Horse Health & Rider Fitness – The Horse Magazine

Dressage is like the Tango

January 4th, 2023
Richard Weis is acknowledged the world over as an expert in how dressage riders could, and should, sit. Here he looks at the way in which the Tango is mirrored in the partnership of rider and horse... Read Article Comments Off

Reading Blood Tests with David Ramey

May 2nd, 2022
Blood tests and their uses and abuses. Dr David Ramey explains how and when to use a blood test from your favourite horse. It's great reading - and a great help especially for your horse... Read Article Comments Off

The Ten Commandments…

January 13th, 2022
Andrew McLean has a 10 point check list to see if your training program is based on sound scientific principles... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Principles of Horsemanship: Pressure / Release

December 2nd, 2021
The first principle is that the removal of any pressure reinforces the behaviour immediately before the removal. This is the principle of negative reinforcement... Read Article 2 Comments »

Christopher Bartle – the ultimate coach

November 29th, 2021
Christopher Bartle - he's the equestrian coach with the midas touch... Rebecca Ashton has a fascinating interview with this exceptional mentor and motivator... Read Article 1 Comment »

Andrew McLean on the Crucial First Training Principle

November 26th, 2021
Andrew McLean and the First Principle - This is the principle of negative reinforcement. I think what we need to recognize, is that when we train horses we are duty bound to perform negative reinforcement correctly... Read Article Comments Off

Andrew McLean on Punishment

November 20th, 2021
One of the most important concepts Andrew McLean has introduced to the world of the horse is that horses are not ‘naughty’, they are just being given the wrong signals and message... Read Article 9 Comments »

Contact – What is good contact?

October 12th, 2021
What is contact? Light? Heavy? How do we establish good contact? We turn to some of the great equestrian authorities of all time - and some modern luminaries - to help shed light on this vexing concept.... Read Article Comments Off

Types of Suppling Exercises by Hilary Clayton

October 4th, 2021
Hilary Clayton combines her own love of horses and riding, with a rigorous scientific approach that over the last 30 years has showed how superstition and guesswork can be replaced by clear logical thought… PASSIVE SUPPLING – slow controlled movement to the limit of joint motion through the action of an external force DYNAMIC SUPPLING – rapid […] Read Article 1 Comment »

The Posture does the riding… with Susanne Miesner and Richard Weis

July 12th, 2021
Susanne Meisner and Richard Weis un-ravel the mystery of why some riders sit perfectly, and why some horses can help the rider... Read Article 3 Comments »