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Tag: Gerd Heuschmann

Stretching and keeping your horse in shape – a Gallery

July 8th, 2021
Keeping your horse in shape with Susanne Miesner, with great Gerd Heuschmann diagrams showing what happens to the horse’s body with incorrect riding – look at the pix and then read more: Here’s some pictures of a young horse, a four-year-old stallion, competing at the Bundeschampionships. Being ridden according to German system and allowed to […] Read Article Comments Off on Stretching and keeping your horse in shape – a Gallery
 

More Truth from Dr Gerd Heuschmann

April 12th, 2021
“The horse cannot perform any of these movements well without arching (tensing) and relaxing the spinal column, which we call swinging. Swinging starts with the hind legs, travels through the spine to the head and the front legs and brings the horse into contact with the bit. The swings can be seen, felt and heard; […] Read Article Comments Off on More Truth from Dr Gerd Heuschmann
 

Gerd Heuschmann asks: Is it really trot??

March 2nd, 2021
Gerd Heuschmann discusses how to make, or break, your horse… Carl Hester and Uthopia show us the suspension phase in a true trot Jennifer Sekreve shows us a loose back in true trot “What I want to say is, if at this centre of movement, the back is not loose, then it influences the movement […] Read Article Comments Off on Gerd Heuschmann asks: Is it really trot??
 

Top Tip with Gerd Heuschmann -Toplines

January 28th, 2021
Gerd Heuschmann tells us about the importance of developing the topline: “This, in my opinion, is where the problem starts – with a three or four-year-old horse, with an the inexperienced rider on this young horse in a rather short topline. A very nice looking topline, but the muscle system is untrained so what happens? […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Gerd Heuschmann – Dressage to improve not wreck your horse!

January 15th, 2021
If you care about dressage - if you care about horses - read this! Gerd Heuschmann is brillliant... Read Article 9 Comments »
 

Gerd Heuschmann: The NEW book

June 24th, 2017
Gerd Heuschmann is famous throughout the equestrian world for his outspoken campaign to preserve the Classical Principles of Dressage. His new book, Collection or Contortion is sure to provoke controversy... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

How Horses Work with Gerd Heuschmann

April 24th, 2015
Gerd Heuschmann is a unique combination – an equine vet who actually rides… and he uses this knowledge to argue that we must respect the classical principles when we train for dressage. Read Article 5 Comments »
 

Gerd Heuschmann – The Dressage War

January 1st, 2015
Controversial German Vet, Gerd Heuschmann set the dressage world alight with his attack on harsh training methods, methods he said were doing physical damage to the horses... Read Article 10 Comments »