The young dressage horse – in theory and in practice…

January 15th, 2021
The Young Dressage Horse: We start with the action with the help of Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen and some incredibly talented horses and riders... then the theory from one of Germany's most respected judges, Dr Dieter Schule.. Read Article Comments Off on The young dressage horse – in theory and in practice…
 

The mix makes the difference: Verden Auction in January

January 14th, 2021
This auction has it all - dressage prospects, exciting jumpers and future eventing stars - it's the Verden Online auction, check out the collection... Read Article Comments Off on The mix makes the difference: Verden Auction in January
 

Tip from the top: Hubertus Schmidt on piaffe and passage…

January 13th, 2021
One of the modern dressage masters, Hubertus Schmidt has some tips to help you with piaffe and passage... Read Article Comments Off on Tip from the top: Hubertus Schmidt on piaffe and passage…
 

Jane Savoie – A tribute

January 6th, 2021
The American dressage team rider, author and coach, Jane Savoie has died. We pay tribute to her with an extract from her first book that explains how to correctly lengthen your horse's stride... Read Article Comments Off on Jane Savoie – A tribute
 

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off on How German are the German FN rankings?
 

Ranking the rankings…

December 31st, 2020
The breeding website hippomundo has launched two new ranking to measure the success of breeders of jumping horses - we examine the results, and meet some of the top breeders... Read Article Comments Off on Ranking the rankings…
 

Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 5 – Teaching Teachers

December 29th, 2020
In this last of our five part series in remembrance of the late Miguel Tavora, the Master teaches a student who is also a coach, and reflects on the place of the old masters of equitation in today’s environment… Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Pole Dancing for Horses – Exercise 2

December 28th, 2020
Lesley Brodbeck is back with another simple and effective pole exercise to improve your horse's way of going... Read Article Comments Off on Pole Dancing for Horses – Exercise 2
 

Pole Dancing for Dressage Horses – Exercise 1

December 24th, 2020
International eventer, Lesley Brodbeck has designed a series of exercises using poles on the ground to help educate and gymnasticize horses, here's the first of our exercises to give you something to do over Christmas... Read Article Comments Off on Pole Dancing for Dressage Horses – Exercise 1
 

Miguel Tavora – The Thinking Horseman – Part 4


In this series of articles, Portuguese master of classical equitation, Miguel Tavora, outlines his fusion of Iberian, French and German principles, this time working with a horse just moving into the FEI classes... Read Article 1 Comment »