Our young rider Katherine Bertram continues her monthly column and shares how she has managed to juggled competing on her mother’s purebred and part-bred Arabian horses at their Avonbrook Stud with her A-levels.

Well, what a fabulous time our family had at the inaugural Australian Youth Championships in October! It was easily the most fun we had had at an Arabian show, and we’re counting down the days until next year’s competition.

Lead Photograph: Reserve Australian Champion Arabian stockhorse Foxwood Mystic Gold  owned by Lee-Anne McClelland congratulates Australian Champion Foxwood Aztec Gold and Krystie Baker.       Gallery Two Aloha Aquarius...

Elite British endurance competitor Tricia Hirst recently announced that her French-bred Anglo gelding, Madjin des Pins (Said Lotois x Perlingueta) is retiring from the sport after a stellar career that has spanned almost a decade.