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Tip from the Top with Jean Bemelmans

May 23rd, 2021
Jean Bemelmans, master trainer, tells us: “In the end the submission is the most important thing. It comes down to the stop and go, and if the stop and go is very good, then horses get supple. Some horses have a better balance, some horses you have to work on it, and with the transitions, […] Read Article Comments Off

Looking at de la Guérinière

May 12th, 2021
When we study de la Guérinière’s Ecole de Cavalerie (published in 1731) for the first time, we find the crucial awareness of the developmental nature of classical riding – this really is what sets off dressage from other systematic ways of training a horse – the knowledge that the exercises have to be fitted to […] Read Article Comments Off

Andrew McLean, training principles

May 10th, 2021
Share Andrew McLean’s insights to training, and understanding our equine partners, essential knowledge for all: “In dressage, voice aids are not used in competition. Instead, as the horse learns to respond from lighter rein and/or leg aids, the horse becomes increasingly aware of the associations of seat and weight that naturally occur with rein and/or […] Read Article Comments Off

Working with Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin

May 9th, 2021
Vanessa Way tells us about working with Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester, a great insight into the famous twosome’s philosophy: “I think you’ve got to get the horse balanced and you’ve got to get the engine quick. That’s what Carl always says. First of all we’ve got to get the horse forward off the leg. […] Read Article Comments Off

Keeping your horse ‘on your side’, with Dorothee Schneider

May 3rd, 2021
“An important step is the motivation of the horse. The horse should have the opportunity to go into the paddock. The possibility to chill and move how they want, so then they can concentrate on the work when you ride them.” “The rider has to be sensitive to feel any problems in the horse. The […] Read Article Comments Off

Isabell Werth – from THM Archives

April 26th, 2021
It was back in 1992 when the late Christian Thiess filed this report on the new star of German dressage, 22-year-old law student, Isabell Werth. It was good reading then – and it still is… When top German trainer, Dr Uwe Schulten-Baumer Snr lost the star of his stable – Nicole Uphoff- after a personality […] Read Article Comments Off

Looking at Bloodlines – Negro

April 25th, 2021
“Negro has been the big thing behind our success, he made us… Negro himself, then with his breeding, with the sons and also with the broodmares. And of course his most famous son, Valegro. Negro is fantastic the way he is stamping his progeny. He is a once-in-a-lifetime horse. We are very lucky to […] Read Article Comments Off

Monica Theodorescu talks about training for Medals

April 22nd, 2021
Monica Theodorescu, German Team Coach talks about training, and winning: “I think we Germans have a lot of the best riders, and again there is no secret, it is just correct training and riding.” Monica the competitor with Ganimedes. Georg Theodorescu, Monica’s late father, described him as a black panther.. “For me there is no […] Read Article Comments Off

Leg yielding – when, how and why – with Christian Theiss

April 20th, 2021
“The moment to begin to use leg yielding in your everyday preparation is when the inside leg of the horse is ready to carry more weight through the previous preparation performed on one track i.e. through properly executed turns (riding correctly and deep enough through corners) or circles of different sizes. The turn on the […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tips from George Morris

George Morris, who literally wrote the book on jumping position, comments on top riders over the CHIO course. Wisdom, great riders, great course: “This is a very good example of the release versus the crest release, this is what we call the automatic release. Here you have a straight line, elbow to the horse’s mouth […] Read Article Comments Off