horsemagazine – Page 75 – The Horse Magazine

Developing a Super Seat: continued with Rebecca Ashton

September 28th, 2016
The last two months we looked at the front and the back of the torso. To complete the “circle”, this month we’ll be looking at the sides. When we ride, we need good stability in our waist. If good control of this area of your body is lacking, it is hard to provide a framework […] Read Article Comments Off

Breeding insights with Arnaud Evain

It is a stimulating experience every time I catch up with the French breeding expert, Arnaud Evain. Each time he seems to have a new project and a head full of new insights into the business of breeding jumping horses. I’m lucky, Arnaud’s daughter and grand-children live in my home city of Melbourne, and that makes him a regular visit.. Read Article 1 Comment »

THM Exclusive: German Eventing at Rio

Before Rio, the Germans were unbackable favorites for the eventing gold medal, so what went wrong? I thought I’d ask German journalist and eventing expert, Thomas Borgmann... Read Article Comments Off

Schooling the Young Horse with Michelle Strapp

September 27th, 2016
Michelle Strapp is just a joy to work with. Why? Because she has that rare ability to express the Eternal Truths of the Equestrian Art, minted new each time! It’s doubly a joy when her pupil is Caroline Price, since Caroline is the ideal student, focussed, intelligent and a very fine rider - even if it is difficult, she will try to do what Michelle asks, and 99 times out of a 100, she gets it right. Triple treat it is when the horse is the magnificent four-year-old Holsteiner, Calavino... Read Article Comments Off

Tim Clarke takes a lesson with Vicki Roycroft

September 25th, 2016
Story by Chris Hector and photos by Roz Neave Last month, Vicki worked with a very green young horse just coming into the sport of showjumping, this month, she works with a horse that has already made it into World Cup ranks, with a very exciting young rider, Tim Clarke. While he was on […] Read Article Comments Off

Developing a Super Seat: REACTION

September 23rd, 2016
The precision of dressage demands good reaction from the rider. There is no point in feeling the stimulus from the horse, but not being able to react quickly enough. Udo Bürger tells us that riders must be, “bold, agile and relaxed.” Obviously knowing your craft well along with a good amount of “match practice” will […] Read Article Comments Off

Lucy Bowen takes a lesson with William Fox-Pitt

Fourteen year old Lucy Bowen takes a lesson with one of the world's top eventing riders - William Fox-Pitt... Read Article Comments Off

The Riding Masters – Dr Wolfgang Holzel

Wolfgang Holzel was a great teacher and theoretician, and a stalwart defender of the Training Scale... Read Article 2 Comments »

IAHP October Rider of the Month

Read the exclusive interview with Christopher Burton, our International Animal Health rider of the month for October! Read Article Comments Off

Saddleworld October Rising Star: Madeline Sinderberry

This year’s Australian Young Rider of the Year, Madeline Sinderberry, is still eligible to compete in the Juniors, and Madeline has to balance working her horses, with the school work: “I am pretty busy. I play a lot of sport as well, netball in the winter, touch football in the summer, and I do athletics […] Read Article 1 Comment »