Dressage training – The Horse Magazine

At Home with Ulla Salzgeber

October 30th, 2024
THM visited Ulla Salzgeber at home in the lead-up to the Jerez WEG. Ulla and Rusty had just become European Champions, and were tipped to win at Jerez. Ulla rides Rusty and talks about the German system... Read Article Comments Off

Bert Rutten – Beautiful riding is simple…

September 2nd, 2024
Contact is not determined by the weight you have in your hand, that’s a mistake a lot of riders make, they think contact is weight. Contact is that the horse has the desire to follow the bit at all times... Read Article 7 Comments »

Udo Bürger: The Way to Perfect Horsemanship

March 22nd, 2024
This extract discusses the key concept of relaxation... Good performance always depends on relaxation; it is a basic requirement for specialisation in all branches of competitive riding. Read Article 2 Comments »

Hubertus Schmidt on Classical Training

January 1st, 2024
Why Classical Training? Listen to Hubertus Schmidt: we have a book, and it says, this and this, that is the right way. It takes you all the way from the warm up – making the horse loose and supple, step by step to the next point to higher collection... Read Article 2 Comments »

Miguel Tavora – Remembered…

December 29th, 2023
Six years after his death, we pay tribute to Miguel Tavora. This article celebrates his teachings and the lessons of the great masters whose wisdom he passed on to countless riders... Read Article 5 Comments »

Steffen Peters: to be true dressage, we go back to self carriage…

November 2nd, 2023
Dressage star Steffen Peters teaches correct, horse friendly dressage... The bottom line has to be that it is true dressage, that we go back to self carriage, suppleness…” Read Article 1 Comment »

Going into Collection, laterally with Miguel Tavora

September 23rd, 2023
A horse needs to be loose, supple, forward, straight, engaged with good balance and impulsion, to start collected work. These qualities are mostly developed by lateral work... Read Article 1 Comment »

Wolfram Wittig -The Dressage Breeding Formula

June 27th, 2023
"For me the main target is keep the horses healthy, I'm not focused on low, deep and round or anything like that, keep the horses healthy and make sure you have a happy athlete." Read Article 6 Comments »

Throughness, how to get it, how it feels, with Princess Nathalie

May 26th, 2023
Princess Nathalie zu Wittgenstein, has proven herself as one of the world’s top dressage competitors, but she is also an exceptional trainer of riders, and that is why she is currently the coach of Cathrine Dufour and Daniel Bachmann. In this article she unravels one of the most confusing concepts in the world of dressage […] Read Article Comments Off

Top teacher’s comeback – Leonie Bramall competing again

May 19th, 2023
Leonie Bramall is one of the world's great dressage instructors - now she is on the competition comeback trail. Enjoy her words of wisdom... Read Article 2 Comments »