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WHAT'S IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF HORSE

FIND OUT WHAT'S IN THE JUNE ISSUE, OUT 26 APRIL – IT'S THE SHOW SPECIAL!

• Take control of your nerves and start enjoying hacking
• Put pizzazz into his paces – with help from a top dressage judge
• Think positive and achieve your goals – with therapist Gary Diplock
• Simple steps to a stress-free show day
• Dressage to music – how to pick the right tunes
• Mare, gelding or stallion – which is for you?
• Meet the real horse whisperer, Buck Brannaman
• Real life – how one rider got back into the saddle after being paralysed
• Interview: Sophie Wells is going for Paralympic gold
• WIN! A Caldene riding outfit!
• Columnist Anna Ross Davies on finding the right man
• Travel report: Go wild in the Carmargue
• Tail end – 12 phrases that baffle your non-equestrian friends…

And there's much, much more...

Training:

• Take a pole work masterclass with Adam Kemp
• Prepare your showjumper for his first competition
• Sacha Pemble's 10 golden rules for cross-country
• 10 minute exercise: perfect your trot-walk-trot transitions
• Amy Stovold improves your horse's way of going
• Training the three-year-old – with Southern Cross Stud
• Q&A training – how to make your horse more gymnastic

Horse sense:

• Vet report: Caring for a horse that is unable to sweat
• How to spot good conformation – and disguise faults for the showring.
• Twice the advice: Medical and holistic treatments for moody mares
• Four steps to perfect quarter marks
• Q&A horse care: All your problems solved

Tack shop:

• Stable style: Competition gear to help you look like a professional
• Tried and tested: Readers put show shirts to the test
• Buyers' guide: Find the best calmer for your horse

Exclusive competitions:

• Giveaways: Loads of ace prizes up for grabs!

Regulars:

• News update and diary
• Galloping gallery
• New products
• Your letters
• Q&As

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