Jean Bemelmans – the total trainer
What makes a good coach, Jean Bemelmans, Master Coach, tells us. What to look for in a coach, everything the rider, and the coach, needs to know. Read Article Comments Off on Jean Bemelmans – the total trainer
Category: Dressage
What makes a good coach, Jean Bemelmans, Master Coach, tells us. What to look for in a coach, everything the rider, and the coach, needs to know. Read Article Comments Off on Jean Bemelmans – the total trainer
Rolkur, Dead or Alive?
Rolkur was an issue that like no other divided the dressage world - Christopher Hector looks back at where the practice arose, and how it was eventually - largely - banished... Read Article 6 Comments »
Making dressage champions – Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos at work at the Gestüt Vorwerk
Two great trainers and an amazing collection of horses make magic! Sit in on training sessions with Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos.... Read Article Comments Off on Making dressage champions – Lisa Wilcox and Ernst Hoyos at work at the Gestüt Vorwerk
Miguel Tavora – The difference between Uberstreichen and Descente de Main…
They both involve breaking the contact but what is the difference between überstreichen and descente de main? Miguel Tavora explains the difference, and when you use one or the other... Read Article 1 Comment »
Clones – success or failure?
Clones were going to revolutionise the world of Warmblood breeding? Did they? Christopher Hector sets out to find the answer... Read Article 3 Comments »
Dressage as Art in Competition
It's the exercise Nuno Oliveira called 'the asprin of dressage' - the shoulder-in. Olympic dressage rider, John Winnett explains how, and when, to train this essential dressage exercise... Read Article 1 Comment »
Jonny Hilberath – what makes a great dressage rider?
Jonny Hilberath is one of Germany's very top dressage trainers. Assistant to Monika Theodorescu in training the German team, and a very thoughtful trainer, one who has thought long and hard about finding the way to work every horse to is greatest potential... Read Article 6 Comments »
The Half-Halt Made Easy
Having trouble with your half-halt? Grand Prix rider, trainer and author, Jane Savoie is here with a step-by-step program to guide you through this tricky move - complete with problem solving tips... Read Article 2 Comments »
Go Forward with Charlotte Dujardin
Charlotte Dujardin works on forward with Bonnie Kingsley and a six-year-old Friesian stallion, Braggo. In The Netherlands, the stallion had been a harness horse, now he was being trained for dressage. And the session works on the Basics – surprise. Charlotte works on exercises to develop an essential basic – forward. Charlotte is not a breed […] Read Article Comments Off on Go Forward with Charlotte Dujardin
Putting your horse on the bit
It's a challenge every rider faces - putting you horse on the bit with Grand Prix rider / trainer / author, Jane Savoie. It's a step-by-step program to set you on the right path... Read Article Comments Off on Putting your horse on the bit