November 2014 – The Horse Magazine

The Springpferdezuchtverband Oldenburg-International (OS)

November 25th, 2014
The name is so long - but we can just call it Oldenburg Jumping, the brain child of jumping wheeler and dealer, Paul Schockemöhle... Read Article Comments Off

Rod and Jess Brown – Forward to the future

November 21st, 2014
Rod Brown has long been an influential player on the Australian showjumping scene. As a rider, he captained the Australian Showjumping Team to New Zealand in 1988 and he rode Slinky at the Seoul Olympics in 1998. Rod was a member of Australian Team won the Nations Cup at Kiskunhalis Hungary in 1991 on Spectre […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Cassini I, one of Holstein’s success stories

Cassini I, one of the most successful Holsteiner stallions, has died this month, aged 26. The Capitol I Caletto II-son, bred by Johann Hermann Claussen, Neuenkirchen, was found dead in his box. The grey had spent the day before with no evidence of any disease in his paddock in Borgsum / Foehr. Cassini was highly […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Christoph Hess meets Joann Formosa

November 20th, 2014
Dressage judge and educator Christoph Hess returned to the 2013 Melbourne International Three Day Event to be President of the Ground Jury but he also conducted one of his popular masterclasses. THM was there to witness one special interaction: Going into the latest version of the Christoph Hess travelling masterclass, I must confess I […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Jessica Manson & Christine Bates – A teacher and student case study, Part 2

November 17th, 2014
In the first part of the series Jess and Christine told us how they worked on Legal Star’s dressage and the tricks they used to create event atmosphere at home to prepare for next competition. Now the time has come; it is the weekend of the Melbourne International Horse Trials and THM catches up again […] Read Article Comments Off

Jessica Manson & Christine Bates – A teacher and student case study, Part 1

Meet Jessica Manson – the young eventer who has been steadily moving up the ranks. First a spot on the 2010 Young Rider Trans Tasman team, only two years later a fourth place in the 2012 CCI 4 Star in Adelaide, then really making herself known with second place at this year’s Sydney CCI 3 […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Dutch Breeding – looking to the future…

Dutch journalist, and breeding expert, Dirk Willem Rosie, looks at the future for the Dutch horse... Read Article Comments Off

Dietmar Specht – The Dressage Masters

All advanced work depends on one thing… the correct preparation. German expert Dietmar Specht, outlines a training sequence to make your horse supple, relaxed, rhythmic and confident. A program for every horse – Dressage, Showjumper, Campdrafter or Eventer – they’ll all benefit from this step-by-step exercise program… As the President of the Ground Jury for […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Christopher Bartle – At Lochinvar – Part 4

November 14th, 2014
One of the exercises the Christopher Bartle loves to see his pupils ride, and ride well, is the square. “In this exercise you are riding a square instead of a circle, so again what you are doing is getting the horse to accept the half-halt down the outside rein,” he says. Read Article Comments Off

Christopher Bartle – At Lochinvar – Part 3

Christopher Bartle has clear-cut guidelines for the transition into canter and the work within the pace. Little changes in the basic principles, whether the horse is preparing for canter pirouette work or simply finding its balance on a 20m circle... Read Article Comments Off