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Dr Jennifer Stewart With over 40 years’ experience as a veterinarian in mixed and equine practice, Jennifer’s special interest is equine nutrition. She was Senior Veterinary Officer with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment for 10 years, and for two years was Biosecurity Veterinarian with the ACT Government. Feeding and fatigue? It's a thing – and in this issue she explains why.
Amanda Mac As editor of Equestrian Hub Magazine, Amanda’s longstanding passions for horses, writing and photography, come together perfectly. An ex-coach and competitor, she works behind the scenes with the amazing EH team to ensure every issue of the magazine brings you the very best in top quality stories, informative articles and great images.
Dr Clarissa BrownDouglas Clarissa is an equine nutritionist with Kentucky Equine Research Australia. Her PhD from New Zealand’s Massey University focussed on equine growth and development. As part of KER’s equine nutrition team, Clarissa has worked with feed manufacturers, breeders, trainers, and riders around the world. In this issue, she looks at the pluses and very few minuses of processed feeds.
Jessica Morton Jessica is a dual national New Zealand-Italian freelance journalist, equestrian traveller and writer. Currently based in Tuscany, she’s perfectly positioned to bring us the very latest in European equestrian trends and innovations. In International Trends, she discusses the Swiss Horse Industry Council’s recent welfare report, before finding out what’s new at renowned equestrian apparel company Kerrits.
Kate Fenner Kate is an equestrian coach, horse trainer, equine science lecturer and researcher with a PhD in horse behaviour, training and welfare. Kate has ridden, trained and competed in dressage, jumping, western and polo in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia. Her online training course teaches owners to train their horses themselves. In this issue she discusses assessing your horse’s personality.
Dr Calum Paltridge Graduating with First Class Honours in 2013, Calum has specialised in equine practice ever since. His professional interests are performance and race horses, with a particular focus on poor performance and lameness. He has also spent many years breeding, training and competing stock horses, and in this issue we talk to him about the diagnosis and management of arthritis. 6 | EQUESTRIAN HUB ISSUE 7 • 2022
Associate Professor Sam Franklin Sam is the Head of the Equine Department at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She is a Registered Specialist in Equine Sports Medicine, focussing on cardiorespiratory disorders. She has been involved with vaulting for 12 years and is an FEI Official Veterinarian. In this issue she discusses respiratory noise and explains what’s normal, and what’s not.
Mathilde Gregoire With over 40 countries visited, 20 on horseback, Mathilde combines her two greatest passions: horses and traveling. Through writing, her mission is to inspire women and solo travellers to follow their dreams and embark on equestrian journeys around the world. In this issue she reports on the mighty Morgan and shares her visit to a winter wonderland dude ranch.
