The Classical Tradition, the Training Scale and Dressage Today

October 11th, 2019
This is the final in a four part series of articles that looks at the development of the principles of dressage training from the Greeks, through the Middle Ages and into the present. This article discusses the emergence of the German Training Scale and in a postscript considers the state of the art in 2019... Read Article 11 Comments »
 

Riding as Art: A history of Dressage: Part one – Antiquity

October 9th, 2019
This is the first of a series of articles that looks at the development of the Classical Principles of Dressage. We start with Xenophon and Greek Horsemanship, and find that the popular conception of his teachings and place in dressage is quite wrong… Read Article 7 Comments »
 

The Classical Tradition… Out of the Dark Ages – Riding as Art Part Two:

October 8th, 2019
What did de la Guérinière really say? How did the Old Masters train and how relevant is it today? Christopher Hector continues this series looking at the classical tradition... Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Jean François Pignon – Do you really understand your horse?

October 7th, 2019
Jean François Pignon is famous throughout Europe for his liberty act but more and more European riders are turning to him to build a bond with their horses... Read Article Comments Off on Jean François Pignon – Do you really understand your horse?
 

Carl Hester talks about his horses, his training and more…

September 27th, 2019
Carl Hester talks about horses, training, and what makes medal winning horses, and riders. Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Early Isabell Werth, a Gallery

September 25th, 2019
Isabell Werth from 2000 to 2008, a photo gallery. Read Article Comments Off on Early Isabell Werth, a Gallery
 

Jessica von Bredow Werndl talks to Rebecca Ashton

September 18th, 2019
Meet Jessica von Bredow Werndl, the new star on the German medal winning team. Read Article Comments Off on Jessica von Bredow Werndl talks to Rebecca Ashton
 

Simone Pearce – making it, with a smile!

September 14th, 2019
Simone Pearce, she's the Aussie rider who is riding some of Germany's most exciting dressage stallions... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Carl Hester: How to make a Valegro

September 9th, 2019
Carl Hester gives us the recipe - now you can make your own Valegro. An exclusive interview with Christopher Hector, he says it is his best story yet... Read Article 6 Comments »
 

Climbing the Classical Pyramid – Step 6

September 2nd, 2019
American dressage star, Steffen Peters helps you deal with the tricky topic of Collection... Read Article Comments Off on Climbing the Classical Pyramid – Step 6