Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction

August 12th, 2021
A feast of fabulous foals in the Schockemöhle / Helgstrand online auction - both jumping and dressage foals, all with the cutting edge bloodlines - and you can bid from anywhere in the world... Read Article Comments Off on Schockemöhle/Helgstrand International Online Foal Auction
 

Working under saddle with Herr Kukuk

August 9th, 2021
“Dressage is all about working with the horse to help him carry himself better and to take up more weight in his hocks.” The late Franz Kukuk was educated first in the German system, and then at the famed Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Franz Kukuk was legendary for his in hand work, and after his […] Read Article Comments Off on Working under saddle with Herr Kukuk
 

Showjumping breeding at Tokyo

August 6th, 2021
Who bred the stars of the showjumping at the Tokyo Olympic Games? Christopher Hector analyses the bloodlines that came to the top... Read Article Comments Off on Showjumping breeding at Tokyo
 

Peder Fredricson, more Silver in Tokyo

August 5th, 2021
One of the early stars at Tokyo in the Showjumping  has been Peder Fredricson and All in – Silver in the Individual. Silver seems to be a habit with the likeable Swede, when Christopher Hector interviewed him, he had just picked up a Silver at the WEG in Tryon. Peder has produced many top horses, I […] Read Article Comments Off on Peder Fredricson, more Silver in Tokyo
 

Eventing at Tokyo – a triumph for French breeding

August 4th, 2021
Christopher Hector looks at the breeding of the eventers at Tokyo, and finds French domination, and a Trakehner stallion that competed at a Games, and has now sired two Games eventers.... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Julia Krajewski, Gold

August 3rd, 2021
She's the hero of Tokyo, the first woman to win an eventing gold medal - Julia Krajewski.... Read Article Comments Off on Julia Krajewski, Gold
 

Eventing Safety with Andrew Hoy


We have to teach them - go forward, stop, turn left, turn right. If I don't have the control of one of these, cross country becomes a frightening experience... Read Article 2 Comments »
 

Meet Michael Jung

July 31st, 2021
THM asked Jan Tönjes, who edits Germany’s St Georg what makes Michael Jung so special… “I’ve known him from the times when he wasn’t Super Michi, but only an upcoming young rider with as much talent as guts, tons of it. And way back then he was always a man who wouldn’t talk too much, […] Read Article Comments Off on Meet Michael Jung
 

Rodrigo Torres: from Working Equitation to Olympic Dressage

July 30th, 2021
Rodrigo Torres was always an exceptional rider, someone who could produce instant balance, instant harmony, to see him shine in Tokyo was to celebrate a very special horseman.... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl: The road to Tokyo

July 29th, 2021
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl was the superstar in the dressage at Tokyo, but it was a long road to the top, with lots of help from horses and humans along the way, read this very special interview with the gold medallist... Read Article 2 Comments »