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The mix makes the difference: Verden Auction in January

January 14th, 2021
This auction has it all - dressage prospects, exciting jumpers and future eventing stars - it's the Verden Online auction, check out the collection... Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip from Jack Le Goff, what makes a good event rider?

January 13th, 2021
Back in 1986, Joan Gilchrist, Kiwi equestrian journalist extraordinaire, filed this story on the great eventing coach and medal winner, Jack Le Goff. He died in 2009… What do you look for in a rider? “The qualities are very similar to those you look for in horses! First, conformation, like you pick a horse. You look […] Read Article Comments Off

Tip from the top: Hubertus Schmidt on piaffe and passage…

One of the modern dressage masters, Hubertus Schmidt has some tips to help you with piaffe and passage... Read Article Comments Off

Top Tip – George Morris talks about rider position

January 12th, 2021
George Morris tells jumping riders position is just is important for them as it is for the dressage riders… Words Chris Hector, pix Ros Neave “The first thing is rider position, because position puts you in the place on the horse to use the aids. If your leg is too far back, you can’t talk […] Read Article Comments Off

Showing the horse the way to the ground – with Christian Thiess

January 11th, 2021
The tests, or 'truth-stones', include the full halt, medium trot and piaffe, plus one test that has the advantage over all the others in that it can accompany the horse throughout his entire development… Showing the horse the way towards the ground. Read Article 7 Comments »

Jane Savoie – A tribute

January 6th, 2021
The American dressage team rider, author and coach, Jane Savoie has died. We pay tribute to her with an extract from her first book that explains how to correctly lengthen your horse's stride... Read Article Comments Off

How German are the German FN rankings?

January 5th, 2021
The German Equestrian Federation's breeding values reflect the changing face of sporthorse breeding, we find that there are lots of stallions starring on the list that are not German... Read Article Comments Off

Tip from the top with Princess Nathalie

January 3rd, 2021
Princess Nathalie – Teaching in Australia – Working with Gitte Donvig Words Chris Hector, pix Ros Neave You were telling Gitte, don’t get too elegant, don’t sit too straight… There is positive tension in your body when you sit straight, and you can over-do it. You can sit straight, but you can still be relaxed, […] Read Article Comments Off

Contact and Lightness with Jean Bemelmans

December 31st, 2020
Jean Bemelmans on contact and lightness: “You see many riders nowadays they start riding before they are ready – they have not prepared their own body to work with the body of the horse. You have to have your body loose so you can be with the rhythm of the horse, to be flexible and […] Read Article Comments Off

Ranking the rankings…

The breeding website hippomundo has launched two new ranking to measure the success of breeders of jumping horses - we examine the results, and meet some of the top breeders... Read Article Comments Off