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Enya Crockford A rider for most of her life, Enya has been a qualified coach since her teens. She's trained numerous horses up through the eventing levels and is currently working with her sweet but opinionated homebred mare. In this issue she talks to threetime Paralympian Sharon Jarvis about overcoming the many challenges she’s faced throughout her career.
Amanda Mac As editor of Equestrian Hub Magazine, Amanda’s two longstanding passions, one for horses the other for writing, come together perfectly. In this issue she talks to Rhys Stones, as well-known in the show ring as he is in the show jumping arena, about the trials and triumphs associated with building a successful equestrian business and career.
David Nash Director of Nutrition Technology at KER, David is an equine nutrition professional with many years’ experience. He advises on feeding and managing horses across all disciplines, and has been instrumental in quality control, laboratory management and analysis, and pasture research. In this issue he explains why knowing what’s in your pasture is key to sound nutrition.
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, from the state-of-the-art NIGHTWATCH® smart halter™ to stylish winter wear designed to keep you cosy no matter where you are.
Jenny Merity An FEI Eventing, Jumping, and National Dressage Steward, Jenny works at Equestrian Australia with National Discipline Committees to schedule FEI events and entries. She has competed up to 1* Eventing and still loves pottering around all the lower levels of competition. Across all the latest rule changes, she brings us up to date in this issue.
Dr Clarissa Brown-Douglas Clarissa has ridden all her life. Her career as an equine nutritionist has taken her around the world, working with horse owners, breeders and trainers to provide nutrition advice for their equine athletes. Now based in Bendigo and a member of the Kentucky Equine Research team, she looks at the problem of equine obesity. 4 | EQUESTRIAN HUB ISSUE 3 • 2022
Charlie Brister Regular columnist Charlie is an all-round horseman and an expert in retraining problem horses. He also coaches riders in the art of cross country, show jumping and dressage. In the second instalment of his two part series on teaching young horses to jump, Charlie introduces the concept of combination fences and related lines.
Dr Doug English A veterinarian and longtime turmeric researcher, Doug completed his Bachelor of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland in 1974. He’s well-known throughout Australia for his work in the equine industry and is a long-time Equine Veterinarians Australia member. In this issue he discusses those troublesome hoof ailments that frequently occur during wet weather.
