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Breeding masterpieces at Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Check out the amazing collection of dressage and jumping foals in the Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Miguel Tavora – Coming away from the bit
Miguel Tavora told us: “True Lightness is the perfect obedience of the horse at the slightest indications of the hand or the heels of the rider.”
A clinic with Steffen Peters
Top American dressage competitor, Steffen Peters proves that he is just as talented at helping riders and their horses. enjoy this brilliant clinic…
New Book, Heroes – the foundation sires of the Sporthorse
Christopher Hector’s new book is now available on Amazon, 477 pages packed with information, stallion profiles, breeding interviews, exclusive graphics and lots and lots and lots of photographs…
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Breeding masterpieces at Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Check out the amazing collection of dressage and jumping foals in the Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
New Book, Heroes – the foundation sires of the Sporthorse
Christopher Hector’s new book is now available on Amazon, 477 pages packed with information, stallion profiles, breeding interviews, exclusive graphics and lots and lots and lots of photographs…
Breeders Congress at the KWPN stallion show
Some of the most famous jumping breeders in the world joined the panel at an International Congress at the KWPN stallion show. Christopher Hector interviews the congress organizer Dirk Willem Rosie who raises some very very controversial issues…
KWPN Stallion Show 2025
Sporthorse fans from all over the world come to the KWPN stallion show in den Bosch, Christopher Hector brings you an on-the-spot report – just where is the cutting edge of jumping and dressage breeding right now?
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Breeding masterpieces at Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Check out the amazing collection of dressage and jumping foals in the Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
New Book, Heroes – the foundation sires of the Sporthorse
Christopher Hector’s new book is now available on Amazon, 477 pages packed with information, stallion profiles, breeding interviews, exclusive graphics and lots and lots and lots of photographs…
Breeders Congress at the KWPN stallion show
Some of the most famous jumping breeders in the world joined the panel at an International Congress at the KWPN stallion show. Christopher Hector interviews the congress organizer Dirk Willem Rosie who raises some very very controversial issues…
KWPN Stallion Show 2025
Sporthorse fans from all over the world come to the KWPN stallion show in den Bosch, Christopher Hector brings you an on-the-spot report – just where is the cutting edge of jumping and dressage breeding right now?
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New Book, Heroes – the foundation sires of the Sporthorse
Christopher Hector’s new book is now available on Amazon, 477 pages packed with information, stallion profiles, breeding interviews, exclusive graphics and lots and lots and lots of photographs…
WBFSH 2024 stallion rankings
Do the WBFSH sires rankings need a change of format? Christopher Hector looks at the recently released standings and asks, are we measuring quantity or quality?
Eventers breeding eventers
When Lara Liedekerke-Meier won Luhmühlen Five Star with Hooney d’Arville, she did it with a horse she had made herself, the product of a cutting edge eventing breeding program… Yes, you can breed eventers!
Eventing with William Fox-Pitt: Part Two
William Fox Pitt is one of the all time great eventing riders – sit back and enjoy words of wisdom from this thoughtful horseman….
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Breeding masterpieces at Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Check out the amazing collection of dressage and jumping foals in the Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
Steffen Peters: Climbing the Classical Pyramid – Step 1
The classical training scale is the basis of all equitation. Master trainer, Steffen Peters, will walk you through the levels one by one…
Miguel Tavora – Coming away from the bit
Miguel Tavora told us: “True Lightness is the perfect obedience of the horse at the slightest indications of the hand or the heels of the rider.”
A clinic with Steffen Peters
Top American dressage competitor, Steffen Peters proves that he is just as talented at helping riders and their horses. enjoy this brilliant clinic…
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Dressage is like the Tango
Richard Weis is acknowledged the world over as an expert in how dressage riders could, and should, sit. Here he looks at the way in which the Tango is mirrored in the partnership of rider and horse…
Reading Blood Tests with David Ramey
Blood tests and their uses and abuses. Dr David Ramey explains how and when to use a blood test from your favourite horse. It’s great reading – and a great help especially for your horse…
The Ten Commandments…
Andrew McLean has a 10 point check list to see if your training program is based on sound scientific principles…
The Principles of Horsemanship: Pressure / Release
The first principle is that the removal of any pressure reinforces the behaviour immediately before the removal. This is the principle of negative reinforcement…