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Sjef Janssen – An interview

December 3rd, 2014
My equestrian career started when I was twenty eight years old, married, and on my way to the tennis court several times a week, I took my little daughter with me and we would pass a meadow, and there was a foal in it. She liked that foal, so stupid as I was, I decided to buy it... Read Article Comments Off on Sjef Janssen – An interview
 

Sjef Janssen – Explains his training system


Even with very simple stuff - make a decent transition, make the horses give in, make the horse go over the back, reaction to the actions of the aids - four or five simple things, and 99 out of 100, cannot do it... Read Article Comments Off on Sjef Janssen – Explains his training system
 

Sjef Janssen – talks about the aids


    Sjef Janssen came to horses relatively late in life, but lost no time in first carving a career for himself as an international Grand Prix competitor, then, with his partner, Anky van Grunsven, establishing himself as one of the world’s great dressage trainers. Chris Hector took time out to chat with Sjef – […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Straightness for Eventers with Ingrid Klimke


Ingrid Klimke is one of those rarest of creatures – the complete horsewoman. She was part of the German Gold Medal Eventing Team at Beijing. At the 2009 German Young Horse Championships she qualified horses in three disciplines, placing in dressage and eventing and winning the Young Riding Horse class for three year olds... Read Article Comments Off on Straightness for Eventers with Ingrid Klimke
 

Stretching for Horses


There are three forms of muscle stretching that are used to improve athletic ability and prevent injury. These are active stretching, passive stretching and using the automatic reflex reactions. Read Article Comments Off on Stretching for Horses
 

Susan Pape – Riding Young Dressage horses


Susan Draper is one of the riding world’s little secrets. In Germany, Susan is widely known and respected as a wonderful rider and in particular a producer of young horses... Read Article Comments Off on Susan Pape – Riding Young Dressage horses
 

The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 1


A horse has to be 'forward for the legs' of the rider. This means that the horse must react actively and quickly to the leg aid of the rider, by going forward... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 1
 

The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 2


Some horses appear to go freely forward as if they are almost dancing, without effort of the rider. Often one sees quite large horses performing brilliantly for quite small lady riders... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 2
 

The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 3


Horses as a hunted species are passive thinkers. They concentrate on eating large quantities of grass and run away from danger... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – A series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 3
 

The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 4


When riders refer to 'the seat', the tendency is to think of the bottom in the saddle. But, of course, our whole upper body is used to influence the horse... Read Article Comments Off on The Art of Riding – a series of articles by Bert Hartog: Part 4