Dressage – Page 24 – The Horse Magazine

Giving through the poll – with Stefan Wolff

March 28th, 2021
“Tempo, activity, flexion. All the dynamics should work through the neck and culminate in the poll and bit.” “All the movement of that big body gets tunnelled through the little poll. That’s the important thing. That is why moving the nose left and right doesn’t help because if the target, that is the poll, keeps […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip with Christopher Bartle

March 27th, 2021
Chris Bartle – with help from Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob, tells us: “Piaffe with an event horse is a very relevant exercise. Dressage training in a classical sense was all about training a horse to carry itself, to be able to respond to the rider’s direction, but not to lose its initiative and not […] Read Article Comments Off

Training the half pass for a WEG Medal

March 24th, 2021
Riding the half pass with Lisa Wilcox and Relevant. “I’m working on getting him to lower his neck. I want him to keep the neck at the correct length, where his head is at the vertical, but carry his neck and not get too short. I just want him to drop the neck and relax […] Read Article 1 Comment »

Stefan Wolff on Changes…

March 19th, 2021
Stefan’s lectures have become a popular event when he comes to give his clinics, and this time was no different. Hosted by Dianne White at her property at Agnes Banks, the subject was Development of Flying Changes... Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip from Jonny Hilberath, German Coach

March 17th, 2021
Top Tip from Jonny Hilberath, German team coach You see these open mouths/ tight necks. What’s the basic missing? “The correct moving of the back – the contact forward from the hand. It is the wrong pressure in the horse; the wrong tension in the horse also mental tension in the horse because the mouth […] Read Article 2 Comments »

Top tip – winning young horse classes

March 14th, 2021
Judge (and former Grand Prix dressage competitor) Dietrich Plewa talks getting the points in Young Horse classes at a Seminar at the Bundeschampionat in Warendorf: “It is very important to find the right speed for each horse.” Hanoverian, Horatio by Hochadel out of a Matcho mare, ridden by Dorothee Schneider, one of those consummate German […] Read Article Comments Off

Jean Bemelmans Modern Master Part 3

March 13th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans is one of the world's most successful dressage coaches - and he is also one of the most articulate. Join him as he schools pupils and horses at his German training centre... Read Article 3 Comments »

Emile Faurie – Dressage Masterclass

March 12th, 2021
British dressage trainer, Emile Faurie conducts a Master Class. Emile has many, many exercises to use and tells us clearly how doing those exercises is going to improve your horse's performance... Read Article Comments Off

Susanne Miesner – the training scale is not a cake!

March 11th, 2021
This is one of the most fascinating interviews we have ever published, Susanne Meisner sheds new light on an old topic - the Training Scale... Read Article 1 Comment »

The Classical Principles Really Do Work – with Johan Hamminga

March 9th, 2021
The classical principles really do work – and the result is beautiful Training with Johan Hamminga and Jennifer Sekreve Story Christopher Hector, Photos – Roslyn Neave It was five years ago when we first met Johan, everything about the Hamminga stables and training area rang true. Clean, neat, tidy, the tack in its place, […] Read Article Comments Off