The ideal warm-up will be perfectly executed to produce success in the ring – but horses aren’t machines. Ellie Hughes finds out how to cope when the warm-up throws you a curveball

Former police rider Stewart Mackie highlights the techniques you can deploy this summer to become more confident and skilful than ever

COMPETITION NERVES — TRACEY COLE answers…

FIRST AID FOR RIDERS — JAMES MCNULTY-ACKROYD answers …

They say growth begins at the edge of your comfort zone, but how can riders successfully move up the levels without overstretching themselves or their horses?

Competition nerves take on a whole new character when it’s not you in the saddle, but your child. Eleanor Jones finds out how parents suffer for the sake of their offspring’s sport