Ingrid Klimke – The Horse Magazine

Ingrid Klimke talks about hind leg development

February 23rd, 2023
“The hindlegs must be energetic under the centre of gravity, that means the hindquarters get much more muscle, the back gets so much stronger, and the horse really shows himself." Read Article Comments Off

Franziskus and Ingrid Klimke, Medal Winners

August 19th, 2022
Ingrid Klimke has added a Herning World Championships Dressage medal to her collection - meet her horse, Franziskus... Read Article Comments Off

Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob

April 18th, 2022
At a start early in Bob’s career, he had been so out of control that Ingrid got off him after the cross country and said, “Does anyone want this horse? You can have him!” Luckily no-one took her up on the offer… He made his final public appearance at the 2023 Aachen CHIO, at a […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Better dressage through cavaletti training? Yes!

February 12th, 2022
Cavaletti are a wonderful training tool, and Ingrid Klimke is a master at using them, and designing exercises to maximise their effect. Essential reading if you want an athletic horse... Read Article 9 Comments »

A Warm up session with Ingrid Klimke

August 27th, 2021
“I always make sure I do a proper warm up. I make sure my horses are really properly stretching and giving their back, and coming from behind. When you trot over the cavalletti, the hind end is active, they are over the back and soft and swinging.” It is very noticeable that your horses are […] Read Article Comments Off

Brilliant Basics with Ingrid Klimke: Two Stallions

June 27th, 2021
We watch Ingrid Klimke working the two dressage stallions: Damon Hill and Dresden Man... Read Article 4 Comments »

Top Tip with Ingrid Klimke – warming up

June 7th, 2021
Ingrid Klimke shows us the progressive horse-friendly essence of her system: first some images of Ingrid warming up at home using cavalletti: “I like to use cavalletti. I grew up with cavalletti, they were always in our indoor arena, and on the outdoor arena. If you position them beside E or B, they don’t get […] Read Article Comments Off

Christopher Bartle, top trainer, top dressage tip

April 1st, 2021
What is dressage? Trainer Christopher Bartle discusses, and Ingrid Klimke demonstrates for him with her dressage specialist, and her eventer: “There have been trainers in the dressage world, and this takes us back to the whole discussion of rolkur, where you are taking away from the horses, their spirit, their ability to look after themselves, […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Top Tip with Christopher Bartle

March 27th, 2021
Chris Bartle – with help from Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob, tells us: “Piaffe with an event horse is a very relevant exercise. Dressage training in a classical sense was all about training a horse to carry itself, to be able to respond to the rider’s direction, but not to lose its initiative and not […] Read Article Comments Off

Ingrid Klimke talks about Butts Abraxxas and eventing dressage

February 18th, 2021
Here’s what Ingrid Klimke said about Butts Abraxxas in 2008: Braxxi and Ingrid working at home, surprise, doing cavaletti work… “He is really neat, he is now 11 years old, I bought him when he was seven years old to be the one after Sleep Late – Ingrid’s ride at the 2000 Games in Sydney […] Read Article Comments Off