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Celle state stud stallion Stanley awarded Grande Prize

March 31st, 2021
This year's winner of the prestigious Grande award is the Stakkato son, Stanley - a stallion who was largely forgotten after injury cut short his competition career, but now his offspring are making breeders take a second look... Read Article Comments Off

New Dutch Breeding Values – Breeding tight

March 30th, 2021
The new Dutch Breeding Values have been released - find out which stallions are coming out on top in that powerhouse of Warmblood breeding - The Netherlands Read Article Comments Off

Giving through the poll – with Stefan Wolff

March 28th, 2021
“Tempo, activity, flexion. All the dynamics should work through the neck and culminate in the poll and bit.” “All the movement of that big body gets tunnelled through the little poll. That’s the important thing. That is why moving the nose left and right doesn’t help because if the target, that is the poll, keeps […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip with Christopher Bartle

March 27th, 2021
Chris Bartle – with help from Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob, tells us: “Piaffe with an event horse is a very relevant exercise. Dressage training in a classical sense was all about training a horse to carry itself, to be able to respond to the rider’s direction, but not to lose its initiative and not […] Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip from Hubertus Schmidt

March 26th, 2021
Can you tell that you are collecting in the correct way? “There is one way to check that you are on the right way – in the high collection you must be able to stretch them so they follow the bit and they are not stuck up there. In every situation you must be able […] Read Article Comments Off

Carlos awarded the suffix FRH

March 25th, 2021
The young rider star, Carlos has been awarded the prestigious suffix, FRH following his success with Hannah Erbe... Read Article Comments Off

Training the half pass for a WEG Medal

March 24th, 2021
Riding the half pass with Lisa Wilcox and Relevant. “I’m working on getting him to lower his neck. I want him to keep the neck at the correct length, where his head is at the vertical, but carry his neck and not get too short. I just want him to drop the neck and relax […] Read Article 1 Comment »

What makes a Winner? Tips from Christopher Bartle

March 23rd, 2021
Christopher Bartle talks about what makes a winner – and he should know – he’s won at the highest level in both dressage and eventing himself, and trained Gold Medal Teams for two different Nations… Victory at the 2018 Worlds for the Great Britain: Ros Canter and Allstar B, Piggy French and Quarryquest Echo, Gemma […] Read Article Comments Off

Ernst Hoyos talks about balance

March 22nd, 2021
Ernst Hoyos, Master trainer from the Spanish Riding School tells us: “You simplify it for the young horse – go forward, come back. It is not with the leg, it is not with the spur, but with the angle of the body – the balance – more than anything else. I use my body to […] Read Article Comments Off

Truths from the past with Nuno Oliveira

March 20th, 2021
Have the problems changed? In his book, written in the 1980’s, Reminisences of a Portuguese Rider, Nuno says: “Generally speaking, there is a tendency to break horses too quickly and too roughly, which results in irregularities of gait. How often does one see a sway back effect after the result of bad handling?” “Horses are often forced too soon to extend […] Read Article Comments Off