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Bemelmans on stretching – everything you need to know

July 5th, 2021
Jean Bemelmans was born in Belgium, but he learnt his equestrian skills in Germany, and one of his mentors was the late Dr Schulten-Baumer, who was also one of the first to take the sort of stretching he had learnt in the jumping world into the world of dressage… the result was hugely successful as […] Read Article Comments Off on Bemelmans on stretching – everything you need to know
 

Rowan Willis – leading the charge…


Australian Showjumping rider, Rowan Willis has been in career best form this year - meet Rowan and find out about his quirky red-head, Blue Movie.... Read Article Comments Off on Rowan Willis – leading the charge…
 

Rudolf Zeilinger – Master Trainer

July 3rd, 2021
Rudolf Zeilinger studied the art of dressage with one of the world's great masters, Willi Schultheis. Sit in on a clinic with Rudolf... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Charlotte Dujardin – developing pirouettes..

July 2nd, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin on how to develop top pirouettes Charlotte works with Queenslander, Nicole Tough, riding Borsato, a Dutch import. They are working on training pirouettes. Charlotte confiscates Nicole’s whip: “I want to see the true Nicole, I won’t let her cheat.” “Now canter, shorten the reins, don’t rock – belly button forward. Start with travers, […] Read Article Comments Off on Charlotte Dujardin – developing pirouettes..
 

Basics for Everyone with Christoph Hess

July 1st, 2021
Join a working session with Christoph Hess. Surprise, he works on the basics, and shows us a working session that will help us establish them. “It is easy to explain the theory, it is more important to see the theory in practice. We will see that 99% of problems are basic problems…” There didn’t seem […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Conformation and the Sport Horse


What is 'good' conformation, and why do so many dressage and showjumping stars have 'poor' conformation? Christopher Hector asks the questions and finds some experts with answers... Read Article 6 Comments »
 

What is Collection? With Christoph Hess

June 28th, 2021
Christoph Hess tells us the elements of collection, what should we look for, and some exercises to achieve it - an easy-to-understand guide with lots of pictures... Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Brilliant Basics with Ingrid Klimke: Two Stallions

June 27th, 2021
We watch Ingrid Klimke working the two dressage stallions: Damon Hill and Dresden Man... Read Article 4 Comments »
 

Andrew Hoy and the extra 10%

June 25th, 2021
Andrew Hoy has been nominated for his eighth Olympic Games with the outstanding Vassily de Lassos. Sit in on a clinic with Andrew, it might just help you get to your first Games... Read Article Comments Off on Andrew Hoy and the extra 10%
 

From the Cavalry Manual: What is Throughness?

June 22nd, 2021
“As the straightness improves, the throughness of the horse will improve as well. The pushing capacity of the hindquarters can now go its way through the horse up to the mouth and makes the horse give to the pressure of the bit, bend the neck and chew on the bit.” “This is the natural way […] Read Article Comments Off on From the Cavalry Manual: What is Throughness?