Young Horse Dressage – The Horse Magazine

Day 2 at Ermelo – the 7 year olds

September 10th, 2022
Can Britain's golden girl, Lottie Fry make it back to back Young Horse championships with Kjento? But there's a serious challenger waiting in the wings. On the spot report from Christopher Hector... Read Article Comments Off

Day 2 – Ermelo, the six year olds

Three super stallions dominate the first round of the Six Year Old Championship at Ermelo - on the spot report from Christopher Hector Read Article Comments Off

First rounds to Helen and Isabel at Frankfurt

December 19th, 2021
No crowds of knowledgeable spectators at this years Frankfurt Show With this year’s big Frankfurt show cancelled the events were transferred – as they were last year – to Schafhof, the home of the show’s chief supporter, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhof and her family. In the opening round of the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, an event at Prix St […] Read Article Comments Off

Christoph Hess – Dressage Tests – Do they test our training?

December 6th, 2021
Judge, educator, trainer and communicator, Christoph Hess asks how can we make sure that our dressage tests really do test the correctness of our training.... Read Article 3 Comments »

Young horse winners – do they go on?

May 18th, 2021
The Nürnberger Burg-Pokal is the world's most prestigious competition for young Prix St Georges horses - but how successful were the winners at Grand Prix? Read Article 1 Comment »

Stars of the Day

March 18th, 2021
Fasine (Fürst Romancier / Sir Donnerhall I) and Isabel Bache. Winners of the Six-Year-Old Finals at the 2015 Bundeschampionships. Fasine is an example of the new breed of Warmblood – the modern young horse specialist. Her sire, Fürst Romancier’s career peaked as a five-year-old, with fourths at the World Young Horse Champs and the […] Read Article Comments Off

Satisfaction in the Six Year olds… Christopher Hector at the World Champs, Ermelo

August 3rd, 2019
Satisfaction in the six year olds at the World Young Dressage horse champs... is our mild mannered reporter losing his cutting edge? Read Article 1 Comment »

Controversy at the World Young Dressage Horse Championships!

August 2nd, 2019
Christopher Hector reports from the first day of the World Young Dressage Horse Championships at Ermelo and sees some great horses and some appalling judging... Read Article 5 Comments »

Breeding Germany’s Dressage Stars of the Future

December 28th, 2018
The Nürnberger Burg-Pokal is a prestigious class for horses aged 7 – 9. The moving force behind the competition was the late Dr Reiner Klimke. He wanted a competition to bridge the gap between Prix St Georges and Grand Prix. Read about the breeding of this years field. Read Article Comments Off

Nürnberger Burg-Pokal: the best test of a Grand Prix STAR!

December 13th, 2018
It's the feature of Frankfurt Horse Show, the prestige class for dressage horses aged 7 to 9 - the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal. On the spot report... Read Article Comments Off