALK!

BY SUZY JARRATT

My Favourite Dish

SLOW BAKED LAMB SHOULDER

WITH EMMA FLAVELLE-WATTS
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The gold medal eventing team from Atlanta, 1996 - Andrew Hoy, Wendy Schaeffer, Phillip Dutton and Gillian Rolton. Australia has a long history of Olympic success in the eventing discipline - what will Tokyo 2021 bring? © Brett Faulkner
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Here come the Tokyo Olympics, 23 July 2021… Covid or no Covid, Covid vaccine or no Covid vaccine! The whole world is backing the Olympics for next year and Japan is determined.

The Australian Team in all sports have the green light to train with everything they have got. Australia is going, and we are going to field a full team in all sports.

Key parties responsible for the Olympics going ahead are:

1. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

2. The Japanese Government

3. Tokyo Municipal Government

4. The Tokyo Organising Committee (TOCOG)

All of these key organising parties will nevertheless work closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The new Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, has said: “The Japanese government is determined to host the Olympic Games and will spare no effort in order to welcome everyone to a Games that are safe and secure.”

All key organising parties are united in their commitment to prioritise the health and safety of athletes, spectators, stakeholders, volunteers and staff. The commitment is unwavering.

There are still lots of unknowns that are yet to be pioneered and there will be Covid restrictions in place — for example, up to 15% fewer officials, no team welcoming ceremonies, and the athletes’ village along with training facilities and the competition venues will be maintained as a big “bio-bubble”. And there will be more restrictions.

However, the Olympics are full steam ahead, and they are going to deliver a full competition programme. They are just going to be different, and they are going to be special.

SO WHAT IS AUSTRALIA DOING?

The Australian Olympic Committee has put together a team called ‘Wagasa’, which means ‘umbrella’ in Japanese. So this is the Australian umbrella plan to cover all challenges for athletes between now and the Olympic Games.

Project Wagasa has four phases:

1. Qualifying events, test events and training

2. Pre-Games training camps

3. Assembling the Australian Olympic Team

4. Returning home

Primarily Project Wagasa will provide a safety net to ensure that proper processes and protocols are in place to get all the Australian athletes to the Games and then home again fit and healthy.

So there you go. Tokyo is a goer for 2021. Does that mean that some of you out there who were not ready for the Olympics this year are indeed a possibility for next year? Guess what… for some people, that is a yes.

Next month we will maybe name a few individuals who were non-contenders for a 2020 Olympics, but now the one-year delay has allowed them to move into contention. Also, where are the events and competitions to watch? It’s a whole new ball game. EQ

Cheers, Heath

Information sourced from the AOC Athlete Update, 29 September, Ian Chesterman – Chef de Mission, Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team

Read more here: www.olympics.com.au/covid-19-update

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ:

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A new EA for all of us, hopefully (Ryan’s Rave, September 2020 issue)

EA administration and hopefully a future (Ryan’s Rave, August 2020 issue)

EA’s voluntary administration (Ryan’s Rave, July 2020 issue)

What I look for in an eventing horse (Ryan’s Rave, June 2020 issue)

Novel way to deal with lockdown (Ryan’s Rave, May 2020 issue)

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