horsemagazine – Page 115 – The Horse Magazine

Ulf Möller – Buying an auction horse…

December 3rd, 2014
A lot of horses are sold, and you have no way of influencing who gets these horses - if they go to the States or to England, then normally you don’t see them again because those countries don’t have a system to build the young horses up... Read Article Comments Off

Ulf Möller – Training Young Horses

If you go to the Bundeschampionate, that is the aim for the young horses for that year, and you really have to make a plan for yourself - this is the biggest event in the year, and you have to work for it... Read Article Comments Off

The Education of Waca: Starting the young horse Part 3

Poor little Waca was just a bit overwhelmed by his first BIG DAY OUT! Not that he was naughty, quite the contrary he was exceptionally well behaved, but by the time it came his turn in his first ever dressage competition, there wasn’t a lot of spark left... Read Article Comments Off

Wiepke van der Lageweg

For such a little country, Holland has a wealth of regional differences, of architecture, religion, language and architecture, and nowhere are the differences more pronounced than in the Calvinist north, where there are some villages still so strict that they are forbidden to use their television sets on the Sabbath. The dialect of Friesland is […] Read Article Comments Off

Will Warmbloods take over Eventing?

With the introduction of the new format for three day eventing, many people suggested that the Thoroughbred would be replaced by the Warmblood, but the facts suggest otherwise... Read Article 1 Comment »

Emily Anker takes a lesson with Matt Ryan

It was an exciting combination to put together, triple gold medallist, Matt Ryan and Emily and her lovely seven year old mare, Blind Love, alias Betty, for a special lesson over some of the schooling fences at Wandin. We all know what a great competitor Matt Ryan is, but he is also a natural teacher... Read Article Comments Off

Ludger Beerbaum – Life at the top…

The German showjumping rider, Ludger Beerbaum has been a dominating force in world showjumping for the past twenty years. It is somewhat of a surprise to find that he is such an unassuming and approachable interview: a rider who is also a thinker, and one who can express those ideas in such an interesting a […] Read Article Comments Off

Talking Jumping Horses with Arnaud Evain

Arnaud Evain has made the study of jumping horses a life long obsession - and his views while often controversial are always well thought through... Read Article Comments Off

Andrew Hoy and the Eventing Formula – Part 1

We all know Andrew Hoy, the ruthless competitor and gold medal winner. We cheered him on our home soil when he won not only gold but silver, he was our hero. Fewer of us know Andrew the enthusiastic and sympathetic instructor. Read Article Comments Off

Andrew Hoy and the Eventing Formula – Part 2

All these event riders were dying to get out on the cross country training course at Marcus Oldham College, but Andrew Hoy had other ideas. After lunch the second group was off to the indoor arena for a session on polishing up rider position and more pearls of wisdom on how to train an event horse. Read Article Comments Off