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Category: Dressage

The Trakehners Strike Back: Part 1

October 27th, 2023
Trakehners are starring right now. Jan Tönjes one of the experts on the breed, in this first of a three part series, outlines the breeding program that is bearing fruit at the highest levels right now! Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Aachen PLUS 2024 – It starts right at the start!

October 15th, 2023
We put a lot of effort into planning our Aachen + pre-tour, finding places to take our travelers that they normally wouldn’t see. Read Article Comments Off on Aachen PLUS 2024 – It starts right at the start!
 

In Whose Hands?

October 6th, 2023
Paul Belasik looks at today's culture of dressage, and worries that the 'win at all costs' mentality is taking over. He finds the real values of dressage in the timeless writings of the great French écuyer, Antoine de Pluvinel... Read Article 7 Comments »
 

New blood at the European Dressage Championships

September 28th, 2023
There was a radical changing of the guard at this year's European Dressage championships. Christopher Hector looks at the new bloodlines in international dressage breeding... Read Article Comments Off on New blood at the European Dressage Championships
 

Carl Hester talks to Rebecca Ashton

September 26th, 2023
It never gets boring chatting with British dressage superstar Carl Hester. Always fresh and with new irons in the fire. Rebecca Ashton caught up with Carl at Aachen this year to talk about new horses, and the lead up to Paris. You keep giving your hopes away to Charlotte. (I’m talking about Charlotte’s latest star […] Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Piaffe and Passage with Christopher Bartle

September 23rd, 2023
Christopher Bartle on Piaffe and Passage - "The quality of the piaffe and passage is reflected in the extent to which the exercises are performed with apparent ease on the part of both horse and, just as importantly, rider." Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Is WFFS the secret ingredient for dressage success?


Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the horses in the Special at Aachen… Photos – Rebecca Ashton and Roslyn Neave WFFS = dressage ability? Well it might look that way when you consider the 36 horses who made it to one of the world’s prestige classes, the 2023 Aachen Grand Prix Special. Don Frederico […] Read Article Comments Off on Is WFFS the secret ingredient for dressage success?
 

Going into Collection, laterally with Miguel Tavora


A horse needs to be loose, supple, forward, straight, engaged with good balance and impulsion, to start collected work. These qualities are mostly developed by lateral work... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

A Conversation with Debbie McDonald at Aachen 2023

August 8th, 2023
Grand Prix dressage, what's happening in the big arena at the moment? Christopher Hector talks to US authority, Debbie McDonald. Read Article Comments Off on A Conversation with Debbie McDonald at Aachen 2023
 

Sven Rothenberger – has dressage lost its heart?

August 1st, 2023
The barn is only running when you come along and say hello to your best friends, who give you this feeling, the feeling we are working on for our whole life – the horses... Read Article Comments Off on Sven Rothenberger – has dressage lost its heart?