Saddleworld Horse of the Month – Meet Annapurna

March 23rd, 2017
Annapurna has a famous elder brother, but she's also a star with Gemma Tinney, and has quite a personality of her own. Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Finding the Correct Way of Dressage Training with Stefan Wolff


German professional Stefan Wolff trained with Klaus Balkenhol - and it shows! This gifted trainer is putting the classical principles into practice. Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Mark Phillips – a thinking coach

March 17th, 2017
An in-depth interview with eventing coach, Mark Phillips, riding style, safety and more... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Stefan Wolff gives a lecture: Throughness

March 16th, 2017
Story  and Photos – Rebecca Ashton Stefan Wolff on Throughness. As the Bereiter for Klaus Balkenhol, young Stefan got plenty of both. Klaus is a very practical straight forward sort of trainer, but he is also steeped in the German tradition and  the Classical Principles. After leaving Klaus, Stefan trained in the USA where he competed […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Sven Rothenberger – the ‘forgotten’ man of dressage…

March 13th, 2017
Birgit Popp interviews 25-year-old Sven Rothenberger 1992 has brought some highlights, with your marriage to the Dutch dressage rider Gonnelien Gordijn, you graduated as a Bachelor of Science from university and placed second  in the Volvo Dressage World Cup Final at Gothenburg. But then a disappointment, missing a place in the German Olympic team, and […] Read Article Comments Off on Sven Rothenberger – the ‘forgotten’ man of dressage…
 

Is there an Australian dressage ‘re-evaluation’?

March 10th, 2017
My friend, Kenneth Braddick is running a series of articles on his website www.dressage.news where he has invited Australian dressage riders to outline their views on the way selection should go in the future. (If you don’t know Kenneth’s website you should – http://www.dressage-news.com) First cab off the rank was the European based, Lyndal Oatley. Lyndal […] Read Article 7 Comments »
 

Young Dressage Horse Seminar Warendorf – Part 3

March 8th, 2017
Some of Germany's finest dressage riders and trainers assemble at Warendorf for one amazing seminar... Read Article Comments Off on Young Dressage Horse Seminar Warendorf – Part 3
 

Top seller for more than 60 years. Or: Tradition is always up-to-date


There is excitement in the air, and this excitement is reflected on visitors’ faces all over the stands: their eyes follow the auctioneer, the bidders and the horse that is trotting relaxed rounds in the auction ring of the Niedersachsenhalle, not knowing that it is the main actor of a thrilling show. And then: the […] Read Article Comments Off on Top seller for more than 60 years. Or: Tradition is always up-to-date
 

Madeline Sinderberry – International Animal Health Rider of the Month

March 2nd, 2017
Madeline Sinderberry is the winner of the National Young Rider Selection series, an event held all over Australia, to highlight our talented young showjumping riders. In her first season of Young Riders, sixteen-year-old Madeline and her horse, Fernhill Zinzan, won all five rounds they entered. It topped a great year for Madi who also crowned […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Introducing Collection with Christopher Bartle: Part One

February 27th, 2017
Christopher Bartle begins a series on dressage – covering elementary to FEI level movements, and you will find that he is as accomplished a dressage coach as he is an eventing coach… Christopher Bartle was seventh in the Grand Prix Special at the LA Olympics, fourth in the European Dressage Championships in 1985 and second […] Read Article 1 Comment »