Summer 2025 DIGITAL ISSUE
 
Each issue of The Foundation Rider is designed for you—the everyday amateur rider.
 
"This is not our profession; it's our passion, and we love it. But we all face those moments when motivation, skill, or knowledge feels like a hurdle. Sometimes, it takes going back to the foundations to break through. I hope that with every issue you pick up, you'll find something that resonates with you… Something that inspires, educates, and helps you keep moving forward on your riding journey."
 
- Alexia Wright, Editor
 
Want to know what's inside this issue?
 
Your summer reading, sorted. Your riding, inspired. Your magazine, delivered.The Summer issue is packed to the brim and is our BIGGEST issue yet! From our Duncan Equine Foundation Jumping lesson where Kirstin Kelly tackles spooky jump-fill giving everyday riders clever ways to build confidence to Jody Hartstone’s lifting-off-the-forehand in our Foundation Flatwork lesson as she gets right down to the nitty gritty of rebalancing your horse. Julie Malcolm offers her remarkable 'boss the trot' expertise with practical off the horse exercises to help you retrain your feel.
 
We’ve loaded this issue with practical summer essentials too, including fly tips, heat-stress management, and straightforward ulcer-safe feeding guidance, along with a heartfelt piece on grieving your heart horse for those facing a tougher season.
 
You’ll find articles on demystifying half pads, an Equifest wrap up and a dive into the world of the 2025 Kaimanawa Stallion with our cover girl, Morgan Chandler-Bruce. See how we got on with our TFR Kaimanawa's in the highs and lows of the Colt Challenge and be sure not to miss our special feature on some of NZ's oldest retired TB and SB racehorses and story on a combination with a combined age of 102 ....
 
Our Christmas Catalogue will help you kick start you joyful season shopping, and this issue’s remarkable story, which will stop you mid-scroll and remind you exactly why horse people feel things so deeply.
 
AUTUMN | WINTER | SPRING | SUMMER
 
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