horsemagazine – Page 110 – The Horse Magazine

KWPN: The development of the Dutch Warmblood

December 3rd, 2014
The Dutch have always been traders, quick to spot a new market, quick to find the goods in demand, and faster to establish themselves in the marketplace. When they turned to sport horse breeding, they brought this same drive and flexibility. When the other European books were still proclaiming the goal of an ‘all-round athlete’ […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Lightness with Miguel Tavora

Light is the opposite of heavy. In Equitation a horse that is heavy in your hand can not be light. The problem is that a horse might not be heavy and yet he is not light... Read Article 1 Comment »

Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA

We also used counter canter in the warm up to make the horse straighter, more through. The horse is much stronger now, more mature, which means we can start counter canter earlier on in the working session... Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – Arena Side – Part 2

In walk you can start making gymnastics with the horses, especially if you have one like the Trakehner which is a bit stiff in the knees and the back, he is so short, it helps him to do shoulder in, traver, renvers, half pass in walk... Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – Old friends, new friends

“Some horses just don’t get flying changes. Not all of us become professors; some of us have to teach riding. So there are just some things you can’t teach horses – some won’t do piaffe, some won’t do flying changes…" Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – Riding your dressage test – The walk

Dressage trainer, Martina Hannöver looks at one of the most difficult gaits to train - the walk. Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – Step by step

I teach my horses to stand square all the time. Even if I am tightening up the girth, or I have stopped to talk to somebody. I am always trying to train the horse so that it knows that under the rider it always has to stand on all four legs every time I make a halt... Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – All about the half pass

All Martina Hannöver’s horses have lovely half passes, so it is no surprise to find that while she was working under the late Herbert Rehbein at Grönwholdhof, he declared that she was so good at it that she could ‘train a cow’ to half pass… What is important about training a horse to half pass? […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Martina Hannöver – training the more advanced horse

Older means more experienced, it also means craftier -and 'Charlie' has a whole bag of tricks to keep the rider under his control, but Martina is quick to spot the problem... Read Article Comments Off

Martina Hannöver – Working with young horses: The four year old

Jim and Emmie Schmul’s new property is the perfect setting for an exhilarating clinic with Martina Hannöver. Martina is on her second visit to Australia, and has found that her relaxed, breezy lots of fun style goes down well with the locals. However, unlike some of our visitors she does not lower her standards to […] Read Article Comments Off