Klaus Balkenhol – The Masters

December 3rd, 2014
We so often watch the top German riders working on the Grand Prix movements that it comes as something of a shock to see Klaus Balkenhol's head rider, Stefan Wolff, working with a very very green three year old filly Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA


We also used counter canter in the warm up to make the horse straighter, more through. The horse is much stronger now, more mature, which means we can start counter canter earlier on in the working session... Read Article Comments Off on Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA
 

Martina Hannöver – Arena Side – Part 2


In walk you can start making gymnastics with the horses, especially if you have one like the Trakehner which is a bit stiff in the knees and the back, he is so short, it helps him to do shoulder in, traver, renvers, half pass in walk... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Arena Side – Part 2
 

Martina Hannöver – Old friends, new friends


“Some horses just don’t get flying changes. Not all of us become professors; some of us have to teach riding. So there are just some things you can’t teach horses – some won’t do piaffe, some won’t do flying changes…" Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Old friends, new friends
 

Martina Hannöver – Riding your dressage test – The walk


Dressage trainer, Martina Hannöver looks at one of the most difficult gaits to train - the walk. Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Riding your dressage test – The walk
 

Martina Hannöver – Step by step


I teach my horses to stand square all the time. Even if I am tightening up the girth, or I have stopped to talk to somebody. I am always trying to train the horse so that it knows that under the rider it always has to stand on all four legs every time I make a halt... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Step by step
 

Martina Hannöver – training the more advanced horse


Older means more experienced, it also means craftier -and 'Charlie' has a whole bag of tricks to keep the rider under his control, but Martina is quick to spot the problem... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – training the more advanced horse
 

Martina Hannöver – Working with young horses: The four year old


Jim and Emmie Schmul’s new property is the perfect setting for an exhilarating clinic with Martina Hannöver. Martina is on her second visit to Australia, and has found that her relaxed, breezy lots of fun style goes down well with the locals. However, unlike some of our visitors she does not lower her standards to […] Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – Working with young horses: The four year old
 

Martina Hannöver Downunder


It was amazing to see the difference in the horses after a just a few days, and mostly it seems to come from a critical couple of centimetres in the length of the neck, but really it is not the neck itself that is important, it is what the neck shows us about the rest of the body... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver Downunder
 

Martina Hannöver – The Walk is Not a Rest…


The young Rubinsteins don’t usually show much of a trot, but this one can stretch a bit even at this stage, and for a baby, he has such lovely natural balance... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver – The Walk is Not a Rest…