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Peder Fredricson, more Silver in Tokyo

August 5th, 2021
One of the early stars at Tokyo in the Showjumping has been Peder Fredricson and All in – Silver in the Individual. Silver seems to be a habit with the likeable Swede, when Christopher Hector interviewed him, he had just picked up a Silver at the WEG in Tryon. Peder has produced many top horses, I […] Read Article Comments Off

Julia Krajewski, Gold

August 3rd, 2021
She's the hero of Tokyo, the first woman to win an eventing gold medal - Julia Krajewski.... Read Article Comments Off

Meet Michael Jung

July 31st, 2021
THM asked Jan Tönjes, who edits Germany’s St Georg what makes Michael Jung so special… “I’ve known him from the times when he wasn’t Super Michi, but only an upcoming young rider with as much talent as guts, tons of it. And way back then he was always a man who wouldn’t talk too much, […] Read Article Comments Off

Hannoverian Bloodlines Shine in Tokyo!

July 27th, 2021
The entries at the Tokyo Games showed once again, how influential that Hanoverian 'B' line has become in modern dressage... Read Article Comments Off

Dietmar Specht talks about the basics

July 15th, 2021
The all important basics of the classic German Training Scale... Read Article Comments Off

Chris Burton – cross country riding – riding corners

July 14th, 2021
“You want to have your horses in neutral cruise, they keep doing what you’ve asked them to do, by themselves, until you ask them to do something else – 100% by themselves is the point.” Christopher on course at London riding Leilani “You can’t hold a horse, you are sitting on its back, the only way […] Read Article Comments Off

Wisdom from Reiner Klimke

July 13th, 2021
“The rider who is sitting a little bit forward, who doesn’t make himself heavy, is what I like. When I ride, I always try to not make myself heavy and bring the horse down, but to go with the movement and keep light, this is not one of our inventions.” “Dressage is also a lot […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Stretching and keeping your horse in shape – a Gallery

July 8th, 2021
Keeping your horse in shape with Susanne Miesner, with great Gerd Heuschmann diagrams showing what happens to the horse’s body with incorrect riding – look at the pix and then read more: Here’s some pictures of a young horse, a four-year-old stallion, competing at the Bundeschampionships. Being ridden according to German system and allowed to […] Read Article Comments Off

Bemelmans on stretching – everything you need to know

July 5th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans was born in Belgium, but he learnt his equestrian skills in Germany, and one of his mentors was the late Dr Schulten-Baumer, who was also one of the first to take the sort of stretching he had learnt in the jumping world into the world of dressage… the result was hugely successful as […] Read Article Comments Off