American Showjumping Style – The Horse Magazine

George Morris Top Tip

September 10th, 2021
George Morris tells jumping riders: “Dressage is seat riding, in jumping the stirrup is the basis of the building. Don’t ride with your seat, your calf should just cling and give straightness and impulsion, not a knee/upper leg grip.” “Riders are forgetting what Caprilli taught us, and going back to the old English hunting seat […] Read Article Comments Off

The first great American showjumping teacher: Gordon Wright

August 18th, 2021
In many ways he was the first of the great American professional jumping coaches… the rodeo cowboy who turned jumper… or was he? This article looks at another of the great American jumping coaches, Gordon Wright Read Article Comments Off

SHOWJUMPING MASTERS: William Steinkraus

August 13th, 2021
Bill Steinkraus ‘the man who epitomised style on horseback’ . Timeless words of wisdom from one of the greatest horsemen and jumping riders of all time... Read Article 2 Comments »

Pearls of wisdom from George Morris

July 15th, 2021
George Morris is the most quotable of trainers. Here’s a series of his pearls of wisdom taken from interviews with George over nearly forty years. Read Article Comments Off

FOUR SHOWJUMPING MASTERS – Part 1: George Morris

July 10th, 2010
One of the many great strengths of American showjumping has been the influence of a series of great teachers – great trainers who were also great theoreticians, and luckily for us, great writers, and willing and able to put their teachings down in books for others to read and use.  This series looks at the crucial work of four great masters of American jumping – Gordon Wright, Bertalan de Neméthy, William Steinkraus and George Morris – and just to confuse matters, we’ll start the series with the only one who is still vigorously active in the sport, George Morris since his book, The American Jumping Style provides an invaluable historical overview of the sport… or is it art? Read Article 2 Comments »

FOUR SHOWJUMPING MASTERS – Part 3: Bertalan de Némethy

The American Showjumping style needed a final polish, and it came in the form of the Hungarian rider and trainer, Bert de Nemethy... Read Article 2 Comments »