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Showing the horse the way to the ground – with Christian Thiess

January 11th, 2021
The tests, or 'truth-stones', include the full halt, medium trot and piaffe, plus one test that has the advantage over all the others in that it can accompany the horse throughout his entire development… Showing the horse the way towards the ground. Read Article 7 Comments »

Jane Savoie – A tribute

January 6th, 2021
The American dressage team rider, author and coach, Jane Savoie has died. We pay tribute to her with an extract from her first book that explains how to correctly lengthen your horse's stride... Read Article Comments Off

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off

Tip from the top with Princess Nathalie

January 3rd, 2021
Princess Nathalie – Teaching in Australia – Working with Gitte Donvig Words Chris Hector, pix Ros Neave You were telling Gitte, don’t get too elegant, don’t sit too straight… There is positive tension in your body when you sit straight, and you can over-do it. You can sit straight, but you can still be relaxed, […] Read Article Comments Off

Contact and Lightness with Jean Bemelmans

December 31st, 2020
Jean Bemelmans on contact and lightness: “You see many riders nowadays they start riding before they are ready – they have not prepared their own body to work with the body of the horse. You have to have your body loose so you can be with the rhythm of the horse, to be flexible and […] Read Article Comments Off

Ranking the rankings…

The breeding website hippomundo has launched two new ranking to measure the success of breeders of jumping horses - we examine the results, and meet some of the top breeders... Read Article Comments Off

Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 5 – Teaching Teachers

December 29th, 2020
In this last of our five part series in remembrance of the late Miguel Tavora, the Master teaches a student who is also a coach, and reflects on the place of the old masters of equitation in today’s environment… Read Article 1 Comment »

Pole Dancing for Horses – Exercise 2

December 28th, 2020
Lesley Brodbeck is back with another simple and effective pole exercise to improve your horse's way of going... Read Article Comments Off

Pole Dancing for Dressage Horses – Exercise 1

December 24th, 2020
International eventer, Lesley Brodbeck has designed a series of exercises using poles on the ground to help educate and gymnasticize horses, here's the first of our exercises to give you something to do over Christmas... Read Article Comments Off

Miguel Tavora – The Thinking Horseman – Part 4

In this series of articles, Portuguese master of classical equitation, Miguel Tavora, outlines his fusion of Iberian, French and German principles, this time working with a horse just moving into the FEI classes... Read Article 1 Comment »