horsemagazine – Page 78 – The Horse Magazine

Germany’s New Stars of 1991!

July 20th, 2016
Interviews by Chris Hector and Birgit Popp and Photos by Roz Neave and Kit Houghton Perhaps the most amazing thing about the German dressage scene is their ability to produce new and wonderful horses out of no-where. At Aachen this year, three young woman riders – Heike Kemmer, Isabell Werth and Monica Theodorescu -produced some of […] Read Article Comments Off

Saddleworld Rising Star – July

July 15th, 2016
Brooke Langbecker starred in the third round of the 2016 Young Rider Selection Series, winning the class at the Gympie Show and filling a further three of the next four placings. The Young Rider Selection Series allows riders to compete with more than one horse, but only one horse may earn points for the overall […] Read Article Comments Off

Christoph Hess: Helping out in Australia

July 13th, 2016
Christoph Hess recently retired from his position with the German Equestrian Federation, which left him free to help with the Australian Squad. When Rebecca Ashton met up with Christoph at Camden, he had just come from working with the British based Aussies... Read Article 1 Comment »

Who’s going to the GAMES?

July 4th, 2016
Christopher Hector analyses the breeding of the horses entered for the Rio Olympic Games... Read Article 2 Comments »

July Rider of the Month – Christopher Burton

July 1st, 2016
British based Australian eventer, Christopher Burton took first place in the CCI*** of Saumur, riding Santano – his ‘dresssage’ horse (the Hanoverian gelding is by Sandro Hit out of a Brentano II / Weltmeyer mare). The win is a good omen for Christopher who was 1st and 2nd at Saumur with Haruzac and Leilani, in […] Read Article Comments Off

Jeremy Steinberg – more words of wisdom

Last time we featured an interview with Jeremy it went viral. Dressage fans all over the world reacted (mostly positively) to the American coach’s frank assessment of some of the world’s leading riders and the current state of dressage. Not surprisingly, Rebecca Ashton asked Jeremy for a follow up… Read Article 1 Comment »

Coaching eventers… with Christopher Bartle

Christopher Bartle is simply the most successful eventing coach in the world today - how does he do it? Read Article Comments Off

Hanoverian of the Month – Breanna

Breanna and her American rider and owner, Kathleen Raine charmed the expert audience at one of the toughest shows of them all, Aachen. The pair have been serious competitors in the top league of dressage since 2012. The duo won and successfully participated in Specials and Freestyles, with scores of 76.325% and more. In every […] Read Article Comments Off

Countdown to Rotterdam

June 29th, 2016
All the Australian dressage contenders are over in Europe now, fine tuning their horses for the final selection trial. LYNDAL OATLEY Lyndal Oatley didn’t have the greatest start to her selection campaign, when her horse, Sandro Boy, was not fit to travel to Odense for the first of the qualifiers… How is your road to […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Mary Hanna – Dressage Rider – Part Three

June 27th, 2016
In part three, Mary Hanna continues talking about her riding career, and philosophy of dressage training... Read Article Comments Off