Martina Hannöver – Training the young horse
"There is no secret, the work with the young horses is always the same. To go straight and go forward." Read Article 1 Comment »
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"There is no secret, the work with the young horses is always the same. To go straight and go forward." Read Article 1 Comment »
Martina Hannöver Talks About the Position of the Horse’s Neck
Martina Hannöver talks about neck position - I like my horses to go down right in front of the saddle and follow my hand if I go forward and I can then check if the horses are honestly loose in the back... Read Article Comments Off on Martina Hannöver Talks About the Position of the Horse’s Neck
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 – All about the half pass
All Martina Hannöver’s horses have lovely half passes, so it is no surprise to find that while she was working under the late Herbert Rehbein at Grönwholdhof, he declared that she was so good at it that she could ‘train a cow’ to half pass… What is important about training a horse to half pass? […] Read Article 1 Comment »
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