horsemagazine – Page 67 – The Horse Magazine

A Masterclass with a Master… George Morris

September 22nd, 2017
The final sessions of George Morris’ Australian clinics were conducted in the wonderful grassed paddocks at Wayne and Vicki Roycroft’s Mt White property and George was in his element with space and natural obstacles to play with. We were all comfortably seated and Mr Singleton’s travelling aviary were still chattering away cheerfully in the trees, as the next lot of horses and riders appear… Read Article Comments Off

Learning from a World Champion – Vaughn Jefferis

September 20th, 2017
Vaughn Jefferis was an integral part of the Kiwi Dream Team that dominated international eventing for a decade, and was always regarded as one of the most stylish jumping jockeys of his era... Read Article Comments Off

Sam Griffiths : Training not Testing on Cross Country

September 17th, 2017
“Horses do things without understanding what they’ve done, so it’s better to take it easy and really let him switch his brain on to where his feet are. They don’t need to learn to jump out here on the course, that’s for the arena.” Read Article Comments Off

George Morris in Australia Part 4

September 15th, 2017
George Morris loves training horses in natural surroundings, and he loves teaching in Wayne Roycroft's beautiful jumping paddock... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Veterinary Basis of Correct Training

September 8th, 2017
This is simply one of the best ever explanations of the connection between good dressage riding and the physical welfare of the horse by German equine veterinary expert, Professor Stadler... Read Article 16 Comments »

Cross Country training with Stuart Tinney

July 17th, 2017
Join Stuart Tinney back in 2004 talking about training eventers, and his secrets to riding Cross Country, successfully. Stuart is still competing at the top, and was a member of our Rio Bronze Medal winning team. Read Article Comments Off

Carl Hester and Uthopia…

June 15th, 2017
Carl Hester and Uthopia, on the way to Gold at the London Olympics... Read Article 2 Comments »

Paul Belasik: Why are fundamental problems persisting in elite dressage? Part Two

May 27th, 2017
In an effort to understand and explain the persistence of certain fundamental problems in elite dressage, I have written a short series of articles. In the first article, I discussed the consistent misunderstanding of bend and its seismic effect on performances. In this article, I want to address hollowness in the horse’s back, which is […] Read Article 5 Comments »

The Basics of Dressage with Christian Thiess: Riding the horse into the outside rein

April 7th, 2017
Through engaging and bending the horse's inside hind leg, the rider will be able to influence and engage the horse's outside hind easier and therefore push the horse from behind into the bit. This will cause the horse to accept the bit. The horse is said to be 'in front of the rider's legs'. Read Article 3 Comments »

Working with Champ and Malcolm Barns – Part Two

March 3rd, 2017
In part one, we left Champ happily lunging with master dressage trainer, Malcolm Barns. This time, Samantha Bartlett is back in the saddle and Malcolm is happy with the quality of the work he is seeing... Read Article 1 Comment »