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The Art of Grand Prix with Dorothee Schneider

April 9th, 2021
What do you look for in a potential Grand Prix horse? “The horse must be a motivated character, with three good paces. We have to look at their body – have we enough balance and power? You have to think it’s a young horse, okay good hind leg, good paces. Can I manage the character […] Read Article Comments Off

Fear in horses with Dr Andrew McLean

April 8th, 2021
Fear is quickly learned, not easily forgotten and is strongly associated with the movement of the horse’s legs. It is important to learn to identify the range of fear responses in horses and to avoid and diminish them. What is fear? The fear response is the horse trainer’s greatest adversary. Fear in animals such as […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip on training young horses with Dorothee Schneider

April 7th, 2021
“My concept of developing horses is a combination of looking to a good suppleness, to be able to straighten. The first step is to stretch the horses forward and down but not by using the rein, I can only do that with a straight horse stepping the hind legs forward to the rein. It […] Read Article Comments Off

Verden Auction starts in April

Another exciting collection of dressage and jumping horses is lined up for the April Verden Auction - check them out! Read Article Comments Off

Top Training tip from Lesley Brodbeck

April 6th, 2021
Objective: focus, encourage articulation of joints, create rhythm and cadence. Introduce the exercise with the poles on the ground, start with four then add a couple more. Elevate gradually… this is hard work for the horse! Place poles so that the horse has room to straighten in preparation for the exercise. Approach slowly, give the […] Read Article Comments Off

Meet Belissimo M and his most famous daughter

April 5th, 2021
Belissimo has certainly been a major player in the revival of the ‘B’ line in German dressage breeding. In 2021 Belissimo is recorded with 1063 progeny in competition for winnings of €1,106,878. Eight have won more than €10,000, with Isabell Werth’s recently retired superstar, Bella Rose way out in front with €299,035. He has produced […] Read Article Comments Off

The Numbers… One of the big questions of Warmblood breeding…

April 3rd, 2021
The facts and figures of jumping breeding by Christopher Hector and Gemma Alexander I find it intriguing and disturbing that even recent history can just ‘disappear’. Right now I cannot find out just when the first WBFSH sires rankings appeared. The earliest I can find in my personal library is the 1993 / 94 WBFSH […] Read Article Comments Off

Christopher Bartle, top trainer, top dressage tip

April 1st, 2021
What is dressage? Trainer Christopher Bartle discusses, and Ingrid Klimke demonstrates for him with her dressage specialist, and her eventer: “There have been trainers in the dressage world, and this takes us back to the whole discussion of rolkur, where you are taking away from the horses, their spirit, their ability to look after themselves, […] Read Article 1 Comment »