Equestrian Hub Magazine July August 2021

Page 86

One of the positives of the MIM frangible system is that it holds rails of up to 250kgs.

F

or those of you reading this article who are unfamiliar with eventing, your comment will likely be: what

on earth are frangibles?

O N M Y TAC K B OX

Frangibles: breaking it down

Frangible devices are the end product of a long-term initiative by eventing organisations to try and make eventing safer. This all started in the early 2000s when the FEI began keeping statistics of all cross country results, focusing principally on the amount of horse falls in the sport. This record-keeping

An FEI cross country Course Designer with many years’ experience, WAYNE COPPING was instrumental in helping to fine tune and introduce frangible devices to Australia.

involved officials manually recording all details of all jumps in FEI classes, such as the jumpable width, the top spread, the base spread, the shape or outline of the obstacle, and the different facets


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Perfect Partners: Emma Mason & Marcus

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Young Rider: Bella Napthali

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pages 100-101

On My Tackbox: Breaking it Down

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pages 86-89

Training Tips: Handling the Equine Athlete

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pages 90-99

Saddle Review: Devoucoux Chiberta Lab

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page 85

Horse Breed: Standardbred

8min
pages 72-77

Feature: Chris Nott Special Olympics

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pages 78-84

Life After Racing

6min
pages 68-71

Feature: EQUITANA

3min
pages 66-67

European Trends: KEP Italia

2min
page 57

Feature: Colour Genetics Part 2

9min
pages 50-56

Feature: Eventer Jade Findlay

7min
pages 40-43

Brister’s Brief

7min
pages 20-23

Feature: Kryal Castle

9min
pages 28-35

Vet Vibes: Rain Scald

7min
pages 36-39

Ask and Expert: Jess Stones

6min
pages 24-27

Spotlight on Dan Steers

16min
pages 10-19

From the Horse’s Mouth

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page 9

Our Contributors

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