Dressage – Page 28 – The Horse Magazine

Pearls from George Morris

January 30th, 2021
George Morris, pearls for everyone to share: Even in walk, George demands total concentration: “I know you are only walking, but don’t tap with your legs. One blow with both spurs if necessary, but don’t tap, tap, tap, and raise your hands. I don’t want low, fixed, dead hands – don’t drop your hands Your […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip from Carl Hester, riding Grand Prix

January 29th, 2021
Story Chris Hector, photographs Ros Neave. Part of a Masterclass at QSEC where Carl works with a Grand Prix combination… Elliot Patterson and the imported eight-year-old stallion Bluefields Berlin working with Carl Hester as the combination works towards competing at Grand Prix level. Carl is stressing just how difficult it is to make the step […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip with Gerd Heuschmann -Toplines

January 28th, 2021
Gerd Heuschmann tells us about the importance of developing the topline: “This, in my opinion, is where the problem starts – with a three or four-year-old horse, with an the inexperienced rider on this young horse in a rather short topline. A very nice looking topline, but the muscle system is untrained so what happens? […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Top Tip: Balance over the stirrup with Mary Wanless

Mary Wanless revolutionised how the riding world thought about balance and rider position - here she discusses the all important role of the stirrup... Read Article Comments Off

Was Apache the lost opportunity?

January 27th, 2021
Apache was a controversial stallion in his life - are we only now that he is dead, realising what the dressage breeding world has lost? Read Article 1 Comment »

It’s all in the hands… Herr Kukuk

January 26th, 2021
There's magic in the air, magic that makes an old man dance his way around the indoor, teaching young horses an art as old as horsemanship. Herr Kukuk is 74 years young, and one of the great masters of in hand work... Read Article Comments Off

Top tip: Stefan Wolff on suppleness…

January 25th, 2021
It's a crucial concept for dressage training - SUPPLENESS. German dressage trainer Stefan Wolff explains how and why to achieve it... Read Article Comments Off

Top Training Tips from Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester…

January 22nd, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin talks about the early training of the recently sold Grand Prix horse, Barolo. Read Article Comments Off

Breeding Dressage Horses – A Global Perspective

Christopher Hector looks at the past and future of dressage horse breeding - a global view... Read Article 4 Comments »

Top Tips – Charlotte Dujardin on the young horse starting out

January 21st, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin talking about working with young horses. Not easy in the atmosphere of the Masterclass… Although Lilah Nieuwland’s four-year-old, Bloomfield Fürstin Romance was coping well, and Charlotte was sympathetic: “There is so much atmosphere, just try to give her a nice time and build her confidence, let her look, pat her on the neck. You don’t […] Read Article Comments Off