Princess Nathalie – The Horse Magazine

Princess Nathalie at Aachen 2023

July 25th, 2023
Has dressage lost its heart? Princess Nathalie is worried about the future of equestrian sport. An exclusive interview with Christopher Hector... Read Article 1 Comment »

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

Maree Tomkinson working with Princess Nathalie

March 16th, 2023
Princess Nathalie, trainer and rider tells us: “Let her come down in front, her neck has to come up as a result of the activity of the hind legs. Let her lower with the neck, play with the position, and then bring her up by riding her from behind." Read Article Comments Off

Talking Freestyles and Nathalie, Kyra, Debbie and Robert

August 4th, 2022
What makes a great dressage freestle? We asked four great freestyle artists: Robert Dover, Kyra Kyrklund, Debbie McDonald and Princess Nathalie... Read Article 1 Comment »

Working with Cathrine Dufour – an exclusive interview with Princess Nathalie

July 3rd, 2022
Cathrine Dufour is one of the great new dressage riders in the world. Christopher Hector sat and watched her train, then had a chat with her trainer, Princess Nathalie about what makes Cathrine so special.... Read Article 2 Comments »

The Eventer meets the Dressage Princess

October 25th, 2021
The basics are anything but basic - simple but very hard to do correctly. Sit back and enjoy a brilliant explanation of the basics from Princess Nathalie as she works with a very talented eventing rider, Katja Weimann... Read Article Comments Off

Princess Nathalie – working with the ‘sensitive’ horse…

October 16th, 2020
Just how do you ride that sensitive horse that over-reacts to your aids? Well you don't just sit there and hope, says Danish dressage coach, Princess Nathalie... Read Article Comments Off

A lesson with Princess Nathalie

March 18th, 2020
Danish princess, Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has gone from one of the world's top competitive riders to national coach for a Danish team that is looking really really really good... Read Article Comments Off

Good Dressage Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated…

July 8th, 2019
Christopher Hector sits in on a clinic with Princess Nathalie. Danish dressage star, Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has been coming to Australia on a regular basis since 2008. The intervening years have been good ones for Nathalie as she has consolidated her position as one of the world’s leading dressage competitors, and thrilled thousands of […] Read Article Comments Off

Sylvia McLachlan takes a lesson with Princess Nathalie

March 27th, 2018
This article was written in 2012, when Australian rider, Sylvia McLachlan was working with Danish dressage star, now team coach, Princess Nathalie. There's some great discussion on how to get the right feeling... Read Article Comments Off